-=> Quoting Sean Dennis to Nancy Backus on 02-23-11  01:15 <=-

 NB>> Or, as is often used as a comparison in some echoes (like MEMORIES and
 NB>> COOKING), sitting around the kitchen table, or around the pot-bellied
 NB>> stove in the general store...  ;)  Pull up a chair and join the
 NB>> conversation.  Reason enough to keep developing the software that
 NB>> makes the bbses able to keep functioning...  :)  (There, at least a
 NB>> stab at getting back on-topic... )

 SD> BBSing is as much as being part of a close-knit community as it is
 SD> running software.  I have made several lifelong friends through BBSing

The software enables the community, the community makes it worthwhile. :)

 SD> who I care for a lot and enjoy interacting with (even though I've never
 SD> met most of them in person :).  I can also express my creativity
 SD> through my BBS and programming. 

Bonus... obviously... 

 SD> NOT to run a BBS.  Even when I tried to quit "cold
turkey" I couldn't
 SD> stand not having a BBS to run. 
 SD> I don't know if that shows loyalty or just obsession. 

Yes.  

ttyl        neb

... BBS addiction is a terminal disease.

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