From: RUFUS To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 03/27/91 17:51:09 Message Number 14301 >I felt very out of place whenever teh subject of computers came up. You too, eh? I find that if you keep them talking, they won't get onto computers. When there's a lull in the conversation, they go into their default mode, which is computers. To get them out of this, just interupt and start on with Post-It fish or something like that. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: JONBOY Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:22:14 Message Number 14302 TS>..broken an engine mount. Shit. JB>Some people would bitch if they were hung with a new rope... Huh? I don't get it. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: JONBOY Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:25:17 Message Number 14303 TS>...solid engine mounts... JB>Wrong - they make special, interlocking mounts... Do tell! I'll have to check that out! JB>Besides - a wrap-around torque chain has /always/ been a viable JB>means of ensuring that a broken mount will not cause you to twist JB>anything too seriously. Ah, yeah, I was planning on getting some heavy duty chain to bolt down my block with.... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:28:26 Message Number 14304 SA>Ever heard the expression: "Live and let live." Sure. SA>Get used to "gay rights", TS. It's an issue of the 90's. It's a sick joke. SA>And I don't [care] what any "fag basher" says. Everyone has the SA>right to be who and what they are. Right. I have the "right" to be a fag basher. Now, now, Savvik. Don't go getting your panties in a wad...this is just discussion. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:31:22 Message Number 14305 SA>Ok, we agree to disagree. Thank you. This is the same arrangement I worked out with Black Magic, by the way. And to this day, I am sure that she still thinks I am an (SP-) a Heartless Asshole (tm - Typical Women, Inc). SA>...I'm not as educated or quick witted as most of you...I can't help SA>but feel "inadequate"...I will always regret this [not staying in SA>college] Manifest Bullshit. Having spoken with you and even debated with you, I can attest to you "intelligence" and "quick-wittedness". And let me let you in on a secret...if you've had more than 6 semester hrs of college, you've had more college than I have. Though I have been called well spoken before, I've spent more time ont this board calling everyone *else* well spoken.... Though my opinion may not count for much to you, I will state that you are as intelligent as anyone else on this board...or if not, you sure put up a convincing act! =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:38:23 Message Number 14306 SA> I am afraid of bigots, TS. They scare the hell out of me. Well, I am not afraid of faggots. And they disgust the hell out of me. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:39:35 Message Number 14307 SA>...light bulb up...perverted stunt. TS>Ah, bingo! SA>No. And I never will [understand].... Of course, I guess, one SA>person's pleasure, might be another person's nightmare. Ah, but see, you do understand. And you summed it up nicely. Just substitute "repulsion" for "nightmare"...and you've got it! "One man's theology is another man's belly laugh." - - Lazarus Long =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: New Kids Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:43:20 Message Number 14308 JB>My daughter hates NFOTB. SA>Yeah, but she's YOUR daughter. She was raised to know what "music" SA> is. Ah, fantastic! Well said. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:46:15 Message Number 14309 TS>Perhaps I should re-word: T>Nope, I afraid that doesn't help. It's still a patently ridiculous T>statement. Your opinion...besides, at least it's a more accurate assessment. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:47:56 Message Number 14310 TS>*should have been* a gay disease... T> blather, blather, technical summarys, blather, blah, blah... No kidding. I was implying that it was a shame that it didn't only affect gays. I am aware of the basic patterns of disease spread. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/27/91 18:50:18 Message Number 14311 T>...except for one flaw: there is a difference between being against T>people with Characteristic X and being against Characteristic X. [Extricates self from burning wreckage] [Brushes off sleeves of burning debris. Straightens shirt.] Ah, right. Well...I'll get back to you on that. In the meantime, just show the old footage. =========== From: JONBOY To: SAAVIK Subject: New Kids Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:00:41 Message Number 14312 SA> Yeah, but she's *your* daughter. She was raised to know what "music" SA> is. Actually I had very little to do with her upbringing thanks to a very selfish ex-wife that effectively substituted her boyfriend/"uncle"Dave/ present husband for their real father. What really hurts is that they make absolutely no effort to acknowledge that I exist except at those "special" times of the year. Ah - well - hit me at a bad time as I was actually thinking of them tonite and in my own private hell... A sometimes lonesome JonBoy =========== From: JONBOY To: SAAVIK Subject: sex Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:03:43 Message Number 14313 SA> I liked the "innocent bystander moshing" too I really got clipped good! It actually felt pretty damned good after the shock wore off as my neck got whipped around and thoroughly cracked loose. Ummmmm! Ever hear of "rolfing"? A "I-kin-dance!" JonBoy =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: New Kids Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:06:04 Message Number 14314 T> That's not rude, is it? Yeah but what the hell... ya gotta be honest. =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:08:47 Message Number 14315 T> I'd rather be trampled to death by water buffalo than find myseld T> in bed with some other male. *Ahem* bring on the imported moo-cows. Or have you forgotten the group grope at the party where there were (looking at the photo evidence) 2 other males in the same bed as yourself... hehehe. =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: Not Sex Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:11:02 Message Number 14316 T> aybe sometime we oughta find some apple cider and make it into a T> moviefest thing Ohhhhh - beat me hurt me! Name the date besides this weekend. Maybe I can get some cider while up in 'Bama this weekend. JopnBoy =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: sex Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:12:59 Message Number 14317 T> when Rufus drives ... T> I usually end up on the hood, clinging like a leech ... T> screaming "Rufus, slow down, you @%&# idiot!!!" Now lemme get this straight.... Rufus is safely in the vehicle and you are trying to hang onto this polished moving object with nothing but a puckered anus to hold you in place as a hood ornament and you are calling /him/ an idiot? A skeptical JonBoy =========== From: JONBOY To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:16:02 Message Number 14318 SS> Yeah, try this one on for size, I heard about a guy who got his SS> "thing" stuck in a vacuum hose. Hmmmm - I'd almost be right proud to show up in the E-room with one of those.... :> An evil-nasty JonBoy =========== From: JONBOY To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:18:10 Message Number 14319 SS> You already have a vibrating car. Maybe it's a popular item with the girls... =========== From: JONBOY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:20:55 Message Number 14320 JB> Some people would bitch if they were hung with a new rope... TS> Huh? I don't get it. When yer cup floweth over my man ya don't bitch about it! You get\ a really swelled chest (maybe head too) and with that particular gleam of pride you state - "fuckin A! Torqued that mutha right off with only half-throttle"... Got it? =========== From: JONBOY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:23:08 Message Number 14321 TS> some heavy duty chain to bolt down my block with... Well ya don't zactly bolt it down. You simply attach one end to the motor and the other end to the frame with a little slack in it. The object is just to restrain the thing from rolling over if it gets loose. If you put it on tight you may actually cause steering problems as the torque reaction lifts that side of the car. =========== From: JONBOY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:25:44 Message Number 14322 TS>I will state that you are as intelligent as anyone else on this board Careful Dave - yer being a nice guy again! I love it when you let your guard down. I used to really enjoy watching you and Black Magic get into it. It was nice to see her this weekend... =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: New Kids Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:37:34 Message Number 14323 T: (speech about behavior defects....New kids suck. T: That's not rude, is it? HEY! *I* didn't say it. I was quoting!!!!! Oh, Saavik, stop being so paranoid. Now he'll call you uptight again. Well, I couldn't help it. (Don't you hate it when the "other" personality pops out. Must be that beast again. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Alertness Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:40:16 Message Number 14324 T: I like to think of it as "encouraging alertness in the users...." Yep. FROM: TURTLE is right up there with "Entering Chat mode..." on the list of reasons to do tranquilizers. Oh, Come on. I'm just kidding!!! =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Chat Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:42:08 Message Number 14325 Actually I'm sometimes very enlightened by the Chats I have on Terran. There are some very intelligent young people there. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:43:19 Message Number 14326 S:Of couse, I might be inclined to sell you the original. T:Just lemme save up my allowance money. Gawd!!! I can't even blackmail you.... &*()_&^%%)_+ (there I feel better now) =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:45:53 Message Number 14327 Well, at least you and the Specialist are disagreeing again. This means the universe is safe from destruction. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:47:49 Message Number 14328 That's right (re: AIDS is NOT a gay diseise) Look at the higher incidence of AIDS in the LaBelle area. Could it perhaps be linked to insects??? Hmmmm. Where's my can of OFF? =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:50:53 Message Number 14329 T:Maybe sometime we oughta find some apple cider and make it into a moviefest thing too: Akira, Dark Star, Heavy Metal.... Yeah!!! And we could invite the Specialist and handcuff him to a chair and make him watch Rocky Horror Picture show six times!!!!! =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: College Ed Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:52:48 Message Number 14330 Well, I did manage a year and a half at MCC before the funds went dry. Kind of like Jethro on the Hillbillies, eh??? Oh, LIghten up. You're smart and YOU know it. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Down the road Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:54:05 Message Number 14331 T:Course, that happened one day and Tyler, in the passenger seat, yanked on the emergency brake thingie...... And the car stopped and you didn't....., right???? A rolling Turtle gathers no moss...... but does get one hell of a road rash. =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Stuff Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:56:42 Message Number 14332 Sa: I guess I am uptight. T: Ding SS: Ding SA: You can both go *ding* yourselves. SS: Are we making you uptight again? *Ding* =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/27/91 22:58:14 Message Number 14333 SS: I heard about a guy who got his "thing" stuck in a vacuum hose. Gee, hadn't he ever heard that you can reverse "suck" to "blow" on almost any Hoover?? SS:BLUSHING!?! Nope! Laughing my Vulcan butt off. =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:01:39 Message Number 14334 SS: (correcting Svik's English Grammar) Don't get started on that again, Steel! Hey, I meant to ask you....... how come you and JB were the only ones who found Bullsh*t on the scavenger hunt? Could it be because you always have a load of that available????? Smile!! =========== From: SAAVIK To: RAT Subject: oo Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:03:53 Message Number 14335 RAT: o o o o o o o o Hmmmm. I think the "eyes" have it. =========== From: SAAVIK To: RUFUS Subject: Back seat Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:06:46 Message Number 14336 Yeah, the moment I typed "I always end up in the back seat" I knew it was a poor choice of words. Hey, what's a weasel in drag????? Anything like a Otter in a Afcan? =========== From: SAAVIK To: RUFUS Subject: UM Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:09:47 Message Number 14337 Unit of measurements eh? Gee could I go dressed in a milk jug and call myself a gallon???? =========== From: SAAVIK To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:11:55 Message Number 14338 My panties aren't wadding. It just seems that this is one subject where we both have strong feelings.... in opposite directions. You're right, you do have the right to "dislike"(boy, whata understatement) gay people, but NO ONE has the right to bash someone for ANY reason. :) =========== From: SAAVIK To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:14:39 Message Number 14339 Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence on my intelligence, TS. Ouch! It sure does hurt when my head starts to swell......... I will say this......... I was hard put for intelligent conversations before I called Alter Reality. The most interesting topic I used to hear was "So, what do you want for lunch today" Of which the natural reply was "I dunno, what do you want?" It was either that or a discussion on what nail color to buy........ ICK!!!!! =========== From: SAAVIK To: JONBOY Subject: Separation Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:20:50 Message Number 14340 I'm really sorry to hear that you are separated from your daughter that way, JB. I know how painful that must be. I think a father's rights are greatly overlooked in today's society. People only hear about the father's who refuse to pay child support or who drop out of sight....., they don't hear from the father's who are shut out by "new husbands" or boyfriends from their children's lives. =========== From: SAAVIK To: JONBOY Subject: rolfing Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:23:35 Message Number 14341 Rolfing????? Well, I've heard of "ralphing" but that makes a nasty mess on the carpet and is usually preceded by too much whisky (or Mai Tai's). Sooooo, what's rolfing??? =========== From: SAAVIK To: JONBOY Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/27/91 23:26:40 Message Number 14342 SS to TS: You already have a vibrating car. JB: Maybe it's a popular item with the girls.... I can hear it now......"So, do you want to park a while?" TS asks, arching his eyebrows She giggles, her eyes glazed. "No, let's just drive around a little longer..." =========== From: KNIGHT OWL To: SAAVIK Subject: $ and AIDS DRs. Date & Time: 03/28/91 00:39:28 Message Number 14344 A very valid point made, Saavik. It's a shame that people can't be there in the time of greatest need. Not that they can do anything to help, but it just might comfort the terminal individual, knowing that someone cares enough to be there. =========== From: KNIGHT OWL To: SAAVIK Subject: oo Date & Time: 03/28/91 00:55:22 Message Number 14345 o o o o 'Sam, the cieling needs painting.' =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Stuff Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:40:52 Message Number 14346 SA>I guess I am uptight. T> Ding. SS>Ding. SA>You can both go *ding* yourselves. Hmmmmph!!!! --- SS>Are we making you uptight again? Sure sounds like it, doesn't it? :) Jeepers (so to speak), aren't we awful? (smug smirk) =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:42:35 Message Number 14347 JB> - now /that's/ scary. SS> No, that's stupid. Ding. Of all the objects one can put in parts of one's body, a lightbulb has to be the least bright (pardon) thing you can use. I can just see it getting stuck...or **breaking**...and the stuff they use to frost the inside of the frosted ones is **toxic**... =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Party Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:45:40 Message Number 14348 >What about me? Fine. You want some HHF's, you're invited too. I still think my userlog is going to have an accident sometime soon, though... :> =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Spell-monger Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:47:03 Message Number 14349 SA>Bushes foreign policy... SS>Isn't that "Bush's", it is posessive after all. Actually, shouldn't that read, 'Isn't that "Bush's," it is posessive after all.'