Subj : Re: BBS Business Cardse To : SIMON GEDDES From : NANCY BACKUS Date : Sun Sep 29 2019 22:36:00 -=> Quoting Simon Geddes to Simon Geddes on 09-21-19 21:18 <=- SG> I like the idea of there being a semi-local contingent to the user SG> base. Back in the nineties, I got local callers because it was a local SG> rate call (amongst more spend-thrift national and even international SG> callers). And similarly tended to call mostly local BBSes. I remember SG> one BBS running on an Atari Falcon, a few miles down the road. Never SG> met the person, but was good to have the shared experience of living SG> locally. Back then, I was mostly calling local bbses... and as long as the sysop was active in the local areas, I'd tend to get active in at least the general local message area... :) And met quite a few of the local sysops and other local users... SG> This more local approach to BBSing, alongside fidonet providing the SG> international dimension, has a definite charm. Especially with the SG> idea of your echomail messages working there way board by board across SG> the globe, night by night. To this day, in the era of accessing via telnet versus dialup, I still like to be at least a little active in any local message areas on the bbses I call.... and likewise enjoy the more global aspect of the different nets echoing internationally... and always have... :) SG> I think I'm just getting nostalgic as I hit middle age. Nah.... but you might be recognizing more of the beauty of the concept as you become more mature... ttyl neb .... I finally found myself . . . now I don't know why! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140) .