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#1 of 24 Posted 11/12/06 3:29 PM

From fullmetalseele Posts 2 Last 11/17/06
To All [Msg # 106311.1 ]

I doubt anyone remembers me. My name is Craig, I used to RP with a group based on Mercedes Lackey Velgarth novels. I played Arnjolt, Midnight, Robert Silverclaw and a few others. Years and years ago we were here. I had eventually left and didn't remain in contact with anyone. Unfortunately I didn't record any last names so I'm having a difficult time tracking people down.

Anyone remember this? Is Adrienne(sp?) the op still here? If possible, drop me a line at Arnjolt@comcast.net

Thanks!

Craig

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#2 of 24 Posted 11/12/06 6:27 PM

From Sysop Marilyn L. Alm Posts 2248 Last Jun-25
To fullmetalseele [Msg # 106311.2 106311.1 ]

Craig,

I remember! And Dri's still around, too!

Welcome back!

-- Marilyn

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#3 of 24 Posted 11/12/06 8:22 PM

From John in Detroit Posts 965 Last 11:08 AM
To fullmetalseele [Msg # 106311.3 106311.1 ]

I see Dri's sig all the time, I think she has been known (On rare occasion) to drop in about 9pm on a Friday night (Eastern time)

Be here then, click on CHAT and the proper room (Weyred room) and say HI

Nothing adds excitment like something that is none of your business!

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#4 of 24 Posted 11/16/06 9:25 PM

From WizOp Adrienne C. Posts 1461 Last Jul-5
To fullmetalseele [Msg # 106311.4 106311.1 ]

Hi Craig! I'm still here, and I remember you. Welcome back! How have you been? What's going on in your life these days? :)

Dri

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#5 of 24 Posted 11/17/06 12:33 AM

From fullmetalseele Posts 2 Last 11/17/06
To WizOp Adrienne C. [Msg # 106311.5 106311.4 ]

Dri,

I was maybe 17 last time I was here. I'm old now, 25 :) I'm in school still, going to Madonna University out here in Michigan for a degree in Religious Studies with a minor in Business Admin. Aside from sitting around with a broken foot, not much has been going on. My new hobby has been my car. It's done up a little http://www.cardomain.com/ride/676422

How've you been?

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#6 of 24 Posted 11/17/06 9:20 AM

From WizOp Adrienne C. Posts 1461 Last Jul-5
To fullmetalseele [Msg # 106311.6 106311.5 ] (Unread)

Craig,

I'm doing okay. My son is 16 and driving now. My daughters are almost-14 and 4. Started a small property management company -- my husband and I flip houses (renovate and resell). A plus side to that is now we know how to do all the stuff around our own house and not contract it out unless we want to. Eventually we'll add rental property to our portfolio.

I took a look at the link you posted. Nice car! I'm still driving a Mom Mobile (minivan), until the older two kidlets get their own cars, then I'm gonna look around for a nice sedan.

When will you graduate? For the past year we've been getting all sorts of college info packets in the mail for my son. I remember getting 'em too. He's already decided where he wants to go, and his major, so all the info coming in is just for the novelty of getting mail. <g>

Here's hoping your broken foot is healing nicely. Did you kick a building or something? ;-)

Dri

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#7 of 24 Posted Oct-12 4:23 PM

From Fred Posts 6 Last Oct-27
To WizOp Adrienne C. [Msg # 106311.7 106311.6 ] (Unread)

Wow. It's quiet in here...I don't have internet access at home so I don't get out much anymore. I recognize your name, but is any of the old crowd left? <sigh>

I remember reading 400 messages a day....

. Fred :-(---//

Anyway, hello again.

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#8 of 24 Posted Oct-13 9:58 AM

From John in Detroit Posts 965 Last 11:08 AM
To Fred [Msg # 106311.8 106311.7 ]

Well Fred... I will jump in to say there are some left from days of old.. I'm here, Marilyn is here, Cas-Cat and Dupa drop in on occasion though I don't know how long they have been here.

Alas, many of the folks who helped to make this forum so great have "Jumped ship" and now have their own web pages off somewhere that gets a lot less traffic than they got when they were here.

Of course, some of the regulars here have their own web sites too.

I don't

(never felt I had enough junk to warrant my own web site)

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#9 of 24 Posted Oct-13 1:42 PM

From Sysop Marilyn L Alm Posts 82 Last Nov-20
To Fred [Msg # 106311.9 106311.7 ]

Things are sadly quiet around here, but we're always glad to see a familiar face!

I, too, remember The Days.

