-=> Quoting August Abolins to Nancy Backus on 05-22-19  22:33 <=-

 AA> //Hallo NANCY, //
 AA> am *20.05.19* um *11:47:00* schriebst Du in der Area *MEMORIES*

 AA> (oops..  I guess I should update that with something in English)
 
Probably, although I read enough German to understand it anyway...  
And the quote header isn't all that important in any case... 

And sorry that it's taken a little extra time to respond to you... I got
behind with messages, since I was out of town the last two weekends,
without access...

 AA>> Thanks for the welcome. I've been here in this echo before, but it was
 AA>> many years ago.  I *think* I popped in here with a post a few times
 AA>> around 2000 to 2003, but I can't confirm.  But I did spend most of the
 AA>> time lurking.
 NB>> Well, then, it's about time you came out of lurking... <G>  

 AA> Just figuring out the best time to jump in when a topic springs to
 AA> mind. 
 
Or just jump into the existing conversations.... we don't (usually)
bite.... <G>

 AA>> I do believe my mom contributed a few posts every now and then..
 AA>> -+- APoint 1.25 
 AA>> ! Origin: Vija's Virtual VVorld (1:229/1000.390)
 AA>> (I just found the above from year 2003 with a quick google search)
 NB>> Was she also an Abolins...?  Not sure if I remember the name...

 AA> Yes.  Full name would have shown up in the echos as "Vija Abolins".

I guess my memory isn't quite as sharp as it used to be...  
 
 AA>> She also followed COFFEE_KLATSCH and a few others.
 NB>> I never got into that echo... I was very active (until it all moved to
 NB>> the web) in the Genealogy echoes... 

 AA> I didn't realize that it "moved to the web".  It still seems to be a
 AA> fairly active fidonet echo from what I can tell.
 
I was talking about the Genealogy echoes moving to the web... there
isn't really anything happening in those Fidonet echoes anymore... I
still have them tagged, just in case, and rarely has there even been any
messages left there.... I generally would answer anyone that did show
up, just on general friendly principles... 
 
 AA>> I think I tried to email or netmail you about something (many years
 AA>> ago), but then I learned you were in the hospital.
 NB>> I probably responded once I got home...   Perhaps that was in 2005
 NB>> when I broke my ankle....?

 AA> Yes.. 2005 sounds about right.  My fidonet journey ended in 2006,
 AA> after my main pc crashed. All the echomail history is probably
 AA> unrecoverable.  I still have the original harddrive (but it is OS/2
 AA> format)  Before the pc crashed, the harddrive was already making a lot
 AA> of clicking noises. 

How sad...  so now you are getting yourself back into the echoes
again.... 

ttyl      neb

... "And so I thought to myself..."  but who else can you think to?

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