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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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Yeah, 15 years. - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 785 Views
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Wrong spot. *NM* - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 585 Views
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*NM* *NM* - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 451 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 853 Views
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I did post a lot at a certain point in time... - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 751 Views
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Things are going well - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 721 Views
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Wow. The time really flies *NM* - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 556 Views
Yup *NM* - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 489 Views
With no effort even! *NM* - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 439 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 854 Views
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I was driving through Bakersfield back in July - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 779 Views
Dude! - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 854 Views
Dear God.... - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 776 Views
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Hi! *NM* - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 450 Views
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Howdy!! *NM* - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 461 Views
Thirteen next month for me. - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 849 Views
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Aww you're still a young pup - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 794 Views
I'm on year 12 ... - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 861 Views
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Hiya, how ya be? *NM* - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 480 Views
12 years for me in May. - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 809 Views
Joe! - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 739 Views
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...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 421 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1014 Views
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Well, not necessarily awesome. - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 686 Views
first started coming here in around 1997 so I guess that make sit 17 years - 27/08/2014 01:06:34 PM 833 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 379 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 417 Views
What you are saying - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 671 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 751 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 780 Views
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In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 509 Views
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That is starting for me too... - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 820 Views
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14 years for me in November. - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 650 Views
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such a long time. - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 803 Views
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