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Originally Posted by geodeticman.5
The famous 6 hour VHS tape compilation we all got in years past had them. I believe Shirley Hoggard helped me find mine - has anyone heard from her ? One of my original GL web friends all the way back from the Chat Room prior to corfid in the mid 90's. I understand she does not post anymore. I hope she's OK. And hello to you, too Valerie, good to be back.
~ geo steve
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Hi Steve. Nice to see you again! Shirley is fine. I chat with her every few months; sometimes more often. She certainly isn't the only one who doesn't post anymore ... in her case, it was a combination of things that kept her away from her PC. And she never came over to Corfid (as far as I remember). The "death" of the newsgroup discouraged a number of people who liked that format and don't like the web-based discussion list of Corfid. In fact, I always preferred the newsgroup myself because it was easier (for me) to scan through a lot of text-based messages and find what interested me, compared to what it takes to do the equivalent here. I'm not knocking the Corfid format; it's what is common today. But I can sympathize with people who just don't like it. In Shirley's case, she didn't ever get around to it, or if she came here it was once or twice and never became addictive (smile, please).