X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,61747569b13ea805,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-23 13:54:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dial-212-1-135-142.access.uk.tiscali.COM!not-for-mail From: Osfameron Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: [Comic] Entrance (working title) part 1 Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:57:07 GMT Lines: 163 Message-ID: <1103_1035406627@news.cis.dfn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-212-1-135-142.access.uk.tiscali.com (212.1.135.142) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1035406442 29653684 212.1.135.142 (16 [137928]) User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 2000) Opera 6.01 [en] Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:20093 _____ En|rance part 1. Arrival. 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