Subj : gettogethers was: BBS Doc
To : DARYL STOUT
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Wed Jul 01 2015 08:31 pm
-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Matt on 06-29-15 10:06 <=-
DS> Years ago, when we had at least a dozen BBS's in the Little Rock
DS> area alone, users and Sysops would gather at a local restaurant every
DS> so often, to put names to faces, recruit new users to their BBS's, etc.
DS> Sadly, those days around here are long gone.
We had that sort of thing here in Rochester, too... back in the old
days... :) Reinforced the sense of community... :) And at least one
bbs grew out of a local computer interest group...
And the COOKING echo picnics are a different form of the same idea...
getting together in person, putting faces to names, and real-time
interaction... ;)
ttyl neb
... A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money
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