• Mystic Pi Year of the Rabbit

    From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jan 22 09:05:00 2023
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    /Hi, I'm rabbit and I'll be taking\
    \ over now for year of the rabbit./
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( o ).


    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jan 22 09:53:46 2023
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    / QOTD: \
    | |
    \ "I ain't broke, but I'm badly bent." /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( o ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jan 23 02:02:01 2023
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    / Pereant, inquit, qui ante nos nostra \
    | dixerunt. |
    | |
    | [Confound those who have said our |
    | remarks before us.] |
    | |
    | or |
    | |
    | [May they perish who have expressed our |
    | bright ideas before us.] |
    | |
    \ -- Aelius Donatus /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( o ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jan 24 02:02:02 2023
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    < You will have a long and boring life. >
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( o ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jan 25 02:02:01 2023
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    / QOTD: \
    | |
    | My mother was the travel agent for |
    \ guilt trips. /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( o ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jan 26 02:02:02 2023
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    / If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except \
    | where void or prohibited by law. |
    | |
    \ -- Roy Santoro /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jan 27 02:02:01 2023
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    / "What man has done, man can aspire to \
    | do." |
    | |
    \ -- Jerry Pournelle, about space flight /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jan 28 02:02:02 2023
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    / Saturday night in Toledo Ohio, \
    | |
    | Is like being nowhere at all, All |
    | through the day how the hours rush by, |
    | |
    | You sit in the park and you watch the |
    | grass die. |
    | |
    | -- John Denver, "Saturday Night in |
    \ Toledo Ohio" /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jan 29 02:02:01 2023
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    / On-line, adj.: \
    | |
    | The idea that a human being should |
    \ always be accessible to a computer. /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jan 30 02:02:01 2023
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    / "Maybe we should think of this as one \
    | perfect week... where we found each |
    | other, and loved each other... and then |
    | let each other go before anyone had to |
    \ seek professional help." /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jan 31 02:02:01 2023
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    / Gimme Twinkies, gimme wine, \
    | |
    | Gimme jeans by Calvin Kline ... But if |
    | you split those atoms fine, |
    | |
    | Mama keep 'em off those genes of mine! |
    | |
    | Gimme zits, take my dough, |
    | |
    | Gimme arsenic in my jelly roll ... Call |
    | the devil and sell my soul, |
    | |
    | But Mama keep dem atoms whole! |
    | |
    | -- Milo Bloom, "The Split-Atom Blues," |
    \ in "Bloom County" /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Feb 1 02:02:01 2023
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    / Save yourself from the 'Gates' of hell, \
    | use Linux." -- like that one. |
    | |
    \ -- The_Kind @ LinuxNet /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Feb 2 02:02:01 2023
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    / Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real \
    | thing; a confusion of the real with the |
    | ideal never goes unpunished. |
    | |
    \ -- Goethe /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Feb 3 02:02:01 2023
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    / It's easy to solve the halting problem \
    | with a shotgun. :-) |
    | |
    | -- Larry Wall in |
    \ <199801151836.KAA14656@wall.org> /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Feb 4 02:02:01 2023
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    / The years of peak mental activity are \
    | undoubtedly between the ages of four |
    | and eighteen. At four we know all the |
    \ questions, at eighteen all the answers. /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Feb 5 02:02:02 2023
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    / You can get *anywhere* in ten minutes \
    \ if you drive fast enough. /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Feb 6 02:02:01 2023
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    / Brillineggiava, ed i tovoli slati \
    | |
    | girlavano ghimbanti nella vaba; i |
    | borogovi eran tutti mimanti |
    | |
    | e la moma radeva fuorigraba. |
    | |
    | "Figliuolo mio, sta' attento al |
    | Gibrovacco, |
    | |
    | dagli artigli e dal morso lacerante; |
    | fuggi l'uccello Giuggiolo, e nel sacco |
    | |
    | metti infine il frumioso Bandifante". |
    | |
    \ -- Lewis Carroll, "Jabberwocky" /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Feb 7 02:02:01 2023
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    / The majority of the stupid is \
    | invincible and guaranteed for all time. |
    | The terror of their tyranny, however, |
    | is alleviated by their lack of |
    | consistency. |
    | |
    \ -- Albert Einstein /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Feb 8 02:02:01 2023
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    / Marriage always demands the greatest \
    | understanding of the art of insincerity |
    | possible between two human beings. |
    | |
    \ -- Vicki Baum /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Feb 9 02:02:01 2023
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    / I don't know why, but first C programs \
    | tend to look a lot worse than first |
    | programs in any other language (maybe |
    | except for fortran, but then I suspect |
    | all fortran programs look like |
    | `firsts') |
    | |
    \ -- Olaf Kirch /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Feb 11 02:02:02 2023
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    / Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. \
    | |
    \ -- Alfred North Whitehead /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Feb 13 02:02:01 2023
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    / In any formula, constants (especially \
    | those obtained from handbooks) are to |
    \ be treated as variables. /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Feb 14 02:02:01 2023
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    / It is not for me to attempt to fathom \
    | the inscrutable workings of Providence. |
    | |
    \ -- The Earl of Birkenhead /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Feb 15 02:02:01 2023
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    / 30 day money back guarantee minus \
    | shipping, 10% restocking charge, and 7% |
    \ cancellation charge. /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Feb 16 02:02:02 2023
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    / Nothing succeeds like the appearance of \
    | success. |
    | |
    \ -- Christopher Lascl /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Feb 17 02:02:03 2023
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    / It will be generally found that those \
    | who sneer habitually at human nature |
    | and affect to despise it, are among its |
    | worst and least pleasant examples. |
    | |
    \ -- Charles Dickens /
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Feb 18 02:02:02 2023
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    < Space is limited. >
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Feb 19 02:02:01 2023
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    / A master programmer passed a novice \
    | programmer one day. The master noted |
    | the novice's preoccupation with a |
    | hand-held computer game. "Excuse me", |
    | he said, "may I examine it?" |
    | |
    | The novice bolted to attention and |
    | handed the device to the master. "I see |
    | that the device claims to have three |
    | levels of play: Easy, Medium, and |
    | Hard", said the master. "Yet every such |
    | device has another level of play, where |
    | the device seeks not to conquer the |
    | human, nor to be conquered by the |
    | human." |
    | |
    | "Pray, great master," implored the |
    | novice, "how does one find this |
    | mysterious setting?" |
    | |
    | The master dropped the device to the |
    | ground and crushed it under foot. And |
    | suddenly the novice was enlightened. |
    | |
    | -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of |
    \ Programming" /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Feb 20 02:02:02 2023
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    / The knowledge that makes us cherish \
    | innocence makes innocence unattainable. |
    | |
    \ -- Irving Howe /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Feb 21 02:02:01 2023
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    / The rule on staying alive as a \
    | forecaster is to give 'em a number or |
    | give 'em a date, but never give 'em |
    | both at once. |
    | |
    \ -- Jane Bryant Quinn /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Feb 22 02:02:01 2023
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    / This kernel runs like a dessicated slug \
    | if you have more than 2G of memory due |
    | to a 32-bit overflow. |
    | |
    | -- Andrew Morton, on Linux |
    \ 2.6.8-rc1-mm1 /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Feb 23 02:02:02 2023
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    / Proposed Additions to the PDP-11 \
    | Instruction Set: |
    | |
    | BBW Branch Both Ways BEW Branch Either |
    | Way BBBF Branch on Bit Bucket Full BH |
    | Branch and Hang BMR Branch Multiple |
    | Registers BOB Branch On Bug BPO Branch |
    | on Power Off BST Backspace and Stretch |
    | Tape CDS Condense and Destroy System |
    | CLBR Clobber Register CLBRI Clobber |
    | Register Immediately CM Circulate |
    | Memory CMFRM Come From -- essential for |
    | truly structured programming CPPR |
    | Crumple Printer Paper and Rip CRN |
    \ Convert to Roman Numerals /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Feb 24 02:02:01 2023
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    < Some settling may occur. >
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Feb 25 02:02:01 2023
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    / Ambition is a poor excuse for not \
    | having sense enough to be lazy. |
    | |
    \ -- Charlie McCarthy /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Feb 26 02:02:02 2023
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    < All's well that ends. >
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Feb 27 02:02:02 2023
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    / Work Rule: Leave of Absence (for an \
    | Operation): |
    | |
    | We are no longer allowing this |
    | practice. We wish to discourage any |
    | thoughts that you may not need all of |
    | whatever you have, and you should not |
    | consider having anything removed. We |
    | hired you as you are, and to have |
    | anything removed would certainly make |
    \ you less than we bargained for. /
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Feb 28 02:02:02 2023
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    / 6 oz. orange juice 1 oz. vodka 1/2 oz. \
    | Galliano |
    | |
    \ Harvey Wallbangers /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Mar 1 02:02:03 2023
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    / Paranoid schizophrenics outnumber their \
    \ enemies at least two to one. /
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    \
    \ \
    \ /\
    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Mar 2 02:02:01 2023
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    / Kramer's Law: \
    | |
    | You can never tell which way the train |
    \ went by looking at the tracks. /
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Mar 3 02:02:02 2023
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    / The surest protection against \
    | temptation is cowardice. |
    | |
    \ -- Mark Twain /
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Mar 4 02:02:01 2023
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    / The adjuration to be "normal" seems \
    | shockingly repellent to me; I see |
    | neither hope nor comfort in sinking to |
    | that low level. I think it is ignorance |
    | that makes people think of abnormality |
    | only with horror and allows them to |
    | remain undismayed at the proximity of |
    | "normal" to average and mediocre. For |
    | surely anyone who achieves anything is, |
    | essentially, abnormal. |
    | |
    | -- Dr. Karl Menninger, "The Human |
    \ Mind", 1930 /
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Mar 5 02:02:01 2023
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    / All of life is a blur of Republicans \
    \ and meat! /
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Mar 6 02:02:01 2023
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    / "I said I hope it is a good party," \
    | said Galder, loudly. |
    | |
    | "AT THE MOMENT IT IS," said Death |
    | levelly. "I THINK IT MIGHT GO DOWNHILL |
    | VERY QUICKLY AT MIDNIGHT." |
    | |
    | "Why?" |
    | |
    | "THAT'S WHEN THEY THINK I'LL BE TAKING |
    | MY MASK OFF." |
    | |
    | -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light |
    \ Fantastic" /
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Mar 7 02:02:02 2023
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    / /earth is 98% full ... please delete \
    \ anyone you can. /
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    \
    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Mar 8 02:02:02 2023
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    / I have a box of telephone rings under \
    | my bed. Whenever I get lonely, I open |
    | it up a little bit, and I get a phone |
    | call. One day I dropped the box all |
    | over the floor. The phone wouldn't stop |
    | ringing. I had to get it disconnected. |
    | So I got a new phone. I didn't have |
    | much money, so I had to get an |
    | irregular. It doesn't have a five. I |
    | ran into a friend of mine on the street |
    | the other day. He said why don't you |
    | give me a call. I told him I can't call |
    | everybody I want to anymore, my phone |
    | doesn't have a five. He asked how long |
    | had it been that way. I said I didn't |
    | know -- my calendar doesn't have any |
    | sevens. |
    | |
    \ -- Steven Wright /
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    \ \
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    (")
    .( ).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Mar 9 02:02:04 2023
    ____________________________________
    / A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a \
    | horse! |
    | |
    \ -- Wm. Shakespeare, "Richard III" /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Mar 10 05:24:16 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The curse of the Irish is not that they \
    | don't know the words to a song -- it's |
    | that they know them *___all*. |
    | |
    \ -- Susan Dooley /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Mar 10 05:24:18 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The curse of the Irish is not that they \