? The comma goes inside the quotation marks. =========== From: TURTLE To: RAT Subject: Bush Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:48:32 Message Number 14350 >Have you no sense of humor? I have a keenly developed sense of humor. My sarcasm is drier than yours, though...I was being sarcastic, too! :P =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: sex Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:49:31 Message Number 14351 >Ah, the images the term 'back seat' conjures up. No doubt. I /like/ bumps...especially large bumps you can launch a car off of. You ever see a Honda Civic get four feet off the ground with six people on board? It's a lot of fun, although the landing tends to be a little rough. =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Not Sex Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:51:25 Message Number 14352 >Have you seen "Radioactive Dreams?" No...although in that case the question mark belongs OUTSIDE the quotation marks (sorry). You ought to bring it over some time so we can watch it. On an unrelated note, Zapf Dingbat says to say "hi," and that he really hates the company that makes the LaserMax 5000 laser printer since they spell the name of his font "Zaph Dingbats" in their advertising. (That's gotta be real embarassing, working for a company that makes typesetting equipment and mis-spelling one of the most commonly-used fonts on earth. Ya know?) =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:54:12 Message Number 14353 >I find that if you keep them talking, they won't get on to computers. Hey! That reminds me of this time I was doing systems programming on this DECsystem-20/60, working on a new command interpreter, right? So I compile this PCL routine that's supposed to be able to give a complete report on the current system load and the job status and controlling device of all the currently active jobs, and optionally send it to TTY53:. So what I do is allocate TTY53: and send the source code over there, and the damn DECwriter III starts spewing blank sheets of paper four feet in the air! I hate when that happens. =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/28/91 14:58:19 Message Number 14354 "One man's theology is another man's belly laugh." Hey, I /like/ it! And I just now noticed that this @&%$ computer experienced a (recoverable) hard error on my message base floppy while I was reading your message. Grr...these drives have been in continuous service since this system went up and the heads are starting to look kinda sandpapered. You know where I can find some new 5.25" double-sided half-height floppy drives for cheap? =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:00:43 Message Number 14355 >I was implying that it was a shame that it didn't affect only gays. Oh. And here I was thinking you were making at least a modicum of effort to be reasonable. Sorry...my mistake. =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: Moshing Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:15:55 Message Number 14356 SA> I liked the "innocent bystander moshing" too JB> I really got clipped good! Yeah, so did I...last time I ever turn my back on Scott Steel. =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:17:00 Message Number 14357 >...2 other males... Not the same thing. Alright, alright, my statement was not terribly clear, so I suppose I deserve the nit-picking. How 'bout "rather be trampled to death by [substitute favorite large stampeding herd animal here] than find myself engaged in sexual intercourse with a member of my sex"? =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: Movies & Foxes Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:18:44 Message Number 14358 >Name the date besides this weekend. Maybe I can get some cider while >up in 'Bama this weekend. Well, considering that fresh apple cider won't keep very long before it starts to ferment and get nasty, how 'bout next weekend? (Interested parties...Saavik? Scott? Rufus? Anyone else?) =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: Hood Ornaments Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:21:08 Message Number 14359 >Rufus is safely in the vehicle and you are trying to hang onto this >polished moving object with nothing but a puckered anus to hold you >in place as a hood ornament and you are calling /him/ an idiot? Well, since you put it THAT way... Actually, I didn't really expect him to take off down that twisty road before Tyler's house at sixty miles per, and I /really/ didn't expect Tyler to rip on the emergency brahe while we were doing the same thing over here. "You mean you did it /twice/?" Well...yeah. =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: New Kids Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:24:24 Message Number 14360 >Oh, Saavik, stop being so paranoid. Yeah, I was referring to what /I/ said as being rude...by the way, you forgot to close TWO SETS of parentheses! =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: Chat Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:25:21 Message Number 14361 >Actually I'm sometimes very enlightened by the Chats I have on >Terran. There are some very intelligent young people there. Yep...and then there's Adam Wolverine. =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: College Ed Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:27:10 Message Number 14362 >Oh, LIghten up. Good advice. I can think of several people who ought to listen to it. :) =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: Down the road Date & Time: 03/28/91 15:27:59 Message Number 14363 >A rolling Turtle gathers no moss...... but does get one hell of a >road rash. Rolling, yeah...road rash, no. I managed to roll seven hundred and twenty degrees without leaving the hood...stayed right where I was. Rufus said it was quite a trick. I guess you hadda be there... =========== From: APPRENTICE To: NOBODY Subject: NOTHING Date & Time: 03/28/91 19:24:05 Message Number 14364 ...and suddenly a new user appears and rudely interupts: Hey, er, um... does anybody actually /use/ the other conferences? Just wondering. =========== From: SAAVIK To: KNIGHT OWL Subject: $ and AIDS DRs. Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:19:49 Message Number 14365 For some strange reason, a quote from Clint Eastwood comes to my mind.. "Dyin' ain't much of a living." I guess it's because I somehow feel that someone who is dying, and they KNOW it, doesn't have much to look forward to in the long run. Therefore, a simple phone call from a friend would be the highlight of their day. Just a little thing like a visit and a magazine...., maybe a new tape to listen to.... anything that shows that you care. I realize that it's hard to come up with something to say to someone is dying... that's why many people would avoid the situation of visiting a "ill" person. Same goes for a friend or family member who has just lost a loved one. A while back, my husband's friend lost his wife, my husband began to avoid him. His reason: He felt uncomfortable in the face of his friends grief because he didn't know what to say to help. It's not really a case of knowing what to say or do....., sometimes all you have to do is listen, and just be there. =========== From: SAAVIK To: KNIGHT OWL Subject: oooooo Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:27:17 Message Number 14366 Now that was cute!!!!!! 00 00 oo OO ( maybe this is a family, eh?) =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: UP tight Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:29:29 Message Number 14367 Gee, when I was just a little kid..... Uptight was cool. I remember this song. "Uptight, everything is all right.. uptight, clean outa sight." No age jokes, guys, I was just a baby then. :) =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Spell-monger Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:32:04 Message Number 14368 Score one for the Electronic Turtle puncuation corrector. Eat dirt, Steel. And quite correcting my grammar and spelling. Thanks, Turtle. Saavique The Uptight, Illiterate Vulcan =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Movies & Foxes Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:37:28 Message Number 14369 Just let me know when and I'll pencil it in. Hehehe. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: New Kids Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:38:54 Message Number 14370 T: By the way, you forgot to close TWO SETS of parentheses! First I had to put up with a perpetual spell checker, and now this. Jees! Give me a break here. I TOLD you I wasn't as SMART as you. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Chat Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:40:30 Message Number 14371 SS: There are some very intelligent young people there. T: And then there's Adam Wolverine. I DID say "some" intelligent people, didn't I? Well, anyway, I don't think Wolvie is un-intelligent, I think he's just 12. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Down the road Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:43:08 Message Number 14372 A seven hundred and twenty degree turn right on the hood, eh? Well, I didn't know Turtles were so graceful. Sounds like you stuck like a tick. =========== From: SAAVIK To: APPRENTICE Subject: NOTHING Date & Time: 03/28/91 20:44:18 Message Number 14373 Saavik walks up and greets the new user with a big hug. "Welcome, stranger. Actually, we all use the read all new and I, for one, don't pay any attention to what conference I'm in. Yes, I'm the perceptive one around here." I mumble to myself..."You mean there's more than one conference??" =========== From: HACMAN To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/28/91 21:20:28 Message Number 14374 Why did you like /Burney/ better? Is anything wrong with Hacman? =========== From: HACMAN To: TURTLE Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/28/91 21:28:27 Message Number 14375 Actually I'm running on a C128. I thought about getting C-Net, but need a few questions answered. You up to it? =========== From: JONBOY To: SAAVIK Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/28/91 21:44:21 Message Number 14376 SA> how come you and JB were the only ones who found Bullsh*t on the SA> scavenger hunt? Could it be because you always have a load of that SA> available????? Oooohhhhhh! I *owe* you for that! Mean ol nasty frustrated Vulcan females ..... (but with a revenge type twinkle in eye) =========== From: JONBOY To: SAAVIK Subject: rolfing Date & Time: 03/28/91 21:47:05 Message Number 14377 SA> Well, I've heard of "ralphing" Sooooo, what's rolfing??? An expert type frustrated basher type disassemles you while cheerfully disregarding your pleas for amnesty and threats of lawsuits. Then against his better judgement (and your expectations) he puts you back together and supposedly you feel like a new person and not a put-out lincoln log set. =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/28/91 21:52:58 Message Number 14378 T> How 'bout "rather ...than find myself engaged in sexual intercourse T> with amember of my sex"? Well - do we take the broad view (no pun intended) of the word intercourse and assume that this conversation dealing with sexual matters qualifies as such? BTW - that picture while looking like shit on Kodak paper looks fairly ok when scanned in as 256 grey scale TIF. =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: Movies & Foxes Date & Time: 03/28/91 21:55:51 Message Number 14379 T> how 'bout next weekend? You got it! Hot damn anudder party! Maybe I can keep up a streak here! I gotta start on my date backlog sometime tho... I have three ladies that I've promised to take out and ned to get started on that too... sighhhh - why do we have to work when there are so much more interesting things to do? Saturday nite I have a lil cajun gal in 'Bama gonna fix me some good ol cajun food and remind me why I loved to party in bayou country.... I gotta slow down.. =========== From: JONBOY To: SAAVIK Subject: Down the road Date & Time: 03/28/91 22:02:04 Message Number 14380 SA> Sounds like you stuck like a tick. Or maybe it was a Mercedes and he had a death grip on the little start (star) and was whipped around in small circles... =========== From: KNIGHT OWL To: APPRENTICE Subject: NOTHING Date & Time: 03/28/91 23:06:22 Message Number 14381 Welcome ApprenticWould you be a magician's apprentic? *]:) Have fun here at A/R. When things get boring here, we set Turtle on his back andwatch him flailing his legs in a futile attempt to get right- side-up. *]:) Mostly we debate on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Star Trek to sex and other assorted things. See ya 'round, Knight Owl =========== From: KNIGHT OWL To: SAAVIK Subject: $ and AIDS DRs. Date & Time: 03/28/91 23:13:44 Message Number 14382 You are so right about how much the terminal people would like to be visited. The best thing to do would be to treat them as you always have. The same applies to those who are greiving. Being there (and listening) makes a world of difference. =========== From: KNIGHT OWL To: SAAVIK Subject: oooooo Date & Time: 03/28/91 23:17:00 Message Number 14383 S> 00 00 oo 00 ( maybe this is a family, eh?) yeah, a strange family... (L to R) Dog, Ma, junior, and Pa. I'm not even gonna ask where they are. (perverted grin) The 'Sam, the cieling needs painting' thingy I posted is from a comic book I saw long ago. L8R! Knight Owl =========== From: RAT To: SAAVIK Subject: ii Date & Time: 03/28/91 23:43:44 Message Number 14384  oo oo oooooooo oooooooo  ooooo 0 ooooo ooooo 0 ooooo   oooooooo oooooooo oo oo =========== From: RAT To: TURTLE Subject: dinging Date & Time: 03/28/91 23:51:04 Message Number 14385 What the hell is the deal with all of this "ding" stuff? ...And you can quote me on that. =========== From: RAT To: TURTLE Subject: Bush Date & Time: 03/28/91 23:58:23 Message Number 14387 Well, being humiliated because of my inability to see this, I now will crawl back into my humble little cage. =========== From: RAT To: RAT Subject: ding Date & Time: 03/29/91 00:06:08 Message Number 14388 *ding* =========== From: RAT To: RAT Subject: ding Date & Time: 03/29/91 00:06:40 Message Number 14389 Oh yeah, well a big *ding* to you to! Ha! =========== From: RAT To: ALL Subject: # Date & Time: 03/29/91 00:09:02 Message Number 14390 ...And the race is on for #14444! Oh my God I can't take the suspense! =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:21:18 Message Number 14391 TS>Seems that the Smog-Monster is also a Torque-Monster, and I've TS>broken an engine mount. SHit. SS>You Monster, you drove it so hard that you actually broke an engine SS>mount, that's incredible. Hmph! This from the guy who always sits in my passenger seat, "Get 'im, Dave. Waste this asshole." Whenever there's another Sports Car next to us... