I'm still here! I just don't have as much time to post these days,
and most of the discussion of my main interest area has moved over to
my own Yahoo list.
I joined in '96, when I was typing one handed because I was
breastfeeding a newborn. Now he's in high school, and taking an
interest in costuming. He was the only kid to attend his eighth grade
gradation in an impeccable vintage tuxedo.
The H-costume list saved my sanity, such as it was, during my early
Mommy years. it gave me a way to talk to grownups about my interests,
and, wow, did I. For several years I was vying with Penny and
Maggiros to be the most prolific poster.
In 1999, when I started my business, h-cos was my source for vending
vendors and suppliers, my focus group, and an eager customer base. It
would have been far more difficult to do without the list members.
Just to point out how different things were back then, I used to get
up in the morning, start my email program, go to the kitchen and make
a cup of coffee, put a load of laundry in, and come back to my
computer just in time for the 100+ H-costume messages to show up.
Most websites were Netscape grey with Times Roman fonts and no
pictures, and pictures on E-bay were a rarity as well. On the other
hand, spam was so rare as to be remarkable when you got some in your
email.
Here's to many more years!
Margo
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