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Message no. 1
From: DANIEL WAISLEY <LGLUMKA@***.BITNET>
Subject: College
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 04:58:39 CET
>>>>>[ CAt Dancing: when did you go to College and where?
We were all ( CRUSH, Claw and I) were all at University of Seattle
Claw went from fall of 48 - spring of 50, CRUSH and I entered fall of 49
and I stayed the whole year till spring of 50, this is of course when
we also started our illustrous Running careers. Yes we are getting old,
Sheena is now 24!!! wow old huh. haha :) Did anyone else
attend a University or place of higher learning and higher costs??
What about you Her Doom? or you Highlander? Dark Elf?

As for the party, I am coming as Listers date since Circuit Breaker
already claimed CRUSH. That leaves Claw to take Kichaski (what a pair)
of course there will be the obligitory dance with your date gentlemen, that
means you Lister :), be my best friend for eight years and think you can get
away that easily. As for you Nightfox, you had better dance with Sheena or else
,
no running of to talk with Dark Elf or Brandywine, I, like CB, want to see
some gentlemen.]<<<<<
-Spirit < oh was that fun! >
Message no. 2
From: Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: College
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 05:21:09 CET
>>>>>[ First, Spirit, it is Herr Doom, not Her, which is a pronoun. Now on
to
your query: Yes, indeed, I did attend an university. I have three doctorates,
which took considerable work. ]<<<<<
-- Doctor Doom <**:**:**/**-**-**>

>>>>>[ Of COURSE he went to college! Where do you think he got those
doctorates? OUT OF A CRACKER-JACK BOX? ]<<<<<
-- Hangtime <21:15:06/03-29-54>

>>>>>[ Hangtime, what are Cracker-Jacks, pray tell? ]<<<<<
-- Doctor Doom <**:**:**/**-**-**>
Message no. 3
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@******.PSU.EDU>
Subject: College!!!
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 17:01:23 -0500
>>>>>What do you mean college is a wasteland; a haven for the
"terminally
borint"?! I have Master's Degrees in Engineering, Computer Technology, Physics,
and Chemistry. I have poisoned the entire Board of Directors of a corporation
with ammonia gas and killed the President of the same corp with my bare hands.
I went to jail and served 2 years for killing my best friend with a knife when I
was only 13. I have had my parents killed and my sister assassinated by a
corp, her only crime being a goblinized troll. I have held my friends' heads
as they died from wounds and poisons which I had no power to stop and save. My
education is the only bright candle in a shadow world where pain and loss rule.
I have seen too much of your "real world," and felt more of its
"truth" than
most people twice my age. My education keeps me alive and my friends safe from
harm. So don't talk to my about college!!!<<<<<
Slash(16:54:54)

>>>>>Hey...Slash! Relax. Don't ream Lucky for your past. It's not
his(her?)
fault. I'm sure that such sweeping generalizations weren't intended.<<<<<
Foxey Roxey(16:56:23/03-30-54)

>>>>>Lucky: Sorry... I didn't mean to scream like that. It's just that my
education, along with my friends, contacts, and brother, is the only bright
point in an otherwise drekkin dismal life. But I must admit that if my sister
hadn't been killed by her superiors(and my bosses), I'd still be working for
the old corp that got me out of prison early and educated me. I just don't
think that all education can be learned on the streets. There just ain't
everything you're ever going to need out here.<<<<<
Slash(17:00:34/03-30-54)
Message no. 4
From: MATUSKEY@***.EDU
Subject: College
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 01:01:33 CET
>>>>[College was good for me, sort of. I graduated from Cambridge University
in 2049 with my best friend, Ian, and we were both hired by Fuchi, and put
in their C^2 research division. Three years later, we're framed, he's dead,
and I'm running for my life with a stolen HeadDeck. Most of you know what
happened after that (grimace). But college, I liked college, I had me some
bonnie times, some even involving classes. But I think it's best to go
before you start 'running, because it will degrade your skills if you do
otherwise. Plus, I can imagine that it would be kind of difficult to go from
heart-thumping excitement to studying (although remember, everyone, that
college can provide extracurricular enjoyments of a different nature). It
seems to me, Sierra, that you'll have to decide which is more important to
you right now: running, or college. Which do you want more?]<<<<
-Highlander (14:40:32/3-30-54)
Message no. 5
From: Last of the Brigadoons <MKNABUSCH@******.BITNET>
Subject: College
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 18:54:00 EDT
>>>>>[ Of course I never went to college, and I can't say if I
missed anything. I spent five years with a corp. I learned
decking from the bottom up. I keep seeking out new mentors to
teach me what they can and go on. The only problem I feel I would
have if I went to college is, colleges charge such outlandish fees
and if I didn't like the grade I was given... well, there are a lot
of nuyen to be taken from colleges and I'd probably hack my failing
grades into passing one. I probably should go, but I just don't
seem to have the time.]<<<<<
-Harlequin <Ignorant Savage>

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