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Seven knots Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:23:32 Message Number 14392 TS>Thank you...I prefer to be blunt. SS>And stubbor, and pig-headed, etc, etc. *yawn* Well, I just don't have it in me to be blatantly egotistical. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:25:16 Message Number 14393 SS>Gimme a shovel... Here. WHANG! Aw, gee Scott...sorry about your nose. Scott...Scott? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: JONBOY Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:32:26 Message Number 14394 JB>"Fuckin' ay! Torqued that mutha right off with only half- JB>throttle'...Got it? But...it was full throttle many times! And I had fully expected to break a drive shaft before I broke an engine mount! =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: JONBOY Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:34:49 Message Number 14395 TS>I will state that you are as intelligent as anyone else on this brd JB>Careful Dave- yer being a nice guy again! No, just stating facts...or opinions...mine, anyway. JB>It was nice to see [Black Magic] this weekend... It was nice to se her, period. She is fairly impressive in the looks category. Admittedly, I was supised, but not unexpecting of her reaction to me. It is evident to see & detect from her attitude and way of dress that we have absolutely nothing in common to start with... no wonder we disagreed. Although, she was higly ornamental. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:39:43 Message Number 14396 T>Akira, Dark Star, Heavy Metal... SA>Yeah, and we could invite the Specialist Cool! SA>and handcuff him to a chair Waitaminute... SA>And make him watch RHPS six times!!! Ah, no, I think I'll take a raincheck. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:42:57 Message Number 14397 SA>...you do have a right to "dislike"...gay people... No, hate. H...A...T...E. Thank you. SA>...but NO ONE has the right to bash someone for ANY reason. Hmmm. Depends on you definition of BASH, and I might have something to say about that. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:49:21 Message Number 14398 T>Do you know where I can find some new 5.25" double-sided half-height T>floppy drives for cheap? Uh...new? No, but I know where you can get a whole shi^load of used ones... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:52:06 Message Number 14399 T>"rather be trampled to death...than find myself engaged in sexaul T>intercourse with a member of my sex" Ah, well spoken...you homophobe, you. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: HACMAN Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/29/91 16:56:34 Message Number 14400 H>Why did you like /Burney/ better? Is anything wrong with Hacman? Hmmm. Well, for one, Burney sounds more like a person. Hacman (while it's a pretty cool moniker) brinks to mind a nerdy lookin' dude with round glasses, who sits in front of his computer all night, and knows every GTE access code to all parts of the country by heart, and even has his own keychain to the GTE offices. I knew Burny was a pretty cool dude with a life and feelings, and I could identify with him. I don't know Hacman yet. Maybe it's just because I'm opposed to change in general. =========== From: SAAVIK (moderator) To: ALL Subject: Storyboard 1 Date & Time: 03/29/91 17:44:36 Message Number 14402 Welcome to the "Den of Decadence". Long ago in Earth's history, Florida was a part of the United States of America, a very strong world power. Having made peace with the majority of other continents, the United States enjoyed a long and profitable existence. In fact, it was a shuttle launched the the United States that made first contact with life forms from another world. These sentient beings were peaceful and friendly, reminding most humans of familiar animals of the Planet Earth, from feline to canine and even Equs. They were welcomed by the Americans with open arms and eventually their visits became frequent and commonplace. The "Furries" as they were affectionately called by the people of Earth began to move to the Earth and share their technology with it. This apparently angered another galactic force known only as the "Trogs". They were sinister looking villains with giant space crafts and technology so far beyond our own that they met with little resistance as they brutally attacked the Earth. The Continents became divided by huge craters which quickly filled with water. Millions of people were killed. A holocaust of nature followed as the Earth adjusted to it's new form. For a hundred years, mountains moved, oceans brewed and the rains and wind wailed. Volcano's erupted, earthquakes shattered buildings and Earthling and Furry alike were trapped within the assault of disaster. =========== From: SAAVIK (moderator) To: ALL Subject: Den 2 Date & Time: 03/29/91 17:45:18 Message Number 14403 Finally, the Earth settled back to rest, its face greatly changed. What were once great nations were now tiny plots of land amidst a giant sea. Much of Earth's technology had been blotted out, communications between and within the nations ceased to exist. Accordingly, each island, now a nation onto itself, began to govern itself in it's own way. Furry and Human alike banded together as equals. In fact, many furries had married and bred with humans. Their offspring began a disturbing murmur of protest from the new governments who were mostly human. These children known as "Morphs" were basically human in appearance, standing upright in most cases, but many had animal characteristics. The hair, the teeth, the tails. Many of the "morphs" resembled the mythical animals from Earth legends, such as cenatuars. Many of the same people who had welcomed the Furries began to shun the Morphs. They were treated as freaks by the populace. As a result, the Morphs and their parents banded together and sought out a homeland where they could live in peace. The remaining chunks of Florida known as the Florida Chains provided them with paradise. They migrated to these sparsely inhabited islands and formed their own governments and laws. In time, they welcomed "friendies" of all nations to visit their paradise. =========== From: SAAVIK (moderator) To: ALL Subject: Den 3 Date & Time: 03/29/91 17:45:51 Message Number 14404 One such island in the Florida chain houses a place called the "Den of Decadence". Just a short distance by boat from the other islands, the "Den" has become a playground for adult humans, furries, and morphs alike. Many a sailor stops in at the Den to satisfy any hunger they may have. Be it for food, drink, or flesh. Rules for posting in the "Den of Decadence" ------------------------------------------- Most importantly, you can only control your own character actions and dialogue. If engaged in a conversation with someone else's character, you may not reply for him/her. You may not kill or mortally wound another person's character unless it is by mutual agreement (via E-mail or whatever). Characters can be visitors from the other islands, inhabitants of the Den, or Sailors from distant seas. Be a furry, a morph, or a human. Appearances of the Furries would be more animal than human and can be any type known to Furridom. Morphs are human in appearance with certain animal characteristics such as tails, long ears, body fur, horns, hooves.... but mostly human. Remember Humans and Furries can breed, their offspring being known as Morphs. Morphs and human can also breed. Explicit language is allowed but please don't make it every other word. (I think we all agree on that). This is an adult storyboard, so therefore the posts can range from suggestive to torrid. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments, please leave them in E-mail. =========== From: SAAVIK (moderator) To: ALL Subject: Den 4 Date & Time: 03/29/91 17:46:19 Message Number 14405 What you will see: The Den, itself, is less than a half a mile inland and can be reached by walking down a scenic clay path. There is only one entrance to the "Den", but several exits. The main entrance is guarded by two foreboding looking Bear Morphs who will check your weapons and open the door for you. You will find yourself in a large foyer, the decor surrounding you is native and tropical (kind of like the Tiki room at Disney World). At this point, you are faced with two doors. One leads into the main tavern; a place to drink, eat, and relax with other visitors. There are many tables and large windows that show the tropical foliage surrounding the "Den". There are several long bars where you will be entertained by dancers, both male and female, human, Furry, and Morph, scantily dressed, of course. The other door leads to the other side of the "Den". This is the "Members Only" section; unless your character is a priveleged member, he or she will NOT be allowed back there! (Access to this area of the storyboard is "adult only" and is moderated by Saavik.) Participants may join the storyboard by introducing characters to the public access prtion of the Den. These characters may be any type normally found in the Den, and of any background, but try to make them consistent, please. Access to the back rooms will most likely be granted only to those who have shown they have a significant contribution to make to the story. The public access portion of the storyboard is moderated by Turtle; the private access area is moderated by Saavik. =========== From: SAAVIK (moderator) To: ALL Subject: Den 5 Date & Time: 03/29/91 17:46:48 Message Number 14406 The Back Rooms The other door leads to the other side of the "Den". This is the brothel. Within this wing, decorated in the style of an old New Orleans brothel, there are many avenues. A long stairway ascends to the rooms where prostitutes await. Through velvet curtains next to the stairway and guarded by yet more mean looking Furries, there is a Gambler's Haven. This is the favorite hangout of many sailors. It is well known that there are many pirates on the open seas and this is the place they'll likely be found. From time to time, bounty hunters and hired mercenaries may find their way here searching for a certain pirate. The inhabitants of the Island will welcome these bounty hunters but they will not disclose any information, usually. =========== From: TURTLE To: APPRENTICE Subject: NOTHING Date & Time: 03/29/91 18:41:33 Message Number 14407 >...does anyone actually /use/ the other conferences? Well, I sometimes use Lions' Den as a paperweight, and Philosopher's Stone makes an excellent dishrag... by the way, welcome aboard! =========== From: OPUS To: ALL Subject: Me! Date & Time: 03/29/91 18:54:21 Message Number 14408 I hope I'm doing this right, if I'm not, just scream at me, okay? I awoke, to find myself lying apon a beach, hair bleached and skin crackling from lying in the sun so far. I attempt to look up, only to find that I cannot see! Hmm.. so I begin to think back, "What in the hell has happened??", Then I rememeber, Lights in the sky, my ship sink- ing, people screaming, it was awful. So I begin to wonder, "Have I been lying here for weeks, maybe months?" But I quickly realize that would be rather impossible, but thats the only explination. So I ebgin to stand, thats when I feel the horrible ache arround my Buttucks, I reach back, onlt to find my tail missing!! Hmm.. now things are really becoming strange, so it seems that I am missing a tail, in a frantic I look around the beach for a loose tail, only to find it barren, except fot the shells of ChemoPlasatic bullet shells. Tailess and most furryless I begin walking towards the woods surronding the beach. That's when I spot it. At first my brain fails to remember exactly what it was. Then I remember. Oh, painfully remember. "Sheila", I wisper a loud.... I look up with tears in my eyes, just in time to see an apparently mature human male running towards me waving a stick and grumbling, "Get off my property to your furry scum." I scram. After traveling for a few minutes I come across a VERY attractive path, as attractive as a path can be! So I begin walking along and notice eyes. People staring at me and snarling. "Hmm....", I start to think to myself, it doesn't seem visitors are liked here. So I plod along trying to ignore the staring eyes, and my painfull rear-end. 'Tis then when I come across the two Bear morphs.. "You want in or what" they snarl, "Sure", I reply meekly. The bears are kind enough to quickly frisk me and "accidently" give me a blow on my already sore rump the throw me enter the foyer, seeing two doors, one marked as private, I quickly choose the public one, and slow =========== From: OPUS To: OPUS Subject: Me! Date & Time: 03/29/91 19:08:15 Message Number 14409 Umm.. that wasn't the greatest I must admit, but gimme time, I'll try to make 'em more intersting!!! ohh.. and the last line was supposed to read: "quickly choose the public door, and slowly plod in...." Opus!  =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: UP tight Date & Time: 03/29/91 19:17:53 Message Number 14410 >Gee, when I was just a little kid.... Uptight was cool. Really? I hope it hasn't scarred you for life... :> (Editor's Note: The above should not be taken seriously.) =========== From: TURTLE To: HACMAN Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/29/91 19:19:42 Message Number 14411 Well, I know a little about C-Net. I like it, in fact, even if it is a rather perverse bit of software. Sure, fire away! =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/29/91 19:21:00 Message Number 14412 >BTW - that picture while looking like shit on Kodak paper... You use Kodak paper? Ewwww...why? >...looks fairly okay when scanned in as 256 grey scale TIF. Uh-huh...I'll take your word for it. Can this be described as 'computer sex'? =========== From: TURTLE To: RAT Subject: dinging Date & Time: 03/29/91 19:23:10 Message Number 14413 >What the hell is the deal with all of this "ding" stuff? You 'ding' somebody who's just said something that should be intuitively obvious to even the most casual of observers, of course! Right, Saavik? =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 03/29/91 19:25:00 Message Number 14414 >Although, she was highly ornamental. Ooooooh...don't ever let her hear you say that! She's also rather weird, very outspoken, and almost as opinionated as you... =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/29/91 19:26:20 Message Number 14415 >Uh...new? No, just /working/. These drives are on their last legs (so to speak). =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/29/91 19:26:55 Message Number 14416 >Ah, well spoken... Thanks. >...you homophobe, you. Waitaminnit! I don't hold the /practice/ against the /people/ who do it... =========== From: HACMAN To: JONBOY Subject: mylar pAper Date & Time: 03/29/91 22:52:21 Message Number 14417 To but in on a conversation, I noticed something about a picture looking like sh*t on Kodak paper. Try the new FUJI MYLAR paper. You wi ll be pleasantly suprised as to its quality. I happen to know that NORTON CAMERA & VIDEO in Sarasota used to reproduce on the stuff if requ ested. (Danm..I'll never get used to no word wrap). =========== From: HACMAN To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/29/91 22:59:46 Message Number 14418 Well I'm touched. It almost brought a tear to my eye. And as far as the handle, I don't mind putting it up for a vote. All those in favor of /Burney/ say so. All those in favor of /Hacman/ say so too! Sorry about starting a sentence with "And". Shame on me... =========== From: HACMAN To: TURTLE Subject: C-Net Date & Time: 03/29/91 23:05:49 Message Number 14419 First of all, anybody who might have the answer is encouraged to reply. First question, Where can C-Net128 be obtained? Second. What files are required? Third. What, if any, programming will be required? Fourth. What language is my programming done in (if any)? Fifth. Anybody wanna help set it up? That'll get you started. ANY help would be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah. Sixth. Is C-Net ECHO compatible? =========== From: HACMAN To: ALL Subject: 14444 Date & Time: 03/29/91 23:13:47 Message Number 14420 I considered posting until I got to msg# 14444. I figured though, if I want help with C-Net, I better not. Also after the first few messages I'd run out of things to say.....unless I typed one word per msg. =========== From: KNIGHT OWL To: RAT Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/29/91 23:25:16 Message Number 14421 R>... and the race is on for #14444 Watch out, you have some competition.. Saavick, Sctt Steel, and the ever-watchful Turtle. