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Rolemaster links What is RMSS? Rolemaster mailing list FAQ ICE Terry Amthor's Shadow World -- the 360° Quicktime panorama objects are very spiffy! Eureka Miniatures -- 100 club for custom 28mm miniatures Reaper Miniatures ShadowForge Miniatures -- specialising in female sculptures Canterbury Miniatures -- in New Zealand
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Read Me: " Still Life in Books " (A [ hopefully ] weekly serial about life in an imaginary public library) Part Three: Read a book and be transported to another world Chuck came into the workroom looking panicked. "I'm being swamped by customers out here," he said to me. "Can you come help?" I got up and went into the public space only to find two customers waiting. One Chuck had returned to serving. The other was a disgruntled-looking old lady. Shrugging, I went up to her and asked how I could help. "The sign outside in your forecourt states that books will take me to another world. This one hasn't." She brandished a book at me. "I want one that does." "Ma'am, the sign is a metaphor. It doesn't mean that by reading a book you will be physically transported to another world. It just means that by using your imagination you can *pretend* that you've been transported." "Metaphor, schmetaphor,
It's all true, especially the part about ogling women's breasts... >From: "Terrence" >Subject: The Further Adventures of Dirk and Terrence After Davo Left Last Night... >Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 19:50:48 +1000 > >The Further Adventures of Dirk and Terrence After Davo Left Last Night: > >Dirk and I stayed at The Monastery for a further 15 minutes after Davo >left so we could get a stamp in case we decided to come back, which we >didn't. Instead, Dirk wanted to try and get into Family again. I was >strenuously against the idea, being quite zombified at that point and >knowing full-well that the bouncer would take one look at me, >think: "This is that smart-mouthed prick from earlier in the evening!", >and tell me to piss right off! However, Dirk's uncommon sense prevailed >and we walked back to Family. Upon arriving we found that the line we'd >been in the first time around was still ther
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