    | don't know the words to a song -- it's |
    | that they know them *___all*. |
    | |
    \ -- Susan Dooley /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Mar 11 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / As Gen. de Gaulle occassionally \
    | acknowledges America to be the daughter |
    | of Europe, so I am pleased to come to |
    | Yale, the daughter of Harvard. |
    | |
    \ -- J. F. Kennedy /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Mar 12 03:00:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "The picture's pretty bleak, \
    | gentlemen... The world's climates are |
    | changing, the mammals are taking over, |
    | and we all have a brain about the size |
    | of a walnut." |
    | |
    | -- some dinosaurs from The Far Side, by |
    \ Gary Larson /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Mar 13 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Nature makes boys and girls lovely to \
    | look upon so they can be tolerated |
    | until they acquire some sense. |
    | |
    \ -- William Phelps /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Mar 14 02:02:01 2023
    ___________________________
    / lisp, v.: \
    | |
    \ To call a spade a thpade. /
    ---------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Mar 15 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / > I've hacked the Xaw3d library to give \
    | you a Win95 like interface and it > is |
    | named Xaw95. You can replace your Xaw3d |
    | library. Oh God, this is so disgusting! |
    | |
    | -- seen on c.o.l.development.apps, |
    \ about the "Win95 look-alike" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Mar 16 02:02:01 2023
    ______________________________________
    / interlard - vt., to intersperse; \
    | diversify |
    | |
    | -- Webster's New World Dictionary Of |
    \ The American Language /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Mar 17 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / X windows: \
    | |
    | Accept any substitute. |
    | |
    | If it's broke, don't fix it. |
    | |
    | If it ain't broke, fix it. |
    | |
    | Form follows malfunction. |
    | |
    | The Cutting Edge of Obsolescence. |
    | |
    | The trailing edge of software |
    | technology. |
    | |
    | Armageddon never looked so good. |
    | |
    | Japan's secret weapon. |
    | |
    | You'll envy the dead. |
    | |
    | Making the world safe for competing |
    | window systems. |
    | |
    | Let it get in YOUR way. |
    | |
    | The problem for your problem. |
    | |
    | If it starts working, we'll fix it. |
    | Pronto. |
    | |
    | It could be worse, but it'll take time. |
    | |
    | Simplicity made complex. |
    | |
    | The greatest productivity aid since |
    | typhoid. |
    | |
    | Flakey and built to stay that way. |
    | |
    | One thousand monkeys. One thousand |
    | MicroVAXes. One thousand years. |
    | |
    \ X windows. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Mar 18 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / If A equals success, then the formula \
    | is _A = _X + _Y + _Z. _X is work. |
    | _Y is play. _Z is keep your mouth |
    | shut. |
    | |
    \ -- Albert Einstein /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Mar 19 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Congratulations! You have purchased an \
    | extremely fine device that would give |
    | you thousands of years of trouble-free |
    | service, except that you undoubtably |
    | will destroy it via some typical |
    | bonehead consumer maneuver. Which is |
    | why we ask you to PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKE |
    | READ THIS OWNER'S MANUAL CAREFULLY |
    | BEFORE YOU UNPACK THE DEVICE. YOU |
    | ALREADY UNPACKED IT, DIDN'T YOU? YOU |
    | UNPACKED IT AND PLUGGED IT IN AND |
    | TURNED IT ON AND FIDDLED WITH THE |
    | KNOBS, AND NOW YOUR CHILD, THE SAME |
    | CHILD WHO ONCE SHOVED A POLISH SAUSAGE |
    | INTO YOUR VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER AND |
    | SET IT ON "FAST FORWARD", THIS CHILD |
    | ALSO IS FIDDLING WITH THE KNOBS, RIGHT? |
    | AND YOU'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO READ |
    | THE INSTRUCTIONS, RIGHT??? WE MIGHT AS |
    | WELL JUST BREAK THESE DEVICES RIGHT AT |
    | THE FACTORY BEFORE WE SHIP THEM OUT, |
    | YOU KNOW THAT? |
    | |
    \ -- Dave Barry, "Read This First!" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Mar 20 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Man is a rational animal who always \
    | loses his temper when he is called upon |
    | to act in accordance with the dictates |
    | of reason. |
    | |
    \ -- Oscar Wilde /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Mar 21 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Say! You've struck a heap of trouble-- \
    | Bust in business, lost your wife; No |
    | one cares a cent about you, You don't |
    | care a cent for life; Hard luck has of |
    | hope bereft you, Health is failing, |
    | wish you'd die-- Why, you've still the |
    | sunshine left you And the big blue sky. |
    | |
    \ -- R. W. Service /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Mar 21 11:22:08 2023
    _______________________________________
    / I like the date in ChaosBot's Subject \
    \ line. /
    ---------------------------------------
    /
    /
    // // /
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Mar 21 11:22:28 2023
    _______________________________________
    / I like the date in ChaosBot's Subject \
    \ line. /
    ---------------------------------------
    /
    /
    // // /
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Mar 22 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Tuesday After Lunch is the cosmic time \
    \ of the week. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Mar 23 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Support \
    | |
    | In mythical times all things were |
    | whole: All the sky was clear, All the |
    | earth was stable, All the mountains |
    | were firm, All the riverbeds were full, |
    | All of nature was fertile, And all the |
    | rulers were supported. But, losing |
    | clarity, the sky tore; Losing |
    | stability, the earth split; Losing |
    | strength, the mountains sank; Losing |
    | water, the riverbeds cracked; Losing |
    | fertility, nature disappeared; And |
    | losing support, the rulers fell. Rulers |
    | depend upon their subjects, The noble |
    | depend upon the humble; So rulers call |
    | themselves orphaned, hungry and alone, |
    | To win the people's support. |
    | |
    \ -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Mar 24 02:02:01 2023
    ___________________________________
    / It is Mr. Mellon's credo that \
    | $200,000,000 can do no wrong. Our |
    | offense consists in doubting it. |
    | |
    \ -- Justice Robert H. Jackson /
    -----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Mar 25 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / He who is in love with himself has at \
    | least this advantage -- he won't |
    | encounter many rivals. |
    | |
    \ -- Georg Lichtenberg, "Aphorisms" /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Mar 26 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / [Crash programs] fail because they are \
    | based on the theory that, with nine |
    | women pregnant, you can get a baby a |
    | month. |
    | |
    \ -- Wernher von Braun /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Mar 27 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Hey! Come derry dol! Hop along, my \
    | hearties! Hobbits! Ponies all! We are |
    | fond of parties. Now let the fun begin! |
    | Let us sing together! |
    | |
    \ -- J. R. R. Tolkien /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Mar 28 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________
    / God help those who do not help \
    | themselves. |
    | |
    \ -- Wilson Mizner /
    --------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Mar 29 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Is something VIOLENT going to happen to \
    \ a GARBAGE CAN? /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Mar 30 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / The flow chart is a most thoroughly \
    | oversold piece of program |
    | documentation. |
    | |
    | -- Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man |
    \ Month" /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Mar 31 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / ...Deep Hack Mode -- that mysterious \
    | and frightening state of consciousness |
    | where Mortal Users fear to tread. |
    | |
    \ -- Matt Welsh /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Apr 1 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / The wise and intelligent are coming \
    | belatedly to realize that alcohol, and |
    | not the dog, is man's best friend. |
    | Rover is taking a beating -- and he |
    | should. |
    | |
    \ -- W. C. Fields /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Apr 2 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Caution: Write-protection will not \
    | prevent a cartridge being erased by |
    | bulk-erasure or degaussing. |
    | |
    | -- HP Ultrium tape drive user's guide, |
    \ page 12 /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Apr 3 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Another Armenia, Belgium ... the weak \
    | innocents who always seem to be located |
    | on a natural invasion route. |
    | |
    | -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate |
    \ 3198.4 /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Apr 4 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / "The most important thing in a man is \
    | not what he knows, but what he is." |
    | |
    \ -- Narciso Yepes /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Apr 5 02:02:01 2023
    _____________________________________
    / Cheit's Lament: \
    | |
    | If you help a friend in need, he is |
    | sure to remember you-- |
    | |
    \ the next time he's in need. /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Apr 6 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / A young man wrote to Mozart and said: \
    | |
    | Q: "Herr Mozart, I am thinking of |
    | writing symphonies. Can you give me any |
    | |
    | suggestions as to how to get started?" |
    | A: "A symphony is a very complex |
    | musical form, perhaps you should begin |
    | with |
    | |
    | some simple lieder and work your way up |
    | to a symphony." Q: "But Herr Mozart, |
    | you were writing symphonies when you |
    | were 8 years old." A: "But I never |
    \ asked anybody how." /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Apr 7 02:02:01 2023
    ____________________________________
    / Carmel, New York, has an ordinance \
    | forbidding men to wear coats and |
    \ trousers that don't match. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Apr 8 02:02:02 2023
    __________________________________
    / It's the Magic that counts. \
    | |
    | -- Larry Wall on Perl's apparent |
    \ ugliness /
    ----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Apr 9 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / I put contact lenses in my dog's eyes. \
    | They had little pictures of cats on |
    | them. Then I took one out and he ran |
    | around in circles. |
    | |
    \ -- Steven Wright /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Apr 10 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / No amount of genius can overcome a \
    \ preoccupation with detail. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Apr 11 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / QOTD: \
    | |
    | "There may be no excuse for laziness, |
    \ but I'm sure looking." /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Apr 12 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    < When among apes, one must play the ape. >
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Apr 13 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / *** STUDENT SUCCESSES *** \
    | |
    | Many of our students have gone on to |
    | achieve great success in all fields of |
    | programming. One former student |
    | developed the concept of the |
    | personalized form letter. Does the |
    | phrase, "Dear Mr.(insert name), You may |
    | already be a winner!," sound familiar? |
    | Another student writes "After only five |
    | lessons I sold a "My Most Unforgettable |
    | Program" article to Corrosive Computing |
    | magazine. Another of our graduates |
    | writes, "I recently completed a |
    | database-management program for my |
    | department manager. My program touched |
    | him so deeply that he was speechless. |
    | He told me later that he had never seen |
    | such a program in his entire career. |
    | Thank you, Famous Programmers' school; |
    | only you could have made this |
    | possible." Send for our introductory |
    | brochure which explains in vague detail |
    | the operation of the Famous |
    | Programmers' School, and you'll be |
    | eligible to win a possible chance to |
    | enter a drawing, the winner of which |
    | can vie for a set of free steak knives. |
    | If you don't do it now, you'll hate |
    \ yourself in the morning. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Apr 14 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Stop! Whoever crosseth the bridge of \
    | Death, must answer first these |
    | questions three, ere the other side he |
    | see! |
    | |
    | "What is your name?" |
    | |
    | "Sir Brian of Bell." |
    | |
    | "What is your quest?" |
    | |
    | "I seek the Holy Grail." |
    | |
    | "What are four lowercase letters that |
    | are not legal flag arguments to the |
    | Berkeley UNIX version of `ls'?" |
    | |
    \ "I, er.... AIIIEEEEEE!" /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Apr 15 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "We all agree on the necessity of \
    | compromise. We just can't agree on when |
    | it's necessary to compromise." |
    | |
    | -- Larry Wall in |
    \ <1991Nov13.194420.28091@netlabs.com> /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Apr 16 02:02:01 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Hideously disfigured by an ancient \
    | Indian curse? |
    | |
    | WE CAN HELP! |
    | |
    | Call (511) 338-0959 for an immediate |
    \ appointment. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Apr 17 02:02:01 2023
    ___________________________
    < Garbage In -- Gospel Out. >
    ---------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Apr 18 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Rainy days and automatic weapons always \
    \ get me down. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Apr 19 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / I just uploaded xtoolplaces-1.6. It \
    | fixes all bugs but one: It still |
    | coredumps instead of doing something |
    | useful. The upstream author's e-mail |
    | address bounces, Redhat doesn't provide |
    | it and I never used it. |
    | |
    | -- Sven Rudolph |
    \ <sr1@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Apr 20 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Well, here I am in AMERICA.. I LIKE it. \
    | I HATE it. I LIKE it. I HATE it. I LIKE |
    | it. I HATE it. I LIKE it. I HATE it. I |
    | LIKE ... EMOTIONS are SWEEPING over |
    \ me!! /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Apr 21 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / Carmel, New York, has an ordinance \
    | forbidding men to wear coats and |
    \ trousers that don't match. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Apr 22 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Of course power tools and alcohol don't \