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: RUFUS Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 03/30/91 01:33:48 Message Number 14422 R> (People at the BBS parties defaulting to computer talk.) Well, I just didn't think that I ahd a lot in common with the people there. (er...that's "had", I hate typos!!) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/30/91 01:36:29 Message Number 14423 TS> ...broke an engine mount. Shit. JB> Some people would bitch if they were hung with a new rope.... TS> Huh? I don't get it. He means that you were boasting about your high-power enigine, then you turn around and complain that you broke an engine mount. Kinda like looking a gift horse in the mouth. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/30/91 01:39:33 Message Number 14424 TS to SA> I have to "right" to be a fag basher. Ummm...I do believe that I am correct in saying that you have never hit a fag in your life. Is this true? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: JONBOY Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 03/30/91 01:46:11 Message Number 14425 JB to T> Or have you forgotten the group grope at the party where there > were 2 other amles in the same bed as yourself. I resent that. First of all it wasn't a group grope. Secondly, stop trying to as problems for me, remember I live with the patron Saint of Fag Bashing. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SAAVIK Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/30/91 01:52:41 Message Number 14426 SA> Yeah!! And we could invite the Specialist and handcuff him to a SA> chair and make him watch Rocky Horror Picture show six times!!!! Gawd! Does that sound good. I think I'd enjoy watching the Specialist squirm more that seeing that movie again. (Thinking of scene with Dr. Frankfurter and Brad, while they were being watched by Janet.) hehehehe =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SAAVIK Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/30/91 01:56:52 Message Number 14427 Actually Jonboy knew where to find Bullshit, I may be full of the verbal kind, which is far more common in the BBS, than your average pasture variety.) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:01:27 Message Number 14428 T> a lightbulb has to be the least bright (pardon) thing you can use. hahaha...lightbulb...bright. I like it. hehehe =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Party Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:02:43 Message Number 14429 > ...I still think my userlog is going to have an accident sometime soon > though.... :> Coming this summer to theatres near you...Pentacon ]I[: The Wrath of Turtle. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Moshing Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:08:13 Message Number 14430 T> Yeah, so did I...last time I ever turn my back on Scott Steel. Yeah, well, you /did/ start the whole thing. Now if you can't take the heat, than stay out of the oven. Did you bit off more than we could chew? Hmmm? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Movies & Foxes Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:10:32 Message Number 14431 HHF get-to-together...I'll be there if I can. (I need a ride again.) Unfortunateky the Man of Steel lacks a vehicle of steel. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Hood Ornaments Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:12:34 Message Number 14432 So you were a hood ornament on a fast moving vehicle and didn't learn the first time have potentially dangerous that can be. Boy, I guess you're even more thick-headed than I had thought. I mean, I thought that the Specialist was the most thick-headed around here, obviously I was wrong. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: APPRENTICE Subject: NOTHING Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:15:38 Message Number 14433 Ah, a new user, welcome. The Apprentice. I wonder if this guy has any thing in common with the Specialist. Are you under his tutoriage or something? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: HACMAN Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:20:40 Message Number 14434 H> Is anything wrong with Hacman? Not in particular. Just that it sounds like Pacman and, besides, Burney has more character, as far as a name goes. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:25:51 Message Number 14435 TS> Hmph! This from the guy who always sits in my passenger seat, "Get TS> 'im, Dave. Waste that asshole." Whenever there's another sports TS> car next to us... I /do/ love the reace, but I think I would have been yelling at you to slow down if I had been with you when you raced that car to 140 mph. Thrills I like, wetting my pants, I don't. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Seven knots Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:28:43 Message Number 14436 TS> Well, I just don't have it in me to be blatantly egotistical. Oof! Okay, I just sit here and wait for you to screw up. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:40:48 Message Number 14437 TS> Although, she was highly ornamental. T> Oooooooh..don't ever let her hear you say that! T> She's also rather weird, very outspoken, and almost as opinionated as T> you... Better not let her read that one either. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: HACMAN Subject: votes on handle Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:43:07 Message Number 14438 I'm in favor of Burney, persobnally. Next? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: ALL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:46:13 Message Number 14439 Again Scott Steel begins his quest for the cool message numbers. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:47:16 Message Number 14440 I wonder if Turtle's still up? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:47:49 Message Number 14441 You know, when I signed-on today I saw that I had to read over 100 new messages. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:48:35 Message Number 14442 I, also, had to post 24 times to get to #14444. I guess I was a little short now I have to post stupid junk to get there. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:49:48 Message Number 14443 Today, a friend of mine got a game called Hero Quest. It's a D & D type game. But, instead, it has a board and playing pieces, I think it' (it's) kinda neat. Has anyone ever played it before? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 02:51:27 Message Number 14444 Yes, and another superior message number fells into the hands of Scott Steel. Mohahahaha =========== From: KNIGHT OWL To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 09:30:45 Message Number 14446 CongradulationYou have won a lifetime supply of Mountain Dew, Yoo Hoo, and a 1 LB. box of $1.00 bills that were found under the statue of liberty's robe by her feet. L8R! =========== From: RAT To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: HeroQuest Date & Time: 03/30/91 11:20:28 Message Number 14447 Well, I've played Advanced Hero Quest which unlike yours, the GM randomly rolls on a table chart what the maze or castle looks like. Personally, I think Advanced is a better game but I hate having to map down the entire maze. Regular Hero Quest is an easier game in reference to setting it up though. Have you played the game at all or did you just look at it? -- O \ =========== From: RAT To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: cheating Date & Time: 03/30/91 11:32:05 Message Number 14448 I think you cheated just to get this message and you don't deserve it but I'm gonna get the next one. 15000 =========== From: SAAVIK To: JONBOY Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/30/91 12:36:24 Message Number 14449 Sorry about the bullsh*t joke. What can I say? It was there. I just had to say it. =========== From: SAAVIK To: JONBOY Subject: rolfing Date & Time: 03/30/91 12:38:25 Message Number 14450 So Rolfing is the art of picking someone apart, then taping them back to together again. Hmmmm. I think I'll pass on that sport, sounds messy. =========== From: SAAVIK To: KNIGHT OWL Subject: $ and AIDS DRs. Date & Time: 03/30/91 12:43:13 Message Number 14451 You know, sometimes I wish (well more than sometimes) that I didn't have to work so many damned hours a week. I'd like to do some volunteer work at the hospices with terminal patients. It would be very rewarding, I think, to fell like you may have made a difference is someones life. I don't know about you, but my schedule is pretty crammed. When I do get time off, I want to "goof off". Unless I win the Lotto, I won't be slowing down anytime soon. So I guess I'll put the hospice idea on hold for a while. =========== From: SAAVIK To: RAT Subject: ii Date & Time: 03/30/91 12:48:33 Message Number 14452 What was that???? Looked like someone chasing someone... =========== From: SAAVIK To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/30/91 12:53:10 Message Number 14453 Wait a minute. (I choke between waves of giggles) Just a sec...(wiping the tears from my eyes) One more minute. (Deep breaths, catch the breath) Whew! Ok, much better. Gee, TS. I was only kidding. We wouldn't *really* make you watch Rocky Horror. We wouldn't even handcuff you to a chair......:) =========== From: SAAVIK To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/30/91 12:56:32 Message Number 14454 TS: No, hate. H...A...T...E. Hate is a very ugly word. SA: NO ONe has the right to bash someone for ANY reason. TS: Depends on your definition of BASH. Bash: to hit with intent of doing bodily harm. Bash: to publicly ridicule, slander, and/or humiliate another person. Niether one is right. And deep down inside, YOU know it.!!!! =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: UP tight Date & Time: 03/30/91 13:14:29 Message Number 14456 SA: Gee, when I was just a liitle kid....Uptight was cool. T: REally? I hope it hasn't scarred you for life...:> Nope, I actually made it all the way to 30 without becoming warped..... ........and then came the Furry party.... .........suddenly, the only one in my house I can relate to is the dog. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: dinging Date & Time: 03/30/91 13:18:53 Message Number 14457 Go ahead, rub it in. Ding, Ding, Ding. That's all I ever hear. I feel like a contestant on Jeopardy or something. Yeah, right, Turtle. *Ding* is just a polite way of saying *No shit!*. =========== From: SAAVIK To: HACMAN Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/30/91 13:22:47 Message Number 14458 H: Sorry about starting a sentence with "And." Shame on me.... oh, no!!!!!(groan) Not another English Major.... I vote for Burney. I like that name. For some reason, when I hear Hacman I picture this big yellow smiley face.........chomping on everything in sight. =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/30/91 13:27:41 Message Number 14459 SS:I think I'd enjoy watching the Specialist squirm more than seeing that movie again. Yeah, it'd be fun. But come to think of it, we'd have to let him loose sooner or later. Now after watching all this, helplessly handcuffed, don't you think he's going to be plenty pissed off when we let him go. Maybe we could just, like, tie a string to the cuff keys (like a 50 foot long string), then hand him the end and run. By the time he got to the keys we'd be safe, eh? =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: votes on handle Date & Time: 03/30/91 13:38:28 Message Number 14460 And the Saavik spell checker springs into action..... Shouldn't that be "personally", not persobnally??? =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 13:42:54 Message Number 14461 SS:Yes, and another superior message numbers fells(shouldn't that be falls???) into the hands of Scott Steel. Oh Puhlease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SS: Mohahahahaha Get a life!!!!!!!! (whimper) =========== From: APPRENTICE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: WHOA! Date & Time: 03/30/91 14:31:40 Message Number 14462 Watch what you say there! I have friends in high places who know people that can probably turn you into a frog. (hmmmfff) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: KNIGHT OWL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 15:39:38 Message Number 14464 Mountain Dew, and Yoo Hoo, and a pound of $1 bill. Hell, I'll take it. (slap slap) Get back to reality steel. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: RAT Subject: HeroQuest Date & Time: 03/30/91 15:41:32 Message Number 14465 We played to first quest yesterday. No big deal. But we were all seasoned D & D players too. But we like and will play it again. Where can I get the advanced version. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: RAT Subject: cheating Date & Time: 03/30/91 15:42:57 Message Number 14466 R> I think you cheated just to get this message....spew spew... I posted at the right time and the right place. YOu're just jealous. Suffer. At least this one Turtle didn't steal or mutilate like he did to another message number that I got. =========== From: APPRENTICE To: ALL Subject: The 1st Meeting Date & Time: 03/30/91 17:32:18 Message Number 14467 Inside the public bar, the scene is quite a jumbles. Many tables are knocked over, and a bartender is busy straightening up. Several very-non-human bartenders move behind the bar, filling orders for the surprisingly small number of patrons. In the section clearly marked "DANGER - No Smoking" sits a human figure slowly sipping from a large mug of cow milk. He (for he is clearly a he) wears a robe that is clearly suffering from an acute inferiority complex. It has no color of its own, but randomly picks colors it finds around the room and attempts to associate with them, but the colors in the room are feverishly trying to stay away from it. The overall effect is a darkish, well travelled, deseised looking garment, with moving muddy colored patches. On his wrists are high-tech wrist-'puters, which, along with a large assortment of other rare tech items, unmistakably marks him as an Inquisitor. The helmet of a marine powered-armour suit sits in front of him, as he gazes levely at the entrance. He looks with unblinking eyes at the creature that has just entered. Two other men are sitting at the bar, aternately falling of their stools, drinking large amounts of fermented fruit juice, and complaining about the futility of chasing after pirate ships, which had left eight hours previously. Other than these, and a party of Tourists playing dice games, the bar is empty. The silent figure beckens the new-comer over. "You also seem to be looking for something," he says as he waves for the bartender to bring the man his choice of drinks. =========== From: OPUS To: HACMAN Subject: C-Net Date & Time: 03/30/91 18:49:30 Message Number 14468 There is a C-Net BBS around here called (well be called) Kaos, it is run on C-Net 128 by Oden, umm.. The NEW C-Net 128 (version 5) is ECHO compatable. I would suggest asking Oden for some help, I dunno if he is on here or not.... umm.... C-Net doedn't require any programming but sure is fun to mod it.. C-Net 128 is commercial and must be purchased via mail I beleive, I can get you the mail address, or you can just ask Oden for it...... Opus! =========== From: OPUS To: APPRENTICE Subject: The 1st Meeting Date & Time: 03/30/91 19:02:10 Message Number 14469 Upon entering the bar I take a quick look around and notice a man , in trashed robes, sitting ion the No-Smoking section, I gasp, not because everyone is looking at me, but because someone has entered the No-Smoking section. I notice as he motions to me, at first, I ignore him, but then I relaize he maybe be my only