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<blockquote data-quote="Hand of Evil" data-source="post: 2297829" data-attributes="member: 371">Along time ago, there were these things called Bulletin Boards, most only had one or two dial in lines but were connected to each other all over the world, the one I used was Chalky's, mostly text based messaging, some games like Star Trader (think that was what it was called).&nbsp; Then came AOL, GEnnie and a few others, I use to go out to GEnnie because of B5.&nbsp; What it did for me was to open up my interest and hobby to other people with the same and to share ideas.&nbsp; Strange to think of it this way but I am of the generation that saw the completetion of the inter-state highway system and I can relate the two.&nbsp; The long trip to grand-mothers house, through hills and dells, along the back roads and small towns became the fast and hurried rush of advertisement, the growth of services for a nomadic industry, and traffic jams because of poor design and overuse.&nbsp; When it all is said and done, I stay close to home, using the interstate to drive 20 miles a day and the internet to view 20 sites.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hand of Evil, post: 2297829, member: 371"] Along time ago, there were these things called Bulletin Boards, most only had one or two dial in lines but were connected to each other all over the world, the one I used was Chalky's, mostly text based messaging, some games like Star Trader (think that was what it was called). Then came AOL, GEnnie and a few others, I use to go out to GEnnie because of B5. What it did for me was to open up my interest and hobby to other people with the same and to share ideas. Strange to think of it this way but I am of the generation that saw the completetion of the inter-state highway system and I can relate the two. The long trip to grand-mothers house, through hills and dells, along the back roads and small towns became the fast and hurried rush of advertisement, the growth of services for a nomadic industry, and traffic jams because of poor design and overuse. When it all is said and done, I stay close to home, using the interstate to drive 20 miles a day and the internet to view 20 sites. [/QUOTE]

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