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28642. arkymalarky - 6/21/2015 4:00:56 PM Happy Fathers Day!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ChdyOU4lQjY 28643. judithathome - 6/21/2015 5:55:05 PM That phrase "more importantly" has contributed greatly to my ulcer...every time I hear that, my blood boils and my ulcer just gnaws at my insides! 28644. judithathome - 6/21/2015 5:58:19 PM Where are my manners! Happy Fathers Day to all the Motie dads!
AND the summer solstice! We got a beautiful picture in the mail taken by our glass artist friend of the natural prairie near his house with the sun rising... 28645. bhelpuri - 6/24/2015 7:10:30 AM Nice to see PD show up here after many years, who was an integral part of attracting me to the old Fray. Hope all well, old friend.
I had a very peaceful Father's Day in the onslaught of the Arabian Sea monsoons - we stayed indoors (as per usual at this time of year) and watched two Hayao Miyazaki movies. Best wishes to all Motards. 28646. bhelpuri - 6/24/2015 7:13:56 AM If not exactly the anniversary, I do believe this (2015) is a full 20 years since many of us started interacting obsessively via Yahoo chatrooms (oh the humanity!) and more extensively on The Fray. 28647. arkymalarky - 6/24/2015 1:25:50 PM Hey Bhel!
The Fray was my first foray into online communication and the only one I really enjoyed. We had our 15th gathering this year and I got the idea from lemwalker, but I can't call up any timeline in my mind. The internet was new to my job and nonexistent at home, and if I recall we were one of the early schools to get internet. I ended up getting dial up at home just because of the Fray. That was back before any real graphics of any sort, much less my beloved flash room escape games. I also had the most laid back schedule I think I've ever had in my career. Lots of time to play on the Fray. Dad of course had internet, living in town, and he's the one who suggested I should check out the Fray. It never did really float his boat, but he thought I would like it. I need to look at archives. I know Mose was like 12 or 13 and we had just built our house. She's 30 now. 28648. arkymalarky - 6/24/2015 1:29:12 PM Speaking of, the most beautiful flash escape game ever:
neutralxe.net/esc/elements_play.html
28649. vonKreedon - 6/24/2015 7:09:04 PM The Fray was also my first online discussion experience and is also, along with the founding and first year or so of the Mote, my best such experiences by far.
28650. judithathome - 6/24/2015 8:27:58 PM I agree w/VK; the best of times!
...now I have a forum wherein a lunatic has attacked my privacy in a very disturbing way.
I long for the days when the worst that happened was an insult from CalGal. ;-) 28651. bhelpuri - 6/25/2015 6:01:45 AM Yes, there was a certain liberating, high-minded but anonymous convivality at the Fray (and early Mote) which we can now recognize as the first and perhaps best flush of the Internet's networking possibilities. In retrospect it can also be seen that the energetic naivete we all exhibited was inevitably doomed, that monetization would become the prevailing characteristic of web endeavours, and creepy surveillance sytems would soom pervade. It was a hell of a thrill while that pre-Google dawn lasted, however. I do not find it surprising that many individual posters familiar from that time have become notorious via the web, while others have chosen to disengage entirely. 28652. PsychProf - 6/25/2015 3:22:47 PM The Fray and Random International made my life more interesting. Only the Fray gave me joy. 28653. arkymalarky - 6/25/2015 4:25:16 PM Cal was Rizzo. The disturbed trolls out there are a true concern.
I have great memories and has made some of my best lifelong friends here, even ones I don't see anymore.
A lot of people are in other areas, and the internet has not done much for many people to gain them fame or success through forums. It's just too pervasive now, and far more specified. A general online community by nature becomes more insular, so it is hard to maintain a breadth and depth over time. But it's done a lot to help most of us in many other areas. It has been indispensable in helping me organize on the state and local level for rural education and gave me a lot of perspective that I didn't have before that helped me communicate more effectively in organizing. IOW the impact has been significant, but not direct point A to point B.
The most pleasant group and the most diverse that I know of now is on escape games 24. Some smart, mature, mostly self-moderating people and the focus is totally different, but working together from all over the world to find out where the screwdriver or key is is a pretty cool thing. A lot of the discussion forums out there are just so much more specified now. But they can be pretty fun. I've gotten a lot out of the ones on tech that I need, particularly with regard to android.
And there's so much brilliant shit:
vihart.com
And when I feel like pulling out my weedwhacker I check out what pe's doing. 28654. alistairconnor - 6/26/2015 4:28:23 PM Bhel, that's exactly it. It was perhaps the golden age of the internet. Explain that to your grandchildren...
Hugs to all, and carry on... 28655. Ms. No - 6/26/2015 6:29:35 PM Do you remember how strange people found you when they heard you talk about your online acquaintances as if they were real people? How many of your "real life" friends were sure you were going to be abducted and chopped into little pieces if you dared to actually meet any of those "online people" in person?
And now it's commonplace.
We were pioneers!! 28656. judithathome - 6/26/2015 8:06:41 PM See: the first "gathering" at the Arky's..."Are you the internet freaks?" is a remark I will never forget!! 28657. arkymalarky - 6/26/2015 8:06:59 PM I remember when I first met some of y'all for lunch in Dallas and Stan drove me because I'm a terrible driver and he was worried about some of the same things, and he had planned to stay in the car. He had such a blast, and had no idea that he was going to enjoy it so much. I'm sure Keoni had a similar experience that day. 28658. arkymalarky - 6/26/2015 8:07:49 PM Ha-ha! First xpost here in a while. 28659. judithathome - 7/3/2015 7:37:27 PM Happy July 4th, everyone...stay safe and remember: don't lean over your fireworks! Scariest Thing You'll See All Weekend 28660. arkymalarky - 7/3/2015 7:56:04 PM They were out of bottle rockets and it's pouring rain. We like the Ned fireworks in CO but couldn't get up there in time this year. 28661. RickNelson - 7/4/2015 4:24:26 PM Happy Weekend! Read back and saw news of FrayVader.
glad to see so many familiars.
My little family is doing Ok, our boys Golden Birthday was this past June. He's looking forward to 6th grade!
Drums were set up in the basement a month ago, nothing going yet. Thankful for a slow go for now. He can play some piano and viola, and the bells, base or snare drum a little. But, the video games, ohhhh they are the sneaky little devils.
The oldest is off in Sweden and back soon. She's doing fine.
I just learned about arthritis in the knee, but I'm too young yet and am putting it in its place.
My wife and I celebrated 31 yrs yesterday the 3rd.
Met here at Macalester College, and I was going to the U of M. We both ended up at Southern Ill. Univ at Carbondale and became Salukis.
Will check back soon.
Best wishes.
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