chance, maybe he knows some- one who knows who I am, maybe not. SO, I begin to tread on over towards the corner, only to fall flat on my face. Looking up I see some not so nice looking Ram-Morphs (spur of the moment okay?), laughing at me, I begin to get up, but then realize this is not the time to start somethin , though it is most certainly the place. Slowly, I drag myself up and continue walking towards the corner, being careful to avoid everybody else. I sit down, only to jump up in pain! "Umm.. it's my tail, errr lack of a tail", I embarrassingly explain to the human, "It's still hard to get used to not having one!" So I carefully sit down, being sure to put a nice soft furry foot between by butt and the hard chair. "Now what", I think to myself. "Umm.. nice watch", I mumble try- ing to start a conversation..... =========== From: HACMAN To: SAAVIK Subject: dog relations Date & Time: 03/30/91 21:50:35 Message Number 14470 Funny you should say that, I was the same way after my first Furry party Unfortunately, it was my last (to date). Since then my schedule too has taken a turn for the worse. My schedule is of my own doing (or undoing) I wanted some new equipment to start up a bbs of my own...hence a second job and several months later I have most of it. Not to much longer now. =========== From: HACMAN To: SAAVIK Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/30/91 21:54:29 Message Number 14471 Well so far it is unanimous. Have a few more messages to check though. =========== From: HACMAN To: OPUS Subject: C-Net Date & Time: 03/30/91 21:57:33 Message Number 14472 An address would be appreciated. I've tried to get on BC but it is DEAD Later I'll check the user list to see if he's here. =========== From: HACMAN To: HACMAN Subject: justification Date & Time: 03/30/91 21:59:22 Message Number 14473 Hey....Hey everybody. Try to top that. Notice message 14470 is has perfectly aligned left and right margins. Kinda like I planned it that way huh? Yeah..uh..huh...I can tell your all really impressed. =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Furry Party Date & Time: 03/30/91 22:59:03 Message Number 14474 >Well, I just don't think I ahd a lot in common with the people there. Name somebody who /did/ have anything in common with any of the other people there! That's one fo the neat things about Furry Parties: you get so many different types of people show up... =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/30/91 23:01:13 Message Number 14475 >hahaha...lightbulb...bright. I like it. hehehe At least you're easy to entertain. :> =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Moshing Date & Time: 03/30/91 23:02:05 Message Number 14476 T>...last time I ever turn my back on Scott Steel. S>Yeah, well, you /did/ start the whole thing. Now if you can't take S>the heat, than [sic] stay out of the oven. Hey, was I complaining? I was simply pointing out thast you're an opportunistic, backstabbing traitor, that's all. Not a complaint at all. Hmph. =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Movies & Foxes Date & Time: 03/30/91 23:03:49 Message Number 14477 >HHF get-together...I'll be there if I can. Cool! That's two (SS and JB)...anyone else? Saavik? Rufus? Specialist? Anybody? =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: My car Date & Time: 03/30/91 23:05:08 Message Number 14478 >...I would have been yelling at you to slow down if I had been with >you when you raced that car to 140 mph. Wimp. I've gone that fast in a 1977 Honda Civic hatchback, for God's sake! Iff'n ya can't take the heat, stay out of the oven. (May or may not be (c) Scott Steel.) =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: #14444 Date & Time: 03/30/91 23:07:28 Message Number 14479 >Yes, and another superior messahe number fells into the hands of >Scott Steel. Shouldn't that read "falls into the hands of Scott Steel"? =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: dinging Date & Time: 03/30/91 23:12:01 Message Number 14480 >Ding, Ding, Ding. That's all I ever hear. Ding. >*Ding* is just a polite way of saying *No shit!* Ding. (Sorry, I had to...spinelessly unable to resist an opening like that.) =========== From: SHANDRA To: =ALL= Subject: Getting Started Date & Time: 04/07/91 21:25:28 Message Number 14483 I part the curtain dividing in the back of the bar and step out into the bar proper, blinking as my eyes adjust to the light. My grandmother's eyes, soft gray, not at all typical of someone of my race. I am three-quarters 'furry,' after all; vaguely feline, with digitigrade feet, retractile claws, tawny orange-black fur. And these impossible gray eyes, set behind a very cat-like muzzle. Go figure. Funny thing about genetics, even when you think you know what's going on you can still be surprised. I yawn and step further into the bar, assuming my customary position at the end of the bar proper. I hope today will be quiet; I'm still sleepy and not in the mood for trouble. As the bar's "official" bouncer, trouble is sort of my job, but I can still wish for a few peaceful days, can't I? Lord knows I've seen more than my fair share of trouble. Served a three-year stint in the Combined Forces Military, saw action against the Trogs and later against my own people during the riots, and then came the Combined Forces Alien And Outside Races Act, and suddenly those of us with mixed human and alien background were personae non grata. So what do I do? Like a fool, I stand up against racism, and end up with a dishonorable discharge and a few well-connected enemies to show for it. No room for ideals in today's brave new world. Few years as a personal bodyguard, sometimes more personal than not, few years as a mercenary, and now I'm here, living in the Florida Chains and looking for something approximating tranquility. Behind me, Robert steps through the curtain and assumes his customary place in the corner, with his customary newspaper and chessboard. A creature of habit, that human. A right bloody old Cockney bastard, too, as he'll cheerfully tell you. Subtle, devious, good with explosives and weapons, and he plays a mean game of chess. He showed up here about =========== From: SHANDRA To: =ALL= Subject: Date & Time: 03/30/91 23:39:23 Message Number 14484 five years ago, in a stolen hovercraft with United Nations markings, and has been here ever since. Not a word to anyone about where he came from or what he was doing; just started hanging around the Den. Still wearing the same bloody white suit and hat, too. He's the Den's "unofficial" bouncer; not really on the payroll, although money has never seemed to be a problem with him, and he's gotten me out of a few jams. He's a strange one, a loud kind of mysterious, and he's got quite a collection of interesting scars in some interesting places...ahem. I blink and survey the bar. It's still early; at ten AM, you don't normally see a lot of...hello, what's this? A furry of some description, looks to be in pretty bad shape, and missing a tail--rather recently from the looks of things. A weird human in a shapeless robe, too. Hmm. This could get interesting; we'll see. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SAAVIK Subject: $ and AIDS DRs. Date & Time: 03/31/91 02:06:14 Message Number 14485 I don't think that's a good idea. (Being a volunteer in a terminally ill patient area) I think you would become attached to them and when they did die you'd fall apart. Believe me I saw it happen to my aunt. And she's been a nurse for as long as I can remember. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SAAVIK Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/31/91 02:10:52 Message Number 14486 SA> ...Tie a string to the cuff key and then hand him the end and run. SA> By the time he got to the keys we'd be safe, eh? Sounds like a plan to me, but I'd have to hide at your house or Turtle's for the night. I wouldn't think of trying to sleep in the same apartmen (apartment) with him until he has had a good day to cool off. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SAAVIK Subject: votes on handle Date & Time: 03/31/91 02:13:20 Message Number 14487 SA> (Correctly a Scott Steel spelling mistake.) I posted that at 3:00 in the morning and you want to do a spelling check, have you no mercy for the heavy-of-eyes posters. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: APPRENTICE Subject: WHOA! Date & Time: 03/31/91 02:16:23 Message Number 14488 Watch what you say there! No offense man. I was just questioning you as to the origin of your handle. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: HACMAN Subject: justification Date & Time: 03/31/91 02:21:48 Message Number 14489 H> Hey...Hey everybody. Try to top that. Notice message #14470 has H> perfectly aligned left and right margins. Kinda like I planned H> it that way huh? Yeah..uh..huh...I can tell you're all really im- HC pressed. Nope. I could align the margins on every message that I posted if I really wanted to be a jerk about thins. In other words, I find that totally unimpressive. (Stell making sure that his margins line up perfectly just to prove his point. even if it is a dumb point.) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Moshing Date & Time: 03/31/91 02:27:04 Message Number 14490 T> .. I was just simplt pointing out that you're an opportunitistic, T> backstabbing traitor, that's all. Not a complain at all. Wah! =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 03/31/91 11:13:53 Message Number 14491 TS>Although, she was highly ornamental. T>Oooooh...don't ever let her hear you sya that! Why not? T>She's also rather wierd, very outspoken, and almost as opinionated T>as you... Hmmm...a match conspired in hell. Funny, she didn't seem wierd. And yes, I alread knew that she was outspoken and opinionated. I might add snotty little brat to that list. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: ouch Date & Time: 03/31/91 11:16:21 Message Number 14492 TS>Uh...new? T>No, just /working/. Lemme see what I can rustle up. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: HACMAN Subject: hi Date & Time: 03/31/91 11:17:44 Message Number 14493 Hey, no...don't go changing a handle just because I said something stupid! I you want Hacman, that's your decision. Just say, "Hey, Specialist, tough! I'm the same guy with a different name, so deal with it!" =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/31/91 11:20:43 Message Number 14494 TS to SA> I have a "right" to be a fag basher. SS>Hmmm...I do believe that I am correct in saying that you have never SS>hit a fag in your life. Is this true? Yes, that is true. Thus far, I have not run up against many of them, and the ones I did meet, I have avoided like the plague. (Very goo [SP-good] analogy.) I have never had to actually hit one. But let me clarify something. It's not like I run up and beat the shit out of any fag I see (I think that I have said before about how that is not my "style" to do that). I simply don't like them and I try to avoid them as much as possible. Further clarification: if a fag propositioned me, and if it was in my power, I think that I would try to hurt them as much as I could, because they can be just plain ouright offensive. And they are. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/31/91 11:43:52 Message Number 14495 SA>Gee, TS! Gosh, Savvik! SA>I was only kidding. We wouldn't *really* make you watch Rocky Horror SA>We would't even handcuff you to a chair......:) Uh huh. I think that you are just trying to lull me into a false sense of security. Seriously, though, Jen has never seen Heavy Metal and I'd like to bring her along...though I don't think that she'll fit in much better than The Religious Butch Dyke From Hell. Though at least she wouln' try to cast any demons out of anyone.... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/31/91 11:47:46 Message Number 14496 SA>Hate is a very ugly word. And extremely accurate, in this case. SA>Bash: hit with intent of doing bodily harm. SA>Bash: to publically ridicule, slander, and/or humiliate another SA> person. Hmmm. Well, I don't Bash(1) fags for no reason. But I see no reason not to Bash(2) fags. Besides, the term "person" is moot. SA>Deep down in side you know it's not right, either. You seem to have more faith in me than what is merited. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: ALL Subject: Happy Date & Time: 03/31/91 12:05:07 Message Number 14497 EASTER! So, like what has everone got planned for today...I am gon (SP going) to my parent's place (thanks Scott) for a ham dinner. I am really looking forward to this...right now I'm starved! Ok, Happy Egg day! .s (Nuts!) =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: ALL Subject: Welp... Date & Time: 03/31/91 12:12:58 Message Number 14498 "Shore leave?!" I cringe, perhaps asking the Captian for some time off for the crew wasn't such a good idea after all. He stands up (and if you can picture what a Kodiac bear looks like, you aren't too far off from my Captain) and crosses his arms. "I'm suprised at you, Kearn. I never thought that *you* would go soft." I can feel my nose start to get warm, but I don't let any of my anger show. "The crew," I say in a low growl, "is getting surly. If we don't let them have some free time soon..." "Blast thier free time!" he explodes. "The life of a pirate isn't all fun and games, and they should have know that when they signed up! Now you," he points a large clawed finger at me, "go out there and tell them that." I hesistate, they aren't going to like this. I am not a small Morph, and I got my position through assassination, same as the next guy. The idea of killing the Captain passes breifly through my head. Not right now, though. Besides, it's tough enough to kill an ordinary Kodiak... and this one has been tried so many times.... I turn on my heel and leave the room. Once on deck, I can see the various men going about thier dutys, and one or two of them look up at me. I shake my head, slowly, and they nod and go about thier business. There are a few on this ship loyal to only me, and then... I make my way to the foredeck. We are lying off the Florida Island chain, and the booty here easy for the taking. Just yesterday we trashe an entire ship...not much of a crew on that one, probably a mere trader. Of course, it was difficult for any ship to successfully resist our cannon. We had probably one of the only laser guided cannon systems on the seas. And a very custom job it was, too. Combined with our light ship and fast crew, we were hard to beat. blank, and the splash of seawater woke me long enough to hear, "M Mcould imagine inserting something at the point of climax -- but vice-versa sounds extremely strange. (My uninformed theory is that it caught on be =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: ALL Subject: (Rest) Date & Time: 03/31/91 12:36:53 Message Number 14499 I looked intently at the Island for a second, looking for habitation, and didn't see any. A deserted island would be a perfect place for the crew to have some time off, if I could just get it past the Captain' head. "Good Morning, Sir." My thoughts were interrupted by the voice of the Chief Boatswain. I turned around, and saw that it was not only him, but quite a few people behind him. I felt my hackles rise suspiciously. "Good morning, Chief." I leaned up against the rail. "We was just wondern' Sir, if you'd managed to get any leave for us." He moved casually to the edge of the deck, and leaned against the rail. The other men spread out, and I began to smell something afoot. The Chief was human, and I could almost smell how keyed up he was. I care- fully adjust the pleats on my pants, and stand up to my full height. "Well," I reply, "no." I begin to get angry because I can tell that they are out to get me, now. The air is thick with thier nervousness and anger. Stupidly, I let my anger speak. "You men knew that when you signed up on this ship that it wasn't any pleasure cruise." I turn on the Chief...bad idea. It isn't until I hit the water that I realise someone hit me. *Ding!