Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:46:28 EST
From: The Dreamer <ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.dreams
Subject: Telepathy in Dreams (The Dreamer)

     Hello, seeing that this group has a BUNCH of new people since I was
last around and the question of Telepathy in dreams came up, I've decided to
post the results of a dream experiment that this group ran last Summer.

     This is the instructions for and the results of the dream Express
experiment run on the alt.dreams group in the Summer of 1991.  The
experiment is no longer running, so it is ok to show the findings.
     Enjoy...

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     For the new people...here's the info on the experiment:
We are going to all try and "get together" in a place that exists
between dreamscapes/in the common dreamscape/in a dreamscape of its own
or whatever.  The purpose is to see if we can do it.
     At the designated time, we will all try and summon the train and get
on board.  We will see if there is anyone else there.  If not, we are going
to wait as long as we can on the train.  We will each leave an object on the
train (but don't tell anyone but the designated third party what it is).
     Things to send to the third party (ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu):
1. The description of anyone on the train
2. The description of anything found on the train
3. Your object that you left behind
4. What you looked like while you were on the train

     Things that it's ok to post:
1. How you got to the train
2. What the train looked like
3. What happened to you while you were on the train (unless it involves
anything concerning the third party)

     General description of the train/experiment:
             Steam Locomotive
     name:                Dream Express
     color:               Black engine part (with Dream Express written on
                              the side in big blue letters)
                          Black coal car
                          Black Passenger car
                          Red caboose
     number of cars:      3.5 +/- a few cars
                          1 engine car
                          (coal/wood car attached)
                          1 passenger car
                          1 caboose
     method of summoning: thought
     destination:         the unknown
     purpose:             dream experiment (dealing with passing between
                          dreamscapes)
     conductor:           Variable...they take shifts...the Sandman is
                          Not one of them though
     notes:               -pleanty of room for everyone
                          -will stop for person who summons it
                          -fabulous feast provided for all guests
                          -scenic location (your dreamscape)


     The reason for the third party person is to give this experiment some
scientific validity.  If we would just post the objects that we left/saw
then someone could just say "Yeah...I saw that" and the result would be
shakey findings at best.

      Love and Peace and Luck,
          -The Dreamer-

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     Listed below are all of the dreams that the third party collected.
Note that there is a match...a matchbook with almost identical writing
on it (there is a 1-letter deviation, plus the month is wrong).
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 91 17:15 +1000
From: Ron Heard <R.HEARD@qut.edu.au>

The other night I dreamt of the train.

Time of the dream was the night of Friday 6th / Saturday 7th at
midnight + 30 minutes Eastern Australian time = (14:30 Friday
Greenwich time).

The dream was only partly lucid, but I did make it to the train,
and I did leave an object there.

The dream:

I was in a race to take an object from one city to another --
perhaps Melbourne to Sydney.  The object was a sausage in a bread
roll, partly wraped in greaseproof paper. (Not a hot dog which
is a frankfurt in a bread roll.) The sausage was so hot that it
burnt my hand as I picked it up. The rules of the race were that
you could use any means of transport to get to your destination.
I started to run with the roll and sausage, but I felt that my
legs were paralysed. I recognised the paralysis as a sign that
I was dreaming, and so became slightly lucid (this is for me a
frequent cue to lucidity). I then thought that the train would
help me in the race.

In the next scene I was on the train. I climbed up to an
observation window which let me look forward over the track. The
scenery included residential suburbs and a very steep grade which
the train was using full power to climb. I woke up while still
looking out the window, but I had noticed that I had left the
object behind on the train seat below me.

Take care

Ronno
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We need more reason and dreams, less belief and authority.


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        (15.11/15.6+ISC) id AA02235; Thu, 11 Jul 91 07:22:08 bst
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 91 07:22:08 bst
From: Caroline Knight <cdfk@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu

Hi I woke up about an hour ago and this is what I dreamed

I was on the train. I met or was someone called "The Record Man"
who hadn't got a pencil and paper and had to borrow the conductor's.
I inteneded to leave a small blue clay figure of a pony - a 3d version
of one of Franz Marc's horses - but I do not recall doing so. Nor
do I recall seeing anything on the train except for the conductor's
pencil and paper which I left on a table at the back of the train.

