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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 1650 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 1193 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 1363 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 1236 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 1217 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 1258 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 1172 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 1320 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 1218 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 832 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 1308 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 1210 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 1183 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 674 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 1302 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 1124 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 1151 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 1226 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 1113 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 1242 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 785 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 721 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 673 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 1241 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 1286 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 1163 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 1254 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 1185 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 1191 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 679 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 1123 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 668 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 1259 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 1173 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 1184 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 1304 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 1187 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 1230 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 1170 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 1169 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 1154 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 736 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1786 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 1162 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 714 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 1206 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 1252 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 825 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 670 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1425 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 1174 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 1070 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 1212 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 616 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 646 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 1111 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 1087 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 1157 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 1194 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 1154 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 1072 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 1160 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 1117 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 724 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1708 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 1159 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 1315 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1647 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 1416 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 1125 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 1325 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 1208 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 1495 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 1099 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 1063 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 1204 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 1131 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 1190 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 1334 Views
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