From: CYBERPUNK To: RUFUS Subject: ChristmasCon Date & Time: 12/06/89 16:33:40 Message Number 751 no! it would be at my house!! lots of more room!! , plus it's going to be around New Yaers!! so, , whatever!! Cy =========== From: SPELLWIND To: TURTLE Subject: Modem connects Date & Time: 12/06/89 16:46:22 Message Number 752 Next-he'll-ask,-"how-do-you-make-babies" =========== From: TURTLE To: ALL Subject: A confession... Date & Time: 12/06/89 17:55:02 Message Number 753 You know how on some days it's warm out, and then on some other days it's cold out? Well, I have a confession to make. That's MY FAULT. You see, I have this control, and when I turn it one way the sun warms up, and when I turn it the other way the sun cools down. Sometimes I just TURN IT for no readily apparant reason. I'm not sure why; I just do. And you know what else? I'm NOT SORRY ONE BIT. Ha ha ha! -A weather-hacking Turtle =========== From: BEATLE To: CYBERPUNK Subject: ChristmasCon Date & Time: 12/06/89 18:10:41 Message Number 754 What would we DO at this con? =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: A confession... Date & Time: 12/06/89 18:15:33 Message Number 755 Hey, make it warm, dude. My gradparents are here from New York and it is a bit cool... =========== From: KEN OBER To: ALL DUDEZ Subject: OKAY! Date & Time: 12/06/89 22:14:09 Message Number 756 Okay BART FOX, CHIP P. UNICORN, and all you other worthless skum! hehehehe....Just joking! I was just thinking..... WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED MY BBS!? You SAID you would at RUFUSCON... Well, didn'T you!? ANyways, EVERYONE ELSE.....Call me! I'm atleast a Honorary MSTF system.....doesn'T that account for anything now-a-days!? SHEESH! hehehehe..... REMOTE CONTROL! #1 - 378-2218 - 300/1200 Baud Remember it well, my friends, for, one day, people will hand you money when you say that you knew me.....and you will be able to write books about it and make even MORE money! ha! Ha! HA! Good day to all, eerrr.... Goodnight.... -- A Cheap, Shameless, BBS Ad from a desperate SysOp.... OPERATORS ARE WAITING! REMOTE CONTROL! #1 - 378-2218 - 300/1200 Baud =========== From: ANGEL To: RUFUS Subject: Casting couch Date & Time: 12/06/89 22:53:27 Message Number 757 Yes, Archangel has promised/threatened to be there at auditions. But so have so many others. Actors lie, so I'm not plotting any pre-casting in my mind. And liberal use of baseball bats as attitude adjusters doesn't really raise consciousness, just bruises and welts. AH, but it's a tempting thought! =========== From: CORWYN OF AMBER To: ALL Subject: Packet Radio Date & Time: 12/07/89 15:06:26 Message Number 758 Does anybody know anything about packet radio (ham systems w/ a modified modem attached) I read an article about them.. but it was very general, gave no specifics about hardware required.. Did say you needed a Ham radio operator's license though. I recently found a listeng of Public Access pachet radio BBS's It had one listed for Sarasota.. Hmm sounds intrigueing.. No phone bills??!!! Of course you /do/ have to get a license first, and the hardware.. anybody know more? =========== From: RUFUS To: ANGEL Subject: Casting couch Date & Time: 12/07/89 15:14:22 Message Number 759 When are auditions, I may just come to watch ( if that's O.K. ). You know me...me...damn, I hate when I forget what I was going to say. =========== From: CYBERPUNK To: BEATLE Subject: ChristmasCon Date & Time: 12/07/89 17:05:26 Message Number 761 just about anything and everything! Cy =========== From: BEATLE To: KEN OBER Subject: OKAY! Date & Time: 12/07/89 18:52:30 Message Number 762 Sure, we'll write "Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Tyler Robinson But Were Forced to Find Out"...hehehe... =========== From: BEATLE To: CYBERPUNK Subject: ChristmasCon Date & Time: 12/07/89 18:54:23 Message Number 763 No, really...what kinds of "evrything and everything"? Would you play games, watch Robotech, or what?? =========== From: ANGEL To: RUFUS Subject: Casting couch Date & Time: 12/07/89 22:48:40 Message Number 764 Of course you're welcome to come watch, even more welcome to audition. There's usually a terrible shortage of men (ain't that true everywhere ladies?) Auditions are usually deadly dull to watch, though. Audition Sunday evening, December 17 at Players of Sarasota (corner of US 41 and 9th Street) at 7:00 p.m. Latest update -- cancel last post re: archangel. He will NOT be auditioning for my show, though he'll probably come to watch. The little darlin' just got cast in "Dames at Sea" at the Island Players. Men! You can't depend on 'em. =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: PSYCHE Subject: GameCon Date & Time: 12/08/89 00:08:38 Message Number 766 Ahem! Psyche, I -COULD- ruin your reputation on this board as honest... I take cash only, in small denominations ($20 or $10...) Actually, you might be honest -- you probably don't remember the incident... Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: SPELLWIND Subject: Poker Date & Time: 12/08/89 00:12:10 Message Number 767 That's a possibility for GameCon... but I suspect it'll be a penny-ante game. (Whoever hosts GameCon might set a limit to amounts of betting...) Anyway, I'm not a good poker player. Whenever I get a good hand, my ears perk forward. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: RUFUS Subject: GameCon Date & Time: 12/08/89 00:26:19 Message Number 768 Paranoia is a wonderful game! The GM's job is to get every character to try to kill every other character. Every character's job is to kill every other character, while appearing to serve the Computer. The Computer is your friend. The Computer says playing Paranoia is fun. The Computer is always right. The Computer says troubleshooters must kill all troublemakers. Nobody would want to be a troublemaker, right? Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: SPELLWIND Subject: Modem connects Date & Time: 12/08/89 00:29:28 Message Number 769 Simple. I was bought in K-Mart in a blue light special. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: TURTLE Subject: A confession... Date & Time: 12/08/89 00:30:53 Message Number 770 Dear Turtle, "Do you remember when you came and told me I flipped my lid? WELL? You laughed, you laughed, you know you laughed, I heard you laughed..." (I get on these things...) By the way, Turtle. I cut the wire to that device. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: KEN OBER Subject: OKAY! Date & Time: 12/08/89 00:33:40 Message Number 771 Ken, You're right. I haven't called your BBS. Something weird goes on between our modems -- they just won't connect. (I've heard rumors that yours is a semitone lower that what it should be...) Believe it or not, I've tried calling. And -- congratulations on becoming an MSTF board. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: CYBERPUNK Subject: ChristmasCon Date & Time: 12/08/89 00:35:50 Message Number 772 Could you give specifics? I mean -- what do you have planned? Juggling foxes? A swimming pool full of vodka? Parcheesi? Demonstration of calvary attacks? Ten rock groups? Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: PSYCHE To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: GameCon Date & Time: 12/08/89 01:50:13 Message Number 773 Oops! It must have slipped my mind. Okay, maybe I HAVE had a drink or two, but I'm sober right now. =========== From: PSYCHE To: ALL Subject: WHY? Date & Time: 12/08/89 01:54:18 Message Number 774 Why do I do this to myself? Here I am, typing and snooping on the a/L/T/E/R r/E/A/L/I/T/Y BBS at 2:45 in the morning, with eight more pages of my research paper to complete by 11:00 in the morning (that's EIGHT hours, guys). I figure that it will take me an hour and a half to complete the paper, an hour to get ready for school and eat breakfast, and 35 minutes to get to school. That means that I can BBS for until 7:55. Wow! Gee! I'm thrilled. Does anyone else find that their love of BBSing over their love of work tends to get in the way? =========== From: SPELLWIND To: PSYCHE Subject: WHY? Date & Time: 12/08/89 05:04:22 Message Number 777 Yes, I'm still on chapter 1. I am almost to the point where I'll have to break my terminal program to stay off... =========== From: KALI To: ALL Subject: What? An Indoor Date & Time: 12/08/89 08:03:11 Message Number 778 Picnick??? Chas. of Suncoast City BBS has informed me that there will be an Indoor Picnick on Saturday, Dec. 16th, 11 AM to 2 PM...but he hasn't selected a location yet: wants some feedback from you-all... =========== From: CORWYN OF AMBER To: ANGEL Subject: Men Shortage? Date & Time: 12/08/89 13:03:46 Message Number 782 Actually, since the ladies that are going to read that probably number less than three.. the shortage goes the other way here! =========== From: CORWYN OF AMBER To: ALL Subject: Life Date & Time: 12/08/89 13:09:05 Message Number 783 Sex, Cookies, and Rock & Roll make the world go round! =========== From: RUFUS To: ANGEL Subject: Casting couch Date & Time: 12/08/89 14:49:31 Message Number 785 Well, I would, cept for a few facts: 1) I'm not over 20. 2) I have school to go to, so couldn't make it to rehersal. 3) I have this darned nasty stutter ( and you say to yourself "Gee, he types so fluently, I never woulda guessed. ). 4) Ribbit... =========== From: RUFUS To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: GameCon Date & Time: 12/08/89 14:52:21 Message Number 786 Let's play sometime. You know the best part, names. I like the name system they have. I wanna be happiness officer.. Ribbit... =========== From: RUFUS To: PSYCHE Subject: WHY? Date & Time: 12/08/89 14:54:17 Message Number 787 Actually, it's my love of doing anything other than work that gets in the way. I find picking lint from my toes to be fun at times. =========== From: KEN OBER To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: my BBS! Date & Time: 12/08/89 15:20:31 Message Number 788 hhmm, that's normal! (hehehe) Iseem to remember you having an account on my BBS....anyways, that will all change after christmas....And I'll have my 2400! WOW! Neet-o... k00l! hehehe... =========== From: CORWYN OF AMBER To: RUFUS