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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 1542 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 1090 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 1246 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 1106 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 1107 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 1156 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 1070 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 1206 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 1105 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 779 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 1206 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 1096 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 1081 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 631 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 1185 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 1026 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 1042 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 1128 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 1009 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 1132 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 728 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 663 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 621 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 1143 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 1180 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 1062 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 1148 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 1088 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 1077 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 618 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 1003 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 620 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 1140 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 1077 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 1088 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 1190 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 1081 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 1110 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 1075 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 1065 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 1045 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 679 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1678 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 1045 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 649 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 1095 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 1126 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 767 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 607 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1323 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 1056 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 969 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 1113 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 561 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 592 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 990 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 974 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 1062 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 1083 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 1045 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 978 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 1051 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 990 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 679 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1562 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 1052 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 1203 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1548 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 1322 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 1014 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 1235 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 1092 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 1393 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 983 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 952 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 1089 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 1024 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 1084 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 1220 Views
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