LIVED on it as much as humanly possible since 1989. In dialup
  days, I would download all the messages from a local BBS onto a
  floppy disk sneak in replies while at work.

  Then I'd come home, dialup to the BBS' and upload my replies as
  SOON as I got home from work.

  Then, the next morning before work, I'd download the NEXT batch
  of replies, and bring THAT to work.

  Years. Did that for years. Always-on Internet is truly a
  dream-come-true that never gets old for me.