Bye

Caroline

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Date:    Thu, 11 Jul 91 09:59 EDT
From: "The Dreamer" <ASG102@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: THE THIRD PARTY!

     Well, I wasn't able to leave an object there, but I'll tell you
what I looked like.  I was a skeleton in a black cloak (I looked like
the grim reaper)  I did this so anyone who saw me would remember me
easily.  Oh well, you can read about the rest of the dream on the net.

     Love and Peace and Death,
          -The Dreamer-
_________________________________________________________________________
 "Changing the laws of physics is a hobby of mine."
 "YOU'RE NOT AS REAL AS YOU THINK"
 "I dream the dream immortal"

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 91 07:36 PDT
From: ROSEBUD@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU
Subject: dream train attempt
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu

Dear (Matthew?) Ma:

I tried to arrive on the dream train last night (7-10 to 7-11) but I don't
remember any of my dreams.  I was going to leave a red rosebud or rose.
I don't know if this will be useful or not, since I didn't remember my dream,
but here it is.

                                thank you,
                                Clarica Grove
                                rosebud
                                Max
                                University of washington.

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 91 10:41:14 EDT
From: hammerl@acsu.buffalo.edu (valerie s hammerl)
Subject: train, probable failure, etc.


Ok, I honestly can't say whether I succeeded or not.  I remembered
that it was 1am EDT, I went to sleep at 12:30 or so. I don't
remember anything at all until my alarm clock went off at 7:15.
Due to my usual failure to remember dreams (about 98% are forgotten,
probably, as I remember dreams about once or twice per month),
I'm just going to mention what was intended to be left behind, plus
what was intended to be "worn."  Humor me. :-)
Appearance: medium brown shoulder length hair, pink dress, not of a
really dressy sort, pink was very light. Object: one useless-looking
ribbon, approx. 8-10" x 1.5" , in a common shade of medium pink for
no evident reason.
Remembering nothing and probably failing entirely, I can't describe
anyone or anything.  Chances are, I never made it.


Geez, I feel like an amnesiac.

valerie hammerl
hammerl@acsu.buffalo.edu

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 91 09:45:12 MDT
From: byates@isis.cs.du.edu (Bob Allen Yates)
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: THE THIRD PARTY!

only object i remember anything about is:

        a handheld metal, mallot-type hammer

(don't even remeber if this was on the train though)

byates

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Date: 12 Jul 91 09:25:30
From: bob wade <bob_wade@mailhost.four-h.purdue.edu>
Subject: dream train
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu

dream train
woke up at 3:37 a.m. remembering this dream.
train was red but with blue letters that said 'dream machine'.
train was stopped at station and i got on and pulled a book of matches out of
my pocket and threw them on a seat(matches were ones i picked up in real life
at a friends wedding last saturday).
anyway...train was empty except for ticket guy who says i must leave if i
don't have a ticket....then i woke up.

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Date:    Mon, 15 Jul 91 23:19 EDT
From: <KJA102@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
Subject: Train experiment
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu

I'm sorry this is so late in getting to you.  I've been putting it off,
but I think I can remember it all.
I came across this newsgroup and thought the experiment was a neat idea.
I planned for the train.  This is the dream I had:
I dreamed that I was telling two of my friends about the dream I'd had
about the train (basically, the train dream was a dream).  I told my
friends that I was waiting for the train with my yellow pitcher.  It's a
water picter I picked up at an auction (pale yellow, circa 1950, round in
shape- like a soap bubble with a handle).  The train engine was blue.  I was
standing right next to the tracks as the train rolled past.  The cars were
open-kind of like tourist trains are.  I got on board and sat down holding
my pitcher.  I could hear other people on the train, but there was no one
on this car.  In the aisle were two silver drum major batons (the long ones
they carry on parades).  I picked on up and looked at it, and put it back
in the aisle.  I left my pitcher on the seat.

