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  • 41 years ago...

    From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to All on Fri Feb 15 10:00:04 2019
    I was born on February 13, 1978 in a small town in Northern Wisconsin. At the same time, about 250 miles from where I was (as the crow flies), Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss were frantically working on the first Bulletin Board System, CBBS, which was put online 3 days later on the 16th.

    So, Happy birthday to the BBS. 41 years later you're considered "ancient," "outdated," and "only around for nostalgic purposes", just like me!

    DaiTengu

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  • From Vaclav@VERT/DIGDIST to DaiTengu on Fri Feb 15 18:42:00 2019
    DaiTengu wrote to All <=-

    I was born on February 13, 1978 in a small town in Northern Wisconsin.
    At the same time, about 250 miles from where I was (as the crow flies), Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss were frantically working on the first Bulletin Board System, CBBS, which was put online 3 days later on the 16th.

    So, Happy birthday to the BBS. 41 years later you're considered
    "ancient," "outdated," and "only around for nostalgic purposes", just
    like me!

    Happy belated! I turned 46 back on the 4th, but I'm too lazy to search for any cool computer-related history that happened on my birthdate ;)


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DAITENGU on Sat Feb 16 10:39:00 2019
    I was born on February 13, 1978 in a small town in Northern Wisconsin. At the same time, about 250 miles from where I was (as the crow flies), Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss were frantically working on the first Bulletin Board System, CBBS, which was put online 3 days later on the 16th.

    Which small Northern Wisconsin town, if you don't mind my asking?

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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Dumas Walker on Sat Feb 16 17:53:00 2019
    Re: 41 years ago...
    By: Dumas Walker to DAITENGU on Sat Feb 16 2019 10:39 am

    Which small Northern Wisconsin town, if you don't mind my asking?

    Antigo

    DaiTengu

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DAITENGU on Sun Feb 17 12:05:00 2019
    Which small Northern Wisconsin town, if you don't mind my asking?
    Antigo

    I visted N Wisconsin a couple of years ago, but did not manage to travel through there. I thought it was pretty country overall, and was a nice
    place to be while it was 90F+ back home. :)

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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Dumas Walker on Mon Feb 18 09:35:29 2019
    Re: 41 years ago...
    By: Dumas Walker to DAITENGU on Sun Feb 17 2019 12:05 pm

    Which small Northern Wisconsin town, if you don't mind my asking?
    Antigo

    I visted N Wisconsin a couple of years ago, but did not manage to travel through there. I thought it was pretty country overall, and was a nice place to be while it was 90F+ back home. :)

    Northern Wisconsin is a pretty big place. Most people consider "Up North" anywhere north of State Highway 29, which starts just north of Green Bay and bisects the state, heading towards Minneapolis.

    I have a cottage on a lake north of Antigo that I spend a lot of time at in the summer (about 110 miles from where I live in Appleton), and a buddy who lives way up in the northwest corner of the state, which is about 250 miles from where I live, and 15 miles from my cottage.

    As I said, big area. Full of lakes. lots of fishing to be done! :)

    DaiTengu

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to DaiTengu on Tue Feb 19 07:14:00 2019
    On 02-15-19 10:00, DaiTengu wrote to All <=-

    @VIA: VERT/ENSEMBLE
    I was born on February 13, 1978 in a small town in Northern Wisconsin.
    At the same time, about 250 miles from where I was (as the crow flies), Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss were frantically working on the first Bulletin Board System, CBBS, which was put online 3 days later on the 16th.

    Well it's now the 19th, so a happy belated birthday. :D

    So, Happy birthday to the BBS. 41 years later you're considered
    "ancient," "outdated," and "only around for nostalgic purposes", just
    like me!

    Haha I'm a bit older, but certainly far from obsolete! :D


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DAITENGU on Wed Feb 20 17:30:00 2019
    I have a cottage on a lake north of Antigo that I spend a lot of time at in the
    summer (about 110 miles from where I live in Appleton), and a buddy who lives >way up in the northwest corner of the state, which is about 250 miles from >where I live, and 15 miles from my cottage.

    I was in mostly the "very North." I spent a couple of nights in Ashland
    before heading to Duluth and on to Canada. Took a cruise around the Apostle Islands, and saw the largest waterfall in Wisconsin... Big Manitou at
    Pattison SP... and Copper Falls. Drove all along the Lake Superior
    shoreline. I love that lake.

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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Dumas Walker on Wed Feb 20 20:37:56 2019
    Re: 41 years ago...
    By: Dumas Walker to DAITENGU on Wed Feb 20 2019 05:30 pm

    I was in mostly the "very North." I spent a couple of nights in Ashland before heading to Duluth and on to Canada. Took a cruise around the Apostle Islands, and saw the largest waterfall in Wisconsin... Big Manitou at Pattison SP... and Copper Falls. Drove all along the Lake Superior shoreline. I love that lake.

    Ok, yeah, you were up by where my buddy lives (on Lac Court Oreilles, pronnounced "la-coo-da-ray"). I'm heading up there again next weekend for the last few days of Northern Pike fishing season.

    I've been seriously considering buying property on Lake Superior at some point, but that lake terrifies me when it gets stormy.

    DaiTengu

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DAITENGU on Thu Feb 21 20:30:00 2019
    I've been seriously considering buying property on Lake Superior at some point,
    but that lake terrifies me when it gets stormy.

    I have seen her and Huron both get pretty upset. Probably more so Huron.
    I was crossing the mouth of Georgian Bay (between Manitoulin and Tobermory)
    on a ferry. It was calm when we first shoved off, but that changed quickly.

    By the time we got near landing, the waves were being thrown way up on the rocks on the nearby islands. I spent the rest of the day checking out lighthouses along the bayside of the peninsula. Boy, it was really weird
    to see the water so churned up on a very beautiful, sunny day.

    It was a very strong low pressure system without much in the way of
    anything resembling a storm... just a lot of wind!

    I have seen footage of Superior getting pretty violent during the Winter.

    I love both of those lakes.

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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Dumas Walker on Fri Feb 22 10:41:58 2019
    Re: 41 years ago...
    By: Dumas Walker to DAITENGU on Thu Feb 21 2019 08:30 pm

    I have seen her and Huron both get pretty upset. Probably more so Huron.
    I was crossing the mouth of Georgian Bay (between Manitoulin and Tobermory) on a ferry. It was calm when we first shoved off, but that changed quickly.

    There are songs about ships that have gone down in Superior. The most famous being The Edmund Fitzgerald. That lake will go from beautiful to "I AM GOING TO EAT YOU, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN TOO!" in 20 minutes.

    DaiTengu

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to DaiTengu on Fri Feb 22 13:14:07 2019
    Re: 41 years ago...
    By: DaiTengu to Dumas Walker on Fri Feb 22 2019 10:41 am

    There are songs about ships that have gone down in Superior. The most famous being The Edmund Fitzgerald.

    Oh, you mean Lake Gitche Gumee. :)

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DAITENGU on Sat Feb 23 09:37:00 2019
    There are songs about ships that have gone down in Superior. The most famous
    being The Edmund Fitzgerald. That lake will go from beautiful to "I AM GOING >TO EAT YOU, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN TOO!" in
    20 minutes.

    I am well aware of that. Superior is known as the lake that does not give
    up her dead. As long as I am not out on it, it does not scare me that
    much. I wouldn't not want a house right on the shore, either. :D

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