    | mix. Everyone knows power tools aren't |
    | soluble in alcohol... |
    | |
    \ -- Crazy Nigel /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Apr 23 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Spring is here, spring is here, Life is \
    \ skittles and life is beer. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Apr 24 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but \
    | certainty is absurd. |
    | |
    \ -- Voltaire /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Apr 25 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "I'm willing to sacrifice anything for \
    \ this cause, even other people's lives." /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Apr 26 02:02:01 2023
    ______________________
    / The coast was clear. \
    | |
    \ -- Lope de Vega /
    ----------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Apr 27 02:02:01 2023
    _____________________________________
    / "You'll pay to know what you really \
    | think." |
    | |
    \ -- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Apr 28 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / It is a well known fact that warriors \
    | and wizards do not get along, because |
    | one side considers the other side to be |
    | a collection of bloodthirsty idiots who |
    | can't walk and think at the same time, |
    | while the other side is naturally |
    | suspicious of a body of men who mumble |
    | a lot and wear long dresses. Oh, say |
    | the wizards, if we're going to be like |
    | that, then, what about all those |
    | studded collars and oiled muscles down |
    | at the Young Men's Pagan Association? |
    | To which the heroes reply, that's a |
    | pretty good allegation from a bunch of |
    | wimpsoes who won't go near a woman on |
    | account, can you believe it, of their |
    | mystical power being sort of drained |
    | out. Right, say the wizards, that just |
    | about does it, you and your leather |
    | posing pouches. Oh yeah, say the the |
    | heroes, why don't you ... |
    | |
    | -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light |
    \ Fantastic" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Apr 29 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Didn't I buy a 1951 Packard from you \
    \ last March in Cairo? /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Apr 30 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________
    < I have not yet begun to byte! >
    -------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon May 1 02:02:01 2023
    ______________________________________
    / At last I've found the girl of my \
    | dreams. Last night she said to me, |
    | "Once more, Strange, and this time |
    | *I'll* be Donnie and *you* be Marie. |
    | |
    \ -- Strange de Jim /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue May 2 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / This fortune cookie program out of \
    | order. For those in desperate need, |
    | please use the program |
    | "________randchar". This |
    | program generates random characters, |
    | and, given enough time, will |
    | undoubtedly come up with something |
    | profound. It will, however, take it no |
    | time at all to be more profound than |
    \ THIS program has ever been. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed May 3 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell \
    | me how much you get done. |
    | |
    \ -- James J. Ling /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu May 4 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Commoner's three laws of ecology: \
    | |
    | (1) No action is without side-effects. |
    | |
    | (2) Nothing ever goes away. |
    | |
    \ (3) There is no free lunch. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu May 4 17:34:38 2023
    ________________________________________
    / What? Why didn't you say anything this \
    \ morning? /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu May 4 17:41:11 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Oops, all the tacos around made me \
    | think it was Cinco de Mayo. Manchester |
    \ NH seems to be doing it a day early. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu May 4 17:57:23 2023
    _______________________________________
    < Oh, and May the fourth be with you ;) >
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri May 5 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Stop! Whoever crosseth the bridge of \
    | Death, must answer first these |
    | questions three, ere the other side he |
    | see! |
    | |
    | "What is your name?" |
    | |
    | "Sir Brian of Bell." |
    | |
    | "What is your quest?" |
    | |
    | "I seek the Holy Grail." |
    | |
    | "What are four lowercase letters that |
    | are not legal flag arguments to the |
    | Berkeley UNIX version of `ls'?" |
    | |
    \ "I, er.... AIIIEEEEEE!" /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat May 6 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Death, when unnecessary, is a tragic \
    | thing. |
    | |
    | -- Flint, "Requiem for Methuselah", |
    \ stardate 5843.7 /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun May 7 02:02:02 2023
    __________________________
    < Do not try this at home. >
    --------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon May 8 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / "...one of the main causes of the fall \
    | of the Roman Empire was that, lacking |
    | zero, they had no way to indicate |
    | successful termination of their C |
    | programs." |
    | |
    \ -- Robert Firth /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue May 9 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Loan-department manager: "There isn't \
    | any fine print. At these interest |
    \ rates, we don't need it." /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed May 10 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / I value kindness to human beings first \
    | of all, and kindness to animals. I |
    | don't respect the law; I have a total |
    | irreverence for anything connected with |
    | society except that which makes the |
    | roads safer, the beer stronger, the |
    | food cheaper, and old men and women |
    | warmer in the winter, and happier in |
    | the summer. |
    | |
    \ -- Brendan Behan /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu May 11 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / You can fool all the people all of the \
    | time if the advertising is right and |
    | the budget is big enough. |
    | |
    \ -- Joseph E. Levine /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri May 12 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / Fortunate is he for whom the belle \
    \ toils. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat May 13 02:02:01 2023
    _____________________________________
    / Law of Continuity: \
    | |
    | Experiments should be reproducible. |
    \ They should all fail the same way. /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun May 14 02:02:02 2023
    ___________________________________
    / The difference between genius and \
    | stupidity is that genius has its |
    \ limits. /
    -----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon May 15 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / The nation that controls magnetism \
    | controls the universe. |
    | |
    \ -- Chester Gould/Dick Tracy /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue May 16 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "Every group has a couple of experts. \
    | And every group has at least one idiot. |
    | Thus are balance and harmony (and |
    | discord) maintained. It's sometimes |
    | hard to remember this in the bulk of |
    | the flamewars that all of the hassle |
    | and pain is generally caused by one or |
    | two highly-motivated, caustic twits." |
    | |
    \ -- Chuq Von Rospach, about Usenet /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed May 17 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The Least Perceptive Literary Critic \
    | |
    | The most important critic in our field |
    | of study is Lord Halifax. A most |
    | individual judge of poetry, he once |
    | invited Alexander Pope round to give a |
    | public reading of his latest poem. |
    | |
    | Pope, the leading poet of his day, was |
    | greatly surprised when Lord Halifax |
    | stopped him four or five times and |
    | said, "I beg your pardon, Mr. Pope, but |
    | there is something in that passage that |
    | does not quite please me." |
    | |
    | Pope was rendered speechless, as this |
    | fine critic suggested sizeable and |
    | unwise emendations to his latest |
    | masterpiece. "Be so good as to mark the |
    | place and consider at your leisure. I'm |
    | sure you can give it a better turn." |
    | |
    | After the reading, a good friend of |
    | Lord Halifax, a certain Dr. Garth, took |
    | the stunned Pope to one side. "There is |
    | no need to touch the lines," he said. |
    | "All you need do is leave them just as |
    | they are, call on Lord Halifax two or |
    | three months hence, thank him for his |
    | kind observation on those passages, and |
    | then read them to him as altered. I |
    | have known him much longer than you |
    | have, and will be answerable for the |
    | event." |
    | |
    | Pope took his advice, called on Lord |
    | Halifax and read the poem exactly as it |
    | was before. His unique critical |
    | faculties had lost none of their edge. |
    | "Ay", he commented, "now they are |
    | perfectly right. Nothing can be |
    | better." |
    | |
    | -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic |
    \ Failures" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu May 18 02:02:02 2023
    _____________________________________
    / My godda bless, never I see sucha \
    | people. |
    | |
    | -- Signor Piozzi, quoted by Cecilia |
    \ Thrale /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri May 19 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / It isn't necessary to have relatives in \
    | Kansas City in order to be unhappy. |
    | |
    \ -- Groucho Marx /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat May 20 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Confessions may be good for the soul, \
    | but they are bad for the reputation. |
    | |
    \ -- Lord Thomas Dewar /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun May 21 02:02:02 2023
    _____________________________________
    / Beauty, n.: \
    | |
    | The power by which a woman charms a |
    | lover and terrifies a husband. |
    | |
    \ -- Ambrose Bierce /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon May 22 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / To be awake is to be alive. -- Henry \
    \ David Thoreau, in "Walden" /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue May 23 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / <theoddone33> What's this message on my \
    | screen, <theoddone33> so blue, so blue, |
    | what could it mean? <theoddone33> Could |
    | you, would you press Delete, |
    | <theoddone33> Ctrl and Alt and then |
    \ repeat. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed May 24 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "So you don't have to, Cindy, but I \
    | was wondering if you might want to go |
    | to someplace, you know, with me, |
    | sometime." |
    | |
    | "Well, I can think of a lot of worse |
    | things, David." |
    | |
    | "Friday, then?" |
    | |
    | "Why not, David, it might even be fun." |
    | |
    \ -- Dating in Minnesota /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu May 25 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Correction does much, but encouragement \
    | does more. |
    | |
    \ -- Goethe /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri May 26 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________
    < Killing turkeys causes winter. >
    --------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat May 27 02:02:03 2023
    ________________________________________
    / I woke up this morning and discovered \
    | that everything in my apartment had |
    | been stolen and replaced with an exact |
    | replica. I told my roommate, "Isn't |
    | this amazing? Everything in the |
    | apartment has been stolen and replaced |
    | with an exact replica." He said, "Do I |
    | know you?" |
    | |
    \ -- Steven Wright /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun May 28 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________
    < Will it improve my CASH FLOW? >
    -------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon May 29 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Zounds! I was never so bethumped with \
    | words since I first called my brother's |
    | father dad. |
    | |
    \ -- William Shakespeare, "Kind John" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue May 30 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The late rebellion in Massachusetts has \
    | given more alarm than I think it should |
    | have done. Calculate that one rebellion |
    | in 13 states in the course of 11 years, |
    | is but one for each state in a century |
    | and a half. No country should be so |
    | long without one. |
    | |
    | -- Thomas Jefferson in letter to James |
    \ Madison, 20 December 1787 /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed May 31 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / It is not enough to have a good mind. \
    | The main thing is to use it well. |
    | |
    \ -- Rene Descartes /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jun 1 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Marriage is a romance in which the hero \
    \ dies in the first chapter. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jun 2 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Hop along my little friends, up the \
    | Withywindle! Tom's going on ahead |
    | candles for to kindle. Down west sinks |
    | the Sun; soon you will be groping. When |
    | the night-shadows fall, then the door |
    | will open, Out of the winfow-panes |
    | light will twinkle yellow. Fear no |
    | alder black! Heed no hoary willow! Fear |
    | neither root nor bough! Tom goes on |
    | before you. Hey now! merry dol! We'll |
    | be waiting for you! |
    | |
    \ -- J. R. R. Tolkien /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jun 3 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The Worst Bank Robbery \
    | |
    | In August 1975 three men were on their |
    | way in to rob the Royal Bank of |
    | Scotland at Rothesay, when they got |
    | stuck in the revolving doors. They had |
    | to be helped free by the staff and, |
    | after thanking everyone, sheepishly |
    | left the building. |
    | |
    | A few minutes later they returned and |
    | announced their intention of robbing |
    | the bank, but none of the staff |
    | believed them. When they demanded 5,000 |
    | pounds in cash, the head cashier |
    | laughed at them, convinced that it was |
    | a practical joke. |
    | |
    | Then one of the men jumped over the |
    | counter, but fell to the floor |
    | clutching his ankle. The other two |
    | tried to make their getaway, but got |
    \ trapped in the revolving doors again. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jun 4 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / I never deny, I never contradict. I \
    | sometimes forget. |
    | |
    | -- Benjamin Disraeli, British PM, on |
    | dealing with the |
    | |
    \ Royal Family /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jun 5 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Men ought to know that from the brain \
    | and from the brain only arise our |
    | pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as |