THis is where my dream ended.
I'd love to see a summary of how this all comes out!  Dreams are fascinating.
I am working on being able to control my dreams.  I am subject to
nightmares frequently and would like to be able to get out.

Good luck summarizing all this!

""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Kit Aikin                   /\    kja102@psuvm.psu.edu           "
Penn State University       /\                                   "
                            /\                                   "
   "To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant        "
    popularity of dogs." --Aldous Huxley                         "
                            /\                                   "
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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 91 10:34:56 EDT
From: hammerl@acsu.buffalo.edu (valerie s hammerl)
Message-Id: <9107161434.AA17884@lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
Subject: more train things(or are you through collecting?)


Train dream two nights ago.  Remember sitting on a seat, dark in
color, perhaps maroon or burgundy. was sitting next to someone male,
unable to identify.   Engaged in some silly explanation of a cotton
handkerchief [white] with a hand-crocheted lace edge.  was wearing a
white dress or skirt with a peaked edge (vvvvv) -- very strange, and
not to my taste, to be honest.  It may have had some sort of beading.
Some sort of conversation by myself that the handkerchief that I was
going to leave had been a gift from my grandmother, and that I had one
like it at home...All in all, very strange.


                                                valerie hammerl
                                            hammerl@acsu.buffalo.edu

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Date:    Thu, 18 Jul 91 09:33 EDT
From: "The Dreamer" <ASG102@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
Subject: Shit! Shit! Shit! ...you HAVE to believe this!
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu

     Last weekend, I think it was Sunday night or something, I got to the
train again.  (I posted on it somewhere on alt.dreams) anyway, I can't
remember if I wrote this to you or not, but I got to the train and was
able to find and leave an object.
     Found: a multi-colored ball (rubber) like children play with
     Left : a black cloak (the one that I was wearing) folded and
            placed over the back of one of the seats

     The reason that I'm saying this is that someone just posted (Dream Train
Success or something like that) saying that they saw some multi-colored balls
in thier train dream.
     I have had no contact with this person and I stopped reading the article
to send this to you as soon as I saw the words "multi-colored ball" and I
couldn't remember if I sent this note to you or not.
     THIS IS NOT A HOAX!

     Love and Peace and Balls,
        -The Dreamer-
_________________________________________________________________________
 "Changing the laws of physics is a hobby of mine."
 "YOU'RE NOT AS REAL AS YOU THINK"
 "I dream the dream immortal"

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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 91 01:29:25 MDT
From: tthomas@isis.cs.du.edu (Thor Thomas)
Message-Id: <9107130729.AA28183@isis.cs.du.edu>
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
Subject: Dream Express

I didn't board the Dream Train, but when I do, I intend my object to be
an umbrella, with alternating black and white sections.  Hopefully
I will be able to place this object upon the train in the near future.
It'd be interesting if someone found it before I left it, eh?  A lot of
people in a.d claim to have precognitive dreams, so why not?

                              -be seeing you,
                                   THOR

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Date: Thu, 18 Jul 91 15:01:27 MDT
From: ljmiller@isis.cs.du.edu (lisa j miller)

i am getting ready to post a dream i had ...but wanted to tell you only
that the object in the dead guys hand was a book of matches that said
"jim and darla, a perfect match, june 6th, 1991"
wierd huh?
i

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Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1991 22:16 CDT
From: KELLOGG@ducvax.auburn.edu

Ooops sorry my mail got away.

Anyway back to the dream
The Dreamer and Bekki Lyn were there.  For some reason That is who I thought
they were.  I never heard a name, but something told me that was who it was
Bekki Lyn (sp?) who posts as Lady of Doom (I think) was sitting on the left
side of the train toward the front.  I did not talk to her.  She was about
5'6" (hard to tell she was sitting down)  fair skin with tight curly red
hair.  Perhaps a permanent...

