Re: Re: bbsing
  By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Tue Apr 07 2015 17:01:34

 NB> Other than getting behind, and/or not checking DADS...?   ;)  Kidding
 NB> aside, hopefully it had actually made it to you... there is always that
 NB> possibility, that it didn't.  

  Heh.  It may have made it here and I just lost where it was at.  Not really
sure; I've been distracted, and it's affecting my concentration, even for going
back and skimming old messages, though if I'd miss my own name in there that's
got to be the worst it's ever been.  ;)  'Course if it was when I was changing
around binkd configurations, maybe something nefarious happened to it.

 NB> Also, the aliases were definitely more part of the teen scene... and in
 NB> certain networks...  I just never bothered, except in one local message
 NB> area that was somewhat a role-playing area... taking on personas to go
 NB> with the theme of the bbs... :)

  Yep.  The very first system I was on, which was the only one that I was aware
of in my area for a _very_ long time, was alias only.  It really got the
concept to stick.  I was always pretty fantasy oriented though, too.  Not so
much in actually RPGing, but more in daydreams and the like.  Having a 'hacker
alias' was always something that stuck close to home for me.

 NB> Aliases or not, the bbs community has indeed been just that, a
 NB> community... and I've made fast friends over the years, too... both
 NB> locally and more broadly..  :)

  For sure.  The community that I frequented up until it went down last was one
that I credit with probably keeping me alive through some pretty rough
stretches in life.  Maybe not keeping me alive, but helping me find the urge
within myself to be safe enough not to get myself killed.  Heh.  It was a crazy
decade.  They always pooled together and helped their members in need, too. 
Even financially.  I hope that I can roll out this shell that I'm working on to
them soon here so that I can give back a little bit to the community that gave
me so much.

 DAG>> here, though. I hope to have a trip to the trees under my belt
 DAG>> before April is through here. 
 NB> At least your weather probably will cooperate for that... ;)

  Well there's been nothing but rain in the forecast, but looking outside right
now you wouldn't be able to tell.  It's absolutely beautiful.  I think that
after I get some cleaning done today it's going to be time to take the little
man and get out to some of the 'beachish' areas that've been recommended around
here.  I'll probably check out forest park then, tomorrow.  Forest right in the
middle of the city; you can't beat that.  It's actually big enough to get lost
in and not be able to see the skyscrapers at all, too.  I've got to make sure
that I'm getting some time outside; cabin fever is absolute murder right now. 
Even if it's raining I'm pretty sure that at least the forest park trip will be
done.  Just need to treat my son's boots with some saddlesoap and polish first,
to make sure they're nice & rain resistant.

 NB> Hopefully by now you have received that second message... I did try yet
 NB> again, and it seems to have been making it around, so hopefully it will
 NB> have reached you.  :)

  I got it.  Which leads me to wonder...  am I replying to this one a second
time?  Eeeek!

  -D
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