Subj : Re: Am I the only one dum
To   : Nightfox
From : ACMEBBS
Date : Wed Jun 15 2022 14:46:00

-=> On Tue Jun 14 09:30:00 2022, Nightfox wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

 >  AC> Worse part about this time in BBS'ing history is not being around many
 >  AC> other sysops. Back in the day...had dozens around who lived in the same
 >  AC> area who were happy to come over to help. Now...being out in BFE...miss
 >  AC> having people down the street/same city...along with the picnics. 
 > I didn't personally know many other sysops in the 90s when I ran my original 
 > BBS (though there were a lot of local BBSes in my area that I called).  A few 
 > of my friends in high school knew what a BBS was and would call my BBS 
 > sometimes (though I had another friend who knew about computers, but he said 
 > "What's a BBS?" when I told him I ran one.)

Used to live with several sysops in the same house with 4 phone lines for each of us.

Yeah...back in the past...we had a tightly knit group. Would hang out for picnics/parties & go over to each others houses. Outside of work...these were the friends we hung around with.

.... Do not look into laser with remaining eyeball. 
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