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  5.                              The Sysops Tale
  6.                                                                                   
  7.                        BBSing is so much fun,
  8.                        I did it all the time,
  9.                        so I thought I'd start a bbs,                              
  10.                        that was just for me and mine.                             
  11.                                                                                   
  12.                        The first week was really great,                           
  13.                        new callers I was meeting,                                 
  14.                        and reading lots of great new mail,                        
  15.                        and passing out my greetings.                              
  16.                                                                                   
  17.                        The second week was almost fun,                            
  18.                        the message base was growing,                              
  19.                        the files were going up and down,                          
  20.                        things were smoothly flowing.                               
  21.                                                                                    
  22.                        The third week was OK I think,                             
  23.                        a few problems here and there,                             
  24.                        but so far I had only gained,                              
  25.                        a very few gray hairs.                                     
  26.                                                                                   
  27.                        The first month was over now,                              
  28.                        the board was still on-line,                               
  29.                        but folks had started writing me,                          
  30.                        and answers took so much time,                             
  31.                                                                                   
  32.                        And after that it got so busy,                             
  33.                        with all that mail to do,                                  
  34.                        I wished I had the time and cash,                          
  35.                        to hire an extra crew.                                     
  36.                                                                                   
  37.                        The messages were growing now,                             
  38.                        the mail was piling up,                                    
  39.                        I barely had sufficient time,                              
  40.                        to fill my coffee cup.                                     
  41.                                                                                   
  42.                        The doors started going down,                              
  43.                        the modem overheated,                                      
  44.                        the hard disk crashed and lost my files,                   
  45.                        and I just felt defeated.                                  
  46.                                                                                   
  47.                        But this stuff is so much fun,                             
  48.                        I really can't stop now,                                   
  49.                        I'll cut and paste it back on-line,                        
  50.                        and make it work somehow.                                  
  51.                                                                                   
  52.                        And now I'm so much wiser,                                 
  53.                        I'll never let it fail,                                    
  54.                        for now I'll just have to go,                              
  55.                        and answer all my mail.          
  56.                        
  57.                                    -end-
  58.                                                                            
  59.                      Copyright (c) 1992, John Chambers                          
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