Re: Re: bbsing   
     By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Tue Apr 07 2015 17:01:34   
      
    NB> Other than getting behind, and/or not checking DADS...?   ;)  Kidding   
    NB> aside, hopefully it had actually made it to you... there is always that   
    NB> possibility, that it didn't.     
      
     Heh.  It may have made it here and I just lost where it was at.  Not really   
   sure; I've been distracted, and it's affecting my concentration, even for going   
   back and skimming old messages, though if I'd miss my own name in there that's   
   got to be the worst it's ever been.  ;)  'Course if it was when I was changing   
   around binkd configurations, maybe something nefarious happened to it.   
      
    NB> Also, the aliases were definitely more part of the teen scene... and in   
    NB> certain networks...  I just never bothered, except in one local message   
    NB> area that was somewhat a role-playing area... taking on personas to go   
    NB> with the theme of the bbs... :)   
      
     Yep.  The very first system I was on, which was the only one that I was aware   
   of in my area for a _very_ long time, was alias only.  It really got the   
   concept to stick.  I was always pretty fantasy oriented though, too.  Not so   
   much in actually RPGing, but more in daydreams and the like.  Having a 'hacker   
   alias' was always something that stuck close to home for me.   
      
    NB> Aliases or not, the bbs community has indeed been just that, a   
    NB> community... and I've made fast friends over the years, too... both   
    NB> locally and more broadly..  :)   
      
     For sure.  The community that I frequented up until it went down last was one   
   that I credit with probably keeping me alive through some pretty rough   
   stretches in life.  Maybe not keeping me alive, but helping me find the urge   
   within myself to be safe enough not to get myself killed.  Heh.  It was a crazy   
   decade.  They always pooled together and helped their members in need, too.    
   Even financially.  I hope that I can roll out this shell that I'm working on to   
   them soon here so that I can give back a little bit to the community that gave   
   me so much.   
      
    DAG>> here, though. I hope to have a trip to the trees under my belt   
    DAG>> before April is through here.    
    NB> At least your weather probably will cooperate for that... ;)   
      
     Well there's been nothing but rain in the forecast, but looking outside right   
   now you wouldn't be able to tell.  It's absolutely beautiful.  I think that   
   after I get some cleaning done today it's going to be time to take the little   
   man and get out to some of the 'beachish' areas that've been recommended around   
   here.  I'll probably check out forest park then, tomorrow.  Forest right in the   
   middle of the city; you can't beat that.  It's actually big enough to get lost   
   in and not be able to see the skyscrapers at all, too.  I've got to make sure   
   that I'm getting some time outside; cabin fever is absolute murder right now.    
   Even if it's raining I'm pretty sure that at least the forest park trip will be   
   done.  Just need to treat my son's boots with some saddlesoap and polish first,   
   to make sure they're nice & rain resistant.   
      
    NB> Hopefully by now you have received that second message... I did try yet   
    NB> again, and it seems to have been making it around, so hopefully it will   
    NB> have reached you.  :)   
      
     I got it.  Which leads me to wonder...  am I replying to this one a second   
   time?  Eeeek!   
      
     -D   
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