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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 1474 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 1008 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 1170 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 1030 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 1030 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 1062 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 989 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 1133 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 1031 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 734 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 1139 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 1023 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 1012 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 603 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 1104 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 944 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 968 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 1053 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 926 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 1060 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 692 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 626 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 581 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 1074 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 1087 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 995 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 1077 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 984 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 1010 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 584 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 932 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 592 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 1072 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 1005 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 1021 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 1105 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 1012 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 1020 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 999 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 977 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 978 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 643 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1608 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 970 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 613 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 1023 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 1002 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 727 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 563 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1236 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 983 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 900 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 1043 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 523 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 556 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 903 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 894 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 988 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 996 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 960 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 900 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 978 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 911 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 639 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1475 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 990 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 1120 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1456 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 1253 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 931 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 1155 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 1013 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 1312 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 888 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 882 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 1015 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 956 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 1012 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 1147 Views
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