* I hear from somewhere, and then the current pulls me down. I don't know who did it, but at this point, staying down under the water seems like a good idea, anyway. A First Mate who was stupid enough to let himself get sacked couldn't last much longer on a ship like that anyway. I swam towards the shore until my lungs couldn't hold out any longer. Luckly, the shore has a steep drop, and it wasn't long until I crawled up on the sand, coughing. I looked back out to the ship, but it was way down the coast...seems like the current pulled me farther than I realized. I stand up and start walking. Away from he ship. Presently, I come across a (what else? - finally!) small clay path...which I follow. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: (Cont) Date & Time: 03/31/91 13:07:27 Message Number 14500 When I arrive at the end of the path, a pair of bears greet me and pat me down. I am suprised but not in any position to resist, so when they take my One-Shot and my Beth-knife, I simply look after them. "You'll get them back," growls one bear, and the other opens the door for me. I obligingly walk through. Inside, one door has a sign which says, "Members Only". Not me, i think, and take the other one. ----------------- Anyone who sees former First Mate Kearn will see a Wolf-Morph, about 6 feet high, (depending on how he is standing, his legs still retain some of the wolf that was his father), dressed in a white (now wrinkled) uniform. The uniform looks rather like a Nazi soldiers uniform, except it is white with a more nautical theme. He is grey, with short fur and hands with opposable thumbs and fingers. He does not wear boots. Incidentally, this is message # 14500... =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Happy Date & Time: 03/31/91 13:25:45 Message Number 14501 TS> .s TS> (Nuts!) Maybe it would have been more appropiate to have said, (Eggs!) =========== From: RAT To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: HeroQuest Date & Time: 03/31/91 16:50:16 Message Number 14502 There are a few places to get the advanced version. Where we got ours was the Time Machine in Bradenton. Every once in a while you'll find a cool game there that they're tring to unload pretty cheap. Another place to get the game is Wargames West Mail-order. It runs around 50 bucks and comes with 36 figures and all the rules and stuff. If you buy that you might want to go to a magazine store and look through some issues of White Dwarf Magazine. I think the only place around here that you'll find those is the Time Machine. =========== From: SAAVIK To: HACMAN Subject: dog relations Date & Time: 03/31/91 18:52:39 Message Number 14503 I know what you're saying about schedules. Mine is the pitts right now. Run, Run, Run...... I try to post everyday but sometimes I have to rush though the boards because I'm strapped for time. (sigh), I wish I could slow down..... =========== From: SAAVIK To: HACMAN Subject: C-Net Date & Time: 03/31/91 18:54:51 Message Number 14504 Are you looking for Beyond Chaos???? If so, Oden is working on getting the board back up. You can leave mail for him on Terran Trace. He is a regular there. =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: Movies & Foxes Date & Time: 03/31/91 18:56:42 Message Number 14505 Saavik may have trouble making it at this time. I am swamped at work and putting in mucho overtime, including "home work". Uhg!!!!!!! =========== From: SAAVIK To: TURTLE Subject: dinging Date & Time: 03/31/91 18:58:11 Message Number 14506 T:Sorry, I had to....spinelessly unable to resist an opening like that. S'All right, Turtle. I'd have been disappointed if you hadn't "dinged" that. I was expecting it. :>> (double chinned smile) =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: $ and AIDS DRs. Date & Time: 03/31/91 19:00:20 Message Number 14507 Well, I've been there before (visiting terminally ill patients). I know that there's always pain attached to losing one. My sister is a nurse on the Onocology (sp?) wing at Sarasota Memorial. I see the toll it takes on her. But I feel it would be rewarding, still. But really, I don't have the time to make the commitment now. =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/31/91 19:02:40 Message Number 14508 Knowing TS, he'd never cool off. Oh, he might seem calm about it, but I have a feeling that one night, when you least expect it, you'd wake up and find yourself superglued to the bedposts or something. =========== From: SAAVIK To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: votes on handle Date & Time: 03/31/91 19:03:57 Message Number 14509 SS: you have no mercy for the heavy-of=eyes posters. Nope! and neither do you!!!!!!!1 =========== From: SAAVIK To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/31/91 19:07:08 Message Number 14510 Fit, Schmit, bring her along. I'm sure she'd feel at home...... after all, she obviously puts up with you, doesn't she? Sorry, Just read that back and it didn't come out quite like I meant it. I just meant to say...... oh, hell. Never mind. =========== From: SAAVIK To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/31/91 19:09:19 Message Number 14511 Yeah, I do have faith in you. I don't really think you'd harm a person just because they were "gay". And the term person belongs there. I don't care "what" a person is. Yes, they are people. Don't get me started.... Implying that a human being is not a person because of their sexual preference is really low. =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Mercy & You Date & Time: 03/31/91 20:10:13 Message Number 14514 >...have you no mercy... *snurk* Um, well, actually...*snicker*...I'd think that...wah HA ha ha ha ha ha ha! Hee hee hee hee hee...eh heh...heh...no. =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 03/31/91 20:11:53 Message Number 14515 >Funny, she didn't seem weird. She is very, very, very, very weird. You just don't usually see it right away. >I might add snotty little brat to that list. Only when she's in a good mood. *I* wouldn't call her a snotty little brat. 'Course, she did almost get me arrested once... =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 03/31/91 20:14:16 Message Number 14516 >...The Religious Bitch Dyke From Hell. Hee hee hee hee hee! [ROFL] Heh...that's good. So, what do you /really/ think of her? Don't hold back now... =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Happy Date & Time: 03/31/91 20:15:21 Message Number 14517 >EASTER! Um...thanks. I don't really tend to notice Easter much, though. >[Various bits about a ham dinner] Grr...why, you...grr... I got Spaghetti-O's. =========== From: RUFUS To: SAAVIK Subject: Back seat Date & Time: 03/31/91 20:29:36 Message Number 14518 >Hey, what's a weasel in drag? Sorta like a human in drag, but it's a weasel. >Anything like a Otter in a Afcan? Only if an Otter in a Afcan is like a dworp with no sneeg. =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: Not Sex Date & Time: 03/31/91 20:33:08 Message Number 14519 I never did master where ya put the punctuation marks with quotes. I also mix up who and whom, me and I, and many other parts of the English language. It's because our 8th grade English teacher was actually a French teacher. We heard about the nude beaches and gay mayors of France, but I'll be damned if we learned anything. Tell Zapf Dingbat I say hello. So, what point size is he right now? Before ya know it, he'll be fairly large. =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 03/31/91 20:35:54 Message Number 14520 May the Aardvark of Happiness deploy cluster bombs in your living room! =========== From: SAAVIK To: ALL Subject: Korelyan Date & Time: 03/31/91 21:05:00 Message Number 14521 "You're welcome, Love." Tampa whispers in my ear as she hugs me from behind. I pull up my leather leggings and smile, turning to kiss her briefly. "I'll see you downstairs, Babe." I smile into her soft almond shaped eyes and marvel at how much she resembles her canine like mother. I pause at the mirror and pick up a brush using my tail. Combing my long white hair, I watch her getting dressed out of the corner of my eye. After pulling my hair back into it's usual pony tail, I survey my own reflection. If not for my tail and hint of a muzzle, I would look just like my human father. Same build, tall and strong, same eyes, dark and latin. And like my father, I have gone prematurely grey at 30. I drift back a moment to think about my father, only three islands away, and wonder when he will make his monthly visit to collect his part of the profits from the Den of Decadence. It seems only yestarday that we built this place, a port of call for all the travelers on the seas to pause for refreshment. It has turned out to be quite a profitable venture but I sink almost every dime back into it for improvements. Security is my next goal. Too many pirates coming and going. Although I welcome them because they do spend freely, they bring with them pent up hostilities from many months at sea, not to mention the Bounty Hunters. I button my shirt and with one last wink at Tampa, I walk out and descend down the stairs. It's still early and no one else is up on this side, yet. No wonder, it was a wild night at the Den with three shiploads of sailors arriving. Robert and Shandra had to toss half of them out for brawling. I absently straighten the curtain that separates the "Member's club" from the Main bar and slip through into the main foyer. Robert and Shandra are already on duty. I nod to both of them then walk through the archway to the main bar. =========== From: SAAVIK To: ALL Subject: Korelyan Date & Time: 03/31/91 21:16:53 Message Number 14522 "My God." I mutter softly under my breath when I see that the bar hasn't been straightened from the night before. One of the barmaids shrugs at me. "Sorry, Boss. It's been one hell of a morning. We still had sailors in here from last night." She smiles apologetically. "I want this mess cleaned up now." I reply in a firm tone. I rarely use that tone and as I see her wince, I feel guilty. "Just straighten it up before the noon rush." I say in a softer tone and scan the bar. My eyes fall on one morph who looks to be in sad shape. His clothes are ripped and his eyes hold pain. Moving toward him, I notice that he is shivering. "Excuse me." I say softly as his eyes widen at me. "You appear to have had some trouble. If there is anything I can do, please feel free to ask. I am Korelyan, the owner here." He looks suspiciously like he has been ravaged by someone. I remember the stories my father told me about the abuse that Morphs suffered from humans before we came to the islands. I wonder if he has come here to escape from this. He merely nods apreciatively and I nod back, turning my gaze to another ruffled character. He is a wolf morph, still in uniform from some ship, I surmise that he is a left over from last nights rowdy group. I nod to him as well, then walk over to the bar to help clean up from last night..... by the looks of the growing crowd, it was going to be good business today. =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Not Sex Date & Time: 03/31/91 21:47:03 Message Number 14523 >So, what point size is he right now? About 18 points. He probably won't get much bigger...if he gets to 24 points I'll have to put him in a bigger bowl. I think he's about full- grown. I hope he stops eating so much, though, or he'll end up in boldface. =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 03/31/91 21:49:00 Message Number 14524 >May the Aardvark of Happiness deploy cluster bombs in your living room! Wah! =========== From: OPUS To: HACMAN Subject: Well.. Date & Time: 03/31/91 21:53:15 Message Number 14525 He'll be putting his BBS back up soon, under the Name Kaos (The old Beyond Chaos), I'll get his fone numba dor you... Opus! =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SAAVIK Subject: Fag Basher Date & Time: 03/31/91 23:21:49 Message Number 14526 Ok. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: Happy Date & Time: 03/31/91 23:23:12 Message Number 14527 Agh! I'm sorry to hear about your dinner, next time why don't you come over to our No-Parents dinner. Scott and a few freinds of mine who live down here on thier own (no folks handy) all got together and had a freind-type get together; one of our freinds cooked a roast and they had mashed potatoes and sauteed onions & mushrooms with gravy. A really nice substitute for a family get-together. I feel pretty lucky to have my folks down here. (Sometimes.) =========== From: KNIGHT OWL To: SAAVIK Subject: hospice Date & Time: 03/31/91 23:50:50 Message Number 14528 You might want to inquire at a local hospice agency anyway, despite your crammed schedule. I think that they would accept 3 hours a week or so. Like you, I like to goof off in my free time, but I've been doing less of that lately. I've been getting some long put-off things done; it helps keep my monster at bay. L8R! Knight Owl =========== From: SAAVIK To: RUFUS Subject: Back seat Date & Time: 04/01/91 01:09:44 Message Number 14531 Hmmmm. A dworp with no sneeg. Is that like a dyke with no pants??? ?????Confused?????? ??????Are you??????? =========== From: SAAVIK To: KNIGHT OWL Subject: hospice Date & Time: 04/01/91 01:22:30 Message Number 14532 As far as hospices go, right now, I just can't spare the time. Between working all day and some nights, I have to split up my remaining time between my husband and my children (A must), plus I have to make time to BBS....., if I didn't, I'd go insane. Or maybe that should be,... If I didn't, I become normal. =========== From: APPRENTICE To: THE BAR Subject: ...close call Date & Time: 04/01/91 01:42:46 Message Number 14535 Nearly knocking over the table as I hurridly back away from it, I get a bead (as if I were wearing Nanotech wrist :C4000 laser carbines) between the beady litthe eyes of the pirate who just walked in. After a moment of not shooting him, I decide that he has, in fact, not kiiled The Bears as part of a daring pirate raid on the Den, and I continue to not shoot him, albeit a bit more calmly now. I look him in the eye for a short moment, and then re-set myself and continue the conversation with Tail-less, as if nothing happened. (but I don't take both my eyes off him at any given time.) "... and then the pirates came /here/. I think there's more to it than a bunch of motherless, reptillian, twin-bearded sons of Allah ripping farmers (if you'll excuse the language.) They're too /organized/. See that sailor-type, who nearly didn't just walk in? He's one of those sailors that borrows from farmers. Could be connected to your missing appendage. The Nazi Associated American Communist Party must be making a move on the local pirating business. He 's new to this area: if the Bears had recognized the "sailor" oufit of his, he'd be walking the plank over the center-stage aquarium for tonight's entertainment." I wave in the general direction of the large aquarium, the main attraction of which is a large sharknaught, one of the many blights the Trogs released in our oceans, affectionatly known to the locals as "Flipper." =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: TURTLE Subject: YUPPER Date & Time: 04/01/91 12:32:40 Message Number 14536 Welp, I'm still laboring at the same facility. Kind of got promoted and have a lot more crap under me....but $$$$ is the same. About this road rally...You been talking to Beatle again? hehe. He's always after me to do another one. I'd like to get one going and I've even been checking out some "clues", but my home schedule doesn't give me much "free" time so it will probably be mid-summer at the earliest. Glad you guys keep reminding me of that or I might forget....fur sure. Did you finally hit paydirt somewhere? Find a place to milk you of your talents out of you? Hope you did, the market ain't what it used to be back in the good ol' days...you-know, during "the War"...... =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: SAAVIK Subject: Welp.... Date & Time: 04/01/91 12:40:01 Message Number 14537 Hi ya back......Cute handle???? never thought about it that way, but yeah, I guess it could be cute in a reptilian kinda way. SAAVIK, what's the origins of that one? Just curious..... ssssssssssssssssssSnakeByte . . =========== From: CHRIS To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: p.wipped Date & Time: 04/01/91 17:58:15 Message Number 14538 Don't feel bad it's not all that bad to be pussy wipped. I speek from experiance. