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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 1360 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 902 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 1046 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 920 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 927 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 923 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 878 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 1015 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 919 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 634 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 1029 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 910 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 906 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 505 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 987 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 834 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 855 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 937 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 819 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 948 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 602 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 538 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 490 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 958 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 977 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 890 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 964 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 876 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 895 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 502 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 826 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 505 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 962 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 902 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 907 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 988 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 901 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 886 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 886 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 861 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 876 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 553 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1495 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 866 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 525 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 914 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 873 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 639 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 474 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1119 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 876 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 793 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 936 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 433 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 470 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 792 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 774 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 869 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 889 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 853 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 789 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 869 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 799 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 550 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1231 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 872 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 989 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1216 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 1022 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 824 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 925 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 897 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 1076 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 752 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 771 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 898 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 850 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 906 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 1036 Views
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