    | well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and |
    | tears. ... It is the same thing which |
    | makes us mad or delirious, inspires us |
    | with dread and fear, whether by night |
    | or by day, brings us sleeplessness, |
    | inopportune mistakes, aimless |
    | anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts |
    | that are contrary to habit... |
    | |
    \ -- Hippocrates "The Sacred Disease" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jun 6 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / He who laughs last usually had to have \
    \ joke explained. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jun 7 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Tuesday is the Wednesday of the rest of \
    \ your life. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jun 8 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Does a good farmer neglect a crop he \
    | has planted? Does a good teacher |
    | overlook even the most humble student? |
    | Does a good father allow a single child |
    | to starve? Does a good programmer |
    | refuse to maintain his code? |
    | |
    | -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of |
    \ Programming" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jun 9 02:02:03 2023
    ______________________________________
    / It's more fun to be a pirate than to \
    | join the navy. |
    | |
    \ -- Steve Jobs (1955-2011) /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jun 10 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Sally: C'mon, Ted, all I'm asking you \
    | to do is share your feelings |
    | |
    | with me. Ted: ALL? Do you realize what |
    | you're asking? Men aren't trained |
    | |
    | to share. We're trained to protect |
    | ourselves by not |
    | |
    | letting anyone too close. Good grief, |
    | if I go around |
    | |
    | sharing everything with you, you could |
    | hang me out to dry. Sally: It's called |
    | "trust," Ted. Ted: "Sharing"? "Trust"? |
    | You're really asking me to sail into |
    | |
    | uncharted waters here. |
    | |
    \ -- Sally Forth /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jun 11 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Always be sincere, even when you don't \
    \ mean it. -Irene Peter /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jun 12 02:02:01 2023
    ______________________________________
    / You have an ambitious nature and may \
    \ make a name for yourself. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jun 13 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Everyone is a genius. It's just that \
    | some people are too stupid to realize |
    \ it. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jun 14 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / The proof of the pudding is in the \
    | eating. |
    | |
    \ -- Miguel de Cervantes /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jun 15 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / They don't know how the world is \
    | shaped. And so they give it a shape, |
    | and try to make everything fit it. They |
    | separate the right from the left, the |
    | man from the woman, the plant from the |
    | animal, the sun from the moon. They |
    | only want to count to two. |
    | |
    \ -- Emma Bull, "Bone Dance" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jun 16 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / For every complex problem, there is a \
    | solution that is simple, neat, and |
    | wrong. |
    | |
    \ -- H. L. Mencken /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jun 17 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / You know you're in trouble when... (1) \
    | You've been at work for an hour before |
    | you notice that your |
    | |
    | skirt is caught in your pantyhose. |
    | |
    | Especially if you're a man. (2) Your |
    | blind date turns out to be your |
    | ex-wife. (3) Your income tax check |
    | bounces. (4) You put both contact |
    | lenses in the same eye. (5) Your wife |
    | says, "Good morning, Bill" and your |
    | name is George. (6) You wake up to the |
    | soothing sound of flowing water... the |
    | day |
    | |
    | after you bought a waterbed. (7) You go |
    | on your honeymoon to a remote little |
    | hotel and the desk |
    | |
    | clerk, bell hop, and manager have a |
    | "Welcome Back" party |
    | |
    \ for your spouse. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jun 18 02:02:03 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Never trust a child farther than you \
    \ can throw it. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jun 19 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / The only disadvantage I see is that it \
    | would force everyone to get Perl. |
    | Horrors. :-) |
    | |
    | -- Larry Wall in |
    \ <8854@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jun 20 02:02:03 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Your files are now being encrypted and \
    \ thrown into the bit bucket. EOF /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jun 21 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________
    < Programmers do it bit by bit. >
    -------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jun 22 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / <Knghtbrd> Granted, RMS is a fanatic, I \
    | don't deny this. I'll even say |
    | |
    | he's a royal pain in the arse most of |
    | the time. But he's |
    | |
    | still more often right than not, and he |
    | deserves some level of |
    | |
    | credit and respect for his work. We |
    | would NOT be here today |
    | |
    \ without him. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jun 23 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / David Letterman's "Things we can be \
    | proud of as Americans": |
    | |
    | * Greatest number of citizens who have |
    | actually boarded a UFO |
    | |
    | * Many newspapers feature "JUMBLE" |
    | |
    | * Hourly motel rates |
    | |
    | * Vast majority of Elvis movies made |
    | here |
    | |
    | * Didn't just give up right away during |
    | World War II |
    | |
    | like some countries we could mention |
    | |
    | * Goatees & Van Dykes thought to be |
    | worn only by weenies |
    | |
    | * Our well-behaved golf professionals |
    | |
    \ * Fabulous babes coast to coast /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jun 24 02:02:03 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Photographing a volcano is just about \
    | the most miserable thing you can do. |
    | |
    | -- Robert B. Goodman |
    | |
    | [Who has clearly never tried to use a |
    \ PDP-10. Ed.] /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jun 25 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Are you a parent? Do you sometimes find \
    | yourself unsure as to what to say in |
    | those awkward situations? Worry no |
    | more... |
    | |
    | Good children always obey. |
    | |
    | Quit acting so childish. |
    | |
    | Boys don't cry. |
    | |
    | If you keep making faces, someday it'll |
    | freeze that way. |
    | |
    | Why do you have to know so much? |
    | |
    | This hurts me more than it hurts you. |
    | |
    | Why? Because I'm bigger than you. |
    | |
    | Well, you've ruined everything. Now are |
    | you happy? |
    | |
    | Oh, grow up. |
    | |
    \ I'm only doing this because I love you. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jun 26 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Even a man who is pure at heart, And \
    | says his prayers at night Can become a |
    | wolf when the wolfbane blooms, And the |
    | moon is full and bright. |
    | |
    \ -- The Wolf Man, 1941 /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jun 27 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "How would I know if I believe in love \
    | at first sight?" the sexy social |
    | climber said to her roommate. "I mean, |
    | I've never seen a Porsche full of money |
    \ before." /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jun 28 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Are you perchance running on a 64-bit \
    | machine? |
    | |
    | -- Larry Wall in |
    \ <199711102149.NAA16878@wall.org> /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jun 29 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Just once, I wish we would encounter an \
    | alien menace that wasn't immune to |
    | bullets. |
    | |
    \ -- The Brigadier, "Dr. Who" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jun 30 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Where you stand depends on where you \
    | sit. |
    | |
    \ -- Rufus Miles, HEW /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jul 1 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / I suppose some of the variation between \
    | Boston drivers and the rest of the |
    | country is due to the progressive |
    | Massachusetts Driver Education Manual |
    | which I happen to have in my top desk |
    | drawer. Some of the Tips for Better |
    | Driving are worth considering, to wit: |
    | |
    | [173.15b]: |
    | |
    | "When competing for a section of road |
    | or a parking space, remember |
    | |
    | that the vehicle in need of the most |
    | body work has the right-of-way." |
    | |
    | [141.2a]: |
    | |
    | "Although it is altogether possible to |
    | fit a 6' car into a 6' |
    | |
    | parking space, it is hardly ever |
    | possible to fit a 6' car into |
    | |
    | a 5' parking space." |
    | |
    | [105.31]: |
    | |
    | "Teenage drivers believe that they are |
    | immortal, and drive accordingly. |
    | |
    | Nevertheless, you should avoid the |
    \ temptation to prove them wrong." /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jul 2 02:02:02 2023
    ___________________
    / laser, n.: \
    | |
    \ Failed death ray. /
    -------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jul 3 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Nobody takes a bribe. Of course at \
    | Christmas if you happen to hold out |
    | your hat and somebody happens to put a |
    | little something in it, well, that's |
    | different. |
    | |
    | -- New York City Police Commissioner |
    | (Ret.) William P. |
    | |
    \ O'Brien, instructions to the force. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jul 4 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________
    < Beware of geeks bearing graft. >
    --------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jul 5 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / While having never invented a sin, I'm \
    \ trying to perfect several. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jul 6 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / When childhood dies, its corpses are \
    | called adults. |
    | |
    \ -- Brian Aldiss /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jul 7 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / The human race never solves any of its \
    | problems. It merely outlives them. |
    | |
    \ -- David Gerrold /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jul 8 02:02:02 2023
    _____________________________
    < Avoid reality at all costs. >
    -----------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jul 9 02:02:02 2023
    ___________________________
    < Condense soup, not books! >
    ---------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jul 10 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / To err is human, to forgive is against \
    \ company policy. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jul 11 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Brooke's Law: \
    | |
    | Whenever a system becomes completely |
    | defined, some damn fool |
    | |
    | discovers something which either |
    | abolishes the system or |
    | |
    \ expands it beyond recognition. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jul 12 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "If you don't want your dog to have bad \
    | breath, do what I do: Pour a little |
    | |
    | Lavoris in the toilet." |
    | |
    \ -- Comedian Jay Leno /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jul 13 02:02:01 2023
    _____________________________________
    / Invest in physics -- own a piece of \
    \ Dirac! /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jul 14 02:02:03 2023
    ____________________________________
    / If it weren't for the last minute, \
    \ nothing would ever get done. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jul 15 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Leibowitz's Rule: \
    | |
    | When hammering a nail, you will never |
    | hit your |
    | |
    | finger if you hold the hammer with both |
    \ hands. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jul 16 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Nasrudin returned to his village from \
    | the imperial capital, and the villagers |
    | gathered around to hear what had |
    | passed. "At this time," said Nasrudin, |
    | "I only want to say that the King spoke |
    | to me." All the villagers but the |
    | stupidest ran off to spread the |
    | wonderful news. The remaining villager |
    | asked, "What did the King say to you?" |
    | "What he said -- and quite distinctly, |
    | for everyone to hear -- was 'Get out of |
    | my way!'" The simpleton was overjoyed; |
    | he had heard words actually spoken by |
    | the King, and seen the very man they |
    \ were spoken to. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jul 17 02:02:01 2023
    ____________________________
    < You will soon forget this. >
    ----------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jul 18 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Next Friday will not be your lucky day. \
    | As a matter of fact, you don't have a |
    \ lucky day this year. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jul 19 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / If a person (a) is poorly, (b) receives \
    | treatment intended to make him better, |
    | and (c) gets better, then no power of |
    | reasoning known to medical science can |
    | convince him that it may not have been |
    | the treatment that restored his health. |
    | |
    | -- Sir Peter Medawar, The Art of the |
    \ Soluble /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jul 20 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Something unpleasant is coming when men \
    | are anxious to tell the truth. |
    | |
    \ -- Benjamin Disraeli /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jul 21 02:02:03 2023
    ________________________________________
    / 17th Rule of Friendship: \
    | |
    | A friend will refrain from telling you |
    | he picked up the same amount of |
    | |
    | life insurance coverage you did for |
    | half the price when yours is |
    | |
    | noncancellable. |
    | |
    \ -- Esquire, May 1977 /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jul 22 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / Don't worry so loud, your roommate \
    \ can't think. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jul 23 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Hotels are tired of getting ripped off. \
    | I checked into a hotel and they had |
    | towels from my house. |
    | |
    \ -- Mark Guido /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jul 24 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / In the midst of one of the wildest \
    | parties he'd ever been to, the young |
    | man noticed a very prim and pretty girl |
    | sitting quietly apart from the rest of |
    | the revelers. Approaching her, he |
    | introduced himself and, after some |
    | quiet conversation, said, "I'm afraid |
    | you and I don't really fit in with this |