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: APPRENTICE Subject: ...close call Date & Time: 04/01/91 19:07:36 Message Number 14539 The bar is a mess. Here and there people are picking up the mess, but overall it is quite apparent the something went down here last night. Across the room, a man dressed in a shabby robe jumps up and points his finger at me...no, he holds his fist out to me. I stand for a moment, not quite sure what he is doing. He stand like that, watching me, and I wonder vaguely if I should return his strange salute. Before I can react, however, he has sat back down. Across from him, a small morph is trying to pay attention to what he says next..."...farmers... buzz...buzz...buzz...Nazi...buzz" I realize that I am eaves dropping, and I put my ears back down. I haven't moved yet. A glance to the bar reveals two other sailors, human types and the uniform they wear identifys thier ship and service. If the captain knew that thier ship was here, there'd be a lot of planning and trashing going on...but I have no way to get word to the captain, and don't even know if I really feel that loyal to him anymore, anyway. Most likely, the Chief has seen fit to escalate himself to my position. I reach up and pull the epaulits from my shoulders...and toss them in a handy wastebasket. Looks like it's time to find a new ship. I check in my pockets for money, and find enough to last me for a while. I glance back up, the man in the booth is still looking at me strangely. I walk up to the bar. "Some ale, if you please," I say to the bartendress. "And something for that man who saluted me over there. He looks like he could use a drink." =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 04/01/91 19:40:30 Message Number 14540 >She is very, very, very, very weird. That's like saying downtown Atlanta is somewhat rough. But she does have the cutest shoulders, and nose, and face, and other body parts. (When she sees this message, she's gonna kill me.) =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 04/01/91 19:43:16 Message Number 14541 Speaking of aardvarks, I was scanning the classifieds this morning for cheap computers, part time jobs, and free VWs (didn't find any of the three that I wanted) and I saw this ad: Aardvark Print $10 Pinch-A-Buck Furniture Store blah blah blah Anyways, during lunch we went down to check it out. The guy started laughing and pulled it out from a secret hidden place. The medium is blue ink and crayon on cardboard. The style is a mix between Dali, Escher, and a 2 yr. old child. I picked it up for $2. I'm just glad I got a frame with it so it doesn't seem like such a rip-off. =========== From: RUFUS To: SAAVIK Subject: Back seat Date & Time: 04/01/91 19:46:45 Message Number 14542 >Hmmm. A dworp with no sneeg. Is that like a dyke with no pants??? Not really, but you're getting closer. >?????Confused?????? ??????Are you??????? Confused, yes. Generally it's about life. I don't grok it, and just when I'm gettin' better the Winged Aardvark of Excrement flies by and shats upon me. Sigh... =========== From: JONBOY To: HACMAN Subject: mylar pAper Date & Time: 04/01/91 20:49:17 Message Number 14543 HM> looking like sh*t on Kodak paper... Well - the whole thing was rather kiltered from the start as I was not trying to put an ick on Kodak's best - the flash was soaked from the wall (which means that the intensity was way down from what I had preset for and also the light picks up a "cast" from the paint pigment on the wall. In this case the picture turned out a really horrible tan/green washout... bleah! =========== From: JONBOY To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Homophobe Date & Time: 04/01/91 20:54:12 Message Number 14544 SS> Secondly, stop trying to as problems for me, remember I live with SS> the patron Saint of Fag Bashing. *sizzzzzzzlllllleeeeeeeefrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyysnap!POP! sizzzzzlllleeeeeee" This is your brain on drugs.... I gave up trying to decipher that... =========== From: JONBOY To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Movies & Foxes Date & Time: 04/01/91 20:56:40 Message Number 14545 SS> Unfortunateky the Man of Steel lacks a vehicle of steel. Ouch! Easy on yerself there hoss. I'll pick ya up since yer in my neck of the woods. =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: DRAGONFLY Subject: Hello there ... Date & Time: 04/01/91 21:10:25 Message Number 14546 Well, I should try these some time, no telling when, but I may give them a thought. hmm. Well, do yo have anything else that you may want to add? /! Death Fennec -- =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: SAAVIK Subject: Hello there ... Date & Time: 04/01/91 23:19:04 Message Number 14547 Well, was it as good as you expected it would be? /! Death Fennec -- =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Hello there ... Date & Time: 04/01/91 23:20:38 Message Number 14548 Sooooooorrrryyyyyy, nope, I don't play D&D, that game doesn't really ahve anything for me. 17 almost 18, I wouldn't really know what the hell I was doing. Hmm. Well, I shall go. Lawful Evil Thief ??? /! Death Fennec -- =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 04/01/91 23:23:22 Message Number 14549 NOT VERY NICE ... (talking about implements of destruction towards gays !?!) /! Death Fennec -- =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 04/01/91 23:24:40 Message Number 14550 Actually, if you haven't noticed, other people that may be gay, or bisexual may look upon you a an asshold ... Sorry so late ... /! Death Fennec -- =========== From: SAAVIK To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: Welp.... Date & Time: 04/02/91 01:29:53 Message Number 14551 Actually, Saavik is from Star Trek (the movies). Saavik is a Vulcan Romulan hybrid who Spock has kind of taken under his Vulcan wing. She is a first LT on the Enterprise. I'm a trekkie so I chose the name as my handle. It's kind of become my nickname too. =========== From: SAAVIK To: RUFUS Subject: Life (sigh) Date & Time: 04/02/91 01:33:25 Message Number 14552 Yes, life confuses me as well. It just doesn't make much sense sometimes Er, I mean life, not living. I mean I understand living, there aren't a whole lot of alternatives to living. What I mean is..... hmmm..... what the hell do I mean???? =========== From: SAAVIK To: DEATH FENNEC Subject: ??:) Date & Time: 04/02/91 01:36:30 Message Number 14553 Er, uh, yeah, I suppose. Was what as good as I suspected???? Oh, THAT!!!!!!!!! You know it, Darlin!!!!!! =========== From: OPUS To: ALL!! Subject: My Dude.. Date & Time: 04/02/91 18:13:11 Message Number 14555 I get up from where I'm sitting, "Sorry to interrupt your story I muble but his is more important...", Sighing, "I'll be back in a few minutes." I walk over towards the bar, not hiding the fact I'm heading for the sailor, my eyes sort of light up with a wild glare but quickly, they return themselves to normal. I purposefully sit down in the seat closest to this pirate/sailor.. "Umm.. Gimme something to drink", I muttor towards the bartender, " Non-Alcoholic please.", I say a bit louder, several other members of the bar crowd turn to look at who said such a sinful thing and smirk.. I turn to the sailor, "I found myself washed up upon the shore just a few hours ago, with a missing tail none the less! Perhaps you would know of recent drownings/attacks on furry sailors, I have never been in a boat before in my life, thus I am completely oblivious what could have happened!!!" =========== From: RUFUS To: SAAVIK Subject: Life (sigh) Date & Time: 04/02/91 19:14:20 Message Number 14556 >I mean I understand living... Well, that's simple. Maintain your boundries, move around, r sense changes, digest some food, metabolize a few things, excrete,  reproduce, and grow. Simple. [BTW, that's from my Anatomy book. Wouldn't want to be accused of plaigarism.] >...there aren't a whole lot of alternatives to living. Death. Yep, that's awfully limited. =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: SAAVIK Subject: ??:) Date & Time: 04/02/91 19:39:21 Message Number 14557 UUUUHHHHHH, Are we both talking about the same thing here? I was talking about PentaCon ][. But if there is something else that you would like to, uhh, be good, then I am open Arms! :) : ::snicker:: ::smooch:: C-Ya!, cutie! /| Death Fennec -- ;> =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: RUFUS Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 04/02/91 20:03:41 Message Number 14558 R>But she does have the cutest shoulders, and nose, and face, and R>other body parts. As i have said before, and I will agree with you, she is highly ornamental. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: RUFUS Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 04/02/91 20:05:14 Message Number 14559 Y'know, I used to have a word processing program for my OSI 65, and it was called Aardvark Write, or something like that...know anyone who wants a couple of Challenger 4P's? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: DEATH FENNEC Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 04/02/91 20:08:23 Message Number 14560 DF>Actually, if you haven't noticed, other people that may be gay, DF>or bisexual may look upon you a an asshold ... So? I mean, the logic is this: If I don't think that their opinion is worth much to start with, then how could that possibly mean anything to me? DF>Sorry so late... No prob. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: OPUS Subject: Your Dude Date & Time: 04/02/91 20:14:22 Message Number 14561 "I found myself washed up upon the shore just a few hours ago, with a missing tail, none the less! Perhaps you would know of a recent drowning/attack on furry sailors; I have never been in a boat before in my life, thus I am completely oblivious what could have happened!" I realize the man is talking to me. "Pardon?" I ask him. Then I continue before he can repeat himself. "I mean, I heard what you said, but I wonder if perhaps you aren't" experiencing a case of amnesia...after all, to come to this island, you must have arrived by boat. Otherwise, you have been living here for a long time, and if this is so, then you must have relatives *somewhere* who know you and are probably at this moment worried about you!" I look behind him, and certainly there is a nasty spot where a tail should have poked through his pants. "Say," I say, "that's a pretty nasty... eh," I look back up at him. "Have you seen a doctor yet?" He looks blankly at me for a moment, and I look away. "Hey," I call out. "How about that drink, please?" =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: It could happen Date & Time: 04/02/91 20:49:13 Message Number 14562 Well, I have a question. Why don't you have any feelings for others that are different? I mean, I have friends like that, and I like them a lot, and I care for them. Hmm. Well, Igu blah ... I guess that you don't grock what I am trying to get at. Sorry for trying to get you to believe that we are all the same, except for minor details, or flaws. Well, that sentance isn't supposed to sound sarcastic. Well, C-Ya! :) / ! Death Fennec -- ;> =========== From: SAAVIK To: RUFUS Subject: Life (sigh) Date & Time: 04/02/91 21:11:56 Message Number 14564 R:Death. Yep, that's awfully limited. And boring too, I'll bet. Naw, I'll take life any day. You forgot one thing in your list ..... BBS, it falls somewhere between reproducing and eating. =========== From: SAAVIK To: DEATH FENNEC Subject: ??:) Date & Time: 04/02/91 21:13:31 Message Number 14565 I wasn't sure WHAT we were talking about so I thought I'd better play along. Remember..... I have NO memory. No telling what I did yestarday. Hehehehe. =========== From: SAAVIK To: ALL Subject: Tampa Date & Time: 04/02/91 21:17:02 Message Number 14566 A fire ignites within my body as Korelyan runs his finger down my backbone. I close my eyes and moan in anticipation as his hand traces down to the base of my tail and pauses, the warmth penetrating through my long fur. Rolling up on one elbow, I reach out and touch his near hairless chest. We are so different, Korelyan and I. If not for his tail and muzzle, he would pass for a pure human. I, on the other hand, look more like my mother; like a red fox with a human build. As my hand travels down his stomach, I hear him echo my moan. "You are insatiable, Tampa." He speaks my name and it reaches my ears like a caress. As I roll over onto my back, he presses his cheek against mine, his breath warm in my ear. I wish I could kiss him like I have seen humans kiss, but my muzzle is much too long. Instead, I run my tongue across his cheek and nip his ear gently. As he hovers over me, hard and ready, I arch upward, eager to meet him. I was meant for Korelyan.... I realized this when I first met him. I came to tend bar when the Den of Decadence first opened. Because of my nature, I have always been sexually uninhibated, I became very popular with the men frequentig the bar. It was becasue of this that Korelyan and his father realized the need for the brothel and I was chosen to manage it. Shortly after that, Korelyan and I became lovers.. ..... and I stopped taking clients of my own. Since Korelyan, I have had no other....... My eyes squeeze tightly shut as he enters me and I wrap myself around him, unable to stop the howl that rips from my throat. Furious with passion, we buck and pitch, the bed groaning with protest. With one last lunge, I feel him shudder and I release my passion, clinging to him until he rolls off, panting beside me. We lay in silence for several moments, whearing nothing but our smiles and warmed by the after glow. I close my eyes again, savoring this feeling. =========== From: SAAVIK To: ALL Subject: Tampa Date & Time: 04/02/91 21:29:23 Message Number 14567 The bed moves and the sheets rustle as Korelyan sits up and moves to the side of the bed. He glances over his shoulder before reaching down retrieve his pants from the floor. "Thank you, Tampa." He chuckles. "Now I can face daylight." Slipping up behind him I press my naked breasts to his back and hug him. "You're welcome, Love." I coo. I watch him as he dresses and combs his hair, then slowly I began to dress myself. I pretend I don't notice that he is watching me out of the corner of his eye. He can't possibly know how much his attention turns me on. "I'll see you downstairs, Babe." He tosses before walking out the door. After he has gone, I lay back in the bed, my shirt still unbuttoned, unwilling to leave the warmth and contentment I am feeling. But I know I must. Finally, hearing doors closing in the hallway, I drag myself out of bed and face the task of showering and drying my long fur. I wish that I was more like Korelyan. It takes me an hour to groom my long coat. Showered, dried, combed, and dressed in a clinging floral sarong, I venture out into the hallway. The others are all ready dressed and wandering down to the parlor. Robert and Shandra have already hustled all of the "over nights" out into the main bar and the maintenance crews are just finishing up with the mess from the night before. Korelyan and I insist the brothel is kept clean always. I make my morning rounds quickly, making sure that every one of the Tutes [short for prostitute] rooms have been straightened, beds changed and everything ready for a new day of business. There are 12 rooms all together. I have both male and female Tutes as the Den is geared for the pleasure of everyone. Each employee and each room has something unique, yet I take pride in the versatility of our little brothel and it's Tutes. =========== From: SAAVIK To: ALL Subject: Tampa Date & Time: 04/02/91 21:47:32 Message Number 14568 In one room, I pause in the doorway, cocking my head from side to side. Up on the ceiling fan, spinning around with the blades, is a black whip