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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 1166 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 716 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 849 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 743 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 759 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 718 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 680 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 832 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 730 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 519 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 819 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 772 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 722 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 410 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 774 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 662 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 681 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 758 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 651 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 785 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 515 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 445 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 398 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 784 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 788 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 709 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 771 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 708 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 726 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 404 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 656 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 417 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 770 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 712 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 707 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 770 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 710 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 663 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 709 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 662 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 681 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 469 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1292 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 664 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 436 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 736 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 660 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 551 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 371 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 903 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 690 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 605 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 759 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 343 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 379 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 620 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 605 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 654 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 714 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 659 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 630 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 671 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 650 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 458 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1055 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 718 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 798 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1021 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 853 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 672 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 760 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 724 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 864 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 577 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 591 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 728 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 686 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 715 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 835 Views
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