The Dreamer (if it was him) was dressed in red clothes with a red cape.
blonde straight hair in a bowl haircut height 5'5".  He was seated on the
right side of the train looking out at a sea shore going by.
Bekki was on the left side looking out at a desert.  (odd scenery?)

There were two objects at the back of the train other than the one I left.
There was a red telephone without a handset, and a pair of Go-Go boots.
I left behind a four foot long banana with a clock inside.  the face of the
clock was sticking out from the skin, with the hands set for nine o'clock.

(I once wrote a song called the nine o'clock banana)

Anyway, the objects were in the rear of the passenger car.  While I was looking
at the objects, I realized that the Go-Go boots were inhabited.  An attractive
woman 5'6" - 5'7" came in.  She had shoulder length hair that I can't be sure
if it was blonde or brunette.  I introduced myself and I asked if her name was
Sloopy,  She told me no her name was Janet.  (I don't know any Janets)
        I guess I was thinking about the boots and a Nancy Sinatra song started
playing "Something Stupid" a duet by Frank and Nancy Sinatra.  We started
dancing a box step in the isle of the train.  We danced up to the front of the
car and I realized I wasn't quite dressed for dancing.  Suddenly I was wearing
a Tuxedo and Janet had a white lace ball gown.
        At this point the Dreamer asked if I would mind if he cut in.  Janet
and I looked at each other and I saw the look on her face.  We told him that
yes we would mind (Hope we weren't too rude)  He went off to talk to Bekki.

I tried kissing Janet, but it seemed to make me wake up more so we stopped and
went back to dancing slowly,  Soon I knew I was going to wake up, and this
time there was no stopping it.  I wanted to make an impression, so I changed
my clothes (intsantly) from Tux to Peter Pan Costume (Don't ask me why) and
I crowed like a rooster.  (Peter Pan's battle cry)

I instantly woke up.  All in all pretty odd stuff.  I hope this helps your
correlations.  I'm sure I speak for everyone on the list when I say that
your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Scott S. Kellogg

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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 91 09:44:01 PDT
From: diane@rpal.rockwell.com (Diane Tabellija)


This is probably a bit odd, but I thought I'd toss this too you for whatever
it's worth...About two weeks prior to the Dream Express experiment I had a
dream or a vision (as I sometimes do) about a train.  The train was similiar
in physical qualities as someone in the experiment described (red mohair
chairs, older Woodrow Wilson type car, etc.).  But what I saw in the train
was incongruous to what one would normally see on a train.  I saw a person
dressed as a clown and/or a small penguin as well as an umbrella.

Like I said I don't know what it's worth or if any of these things were
identified by the participants of the experiment but this is what I
envisioned.  I don't recall if I had heard about the experiment before
this time, but I made note of what I saw and would like to know if there's
any similiarities.  Wouldn't it be wild if lucid or not, our subconscious
spirit can connect with others?

Looking forward to hearing what you have to say.

Diane

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Date:    Thu, 8 Aug 91 10:44 EDT
From: "The Dreamer" <ASG102@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
Subject: Train experience...
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu

     Well, I got to the train for the third time a few nights ago...sorry
that it's taken me so long to write, but I've been very busy as of late.
     I entered the train through a window without breaking it.  Initially,
I was a bullet (like out of a gun), then I shape changed into myself.  I
looked around and found :1. a deck of Tarot Cards (blue cover?)
                         2. a newspaper/magazine with a red cover and a
                            picture of the profile of a balding man.

As usual, I left my black cape folded over one of the seats, although
I did not look like the Grim Reaper in this dream.

     Love and Peace and Death,
          -The Dreamer-
_________________________________________________________________________
 "Changing the laws of physics is a hobby of mine."
 "YOU'RE NOT AS REAL AS YOU THINK"
 "I dream the dream immortal"
 "Pierre, pass the maple syrup."

