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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 1644 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 1192 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 1356 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 1232 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 1210 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 1251 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 1166 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 1316 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 1211 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 1301 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 1202 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 1181 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 673 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 1301 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 1118 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 1147 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 1220 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 1110 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 1237 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 782 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 719 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 670 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 1237 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 1284 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 1162 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 1250 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 1181 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 1185 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 676 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 1117 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 666 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 1254 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 1172 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 1178 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 1298 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 1182 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 1224 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 1162 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 1165 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 1151 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 734 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1785 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 1157 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 711 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 1201 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 1246 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 824 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 669 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1422 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 1172 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 1068 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 1208 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 613 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 644 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 1107 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 1082 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 1154 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 1188 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 1153 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 1070 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 1154 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 1111 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 721 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1702 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 1153 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 1308 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1643 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 1415 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 1120 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 1324 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 1203 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 1493 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 1092 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 1057 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 1199 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 1125 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 1189 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 1332 Views
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