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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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15 years! wooly - 26/08/2014 03:26:34 AM 1752 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 1306 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 1467 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 1368 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 1317 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 1364 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 1277 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 1424 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 1328 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 895 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 1421 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 1326 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 1299 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 735 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 1412 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 1230 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 1249 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 1339 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 1227 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 1353 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 846 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 780 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 737 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 1345 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 1406 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 1275 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 1387 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 1301 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 1294 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 744 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 1242 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 726 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 1361 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 1278 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 1294 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 1428 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 1300 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 1346 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 1281 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 1278 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 1270 Views
So, did she give you the "sh!t or get off the pot" conversation due to the lengthy courtship? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:31:44 PM 802 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1908 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 1270 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 778 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 1311 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 1357 Views
This year marked my tenth, I believe. I was about to enter high school. Now I'm in law school. *NM* Ghavrel - 29/08/2014 12:29:56 AM 884 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 733 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1533 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 1280 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 1184 Views
first started coming here in around 1997 so I guess that make sit 17 years random thoughts - 27/08/2014 01:06:34 PM 1319 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 687 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 704 Views
Re: first started coming here in around 1997 so I guess that make sit 17 years wooly - 29/08/2014 04:31:07 AM 1229 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 1191 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 1266 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 1301 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 1271 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 1183 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 1284 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 1218 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 789 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1841 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 1275 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 1450 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1736 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 1510 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 1227 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 1423 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 1313 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 1598 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 1206 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 1173 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 1304 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 1240 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 1307 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 1454 Views
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