SC>> That is funny because someone did that for me when I was
 SC>> hospitalized for a month about 10 years ago. She printed out
 SC>> probably 500 pages of messages so I could read them and even put
 SC>> my responses on the BBS conference, mostly local at the time. One
 SC>> of the nurses thought someone brought me work from my job. hehehe
 SC>> Another friend who was my downfall

 NB> LOL.  I can just picture it!  :)  The stack of paper, you earnestly
 NB> digging into it, the nurse figuring (only partly wrong, as it IS a job
 NB> of a sort... )  :)

It did give me something to do when there wasn't anything good on tv and my
roomie was sleeping or busy with something. I wonder what I did with those
papers. I don't think I threw them away but don't remember seeing them when I
moved either. I might have to do some searching for them.


 SC>> in life of introducing me to computers and BBSs brought me a
 SC>> laptop to show me the messages that were on his board. I
 SC>> responded to them and he uploaded them when he got home.

 NB> Now that's the more efficient way of doing things, to be sure... :)
 NB> And only fair and right that the one that got you hooked in the first
 NB> place should do something to assuage the withdrawal symptoms...  

I always joked with him that I was going to get even with him for doing this to
me. We would both sit and laugh about it. You people think I'm bad now with all
the messages I write. You should have seen me back then posting on several
areas on at least 5 boards. I would be rich today if I got paid for each
message I wrote. I couldn't convince any sysops to pay me though. hehehe


 SC>> I also got visits and phone calls from some of the local, even
 SC>> ones I never met. I was suppose to go to a BBS party and the ones
 SC>> there called me that night and wished me well. BBS people are the
 SC>> greatest!!! :-)

 NB> But of course!  :)  In its best form, it's a community.   :)

The local people have pretty much disappeared out of my life with all of the
BBSs closing down. I do have a few email addresses but nowhere near the number
of people I was "friends" with during those years. I thought it
would be nice
to have a reunion party but since I don't know where they are that won't
happen. :-(

Sharon

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