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Date:      Thu,  8 Aug 91 15:52:18 PDT
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
From: "Teresa Velez" <CT.TAV@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Re: Third Party Progress Report

>
Hi Third Party,

I wasn't going to post but what the heck.  Nothing spectacular
happened when I went on the Dream Express.  I didn't leave or see
any objects.  I remember a woman with blonde hair wearing a cream
color blazor, which doesn't come close to leaving any objects off.
 Anyway,  I remember having this dream two days after the official
night of the dream experiment when the Dreamer said just try to
dream about the train in two weeks or so.  The train I was on didn't
look like the Express, it was a regular commuter train that I take
to work.  I was sitting in the first compartment and all the seats
seemed full with people I didn't know.  What happened that was
interesting is that suddenly we knew that there might be a crash
because another train was going to hit us from a perpendicular
direction.  We were going really fast too but it was only going to
hit the first compartment -- us.  Anyway once we realized this, for
some reason the train didn't hit us.  That's all I remember.  I had
been looking forward to the experiment, but the idea of crashing was
totally unexpected.

I hope this is helpful to your study.

--Teresa

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Date: Thu, 8 Aug 91 22:06:33 -0500
From: rarmstro@dhostwo.convex.com (Robert Armstrong)
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
Subject: The Dream Express

        Hello Matthew,

        I've been to the train twice while lucid.  I've not been able
        to leave anything of my own yet, but I was handed a small black
        bible on the first encounter and four green tennis balls on the
        second encounter.  BTW, I'm not religious and don't play tennis.
        Hope it's a match.

        --Robert Armstrong


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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 91 17:52 +1100
From: EDA925EBP2@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au
Subject: Re: Should I send the information?


OK, here's what I saw:

1. A wetsuit
2. A ruler

Incidentally, I forgot to tell you yesterday that I also left something
on the train; a basketball.

Please let me know if this is in anyway connected to the information
that you have been receiving.

By the way, this dream occurred 13th August between the hours of 12:30 am
and 2:34 am.

Thanks,

Vincent

Monash University,
Australia.

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From: Mark Jansen <jansen@archone.tamu.edu>
To: jansen@archone.tamu.edu, ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu, ma2b@andrew.cmu.edu
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1991 20:25:14 -0500


forward this to the right party and do not read it,  also tell me what
the correct address is

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occured in the afternoon of August 14th or 15th around midday.
I was sitting doing my meditation and at the end of the meditation
the dream train shows up out in the middle of the desert.

I decide to go with this even though I am not asleep.

A conductor in blue with a cap and white whiskers steps off the train and
hands me a red ticker and I go inside the first passenger car.  I remember
that I am suppose to leave an object on the train.  I place a red plastic
poker chip on one of the seats.  It has a pentangle scratched in the center
on the smooth area.  I proceed further back into the car.

There is a young brunette women dressed in vintage wild west clothes and
we dance.  A real strong sexual connection and I flash my wedding ring to
her to let her know then I am married and taken.  She laughs gayly at this
and takes a hat pin out of her hair.  Her hair let down is long and
beautiful.  The pin becomes incredibly vivid to me about 4 inches long and
with a fake pearl top.  The Pearl top is round on top and tapers into the
pin on its base.

I go on to the next car further back in the train and find a bunch of men
playing marbles on the floor around a funnel shaped depression on the floor.
One man I see is wearing a vintage derby hat and holds up a very large blue
rubber marble with white swirls.  I also notice there is one kid with long
hair and a tie-die tshirt on.

I go on to the next car and wander eventually to the back of the train that
has one of those politician back platforms with fencing and I sit down.  A guy
comes out and joins me, he looks like a religious monk of some sort.  Very
grey.  He sits next to me and opens a box or small chest, somewhat ornate wood
with metal straps.  Inside is a HUGE pearl.  I follow him back into the last
car and we sit in meditation.  I feel the sun on my face.  Not much time
after that the train stops and I know it is time for me to go.  I get off
I wave to someone and look at the locomotive to see if I can read the word
words, dream express, I can but it is difficult to keep words in place.
I wake up.


so thanks, I see that my train is somewhat different from the train
mentioned in the posting, in that there is know caboose.  Ahh life is
good and so are dreams.

