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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 1787 Views
Re: 15 years! Kit - 26/08/2014 03:48:02 AM 1336 Views
Sadly wooly - 27/08/2014 03:40:16 AM 1498 Views
Kit - 27/08/2014 03:54:19 AM 1417 Views
Re: wooly - 27/08/2014 04:06:20 AM 1356 Views
Yeah, 15 years. jh - 26/08/2014 06:29:19 AM 1409 Views
Re: Yeah, 15 years. wooly - 27/08/2014 03:41:28 AM 1317 Views
Well hello Kit - 27/08/2014 03:55:22 AM 1461 Views
Re: Well hello jh - 30/08/2014 10:02:48 PM 1370 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:37:02 AM 919 Views
13 and a bit for me ironclad - 26/08/2014 10:35:29 AM 1456 Views
Yeah wooly - 27/08/2014 03:44:50 AM 1358 Views
Just wish they went hand in hand Kit - 27/08/2014 03:56:59 AM 1332 Views
*NM* *NM* The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:04:55 PM 756 Views
Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Tom - 26/08/2014 02:51:12 PM 1456 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) wooly - 27/08/2014 03:48:58 AM 1268 Views
I did post a lot at a certain point in time... Tom - 27/08/2014 05:22:27 AM 1285 Views
Re: Yeah, for me 15 years comes up next month (September) Kit - 27/08/2014 03:58:19 AM 1378 Views
Things are going well Tom - 27/08/2014 05:27:22 AM 1266 Views
Pretty good Kit - 29/08/2014 05:56:43 AM 1402 Views
Wow. The time really flies *NM* Urza - 26/08/2014 04:12:34 PM 864 Views
Yup *NM* wooly - 27/08/2014 03:49:29 AM 803 Views
With no effort even! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 03:59:23 AM 755 Views
I can't believe the kids are that old!?! Jeordam - 26/08/2014 05:17:05 PM 1383 Views
Re: I can't believe the kids are that old!?! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:57:24 AM 1433 Views
I was driving through Bakersfield back in July Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:47:38 PM 1309 Views
Dude! Kit - 27/08/2014 04:00:51 AM 1436 Views
Dear God.... Jeordam - 27/08/2014 07:49:09 PM 1340 Views
Re: Dear God.... Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:10 AM 1337 Views
Hi! *NM* aerocontrols - 26/08/2014 06:11:09 PM 765 Views
Re: Hi! wooly - 27/08/2014 03:58:31 AM 1277 Views
Howdy!! *NM* Kit - 27/08/2014 04:01:53 AM 746 Views
Thirteen next month for me. Nate - 26/08/2014 06:24:50 PM 1403 Views
Re: Thirteen next month for me. wooly - 27/08/2014 04:01:36 AM 1315 Views
Aww you're still a young pup Kit - 27/08/2014 04:03:47 AM 1330 Views
I'm on year 12 ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/08/2014 07:47:48 PM 1467 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:02:31 AM 1341 Views
Re: I'm on year 12 ... Kit - 27/08/2014 04:05:03 AM 1387 Views
Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 03:24:05 AM 1317 Views
Re: Congrats to Wooly and Mrs. Wooly - did you guys meet via Wotmania? wooly - 27/08/2014 04:04:51 AM 1319 Views
Yup. We are a product of chat really Kit - 27/08/2014 04:06:09 AM 1310 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 824 Views
12 here for me... temeraire - 27/08/2014 04:32:43 AM 1940 Views
Re: 12 here for me... wooly - 27/08/2014 04:51:29 AM 1308 Views
Hiya, how ya be? *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 05:58:44 AM 799 Views
12 years for me in May. LiterateDog - 27/08/2014 04:45:21 AM 1352 Views
Joe! wooly - 27/08/2014 04:59:08 AM 1393 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 904 Views
...and I still post in the wrong spots. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2014 04:40:57 AM 750 Views
Dude, this cracked me up. Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:42:56 AM 1572 Views
Awesome Kit - 29/08/2014 05:59:51 AM 1317 Views
Well, not necessarily awesome. LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:55:58 PM 1214 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 1356 Views
1997? Wow, when the hell did Wotmania start? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 27/08/2014 05:32:46 PM 702 Views
IIRC, late 1998 *NM* jh - 30/08/2014 10:04:17 PM 726 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 1262 Views
What you are saying Kit - 29/08/2014 06:00:46 AM 1228 Views
well I wasnt active for most of that time random thoughts - 02/09/2014 01:07:25 PM 1310 Views
16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. Rebekah - 27/08/2014 04:36:30 PM 1341 Views
Re: 16 years for me, I think. Found the site in 1998 or thereabouts. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:35:46 AM 1308 Views
We like you too! Kit - 29/08/2014 06:01:16 AM 1223 Views
Just 7 years for me. Stephen - 27/08/2014 04:38:50 PM 1325 Views
Re: Just 7 years for me. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:38:04 AM 1255 Views
In many states that makes you married in common law *NM* Kit - 29/08/2014 06:02:16 AM 809 Views
I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. Avendesora - 27/08/2014 06:52:50 PM 1898 Views
Re: I can't remember exactly when I started going to wotmania. wooly - 29/08/2014 04:47:50 AM 1310 Views
It would never have been the same without you Kit - 29/08/2014 06:03:31 AM 1512 Views
Aw, shucks. Avendesora - 29/08/2014 12:45:49 PM 1779 Views
Congrats! Jacob - 29/08/2014 04:17:49 AM 1540 Views
Re: Congrats! wooly - 29/08/2014 04:51:20 AM 1268 Views
That is starting for me too... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:40:32 PM 1456 Views
*sputters* I am NOT wrinkly Kit - 29/08/2014 06:04:20 AM 1349 Views
Me neither... Jacob - 29/08/2014 01:38:49 PM 1636 Views
14 years for me in November. The Shrike - 29/08/2014 03:06:27 PM 1246 Views
Shit, bitch, you old! LiterateDog - 29/08/2014 03:53:05 PM 1211 Views
The Shrike - 29/08/2014 04:42:47 PM 1345 Views
I don't remember when I started coming here.. probably 2000ish Amy - 02/09/2014 06:20:13 PM 1277 Views
such a long time. standby - 10/09/2014 08:13:15 PM 1346 Views
Well shit, as long as we're doing this Panorphaeon - 27/09/2014 06:41:40 AM 1488 Views
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