Re: Why I Run A BBS
  By: Daryl Stout to CAPTAIN KIWI on Sat Sep 16 2017 21:56:00

 DS> Those were great times years ago...I loved those face to face user and
 DS> Sysop meetings. It was fun putting faces to names. I remember at one
 DS> gathering at a (now former) Denny's Restaurant, one (now former) Sysop
 DS> opened up his case, and pulled out a fancy laptop computer. All the
 DS> conversation in the room STOPPED, and all eyes GRAVITATED to the

Just like hamfests, usuakky when you finally see the face behind the name,
handle, callsign, or voice, it is not what you expected.. I don't know why we
tend to create expectations of people appearance just by the way they type or
talk.. very strange.

 DS> I run my BBS my way...and others run their BBS their way...and that's
 DS> fine with me. I know my BBS is not the only one in existence...but each
 DS> BBS is run "for the Sysop" in many cases. Plus, I had promised my late
 DS> wife that I'd continue the BBS in her memory, if she died first...which
 DS> is exactly what happened.

Exactly.. people should'nt be taunted for running the BBS the way they want, In
my case I try to run the system to give the users what they ask for.. if I
possibly can.. but I also run it for myself too.. It's a great side hobby..
especially when I get sick of HAM for a while (I'll never get sick of my RC
planes but you cannot just go out and fly on a whim, it takes planning and
time) so I always have the BBS to come to.. I would so much like ot find a
soulmate who is into the same hobbies I am, my current girlfriend loves flying
airplanes, but cannot stand amateur radio and just "dont get" the BBS.. But,
It's a two way street.. she like metal detecting (strange enough) and is an
adrenaline junkie. so I ride all the roller coasters and other rides my back
can handle anymore.. I have to ride steel coasters, or atleast wooden ones that
have had the RMC treatment so the ride is smooth. 

I'm afraid of height too, the coasters (even some of the highest) dont bother
me because I know they're coming straight down.. but you'll never catch me
bungee jumping or taking a dive out of a perfectly good airplane :)

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Tim Smith (KK4QBN)
KK4QBN BBS

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