and a pair of handcuffs. My eyebrow raises and my imagination soars. With a smile, I snap off the fan and use a chair to retrieve the "tools". I wonder who had this room last night. Done with the inspection, I walk down the stairs and push through the plush red curtains into the foyer. =========== From: SAAVIK To: ALL Subject: Tampa Date & Time: 04/02/91 21:50:02 Message Number 14569 As I pass through the plush red curtains into the foyer, I smile. "Good Morning, Shandra..., Robert." They nod and return my greeting. Turning toward the main bar, my stomach growls in protest from missing breakfast. The bar is already starting to fill, I notice, as I walk in and head toward the nearest counter. Korelyan is behind the bar and sends me a wind. Winking back, I turn to Jesit, the bar tender. "Breakfast, please." I smile. In a moment, he sets "the usual" down in front of me; three duck eggs in a glass of milk. "Here ya go, Madam Tampa." He says. Uhg! I hate that title. True, I am the manager of the brothel but it sounds so..... I dunno..... formal. I play a very low key manager and I, myself, no longer take clients.... Not since Korelyan. Without fanfare, I down the thick goop. Whiping my chin, I set the empty glass down and swivel on my stool to gaze at the patrons. More of the same, I note..... more in the endless chain of sailors, both human, morph, and furry. One morph catches my eye. He is a wolf morph in a crumpled white uniform sitting next to another morph who seems to have something missing. I try not to stare......., well, by the Gods, it's his tail!!! Er, he has no tail, although evidence points that it was a recent loss. I shift my gaze back to the wolf morph. He's handsome enough but there is some- thing rather scittish about him. He appears to be watching the door. I pull my gaze away as my Tutes file into the bar to mingle. I notice, somewhat wryly, that Ginger, the rabbit like morph, wanders straight over to the wolf morph. I find that completely ironic and with a discerning chuckle, I find myself hoping that he is not a cannibal. =========== From: SAAVIK To: ALL Subject: Korelyan Date & Time: 04/02/91 22:01:21 Message Number 14570 I finish wiping the bar and satisfy myself that the bar is being straightened then wink over at Tampa as she downs her morning eggs. I notice she too, is looking at the unfortunate morph who I spoke with earlier. As I start back toward the doorway, I toss a smile at Tampa and walk out to where Robert and Shandra are standing. "Did either of you notice the young Morph in the main bar...., the one with the missing tail? Did he arrive alone? I'm really rather concerned about his condition. He seems disoriented." =========== From: RUFUS To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:00:21 Message Number 14571 >...I used to have a word processing program for my OSI 65, and it was >called Aardvark Write... I want it! Who made it? Do you have the docs? I need it! =========== From: RUFUS To: SAAVIK Subject: Life (sigh) Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:02:10 Message Number 14572 >You forgot one thing in your list ..... BBS... Well, that was a generalized list. Heck, I haven't even attempted to reproduce, and I'm still living. (Of course, some say I'm not really living.) ...and then, you wouldn't believe this, the energizer bunny pulls up in a really slick lookin' red car, and sez, he sez ta me: "Excuse me, but are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearin'?" I sez, to this pink dude in the really nice car, I sez: "No, these ain't." So then he, I know it sound outrageous, but it did happen, he backs up about 100 yards then comes at me full speed. Tries ta run me over. Luckily I had some GE Ni-Cad batteries with me. =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Happy Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:12:18 Message Number 14573 >I feel pretty lucky to have my folks down here. (Sometimes.) Well, my parents are only an hour and a half away, but I don't generally visit unless my father's out of town...we don't get along. Nothing really serious, mind you; he's just not terribly bright and somewhat closed-minded. (When my parents were first introduced to the concept of 'moshing' at a thrash concert, for example, Mother said 'Sounds like fun' and Father said 'You shouldn't do that...you can get AIDS.' This is in a nutshell a capsule summary of both of those people.) =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: Back seat Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:15:22 Message Number 14574 >Hmmm. A dworp with no sneeg. Is that like a dyke with no pants? No, more like an iguana without a VCR. =========== From: TURTLE To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: YUPPER Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:17:42 Message Number 14575 >Kind of got promoted... Isn't that like being "kind of" pregnant? From the sound of things, you kind of got shafted... Well, this summer's got Yet Another RufusCon coming up sometime (you know, three days of hedonism, really loud music, synchronized jumping, and Post-It fish sacrifice) so I'm sure a road rallye will fit right in... :) Glad to see you back, even if it's only intermittently! =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:21:14 Message Number 14576 T>She is very, very, very, very weird. R>That's like saying downtown Atlanta is somewhat rough. Yeah, I suppose so. For the record, Black Magic is eery extremely colossally weird, a weirdness that spans the Universe--and her poetry is pretty damn weird, too. It's one of her more endearing traits. =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Back seat Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:23:51 Message Number 14577 >Generally it's about life. I don't grok it, ... What's to grok? You're born, some time later you die, and the interim is filled with Furry Parties and income tax. >...and just when I'm getting better the Winged Aardvark of Excrement >flies by and shats upon me. You need to spend more time out of the house, you know? =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: Welp.... Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:27:19 Message Number 14578 >I'm a trekkie so I chose the name as my handle. It's kind of become >my nickname too. The one follows the other...when you use a handle on a BBS the other users are likely to refer to you almost exclusively by your handle /off/ the BBS as well. There are people out there in furry land who never call me by any other name than Turtle...and there are people (like Wratt and Zot Gnop) I almost never refer to by 'real' name. 'Fraid you're kinda stuck as "Saavik" in a lot of people's minds now (including mine)............................ =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: ??:) Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:30:52 Message Number 14579 >Was what as good as I expected??? The Furry Party, of course! (Being a sysop, you kinda learn to follow threads of conversation that are decades old.) =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Life (sigh) Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:32:18 Message Number 14580 >Well, that's simple. Maintain your boundaries, move around, r sense >changes, digest some food, metabolize a few things, excrete, >reproduce, and grow. You forgot 'respirate' in there, and 'consume energy'. So, is a virus or Dan Quayle alive? >Death. Yep, that's awfully limited. You know what's neat about death? Nothing. You know what's kind of interesting in a sort of depressing way about death? No matter how long you live, death lasts longer. =========== From: TURTLE To: SAAVIK Subject: Life (sigh) Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:38:07 Message Number 14581 >Naw, I'll take life any day. "I'd rather be alone In my world I am not afraid I am not afraid Nothing touches me I'm a walking razor blade Face the face of fear Face the face of death Laugh when others fear Hate when others laugh..." Sorry, I'm listening to Anthrax right now, and that verse just drifted out of the speakers as I read that message. So, there they are. [Lyrics (c) 1990 Anthrax] =========== From: SHANDRA To: =ALL= Subject: Huh? Date & Time: 04/02/91 23:47:48 Message Number 14582 is the wolf morph addressing me? Yes, it would seem he is. Oh well, my duties are usually described as 'varied;' I suppose this probably counts. I step behind the bar, pull a mug of ale, and set it before him. Peculiar...the crowd's acting kind of funny today. I'm getting some weird vibes from the guy in the robe. I look around, notice Robert's put down his newspaper and is watching the patrons with a slightly puzzled expression. No, not the patrons--the person in the robe. So, he's getting it too, I guess. I step from behind the bar and walk over to his table, in the far corner of the bar, commanding a good view of the facility proper (naturally). "'Ello," he says without preamble, "you ever notice 'ow a chap what's carryin' a weapon has a certain feel to 'im? Even if 'e's carryin' a concealed weapon, 'e's got this certain kind way of movin', right? Gets so a bloke like me can smell it." "Your point?" I say. He smiles infuriatingly and brushes an imaginary speck of dust from his suit's lapels. Not for the first time, I wonder of a good strangling might knock him down a peg or two...although I wouldn't want to be the one to try it. "Well, let's just take that chap over there as a for-instance. You see 'im give the wolfman the ol' one-two just a second ago, right?" Dammit, why can't that man ever simply come right out and say any- thing? "Yeah, I did. Weird." "Oh, now I wouldn't say that. No, not at all. See, some chap points 'is hand at you, you don't think much of it, right? Same chap points a gun at you, same way, and you start wonderin' if your life insurance is paid up. I think the wolf almost got 'is bloody 'ead taken off." Patiently, with the voice of someone who's talking to a five-year- old, I explain, "As I'm sure you noticed, the nice gentleman in the tasteful outfit doesn't have a gun, does he?" =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: SAAVIK Subject: ??:) Date & Time: 04/03/91 00:14:57 Message Number 14584 Well, hmm. That is good. Does that mean that if I was alone with you, that you wouldn't remember the next day? (heheh) Hmm. Well. I guess that it is time to let this letter come to an end. C-Ya!, cutie! ::smooch:: /! Death Fennec -- ;> =========== From: DEATH FENNEC To: TURTLE Subject: ??:) Date & Time: 04/03/91 00:24:01 Message Number 14585 BLAH ... How nice of you to notice. Hehehe! :) /! Death Fennec -- ;> =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 04/03/91 09:20:38 Message Number 14587 Dumb questions for you: When are people seeing Heavy Metal? I loved that flick! And why wouldn't Jen fit in? Is she an extreme fundamentalist? (I love those groups -- I used to be one, myself. Then I got better.) /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: RUFUS Subject: Anything butSex Date & Time: 04/03/91 09:27:38 Message Number 14588 >It's because our 8th grade English teacher was actually a French >teacher. We heard about the nude beaches and gay mayors of France, >but I'll be damned if we learned anything. You'll be damned. You learned about the nude beaches and gay mayors. Anyway, my English teacher in 10th grade was nearly identical. Mrs. Beitman was one of only two teachers who I know of who managed to rack up a significant number of demerits. (The other, well... he got three days' suspension for picking a fight with a student, but we won't talk about that...) In her class, we addressed envelopes, held debates about very strange topics, turned around the classroom, and played lots and lots of chess. But not much English work. Possibly because she rarely showed up before the middle of the class period. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: RUFUS Subject: Hey! Date & Time: 04/03/91 09:38:06 Message Number 14589 >The style is a mix between Dali, Escher, and a 2 yr. old child. Aha! You have found one of the nineteen Official Pictures of the Somewhat Great Aardvark of Melancholy. Rumor has it that if all nine- teen of the Official Pictures are ever placed on top of each other, and the Almost Ancient Words of Power, Voltage, Freedom, and Turnips are chanted over it while six naked women and a sheep dance, then the Ninth Mystery of the World will be revealed. (Since we're still missing Mysteries number 3, 5, 7, and 8, it won't do much good.) /Dragonfly/ For those of you who are wondering about the "six naked women and a sheep dancing," no, that part of the ceremony has never been practiced. But I have seen (really!) involving three men, a woman, and a horse. The horse was the best dancer. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: RAT Subject: HeroQuest Date & Time: 04/03/91 11:48:26 Message Number 14591 The advanced HeroQuest sounds like it would be fun. Question: What does White Drawf Magazine hae to do with Heroquest? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SAAVIK Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 04/03/91 11:51:49 Message Number 14592 SA> ..but I have a feeling that one night, when you least expect it, you'd wake up and find yourself superglued to the bedposts.... I don't think so. That sounds too much like work. (And he avoids that) In additiion to that, Dave would never touch me while I was sleeping in bed. (It would make him feel like he was doing something gay.) I think I'm safe there. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SAAVIK Subject: votes on handle Date & Time: 04/03/91 11:54:56 Message Number 14593 Wah!! =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SAAVIK Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 04/03/91 11:55:39 Message Number 14594 (SA to TS)> ...I'm usre she's feel at home...after all, she obvoiusly (SA to TS)> puts up with you, doesn't she? That she does, and quite often. I think she's fit in okay. But I can understand Dave's reservations about it, after his last girlfriend turned out to be just a little on the fanatical side. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 04/03/91 12:00:47 Message Number 14595 T> ...she did almost get me arrested once... Really? Do tell! =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Moviefest Date & Time: 04/03/91 12:01:57 Message Number 14596 TS>....The Religious Bitch Dyke From Hell. I got it, I got it!! (TRBDFH), Specialist I'll let you trademark that one. I think you kinda earned it. (You /did/ have to put up with her.) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Happy Date & Time: 04/03/91 12:14:01 Message Number 14597 TS> ...I feel pretty lucky to have my folks down here. (Sometimes.) Yeah, when it's a holiday, but when I bet you'd love not having to work for your dad, sometimes. :) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: CHRIS Subject: p.wipped Date & Time: 04/03/91 12:20:48 Message Number 14598 Well, I, for one, have no intentions on getting Pussy Whipped again. I will not let a woman run my life, in any way, shape, or form. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: RUFUS Subject: Black Magic Date & Time: 04/03/91 12:24:47 Message Number 14599 Well, call me weird, but I found very intriquing. (And not just in the looks department either) Believe it or not, I probably would date Black Magic if the opportunity arose. Of course, I have no idea how old she is. (I like woman who are old enough to legally drink. ) =========== From: RAT To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: HeroQuest Date & Time: 04/03/91 16:17:42 Message Number 14600 I have no idea how or why they are there, but in White Dwarf there are different types of magic user types. It list the spells and the items you need to make the spells. My brother made up a type of wizard and made up spells and everything to go along with them. He calls it the Celestial Wizard and it has spells like meteor storm. They're pretty good but some people don't let you use them because they're not in the rules. When you play Hero Quest, do you play two players or more? ===========