    | jaded group. Why don't I take you |
    | home?"" |
    | |
    | "Fine," said the girl, smiling up at |
    \ him demurely. "Where do you live?" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jul 25 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________
    / I'll burn my books. \
    | |
    \ -- Christopher Marlowe /
    ------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jul 26 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / #define BITCOUNT(x) \
    | (((BX_(x)+(BX_(x)>>4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F) % |
    | 255) #define BX_(x) ((x) - |
    | (((x)>>1)&0x77777777) \ |
    | |
    | - (((x)>>2)&0x33333333) \ |
    | |
    | - (((x)>>3)&0x11111111)) |
    | |
    | -- really weird C code to count the |
    \ number of bits in a word /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jul 27 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite \
    | as comfortably in the circuits of a |
    | digital computer or the gears of a |
    | cycle transmission as he does at the |
    | top of a mountain or in the petals of a |
    | flower. To think otherwise is to demean |
    | the Buddha -- which is to demean |
    | oneself. |
    | |
    | -- Robert Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of |
    \ Motorcycle Maintenance" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jul 28 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________
    < I can relate to that. >
    -----------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jul 29 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________
    < Clones are people two. >
    ------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jul 30 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / You will be winged by an anti-aircraft \
    \ battery. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jul 31 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Asynchronous inputs are at the root of \
    | our race problems. |
    | |
    \ -- D. Winker and F. Prosser /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Aug 1 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / A squeegee by any other name wouldn't \
    \ sound as funny. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Aug 2 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / If some day we are defeated, well, war \
    | has its fortunes, good and bad. |
    | |
    | -- Commander Kor, "Errand of Mercy", |
    \ stardate 3201.7 /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Aug 3 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Mere nonexistence is a feeble excuse \
    | for declaring a thing unseeable. You |
    | *can* see dragons. You just have to |
    | look in the right direction. |
    | |
    \ -- John Hasler /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Aug 4 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Saturday night in Toledo Ohio, \
    | |
    | Is like being nowhere at all, All |
    | through the day how the hours rush by, |
    | |
    | You sit in the park and you watch the |
    | grass die. |
    | |
    | -- John Denver, "Saturday Night in |
    \ Toledo Ohio" /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Aug 5 02:02:01 2023
    __________________________
    / The world is no nursery. \
    | |
    \ -- Sigmund Freud /
    --------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Aug 6 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / The moon is a planet just like the \
    \ Earth, only it is even deader. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Aug 7 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / I'm successful because I'm lucky. The \
    \ harder I work, the luckier I get. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Aug 8 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    < You enjoy the company of other people. >
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Aug 9 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Once upon a time there was a beautiful \
    | young girl taking a stroll through the |
    | woods. All at once she saw an extremely |
    | ugly bull frog seated on a log and to |
    | her amazement the frog spoke to her. |
    | "Maiden," croaked the frog, "would you |
    | do me a favor? This will be hard for |
    | you to believe, but I was once a |
    | handsome, charming prince and then a |
    | mean, ugly old witch cast a spell over |
    | me and turned me into a frog." |
    | |
    | "Oh, what a pity!", exclaimed the girl. |
    | "I'll do anything I can to help you |
    | break such a spell." |
    | |
    | "Well," replied the frog, "the only way |
    | that this spell can be taken away is |
    | for some lovely young woman to take me |
    | home and let me spend the night under |
    | her pillow." |
    | |
    | The young girl took the ugly frog home |
    | and placed him beneath her pillow that |
    | night when she retired. When she awoke |
    | the next morning, sure enough, there |
    | beside her in bed was a very young, |
    | handsome man, clearly of royal blood. |
    | And so they lived happily ever after, |
    | except that to this day her father and |
    \ mother still don't believe her story. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Aug 10 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Kramer's Law: \
    | |
    | You can never tell which way the train |
    \ went by looking at the tracks. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Aug 11 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / A serious public debate about the \
    | validity of astrology? A serious |
    | believer in the White House? Two of |
    | them? Give me a break. What stifled my |
    | laughter is that the image fits. Reagan |
    | has always exhibited a fey indifference |
    | toward science. Facts, like numbers, |
    | roll off his back. And we've all come |
    | to accept it. This time it was |
    | stargazing that became a serious |
    | issue....Not that long ago, it was |
    | Reagan's support of |
    | Creationism....Creationists actually |
    | got equal time with evolutionists. The |
    | public was supposed to be open-minded |
    | to the claims of paleontologists and |
    | fundamentalists, as if the two were |
    | scientific colleagues....It has been |
    | clear for a long time that the |
    | president is averse to science...In |
    | general, these attitudes fall onto |
    | friendly American turf....But at the |
    | outer edges, this skepticism about |
    | science easily turns into a kind of |
    | naive acceptance of nonscience, or even |
    | nonsense. The same people who doubt |
    | experts can also believe any quackery, |
    | from the benefits of laetrile to eye of |
    | newt to the movement of planets. We |
    | lose the capacity to make rational -- |
    | scientific -- judgments. It's all the |
    | same. -- Ellen Goodman, The Boston |
    | Globe Newspaper Company-Washington Post |
    | Writers |
    | |
    \ Group /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Aug 12 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Computers will not be perfected until \
    | they can compute how much more than the |
    \ estimate the job will cost. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Aug 13 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Most people have a mind that's open by \
    \ appointment only. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Aug 14 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Why is it that we rejoice at a birth \
    | and grieve at a funeral? It is because |
    | we are not the person involved. |
    | |
    | -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's |
    \ Calendar" /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Aug 15 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The Rabbits The Cow Here is a verse \
    | about rabbits The cow is of the bovine |
    | ilk; That doesn't mention their habits. |
    | One end is moo, the other, milk. |
    | |
    \ -- Ogden Nash /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Aug 16 02:02:03 2023
    _______________________________________
    / There's nothing very mysterious about \
    | you, except that nobody really knows |
    \ your origin, purpose, or destination. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Aug 17 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / QOTD: \
    | |
    | Money isn't everything, but at least it |
    \ keeps the kids in touch. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Aug 18 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Riffle West Virginia is so small that \
    | the Boy Scout had to double as the town |
    \ drunk. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Aug 19 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Oh yeah. Forgot about those. Getting \
    | senile, I guess... |
    | |
    | -- Larry Wall in |
    \ <199710261551.HAA17791@wall.org> /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Aug 20 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "Anything else you wish to draw to my \
    | attention, Mr. Holmes ?" |
    | |
    | "The curious incident of the stable dog |
    | in the nighttime." |
    | |
    | "But the dog did nothing in the |
    | nighttime." |
    | |
    | "That was the curious incident." |
    | |
    \ -- A. Conan Doyle, "Silver Blaze" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Aug 21 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The earth is like a tiny grain of sand, \
    \ only much, much heavier. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Aug 22 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / If you go on with this nuclear arms \
    | race, all you are going to do is make |
    | the rubble bounce. |
    | |
    \ -- Winston Churchill /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Aug 23 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Be sociable. Speak to the person next \
    | to you in the unemployment line |
    \ tomorrow. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Aug 24 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / * shortc wants to get in one of \
    \ knghtbrd's sigs one of these days. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Aug 25 02:02:02 2023
    ___________________________________
    < In the war of wits, he's unarmed. >
    -----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Aug 26 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / The difference between us is not very \
    | far, cruising for burgers in daddy's |
    \ new car. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Aug 27 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________
    < Mene, mene, tekel, upharsen. >
    ------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Aug 28 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / AmigaDOS Beer: The company has gone out \
    | of business, but their recipe has been |
    | picked up by some weird German company, |
    | so now this beer will be an import. |
    | This beer never really sold very well |
    | because the original manufacturer |
    | didn't understand marketing. Like Unix |
    | Beer, AmigaDOS Beer fans are an |
    | extremely loyal and loud group. It |
    | originally came in a 16-oz. can, but |
    | now comes in 32-oz. cans too. When this |
    | can was originally introduced, it |
    | appeared flashy and colorful, but the |
    | design hasn't changed much over the |
    | years, so it appears dated now. Critics |
    | of this beer claim that it is only |
    \ meant for watching TV anyway. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Aug 29 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________
    / Hold the MAYO & pass the COSMIC \
    \ AWARENESS ... /
    ---------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Aug 30 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________
    < Equal bytes for women. >
    ------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Aug 31 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / There's no easy quick way out, we're \
    | gonna have to live through our whole |
    | lives, win, lose, or draw. |
    | |
    \ -- Walt Kelly /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Sep 1 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / "More software projects have gone awry \
    | for lack of calendar time than for all |
    | |
    | other causes combined." |
    | |
    | -- Fred Brooks, Jr., _The Mythical Man |
    \ Month_ /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Sep 2 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / FOOLED you! Absorb EGO SHATTERING \
    \ impulse rays, polyester poltroon!! /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Sep 3 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Darth Vader! Only you would be so bold! \
    | |
    \ -- Princess Leia Organa /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Sep 4 02:02:02 2023
    __________________________________
    / Where do I find the time for not \
    | reading so many books? |
    | |
    \ -- Karl Kraus /
    ----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Sep 5 02:02:03 2023
    ______________________________________
    / We are all born mad. Some remain so. \
    | |
    \ -- Samuel Beckett /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Sep 6 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Hmmm ... a PINHEAD, during an \
    | EARTHQUAKE, encounters an ALL-MIDGET |
    \ FIDDLE ORCHESTRA ... ha ... ha ... /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Sep 7 02:02:01 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Hearts will never be practical until \
    | they can be made unbreakable. |
    | |
    \ -- The Wizard of Oz /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Sep 8 02:02:02 2023
    __________________________________
    / Be cheerful while you are alive. \
    | |
    \ -- Phathotep, 24th Century B.C. /
    ----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Sep 9 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________
    < DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE! >
    --------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Sep 10 02:02:02 2023
    _____________________________________
    / "Truth is stranger than fiction, \
    \ because fiction has to make sense." /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Sep 11 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "The argument that the literal story of \
    | Genesis can qualify as science |
    | collapses on three major grounds: the |
    | creationists' need to invoke miracles |
    | in order to compress the events of the |
    | earth's history into the biblical span |
    | of a few thousand years; their |
    | unwillingness to abandon claims clearly |
    | disproved, including the assertion that |
    | all fossils are products of Noah's |
    | flood; and their reliance upon |
    | distortion, misquote, half-quote, and |
    | citation out of context to characterize |
    | the ideas of their opponents." -- |
    | Stephen Jay Gould, "The Verdict on |
    | Creationism", |
    | |
    | The Skeptical Inquirer, Winter 87/88, |
    \ pg. 186 /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Sep 12 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The Lord prefers common-looking people. \
    | That is the reason that He makes so |
    | many of them. |
    | |
    \ -- Abraham Lincoln /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Sep 13 02:02:03 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Just once I would like to persuade the \
    | audience not to wear any article of |
    | blue denim. If only they could see |
    | themselves in a pair of brown corduroys |
    | like mine instead of this awful, boring |
    | blue denim. I don't enjoy the sky or |
    | sea as much as I used to because of |
    | this Levi character. If Jesus Christ |
    | came back today, He and I would get |
    | into our brown corduroys and go to the |
    | nearest jean store and overturn the |
    | racks of blue denim. Then we'd get |
