I was post charter member but shortly thereafter. I had many names as my fake accounts were cancelled at least once a week.
I remember that hypercard group! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:10 AM Subject: RE: Internet cited as marriage wrecker > Beth, > > I wonder if we've met online before. I was a beta tester of the client > software and a charter member when AOL was Mac only. Mind you I mainly hung > about the hypercard and the psychology groups. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:12 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Internet cited as marriage wrecker > > > > > > Ok, I am embarassed to discuss this but I will. Of course > > its entirely > > anecdotal. > > > > Many moons ago I used to hack onto AOL and terrorize people for kicks. > > Don't ask me why, I was obviously bored and young. > > > > In any case, I can tell you that in those days they only people on AOL > > (obviously an exaggeration - but seriously, most of the > > folks) were folks in > > unhappy marriages and we stupid hacker kids. AOL allowed > > them to escape the > > marriage, meet someone who seemed to truly appreciate them > > (because they too > > were escaping a bad marriage) and basically throw the > > marriage out without > > working on it at all. The marital support system was > > replaced by the online > > buddies and usually an online gf/bf. The spouse of the > > individual would > > realize something was up by the amount of time spent on the > > computer and > > would begin to try and make amends with the unhappy person. > > The unhappy > > person, under other circumstances might have been inclined to > > work it out, > > however because of the "support" of their online friends they > > generally > > didnt' bother and dumped a 20 year marriage for a 3 month > > internet affair > > with someone they never met. > > > > Some of those 3 month internet affairs actually worked out though. > > > > There was also a large number of abused women who hang out on > > aol, who have > > no way to leave their husbands, but thats another story. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 6:47 AM > > Subject: RE: Internet cited as marriage wrecker > > > > > > > After reading the article, it seemed rather self-serving, > > perhaps to drum > > up > > > support for that counseling service? > > > > > > I am very skeptical of these so-called articles there's > > typically more > > > anecdote than data. I'm still waiting for a decent study to > > be done on the > > > issue, perhaps something like relating divorce rates with > > internet usage > > and > > > type of internet access (broadband vs. dialup; mainly at > > work/school or at > > > home etc). Otherwise its just hearsay. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > EBStor.com > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > http://www.pacel.com > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > -- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dan Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:34 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Internet cited as marriage wrecker > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is an interesting topic for discussion. > > > > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1931000/1931035.stm > > > > > > > > > **sits down with blueberry muffin and glass of Juice, waiting for the > > > discussions to begin** > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