-- Marilyn

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#10 of 24 Posted Oct-13 2:09 PM

From Bill Thomasson Posts 79 Last 11:57 AM
To Fred [Msg # 106311.10 106311.7 ]

Fred,

I'm not sure if I qualify, even though I have been a Cser since 1987. But I was originally active on PRSIG and the WordStar from (where one of the two people running it was an aspiring novelist named Robert Sawyer#, then later on the NASW section of J-Forum #which I ran fro the last six months of its existence). After NASW went 100% to an e-mail list I looked around and decided SF Forum was my new CompuServe home. But that was a bit past the mid-90s. I remember at L.A. Con in 1995 I dropped by the CompuServe party, since I was obviously a CSer, but didn't know anybody there.

Bill Thomasson

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#11 of 24 Posted Oct-13 5:17 PM

From Fred Posts 6 Last Oct-27
To John in Detroit [Msg # 106311.11 106311.8 ]

John,

I do remember you, though your active participation was ramping up about the time mine was ramping down. The big blow for me was the loss of offline processing (I used OzWin), because the nearest Point of Presence for any ISP was a long-distance phone call away. That is still true (I live waaaay out in the country--electricity didn't even come to my road until the early 1960's). There are still houses out my way that are not hooked up.

. Fred :-)---//

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#12 of 24 Posted Oct-13 5:23 PM

From Fred Posts 6 Last Oct-27
To Sysop Marilyn L Alm [Msg # 106311.12 106311.9 ]

Marilyn,

Good to be back, however briefly. As I noted in my message to John, long-distance charges made on-line activity expensive for me, and I refuse to pay $60-$70 per month for a satellite connection. Whatever happened to WizOp Wilma? She was running this forum when I stopped participating actively, and I have not seen her name since I returned. I was SysOp in the Skiing forum, and when that shut down, I had much less reason to go online.

. Fred :-)---//

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#13 of 24 Posted Oct-13 5:31 PM

From Fred Posts 6 Last Oct-27
To Bill Thomasson [Msg # 106311.13 106311.10 ]

Bill,

I remember your name--you got active about the time of the SF Lit/SF Media split. I was the mad limericker in the ST:TNG section. Then I moved and lost TV reception. I think my first post--addressed to Ray Feist (he's been mining Midkemia for a while!)--in this forum (still called SIGs, then) was about 1983.

Time was, if you were serious, you used Compuserve, otherwise you used "The Remedial Online Service." That's taken from an ad. for an ISP in Vermont from quite a few years ago.

. Fred :-)---//

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#14 of 24 Posted Oct-13 6:23 PM

From SysOp Mike Willmoth Posts 30 Last Nov-20
To Fred [Msg # 106311.14 106311.12 ] (Unread)

Hey, Fred!

Welcome back :-)

I've been on CS since 1991 and on staff since 1994.

Wilma turned the forum over to WyzDri a year or so after they switched from per minute charges to free.

Hope this helps!

<== WyzMike ==>

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#15 of 24 Posted Oct-14 8:29 AM

From Sysop Marilyn L Alm Posts 82 Last Nov-20
To Fred [Msg # 106311.15 106311.12 ] (Unread)

Fred,

Wizop Wilma had some family issues which necessitated her taking a breather, so Wizop Adrienne took over for her. She and Wes are missed!

I miss OzWin, too... it was still working in 2005, at least for email, and it was the only way I could connect with people, as the phone lines in the New Orleans area after Katrina were, to say the least, shaky for several months and the bandwidth for getting on the net just wasn't there.

-- Marilyn

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#16 of 24 Posted Oct-14 9:49 AM

From John in Detroit Posts 965 Last 11:08 AM
To Fred [Msg # 106311.16 106311.11 ] (Unread)

Well. I date back to the mid 1990's as I recall chatting with J. Michael Straczynski here on the forum... Don't recall when you "Ramped down" but... I've been a fan of Science Fiction ever since.. Well. Bill Roper sings it best:

"When I was a Child"

Song is Wind from Rainbows End.. It's NOT fiction when I sing it.. I don't think it is when Bill sings it either.

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#17 of 24 Posted Oct-14 4:31 PM

From Dupa T. Parrot Posts 1470 Last Nov-20
To John in Detroit [Msg # 106311.17 106311.8 ]

Cas-Cat and Dupa drop in on occasion though I don't know how long they have been here.

I have always been here.
The SF Forum first came into existence in February, 1985. I think it was the second of February.

Da Boid (DupaParrot) (Blog) O-
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#18 of 24 Posted Oct-15 10:15 AM

From John in Detroit Posts 965 Last 11:08 AM
To Dupa T. Parrot [Msg # 106311.18 106311.17 ]

Kind of figured that Dupa... But just never had the occasion to ask before :)

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#19 of 24 Posted Oct-23 2:52 PM

From fred_kane.compuserve.com Posts 4 Last Oct-23
To Sysop Marilyn L Alm [Msg # 106311.19 106311.15 ]