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Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly Send a noteboard - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM

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I remember that chat had a black background, and you could type in a user name and log in, no registration. There was a scheduled time (Wednesday evenings at 7:00 I think)to encourage chat participation.

I know that I moved in May of 1998. I started taking summer classes, then went back to school full time in fall of '98. Shortly after I started school, I went to the library (I didn't have a computer then) and looked up Wheel of Time on Google. I was directed to wotmania and was there ever since. I mostly just read the theory posts. Then my parents got a computer with dialup and I would go to chat on their computer. Aside: Napster was a big deal then. (Holy crap!)

I got married in '02, had a son in '05. He just turned 9 years old.

Oy, trip down memory lane.


I remember the black background and scheduled chats. That goes way back! Napster was a big deal then. I remember when I first got broadband and was utterly amazed by the fast file transfers and unlimited supply of free music. Oh, and AIM. Come to think of it, wotmania was my gateway to lots of new ways to communicate. My first text message was from a wotmaniac in Oz. Yep, trip down memory lane.

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Wrong spot. *NM* - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 589 Views
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Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 872 Views
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I did post a lot at a certain point in time... - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 762 Views
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Things are going well - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 734 Views
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Wow. The time really flies *NM* - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 560 Views
Yup *NM* - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 495 Views
With no effort even! *NM* - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 445 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 867 Views
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I was driving through Bakersfield back in July - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 792 Views
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Dear God.... - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 793 Views
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Hi! *NM* - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 455 Views
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Howdy!! *NM* - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 465 Views
Thirteen next month for me. - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 864 Views
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I'm on year 12 ... - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 881 Views
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12 years for me in May. - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 823 Views
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...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 425 Views
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first started coming here in around 1997 so I guess that make sit 17 years - 27/08/2014 01:06:34 PM 843 Views
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IIRC, late 1998 *NM* - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 423 Views
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well I wasnt active for most of that time - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 771 Views
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That is starting for me too... - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 830 Views
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such a long time. - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 816 Views
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