Quoting Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Every once in a while, someone I knew long ago finds me on the Internet. > Our newest subscriber to Brin-L is Jose Ortiz, who was one of my team of > sysops on the CompuServe Multimedia Forums, which I launched in 1989 and > sold (the contract to operate them, that is) to Cowles Media in 1992 or so. > We had the pleasure of meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a few years back > when I was on my way to visit my sister in the USVI. Jose tracked me down > and asked where he might find a good on-line community, like we used to have > on CIS... and so here he is, lurking at least. > > Welcome, Jose!
Nick: Thanks for the warm welcome!! I totally appreciate it. I'll begin by saying that I love what I'm reading, and I'm reading quite a LOT. Everything from Internet viruses to the coveted Hugo awards. Yipeee!!! :-) > Feel free to tell everyone how we used to hog-tie > flame-baiters and tickle them into submission. > You mean, those who didn't threaten to sue? And we got a lot of those, folks. Actually, it went something like this. Nick would do the hog-tying, while I would do most of the tickling. Meanwhile, Ian (our British Sysop) would dry- wit them to death, while Courtney (our man in Hawaii) would luau-them with roasted pork and teach them how to do the "hula". After that, everybody was happy. I think we help bring CIS down, if you ask me. Those midnight raids on the Virtual-Sysop-Liquo..er..Medicine-Cabinet ran quite a bill, Nick. And it got worse after you left for greener pastures. Seriously now, it's a pleasure and an honor to be here. I don't think I could be on better company. JJ "The Mendicant Sysop" ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through : http://webmail.coqui.net _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
