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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 1245 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 788 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 930 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 815 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 827 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 785 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 772 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 915 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 809 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 585 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 911 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 844 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 803 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 451 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 851 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 734 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 751 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 831 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 721 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 847 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 556 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 489 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 439 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 852 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 868 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 778 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 854 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 774 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 789 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 450 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 721 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 460 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 848 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 799 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 792 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 860 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 794 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 742 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 785 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 746 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 770 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 506 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1380 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 759 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 479 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 809 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 739 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 589 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 420 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1012 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 769 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 684 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 831 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 379 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 417 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 686 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 671 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 751 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 779 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 742 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 699 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 755 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 711 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 508 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1124 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 775 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 888 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1098 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 921 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 731 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 820 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 790 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 946 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 649 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 665 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 792 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 757 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 802 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 930 Views
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