Thanks again for sharing!

You might not believe it, but I started with "data-communication" way before internet was usual, at least in Norway. I think I started calling up BBS in 1992 with a very noisy and slow modem...:-) I was usually the only girl/woman and I went to lots of "real life" meetings, but my husband was usually with me, so it wasn't that scary. I met lots of great people and some of them are still among my best friends today! (But I also met some "weirdos" who called me up in the middle of night etc... etc...)

I admit that going to a "DO" is both tempting and scary, however, I think that's how life is...? :-D My parents and my husband sometimes think I am too simple-minded when it comes to meeting up with people from message-boards. They were just a little bit scared when I, last year, went to Chicago to visit some "internet-friends". :-D I guess that's why I had to ask somebody else how scary it *is* to attend a "DO" :-D

Xxx.