Mark

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          Mon, 19 Aug 91 16:38:44 BST
From: "G.Robertson" <gnev83@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 91 16:38:42 BST

        I have posted my dream to the news board. In my dream on the dream
express I saw.

        A man bouncing up and down on top of a hand sewn leather football.
        Two people wearing the Same strangely coloured jackets with
coloured hats.
        A man with a distinctive long pointy moustache.
        A English man
        A spanish woman.
        Many other people.
        I saw a cabinet on the wall behind the glass of this cabinet I saw
some inscriptions as described in my note to the news board.

        I placed hopefully two objects in the cabinet, both books. One book
was the Bible and the other ...... well you tell me what it was..

        I hope you find someone to connect with these items.

Graham Robertson

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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 91 14:22:45 pdt
From: Sue Meloy <sue@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com>
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
Subject: dream express[An Andrew ToolKit view (a footnote) was included
here, but could not be displayed.]


Here's the description of my dream again, including the details of
what I saw:

Dream Express experience

Saturday morning, August 24, 1991, I woke up before dawn, and told
myself to stay in control as I went back to sleep, so that I could
try boarding the Dream Express.  I "observed" myself falling
asleep, and when I saw a desk in the corner that shouldn't have
been there, I knew I was dreaming.

I went to look for the Dream Express.

I saw a wooden overhang over rails.  A train was there, and I
thought "There's the Dream Express!!".  It was a black engine,
with a red coal car.  But when I got closer, the name on the
engine was "Pomona".  So I walked on to the next train, but
it wasn't the Dream Express either.

I walked out of the overhang, following the rails through sandy
soil.  Eventually, I reached another station.  The rails were
gone, as if the track was under repair or being rerouted.  I wandered
around to another part of the station, where I found the Dream Express.
This train did have "Dream Express" stamped on the side, but it was
difficult to read since the lettering was not painted a contrasting
color (the entire engine was black).  There was a coal car, but the
rest of the "cars" (flatcars?) were filled with bookshelves.

At first, I had the impression that there were nothing but books
on the rest of the train.  I saw some books by Winston
Churchill.  Then I saw a lot of stuff like you'd see in an antique
store, miscellaneous bric-a-brac.  I remember trying to memorize
what some of the items were.  The only thing I remember now is
a "bagpipe-shaped money clip" (it didn't really look like a bagpipe,
though, more like a clay model of a hand with 2 fingers outstretched).
It was about an inch long.

     |||
     (  )
     (__)

I didn't leave an object; I remember thinking that there was so much
stuff around that it would be lost in the masses of junk, and that
these cars were not part of the real Dream Express.  I considered
leaving it in the coal car, but decided to wait for another opportunity.

Sue Meloy
sue@cup.hp.com

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Date: 8 Aug 91 11:36:06
From: bob wade <bob_wade@mailhost.four-h.purdue.edu>
Subject: RE>Dream
To: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu

        Reply to:   RE>Dream
july 6th i believe...and the names are mike and darla...but i don't think those
were the names on the matches in my dream...i have it written down
somewhere...i sorta think the dream matches said tim and darla...also it said
'a perfect match' as in:

tim and darla
a perfect match
july 6, 1991

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Date: 8/8/91
To: bob wade
From: ma2b+@andrew.cmu.edu
Okay, this is the third person from the dreaming Bboard, if you don't
recognize my name.  I need more detailed information from you pertaining
to the message you sent me about your train dream.  To jog your memory...

>dream train
>woke up at 3:37 a.m. remembering this dream.
>train was red but with blue letters that said 'dream machine'.
>train was stopped at station and i got on and pulled a book of matches out of
>my pocket and threw them on a seat(matches were ones i picked up in real life
>at a friends wedding last saturday).
>anyway...train was empty except for ticket guy who says i must leave if i
>don't have a ticket....then i woke up.

Anyway, what I need from you are the names of your friends, the day they
got married, and what was written on the book of matches, if anything.
We have a possible correlation between this dream of yours and someone
else's.  Thanks for your help.

Matt
"The Third Party"

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