use.net alum -- Was: [at-l] Introduction (Read at own risk)

[TrailR at aol.com (TrailR@aol.com)]

I've been here since 1995 or 96.
Whatever the year before the Carlisle, PA Gathering was.
I've dropped off the list from time to time, when the flame wars got out of  
hand,
but always came back.
It was a different list in the early years.
Not that there wasn't bickering, there was... It just seemed that it didn't 
get as personal. Well, there was that whole AT-L/ATM-L thing... But over  
all, it 
was a friendlier list. The people on the list at the time (put Jim and  Ginny 
at the 
top of this list), really went out of their way to "prepare"  people for the 
realities 
of the AT (Not to say this doesn't still happen, you just have to sort  
through a lot 
more junk emails to find it). After much discussion my first year one the  
list, I 
went to my first Gathering in Carlisle, PA. I met many of the  listers,  went 
to 
the slideshows and classes. After that first year I went to as many  
Gatherings 
as I could get to, went to a few Rucks and Trail Days, and the rest is  
history.
I was in the Air Force for 6 years, was a software developer for 13 years, 
a software tester for 7, and got laid off late in 2002. When a  thruhiking 
opportunity 
presents itself, I take it. I successfully thru hiked the AT in 2003,  thanks 
to years 
of input from the people on AT-L.
 
hotdog
AT 03
 
 
In a message dated 10/26/2004 8:46:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
GRoberts@npr.org writes:

Me too,  but mostly as a lurker.  I have been much more involved lately  with
the Gathering, The PA Ruck and Trail Days.

-----Original  Message-----
From:     David Hicks [mailto:daveh@psknet.com]  
Sent:    Sunday, October 24, 2004 6:28 PM
To:     at-l@backcountry.net
Subject:    use.net alum -- Was: [at-l]  Introduction (Read at own risk)

OK.

I keep a list for a  bit:

The following have been here since the use.net days:

Jim  (a.k.a Bald Eagle)
Chainsaw