tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post115333843404446188..comments2023-06-04T03:37:38.590-06:00Comments on Work in Progress: "Being online"Wrkinprogresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11856828776670191811noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post-1153797983942166362006-07-24T21:26:00.000-06:002006-07-24T21:26:00.000-06:00This was a sweet blog entry, but NOW I WANT MORE. ...This was a sweet blog entry, but NOW I WANT MORE. MORE BLOG ENTRIES I TELL YA MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>THE TATER SPEAKETHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post-1153455913672731662006-07-20T22:25:00.000-06:002006-07-20T22:25:00.000-06:00Hey WIP, you almost have me talked into this onlin...Hey WIP, you almost have me talked into this online dating service. Maybe one day, who knows! <BR/><BR/>Like you I have made many friends while online that I would have never known otherwise. You are certainly among them. <BR/><BR/>thanks for this post, it made me appreciate things I was taking for granted.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540096932312929506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post-1153423428944333442006-07-20T13:23:00.000-06:002006-07-20T13:23:00.000-06:00I became very involved with a bulletin board that ...I became very involved with a bulletin board that was centered in southern Illinois when I first got online, and they were <I>great</I> people. They frequently held get-togethers, and I went to several of them and really enjoyed the group. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately the ISP who hosted the bulletin board sold to Earthlink, and that was the beginning of the end for the group. It splintered into several smaller private boards. One of them is still in existence. It has grown very large, but I still know a few people who post there. I have never posted there much -- I don't know why. I just don't feel like it. <BR/><BR/>I still have fond memories of the original bulletin board, though, and all the fun, silliness, seriousness, happiness, sadness, and just sharing of life that took place there.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post-1153419338991257012006-07-20T12:15:00.000-06:002006-07-20T12:15:00.000-06:00My son convinced me to try online dating services,...My son convinced me to try online dating services, and look who I found!Runawayimaginationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392405682285496123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post-1153368479229651192006-07-19T22:07:00.000-06:002006-07-19T22:07:00.000-06:00Actually, Capriquarian and I have been real life f...Actually, Capriquarian and I have been real life friends for over 10 years, and began blogging just this year. :) Yet another way we stay in touch when we live in different cities!Wrkinprogresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856828776670191811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post-1153365687577956892006-07-19T21:21:00.000-06:002006-07-19T21:21:00.000-06:00I have met people online and have had no bad exper...I have met people online and have had no bad experiences at all. And recently "being online" has allowed me to get in touch with 4 different friends from high school (who I haven't really seen SINCE high school 12 years ago) and we are planning to all get together soon. Yay for being online!Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519887403581099290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post-1153342836049736002006-07-19T15:00:00.000-06:002006-07-19T15:00:00.000-06:00I began meeting people from online in 1998. My lat...I began meeting people from online in 1998. My late hubby and I joined people from around the country, meeting in Gulfport, MS (close to New Orleans). The next year, when my husband died, these people not only sent a huge plant to the memorial service, they also chipped in and sent me a check for $300, instructing me to use that money to do something special for myself, like travel, or spend all day at the spa. Now, you tell me, were those decent people? :)Wrkinprogresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856828776670191811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511680.post-1153341165587899372006-07-19T14:32:00.000-06:002006-07-19T14:32:00.000-06:00Speaking of meeting online friends in person, I ha...Speaking of meeting online friends in person, I have done so four times. <BR/><BR/>Three times have been with people I met on the Weight Watchers message boards.<BR/>Once it was lunch, public restaurant, low risk, turned out to be a wonderful person.<BR/>Once it was dinner, public restaurant, low risk, turned out to be a wonderful person.<BR/>Once it was a cross country trip to spend a weekend with 15-20 other women. Safety in numbers. I figured even if there was a psycho or two we normal ones would outnumber and outpower them. Turned out to be a fabulous experience.<BR/><BR/>The fourth was someone I met online, met for lunch, again public restaurant. This one turned out to be a little creepy so I haven't maintained a relationship, and had given only my email address out so still low risk.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, you are right about meeting people from online. Be sensible and sane about it, but go for it!<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the length of this comment. Got a little carried away there.<BR/><BR/>NIFNeurotic Illini Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704720384234803067noreply@blogger.com