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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 1487 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 1020 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 1182 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 1044 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 1043 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 1087 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 1002 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 1148 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 1044 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 747 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 1149 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 1035 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 1024 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 611 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 1114 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 960 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 980 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 1066 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 938 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 1074 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 699 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 633 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 587 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 1091 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 1106 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 1007 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 1089 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 1003 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 1024 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 590 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 945 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 599 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 1084 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 1020 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 1032 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 1120 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 1025 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 1045 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 1012 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 993 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 990 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 648 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1622 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 986 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 620 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 1037 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 1026 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 735 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 571 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1256 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 997 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 912 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 1054 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 529 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 562 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 916 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 911 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 997 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 1012 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 975 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 923 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 990 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 923 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 645 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1488 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 1000 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 1142 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1475 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 1265 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 947 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 1177 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 1026 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 1325 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 912 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 899 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 1024 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 971 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 1026 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 1164 Views
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