07-19-21 19:30 August Abolins wrote to Sean Dennis about Network Shuffle
Howdy! August, Sean and ALL,

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 AA> Hello Sean Dennis!

 AA> ** On Monday 19.07.21 - 11:47, Sean Dennis wrote to Arelor:

 A>> There are probably lots of lurkers. It is like IRC. It
 A>> looks like nobody is talking but if you bring an
 A>> interesting subject up, a dozen people will dogpile on it.

 SD> Yes but you'd think that they'd have something to say
 SD> after spending years in the network with nary a peep.

 AA> Wallflowers tend to remain wallflowers. Some people simply have
 AA> a hard time jumping in and contribute to conversations in real
 AA> life.

I'M GUILTY AS CHARGED, I AM a Lurker.

In March 1984 I bought a Commodore 64 PC, C=1541 5-1/4" Floppy Disk
Drive and 300 Baud VIC Modem.

Later someone I met told me the phone number for a local BBS for the
Commodore Computers and I began calling it.

I had already been using some Amateur Radio BBS's and was glad to
learn about the Dial-Up C= BBS because I needed to learn about
"this here" computer stuff from other BBS Users, and hear about
the things they experienced and to ask them questions about how
to do things with my computer.

My thoughts were a BBS was sorta like the Amateur Radio Club
Meetings I attended back when I got my Novice License in 1958.
I could talk with other Ham Operators there to learn enough about
Radio stuff so to be able to know enough to pass the F.C.C. Test for
a higher Class Operators License.

In a Computer Store I picked up a FREE Newletter and saw a List of
Dial-Up BBS's and called one of them that had Topics about DOS and
Windows so I could learn about those OS's.

The BBS was called The Volunteer BBS and was part of The GT Power BBS
Network.

There were messages from people in the USA, England and Taiwan on
that BBS, and after reading many, many messages I decided to jump in
and write a message, and here I are, still lurking and writing
occasionally.

As much as I try, I'll never become a Mister Know-It-All, even tho I
act like it sometimes.

Thanks for tolerating me.

73 (Best Regards) de (from) Ed W9ODR           dit                dit


... URA Redneck if you had a toothpick in your mouth in your wedding photos.
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