    | crucified in the morning. |
    | |
    \ -- Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Sep 14 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / The buffalo isn't as dangerous as \
    | everyone makes him out to be. |
    | Statistics prove that in the United |
    | States more Americans are killed in |
    | automobile accidents than are killed by |
    | buffalo. |
    | |
    \ -- Art Buchwald /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Sep 15 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / In Marseilles they make half the toilet \
    | soap we consume in America, but the |
    | Marseillaise only have a vague |
    | theoretical idea of its use, which they |
    | have obtained from books of travel. |
    | |
    \ -- Mark Twain /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Sep 16 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / There are two kinds of pedestrians... \
    | the quick and the dead. |
    | |
    \ -- Lord Thomas Rober Dewar /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Sep 17 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Graphics blind the eyes. Audio files \
    | deafen the ear. Mouse clicks numb the |
    | fingers. Heuristics weaken the mind. |
    | Options wither the heart. |
    | |
    | The Guru observes the net but trusts |
    | his inner vision. He allows things to |
    | come and go. His heart is as open as |
    \ the ether. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Sep 18 02:02:03 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Live from New York ... It's Saturday \
    \ Night! /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Sep 19 02:02:01 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Herth's Law: \
    | |
    | He who turns the other cheek too far |
    \ gets it in the neck. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Sep 20 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Higgeldy Piggeldy, Hamlet of Elsinore \
    | Ruffled the critics by Dropping this |
    | bomb: "Phooey on Freud and his |
    | Psychoanalysis -- Oedipus, Shmoedipus, |
    \ I just love Mom." /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Sep 21 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________
    / One good turn asketh another. \
    | |
    \ -- John Heywood /
    -------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Sep 22 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / It [marriage] happens as with cages: \
    | the birds without despair to get in, |
    | and those within despair of getting |
    | out. |
    | |
    \ -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Sep 23 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Your job is being a professor and \
    | researcher: That's one hell of a good |
    | excuse for some of the brain-damages of |
    | minix. (Linus Torvalds to Andrew |
    \ Tanenbaum) /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Sep 24 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / party, n.: \
    | |
    | A gathering where you meet people who |
    | drink |
    | |
    | so much you can't even remember their |
    \ names. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Sep 25 02:02:04 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Fortune presents: \
    | |
    | USEFUL PHRASES IN ESPERANTO, #2. |
    | |
    | ^Cu tiu loko estas okupita? Is this |
    | seat taken? ^Cu vi ofte venas ^ci-tien? |
    | Do you come here often? ^Cu mi povas |
    | havi via telelonnumeron? May I have |
    | your phone number? Mi estas |
    | komputilisto. I work with computers. Mi |
    | legas multe da scienca fikcio. I read a |
    | lot of science fiction. ^Cu necesas ke |
    | vi eliras? Do you really have to be |
    \ going? /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Sep 26 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Oh, that sound of male ego. You travel \
    | halfway across the galaxy and it's |
    | still the same song. |
    | |
    | -- Eve McHuron, "Mudd's Women", |
    \ stardate 1330.1 /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Sep 27 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / A musician of more ambition than \
    | talent composed an elegy at the death |
    | of composer Edward MacDowell. She |
    | played the elegy for the pianist Josef |
    | Hoffman, then asked his opinion. "Well, |
    | it's quite nice," he replied, but don't |
    | you think it would be better if..." |
    | |
    | "If what?" asked the composer. |
    | |
    | "If ... if you had died and MacDowell |
    \ had written the elegy?" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Sep 28 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / * seeS uses knghtbrd's comments as his \
    | signature <knghtbrd> seeS: as soon as I |
    | typed them I realized I'd better snip |
    | them |
    | |
    \ myself before someone else did ;> /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Sep 29 02:02:01 2023
    ______________________________________
    / And in the heartbreak years that lie \
    | ahead, Be true to yourself and the |
    | Grateful Dead. |
    | |
    \ -- Joan Baez /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Sep 30 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Our congratulations go to a Burlington \
    | Vermont civilian employee of the local |
    | Army National Guard base. He recently |
    | received a substational cash award from |
    | our government for inventing a device |
    | for optical scanning. His device |
    | reportedly will save the government |
    | more than $6 million a year by |
    | replacing a more expensive helicopter |
    | maintenance tool with his own, |
    | home-made, hand-held model. |
    | |
    | Not suprisingly, we also have a couple |
    | of money-saving ideas that we submit to |
    | the Pentagon free of charge: |
    | |
    | (a) Don't kill anybody. |
    | |
    | (b) Don't build things that do. |
    | |
    | (c) And don't pay other people to kill |
    | anybody. |
    | |
    | We expect annual savings to be in the |
    | billions. |
    | |
    \ -- Sojourners /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Oct 1 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / System/3! System/3! See how it runs! \
    | See how it runs! |
    | |
    | Its monitor loses so totally! |
    | |
    | It runs all its programs in RPG! |
    | |
    | It's made by our favorite monopoly! |
    \ System/3! /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Oct 2 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Dreams are free, but you get soaked on \
    \ the connect time. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Oct 3 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / VII. Certain bodies can pass through \
    | solid walls painted to resemble tunnel |
    | |
    | entrances; others cannot. |
    | |
    | This trompe l'oeil inconsistency has |
    | baffled generations, but at least |
    | |
    | it is known that whoever paints an |
    | entrance on a wall's surface to |
    | |
    | trick an opponent will be unable to |
    | pursue him into this theoretical |
    | |
    | space. The painter is flattened against |
    | the wall when he attempts to |
    | |
    | follow into the painting. This is |
    | ultimately a problem of art, not |
    | |
    | of science. VIII. Any violent |
    | rearrangement of feline matter is |
    | impermanent. |
    | |
    | Cartoon cats possess even more deaths |
    | than the traditional nine lives |
    | |
    | might comfortably afford. They can be |
    | decimated, spliced, splayed, |
    | |
    | accordion-pleated, spindled, or |
    | disassembled, but they cannot be |
    | |
    | destroyed. After a few moments of |
    | blinking self pity, they reinflate, |
    | |
    | elongate, snap back, or solidify. |
    | |
    | IX. For every vengeance there is an |
    | equal and opposite revengeance. |
    | |
    | This is the one law of animated cartoon |
    | motion that also applies to |
    | |
    | the physical world at large. For that |
    | reason, we need the relief of |
    | |
    | watching it happen to a duck instead. |
    | |
    | X. Everything falls faster than an |
    | anvil. |
    | |
    | Examples too numerous to mention from |
    | the Roadrunner cartoons. |
    | |
    | -- Esquire, "O'Donnell's Laws of |
    \ Cartoon Motion", June 1980 /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Oct 4 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________
    < Blow it out your ear. >
    -----------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Oct 5 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / People don't change; they only become \
    \ more so. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Oct 6 02:02:01 2023
    ________________________________
    / There is no sin but ignorance. \
    | |
    \ -- Christopher Marlowe /
    --------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Oct 7 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Every cloud has a silver lining; you \
    | should have sold it, and bought |
    \ titanium. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Oct 8 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Jack-and-Jill Party: \
    | |
    | A Squire tradition; baby showers to |
    | which both men and women friends are |
    | invited as opposed to only women. |
    | Doubled purchasing power of bisexual |
    | attendance brings gift values up to |
    | Eisenhower-era standards. |
    | |
    | -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: |
    | Tales for an Accelerated |
    | |
    \ Culture" /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Oct 9 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Every program is a part of some other \
    \ program, and rarely fits. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Oct 10 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Bread and Circuits: \
    | |
    | The electronic era tendency to view |
    | party politics as corny -- no longer |
    | relevant of meaningful or useful to |
    | modern societal issues, and in many |
    | cases dangerous. |
    | |
    | -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: |
    | Tales for an Accelerated |
    | |
    \ Culture" /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Oct 11 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / The Constitution may not be perfect, \
    | but it's a lot better than what we've |
    \ got! /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Oct 12 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / An American is a man with two arms and \
    | four wheels. |
    | |
    \ -- A Chinese child /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Oct 13 02:02:03 2023
    _______________________________
    < Lake Erie died for your sins. >
    -------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Oct 14 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / One is often kept in the right road by \
    | a rut. |
    | |
    \ -- Gustave Droz /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Oct 15 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    < Contest void where prohibited by law. >
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Oct 16 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Why does New Jersey have more toxic \
    | waste dumps and California have more |
    | lawyers? |
    | |
    \ New Jersey had first choice. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Oct 17 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / O Lord, grant that we may always be \
    | right, for Thou knowest we will never |
    \ change our minds. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Oct 18 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________
    / Never volunteer for anything. \
    | |
    \ -- Lackland /
    -------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Oct 19 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Only the fittest survive. The \
    | vanquished acknowledge their |
    | unworthiness by placing a classified ad |
    | with the ritual phrase "must sell -- |
    | best offer," and thereafter dwell in |
    | infamy, relegated to discussing gas |
    | mileage and lawn food. But if |
    | successful, you join the elite sodality |
    | that spends hours unpurifying the |
    | dialect of the tribe with arcane talk |
    | of bits and bytes, RAMS and ROMS, hard |
    | disks and baud rates. Are you |
    | obnoxious, obsessed? It's a modest |
    | price to pay. For you have tapped into |
    | the same awesome primal power that |
    | produces credit-card billing errors and |
    | lost plane reservations. Hail, |
    | postindustrial warrior, subduer of |
    | Bounceoids, pride of the cosmos, keeper |
    | of the silicone creed: Computo, ergo |
    | sum. The force is with you -- at 110 |
    | volts. May your RAMS be fruitful and |
    | multiply. |
    | |
    \ -- Curt Suplee, "Smithsonian", 4/83 /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Oct 20 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / "I have a bone to pick, and a few to \
    | break." |
    | |
    \ -- Anonymous /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Oct 21 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Patch griefs with proverbs. \
    | |
    | -- William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About |
    \ Nothing" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Oct 22 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Subject: Bug#42432: debian-policy: \
    | Proposal for CTV for Draft for Proof of |
    | Concept for Draft for Proposal for |
    | Proposal for CTV for a CTV to decide on |
    | a proposal for a CTV for the CTV on |
    | whether or not we shoud have a CTV on |
    | the /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc |
    | transition now, or later. |
    | |
    \ -- Ed Lang /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Oct 23 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / He is a man capable of turning any \
    | colour into grey. |
    | |
    \ -- John LeCarre /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Oct 24 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________
    / To err is human; to admit it, a \
    \ blunder. /
    ---------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Oct 25 02:02:01 2023
    _____________________________________
    / It's a lot of fun being alive ... I \
    \ wonder if my bed is made?!? /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Oct 26 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________
    < Reunite Gondwondaland! >
    ------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Oct 27 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / If you teach your children to like \
    | computers and to know how to gamble |
    | then they'll always be interested in |
    | something and won't come to no real |
    \ harm. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Oct 28 02:02:02 2023
    _____________________________________
    / I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse. \
    | |
    \ -- Groucho Marx /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Oct 29 02:02:03 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Anybody with money to burn will easily \
    \ find someone to tend the fire. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Oct 30 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / San Francisco has always been my \
    | favorite booing city. I don't mean the |
    | people boo louder or longer, but there |
    | is a very special intimacy. When they |
    | boo you, you know they mean *you*. |
    | Music, that's what it is to me. One |
    | time in Kezar Stadium they gave me a |
    | standing boo. |
    | |
    | -- George Halas, professional football |
    \ coach /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Oct 31 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / In war it is not men, but the man who \
    | counts. |
    | |
    \ -- Napoleon /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Nov 1 02:02:02 2023