Subject: Me? Paranoid? Date & Time: 12/08/89 16:04:38 Message Number 790 Hehehe.. I've only played once, the GM was IDEAL, he played like a paranoia GM for D&D (which wasn't so great) but for Paranoia he had the computer down pat. =========== From: CORWYN OF AMBER To: RUFUS Subject: WHY? Date & Time: 12/08/89 16:06:33 Message Number 791 Yea, there's also playing Arkanoid (advanced break-out) reading the back of macaroni and cheese boxes, chewing on pen caps for hours on end.. fun huh? But better than studying.... =========== From: FORPLAY To: TURTLE Subject: bbs Date & Time: 12/08/89 18:50:05 Message Number 792 Sorry I called at this hour.... I will "rap" with you at a later date =========== From: ROCKY To: DONTHEN Subject: movies... Date & Time: 12/08/89 20:27:20 Message Number 793 Well, I've yet to experience "Rock N' Rule", so I'm really not qualified to respond to that, but I like the idea of it involving "furries." Yeah, I'll have to admit the "ball" scheme was kinda pathetic, but I think my favorite scene was the Taxi cab, when the guy tried to rob the driver, and was abruptly desitigrated by the laser machine the driver activated. Interesting to say the least. I think the BEST ball scheme that came out (In two movies to date) was the boring balls in the movie(s) Phantasm. Now THAT was an interesting double sided movie. I really didn't care for the way they blended the second movie in from the first, and at times, Phantasm ][ was a little bit drug out, but it STILL had the quality special effects that made the first movie a hit. Anybody else enjoy Phantasm? (By the way, this was NOT an animated movie but I feel merits discussion.) =========== From: ROCKY To: RUFUS Subject: GameCon Date & Time: 12/08/89 20:39:02 Message Number 794 Sheeesh! What ever happened to the grrrreat old game of Quarters? I used to LOVE to play that game, and I guess like any other fad game, it has lost popularity. I'll admit, after hours of throwing quarters at your table top, it can get kinda boring, but it was the conversation that really made the game. (Isn't that true with ALL games though?) =========== From: ROCKY To: PSYCHE Subject: BTW.... Date & Time: 12/08/89 20:43:52 Message Number 795 Say, does ANYBODY really know what KIND of turtle Turtle is? I mean, we ALL know he's an anthropomorphic turtle, but what KIND of turtle. A turtle is just a Turtle by anyother name, I guess, but there are still HUNDREDS of varieties of turtles, Turtle. Turtles can be Gophers, Turtle, or turtles can be snapping turtles, Turtle, or turtles can be even aligator turtles, Turtle, so, what kinda turtle ARE you, Turtle? ---Inquiring minds want to know! =========== From: ROCKY To: TURTLE Subject: Quarters! Date & Time: 12/08/89 20:50:34 Message Number 796 Wel, I'm glad to see at least SOMEONE remembers how fun a real game of Quarters can be. I DO like playing it, but for some reason, I always loose! =========== From: ROCKY To: TURTLE Subject: Yarg! Yarg! Date & Time: 12/08/89 20:52:36 Message Number 797 Is Yarg! Yarg! anything like Wank! Wank!??? Or maybe Hack! Hack!, or Pffft! Pffft!??? =========== From: ROCKY To: CORWYN OF AMBER Subject: My Brother? Date & Time: 12/08/89 20:55:28 Message Number 798 Lord Corwyn, it is I, Random, your brother, and King of Amber. I have gone by the name Rocky in this shadow, and I'm ever so glad to finally here from you. Merlin and I have been trying to get ahold of you via the trumps now for quite a long time in this shadow, which would be but a day in Amber. Your son has become VERY powerful with his use of the Logrus, and I've been practicing my powers of Chaos, and it would sure be nice to sit and talk with you of old times. I'm trumping you now from The Courts of Chaos, so if your there, ANSWER! I can almost feel contact so I know you must be there, though it must be a great distance away. Although it was thought you were dead, I don't believe it a second! (I hope you've read through all the volumes through "Blood of Amber"!) ---Long live the Unicorn! =========== From: ROCKY To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: GameCon Date & Time: 12/08/89 21:04:40 Message Number 799 Ok, I've got a great game of skill to play. Has anyone ever played "Pente"? It is one of the most simple, yet complicated games and is also one of the OLDEST games ever invented. It is played with pebbles on a grid, and the object is to get five pebbles in a row. This sounds easy, but is really quite a strategic feat. Anyone ever play? =========== From: ROCKY To: PSYCHE Subject: GameCon Date & Time: 12/08/89 21:09:11 Message Number 800 >Ewww, YUK! What do you think guys? Shall we do it intravenous, or will we pour it down his throat. I think it's about time that he discovered what it is really like to lighten up! Not that I truly enjoy alcohol (I haven't touched a drink in over 2 months, not even beer, I've kinda lost my taste for it) but I'll have to say, I've had some aweful good times playing drinking games around a bunch of belching, farting, drunks, and I think you should experience it at least ONCE in your life... ===========