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From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar)
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Subject: Re: What is 'Charon's boat'?
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 23:47:33 EDT
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Charon was the boatkeeper on the river Styx that took the dead across to
Hades. (I'm probably mixing Greek and Roman here.) Subject of a few songs
and quite a few myths. Anyhow, it means that you were already dead when
you quit out of the game to save yourself from losing points.


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David C. Kovar    
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 'Shit', I thought. 'Screwed again. What good's a tactical nuke in a
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