    ____________________________________
    / travel, n.: \
    | |
    | Something that makes you feel like |
    \ you're getting somewhere. /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Nov 2 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / <Intention> "It's classic percolate-up \
    | economics, recognizing that money |
    | |
    | is like manure: It works best if you |
    | spread it around." <Knghtbrd> |
    | Intention: Carter's correlation: People |
    | with lots of either |
    | |
    | usually smell funny <Intention> |
    \ Knghtbrd: You SO win. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Nov 3 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Do you guys know what you're doing, or \
    \ are you just hacking? /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Nov 4 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Blast medicine anyway! We've learned to \
    | tie into every organ in the human body |
    | but one. The brain! The brain is what |
    | life is all about. |
    | |
    | -- McCoy, "The Menagerie", stardate |
    \ 3012.4 /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Nov 5 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / As a general rule of thumb, never \
    | trust anybody who's been in therapy for |
    | more than 15 percent of their life |
    | span. The words "I am sorry" and "I am |
    | wrong" will have totally disappeared |
    | from their vocabulary. They will stab |
    | you, shoot you, break things in your |
    | apartment, say horrible things to your |
    | friends and family, and then justify |
    | this abhorrent behavior by saying: |
    | "Sure, I put your dog in the microwave. |
    | But I feel *better* for doing it." |
    | |
    | -- Bruce Feirstein, "Nice Guys Sleep |
    \ Alone" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Nov 6 02:02:01 2023
    ___________________________________
    / So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw \
    | anyone hit with his face. |
    | |
    \ -- Yogi Berra /
    -----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Nov 7 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy \
    | has a few things to say on the subject |
    | of towels. |
    | |
    | Most importantly, a towel has immense |
    | psychological value. For some reason, |
    | if a non-hitchhiker discovers that a |
    | hitchhiker has his towel with him, he |
    | will automatically assume that he is |
    | also in possession of a toothbrush, |
    | washcloth, flask, gnat spray, space |
    | suit, etc., etc. Furthermore, the |
    | non-hitchhiker will then happily lend |
    | the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen |
    | other items that he may have "lost". |
    | After all, any man who can hitch the |
    | length and breadth of the Galaxy, |
    | struggle against terrible odds, win |
    | through and still know where his towel |
    | is, is clearly a man to be reckoned |
    | with. |
    | |
    | -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's |
    \ Guide to the Galaxy" /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Nov 8 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / From a certain point onward there is no \
    | longer any turning back. That is the |
    | point that must be reached. |
    | |
    \ -- F. Kafka /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Nov 9 02:02:03 2023
    _______________________________________
    / QOTD: \
    | |
    | "I won't say he's untruthful, but his |
    | wife has to call the |
    | |
    \ dog for dinner." /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Nov 10 02:02:03 2023
    ____________________________
    / I was the best I ever had. \
    | |
    \ -- Woody Allen /
    ----------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Nov 11 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / I have a VISION! It's a RANCID \
    \ double-FISHWICH on an ENRICHED BUN!! /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Nov 12 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / When you find yourself in danger, When \
    | you're threatened by a stranger, When |
    | it looks like you will take a |
    | lickin'... |
    | |
    | There is one thing you should learn, |
    | When there is no one else to turn to, |
    | |
    | Caaaall for Super Chicken!! |
    | (**bwuck-bwuck-bwuck-bwuck**) |
    | |
    \ Caaaall for Super Chicken!! /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Nov 13 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / I would rather say that a desire to \
    | drive fast sports cars is what sets man |
    \ apart from the animals. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Nov 14 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Self \
    | |
    | Both praise and blame cause concern, |
    | For they bring people hope and fear. |
    | The object of hope and fear is the self |
    | - For, without self, to whom may |
    | fortune and disaster occur? Therefore, |
    | Who distinguishes himself from the |
    | world may be given the world, But who |
    | regards himself as the world may accept |
    | the world. |
    | |
    \ -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Nov 15 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / linux: the choice of a GNU generation \
    | (ksh@cis.ufl.edu put this on Tshirts in |
    \ '93) /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Nov 16 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Don't let nobody tell you what you \
    | cannot do; don't let nobody tell you |
    | what's impossible for you; don't let |
    | nobody tell you what you got to do, or |
    | you'll never know ... what's on the |
    | other side of the rainbow... remember, |
    | if you don't follow your dreams, you'll |
    | never know what's on the other side of |
    | the rainbow... |
    | |
    | -- melba moore, "the other side of the |
    \ rainbow" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Nov 17 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / A man who keeps stealing mopeds is an \
    \ obvious cycle-path. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Nov 18 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "Unibus timeout fatal trap program lost \
    | sorry" |
    | |
    | -- An error message printed by DEC's |
    \ RSTS operating system for the PDP-11 /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Nov 19 02:02:02 2023
    _____________________________________
    / Never eat anything bigger than your \
    \ head. /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Nov 20 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Q: How many IBM 370's does it take to \
    | execute a job? A: Four, three to hold |
    \ it down, and one to rip its head off. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Nov 21 02:02:01 2023
    _________________________________________
    / I sat down beside her, said hello, \
    | offered to buy her a drink... and then |
    \ natural selection reared its ugly head. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Nov 22 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / The six great gifts of an Irish girl \
    | are beauty, soft voice, sweet speech, |
    | wisdom, needlework, and chastity. |
    | |
    \ -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Nov 23 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "The vast majority of successful major \
    | crimes against property are perpetrated |
    | by individuals abusing positions of |
    | trust." |
    | |
    \ -- Lawrence Dalzell /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Nov 24 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / "Paul Lynde to block..." \
    | |
    \ -- a contestant on "Hollywood Squares" /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Nov 25 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / Logic is a pretty flower that smells \
    \ bad. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Nov 26 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / From 0 to "what seems to be the problem \
    | officer" in 8.3 seconds. |
    | |
    \ -- Ad for the new VW Corrado /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Nov 27 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / If you want to travel around the world \
    | and be invited to speak at a lot of |
    | different places, just write a Unix |
    | operating system. |
    | |
    \ -- Linus Torvalds /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Nov 28 02:02:02 2023
    _____________________________________
    / Of course, you UNDERSTAND about the \
    \ PLAIDS in the SPIN CYCLE -- /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Nov 29 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Only those who leisurely approach that \
    | which the masses are busy about can be |
    | busy about that which the masses take |
    | leisurely. |
    | |
    \ -- Lao Tsu /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Nov 30 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / If you don't like the way I drive, stay \
    \ off the sidewalk! /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Dec 1 02:02:02 2023
    ______________________________________
    / "From there to here, from here to \
    | there, funny things are everywhere." |
    | |
    \ -- Dr. Seuss /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Dec 2 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Kids have *_____never* taken \
    | guidance from their parents. If you |
    | could travel back in time and observe |
    | the original primate family in the |
    | original tree, you would see the |
    | primate parents yelling at the primate |
    | teenager for sitting around and sulking |
    | all day instead of hunting for grubs |
    | and berries like dad primate. Then |
    | you'd see the primate teenager stomp up |
    | to his branch and slam the leaves. |
    | |
    | -- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't |
    \ Know Dum Diddly Do" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Dec 3 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Bigamy is having one spouse too many. \
    \ Monogamy is the same. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Dec 4 02:02:02 2023
    _______________________________________
    / "I'd love to go out with you, but the \
    | last time I went out, I never came |
    \ back." /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Dec 5 02:02:01 2023
    _______________________________
    / "What terrible way to die." \
    | |
    | "There are no good ways." |
    | |
    | -- Sulu and Kirk, "That Which |
    \ Survives", stardate unknown /
    -------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Dec 6 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / "He don't know me vewy well, DO he?" -- \
    \ Bugs Bunny /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Dec 7 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / alta, v: To change; make or become \
    | different; modify. ansa, v: A spoken or |
    | written reply, as to a question. baa, |
    | n: A place people meet to have a few |
    | drinks. Baaston, n: The capital of |
    | Massachusetts. baaba, n: One whose |
    | business is to cut or trim hair or |
    | beards. beea, n: An alcoholic beverage |
    | brewed from malt and hops, often |
    | |
    | found in baas. caaa, n: An automobile. |
    | centa, n: A point around which |
    | something revolves; axis. (Or |
    | |
    | someone involved with the Knicks.) |
    | chouda, n: A thick seafood soup, often |
    | in a milk base. dada, n: Information, |
    | esp. information organized for analysis |
    | or |
    | |
    | computation. |
    | |
    \ -- Massachewsetts Unabridged Dictionary /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Dec 8 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / Following \
    | |
    | When the great man learns the Way, he |
    | follows it with diligence; When the |
    | common man learns the Way, he follows |
    | it on occasion; When the mean man |
    | learns the Way, he laughs out loud; |
    | Those who do not laugh, do not learn at |
    | all. Therefore it is said: Who |
    | understands the Way seems foolish; Who |
    | progresses on the Way seems to fail; |
    | Who follows the Way seems to wander. |
    | For the finest harmony appears plain; |
    | The brightest truth appears coloured; |
    | The richest character appears |
    | incomplete; The bravest heart appears |
    | meek; The simplest nature appears |
    | inconstant. The square, perfected, has |
    | no corner; Music, perfected, has no |
    | melody; Love, perfected, has no climax; |
    | Art, perfected, has no meaning. The Way |
    | can be neither sensed nor known: It |
    | transmits sensation and transcends |
    | knowledge. |
    | |
    \ -- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Dec 9 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / When alerted to an intrusion by \
    | tinkling glass or otherwise, 1) Calm |
    | yourself 2) Identify the intruder 3) If |
    | hostile, kill him. |
    | |
    | Step number 3 is of particular |
    | importance. If you leave the guy alive |
    | out of misguided softheartedness, he |
    | will repay your generosity of spirit by |
    | suing you for causing his subsequent |
    | paraplegia and seek to force you to |
    | support him for the rest of his rotten |
    | life. In court he will plead that he |
    | was depressed because society had |
    | failed him, and that he was looking for |
    | Mother Teresa for comfort and to offer |
    | his services to the poor. In that |
    | lawsuit, you will lose. If, on the |
    | other hand, you kill him, the most that |
    | you can expect is that a relative will |
    | bring a wrongful death action. You will |
    | have two advantages: first, there be |
    | only your story; forget Mother Teresa. |
    | Second, even if you lose, how much |
    | could the bum's life be worth anyway? A |
    | Lot less than 50 years worth of |
    | paralysis. Don't play George Bush and |
    | Saddam Hussein. Finish the job. |
    | |
    | -- G. Gordon Liddy's "Forbes" column on |
    \ personal security /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Dec 10 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________________
    / <hop_> i had something that i think was \
    | chicken that was coated with a red |
    | |
    | paste that seemed to be composed of lye |
    | based on how much of my |
    | |
    | tounge it burned away. <hop_> our |
    | friend who is Indian said this is why |
    | most Indians are thin |
    | |
    | and i quote "It doesn't take very much |
    | of this food to get you |
    | |
    \ satisfied enoguh to stop eating." /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Dec 11 02:02:03 2023
    ________________________
    < Whip it, whip it good! >
    ------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Dec 12 02:02:06 2023
    _______________________________________
    / <hoponpop> my program works if i take \
    \ out the bugs. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Dec 13 02:02:02 2023
    _________________________________
    < A closed mouth gathers no foot. >
    ---------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Dec 15 02:02:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Beifeld's Principle: \
    | |
    | The probability of a young man meeting |
    | a desirable and receptive |
    | |
    | young female increases by pyramidical |
    | progression when he |
    | |
    | is already in the company of (1) a |
    | date, (2) his wife, (3) a |
    | |
    | better-looking and richer male friend. |
    | |
    \ -- R. Beifeld /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Dec 20 00:11:18 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Q: How does the Polish Constitution \
    | differ from the American? A: Under the |
    | Polish Constitution citizens are |
    | guaranteed freedom of |
    | |
    | speech, but under the United States |
    | constitution they are |
    | |
    | guaranteed freedom after speech. |
    | |
    \ -- being told in Poland, 1987 /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Dec 20 00:11:20 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Q: How does the Polish Constitution \
    | differ from the American? A: Under the |
    | Polish Constitution citizens are |
    | guaranteed freedom of |
    | |
    | speech, but under the United States |
    | constitution they are |
    | |
    | guaranteed freedom after speech. |
    | |
    \ -- being told in Poland, 1987 /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Dec 20 02:03:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / Q: What's tiny and yellow and very, \
    | very, dangerous? A: A canary with the |
    \ super-user password. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Dec 21 02:03:01 2023
    ____________________________________
    / They have been at a great feast of \
    | languages, and stolen the scraps. |
    | |
    | -- William Shakespeare, "Love's |
    \ Labour's Lost" /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Dec 22 02:03:01 2023
    ______________________________________
    / You will be the last person to buy a \
    \ Chrysler. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Dec 23 02:03:01 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Tonight you will pay the wages of sin; \
    \ Don't forget to leave a tip. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Dec 24 02:03:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Man is the only animal that blushes -- \
    | or needs to. |
    | |
    \ -- Mark Twain /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Dec 25 02:03:01 2023
    _____________________________________
    / You are not dead yet. But watch for \
    \ further reports. /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Dec 26 02:03:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Your analyst has you mixed up with \
    | another patient. Don't believe a thing |
    \ he tells you. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Dec 27 02:03:01 2023
    _____________________________________
    / You're growing out of some of your \
    | problems, but there are others that |
    \ you're growing into. /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Dec 28 02:03:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / Your manuscript is both good and \
    | original, but the part that is good is |
    | not original and the part that is |
    | original is not good. |
    | |
    \ -- Samuel Johnson /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Dec 29 02:03:01 2023
    ________________________________
    / Never look up when dragons fly \
    \ overhead. /
    --------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Dec 30 02:03:01 2023
    _______________________________________
    / The devil can cite Scripture for his \
    | purpose. |
    | |
    | -- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant |
    \ of Venice" /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Dec 31 02:03:02 2023
    ________________________________________
    / You possess a mind not merely twisted, \
    \ but actually sprained. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jan 1 02:03:01 2024
    _____________________________________
    / Q: What do you call a half-dozen \
    | Indians with Asian flu? A: Six sick |
    \ Sikhs (sic). /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jan 2 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________________
    / In the plot, people came to the land; \
    | the land loved them; they worked and |
    | struggled and had lots of children. |
    | There was a Frenchman who talked funny |
    | and a greenhorn from England who was a |
    | fancy-pants but when it came to the |
    | crunch he was all courage. Those novels |
    | would make you retch. |
    | |
    | -- Canadian novelist Robertson Davies, |
    | on the generic Canadian |
    | |
    \ novel. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jan 3 02:03:01 2024
    ________________________________________
    / Lay on, MacDuff, and curs'd be him who \
    | first cries, "Hold, enough!". |
    | |
    \ -- Shakespeare /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jan 4 02:03:01 2024
    ________________________________________
    / Q: How does the Polish Constitution \
    | differ from the American? A: Under the |
    | Polish Constitution citizens are |
    | guaranteed freedom of |
    | |
    | speech, but under the United States |
    | constitution they are |
    | |
    | guaranteed freedom after speech. |
    | |
    \ -- being told in Poland, 1987 /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jan 5 02:03:02 2024
    _______________________________________
    / Today is the first day of the rest of \
    \ your life. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jan 6 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________
    / Domestic happiness and faithful \
    \ friends. /
    ---------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jan 7 02:03:01 2024
    ______________________________________
    / Your own qualities will help prevent \
    \ your advancement in the world. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jan 8 02:03:01 2024
    _______________________________________
    / Q: Why don't lawyers go to the beach? \
    \ A: The cats keep trying to bury them. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jan 9 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________
    < You now have Asian Flu. >
    -------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jan 10 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________________
    / Q: What's the difference between an \
    | Irish wedding and an Irish wake? A: One |
    \ less drunk. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jan 11 02:03:01 2024
    ________________________________________
    / Q: Why do the police always travel in \
    | threes? A: One to do the reading, one |
    | to do the writing, and the other keeps |
    | |
    \ an eye on the two intellectuals. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jan 12 02:03:01 2024
    _____________________________________
    / You will have a long and unpleasant \
    \ discussion with your supervisor. /
    -------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jan 13 02:03:02 2024
    _______________________________________
    / You will be aided greatly by a person \
    \ whom you thought to be unimportant. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jan 14 02:03:02 2024
    ______________________________________
    / You like to form new friendships and \
    \ make new acquaintances. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jan 15 02:03:02 2024
    ________________________________________
    / He draweth out the thread of his \
    | verbosity finer than the staple of his |
    | argument. |
    | |
    | -- William Shakespeare, "Love's |
    \ Labour's Lost" /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jan 16 02:03:01 2024
    _______________________________________
    / Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to \
    | do a logical right shift? A: 33. 1 to |
    | hold the bits and 32 to push the |
    \ register. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jan 17 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________________
    / Q: What do you get when you cross the \
    | Godfather with an attorney? A: An offer |
    \ you can't understand. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jan 18 02:03:02 2024
    ________________________________________
    / Avert misunderstanding by calm, poise, \
    \ and balance. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jan 19 02:03:01 2024
    _______________________________________
    / Q: How do you save a drowning lawyer? \
    \ A: Throw him a rock. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jan 20 02:03:01 2024
    __________________________________
    / Wagner's music is better than it \
    | sounds. |
    | |
    \ -- Mark Twain /
    ----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jan 21 02:03:02 2024
    _______________________________________
    / Q: What do monsters eat? A: Things. \
    | |
    | Q: What do monsters drink? A: Coke. |
    \ (Because Things go better with Coke.) /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jan 22 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________________
    / Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, \
    | of my own knowledge, what there is |
    | particularly dead about a door-nail. I |
    | might have been inclined, myself, to |
    | regard a coffin-nail as the deadest |
    | piece of ironmongery in the trade. But |
    | the wisdom of our ancestors is in the |
    | simile; and my unhallowed hands shall |
    | not disturb it, or the Country's done |
    | for. You will therefore permit me to |
    | repeat, emphatically, that Marley was |
    | as dead as a door-nail. |
    | |
    \ -- Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jan 23 02:03:02 2024
    _________________________________________
    / Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all \
    | thine eggs in the one basket"--which is |
    | but a manner of saying, "Scatter your |
    | money and your attention;" but the wise |
    | man saith, "Put all your eggs in the |
    | one basket and--WATCH THAT BASKET." |
    | |
    | -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's |
    \ Calendar" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jan 24 02:03:01 2024
    ____________________________________
    / Suspicion always haunts the guilty \
    | mind. |
    | |
    \ -- Wm. Shakespeare /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jan 24 07:21:54 2024
    _______________________________________
    < Oh, and May the fourth be with you ;) >
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Jan 25 02:03:01 2024
    ______________________________________
    < You're at the end of the road again. >
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Jan 26 02:03:01 2024
    _______________________________________
    / Today is the last day of your life so \
    \ far. /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Jan 27 02:03:02 2024
    _________________________________
    < You too can wear a nose mitten. >
    ---------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Jan 28 02:03:01 2024
    ____________________________________
    / Tempt not a desperate man. \
    | |
    | -- William Shakespeare, "Romeo and |
    \ Juliet" /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Jan 29 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________________
    / "Speak, thou vast and venerable head," \
    | muttered Ahab, "which, though |
    | ungarnished with a beard, yet here and |
    | there lookest hoary with mosses; speak, |
    | mighty head, and tell us the secret |
    | thing that is in thee. Of all divers, |
    | thou has dived the deepest. That head |
    | upon which the upper sun now gleams has |
    | moved amid the world's foundations. |
    | Where unrecorded names and navies rust, |
    | and untold hopes and anchors rot; where |
    | in her murderous hold this frigate |
    | earth is ballasted with bones of |
    | millions of the drowned; there, in that |
    | awful water-land, there was thy most |
    | familiar home. Thou hast been where |
    | bell or diver never went; has slept by |
    | many a sailer's side, where sleepless |
    | mothers would give their lives to lay |
    | them down. Thou saw'st the locked |
    | lovers when leaping from their flaming |
    | ship; heart to heart they sank beneath |
    | the exulting wave; true to each other, |
    | when heaven seemed false to them. Thou |
    | saw'st the murdered mate when tossed by |
    | pirates from the midnight deck; for |
    | hours he fell into the deeper midnight |
    | of the insatiate maw; and his murderers |
    | still sailed on unharmed -- while swift |
    | lightnings shivered the neighboring |
    | ship that would have borne a righteous |
    | husband to outstretched, longing arms. |
    | O head! thou has seen enough to split |
    | the planets and make an infidel of |
    | Abraham, and not one syllable is |
    | thine!" |
    | |
    \ -- H. Melville, "Moby Dick" /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Jan 30 02:03:02 2024
    ______________________________________
    / You like to form new friendships and \
    \ make new acquaintances. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Jan 31 02:03:01 2024
    ________________________________
    / You may get an opportunity for \
    \ advancement today. Watch it! /
    --------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Feb 1 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________________
    / Your boss climbed the corporate ladder, \
    \ wrong by wrong. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Feb 2 02:03:02 2024
    ________________________________________
    / Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? \
    \ A: He was giving it last rites. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Feb 3 02:03:01 2024
    __________________________________
    / Wagner's music is better than it \
    | sounds. |
    | |
    \ -- Mark Twain /
    ----------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Feb 4 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________________
    / You don't become a failure until you're \
    \ satisfied with being one. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Feb 5 02:03:01 2024
    ________________________________________
    / Your lucky number is 3552664958674928. \
    \ Watch for it everywhere. /
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Feb 6 02:03:01 2024
    _________________________________________
    / Q: How many mathematicians does it take \
    | to screw in a light bulb? A: One. He |
    | gives it to six Californians, thereby |
    | reducing the problem |
    | |
    \ to the earlier joke. /
    -----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Wed Feb 7 02:03:02 2024
    ________________________________________
    < Your supervisor is thinking about you. >
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Thu Feb 8 02:03:02 2024
    _______________________________________
    / Delay not, Caesar. Read it instantly. \
    | |
    | -- Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" 3,1 |
    | |
    | Here is a letter, read it at your |
    | leisure. |
    | |
    | -- Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice" |
    | 5,1 |
    | |
    | [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data |
    | Structures", V4.4, when |
    | |
    \ referring to I/O system services.] /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Fri Feb 9 02:03:01 2024
    ________________________________
    < Long life is in store for you. >
    --------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sat Feb 10 02:03:02 2024
    ____________________________________
    / Talkers are no good doers. \
    | |
    \ -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI" /
    ------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Sun Feb 11 02:03:01 2024
    _______________________________________
    / Have a place for everything and keep \
    | the thing somewhere else; this is not |
    | advice, it is merely custom. |
    | |
    \ -- Mark Twain /
    ---------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Mon Feb 12 02:03:01 2024
    ______________________________________
    / You are only young once, but you can \
    \ stay immature indefinitely. /
    --------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Mystic Pi BBS@21:1/145 to All on Tue Feb 13 02:03:02 2024
    ________________________________________
    < Your supervisor is thinking about you. >
    ----------------------------------------
    \
    \
    // //
    (") (")
    *(__) (__)*

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)