Harken back to the days before the internet...
"Oh be quiet, Grandpa! There were no such times!"

Actually little one, there were indeed such times! We used dial-up modems and connected one-at-time to a computer in order to use its message forum software.

It was during these days that a number of people whom knew each other only loosely via this very primitive medium, decided to congregate in our fair city and partake of spirituous liquors.

Quite a motley bunch, only one chap who was underage and we promised to ignore him and let him try and bluff his way through the gatekeepers. We head up to Lucy's, a den of iniquity that I suspect no longer trades. The notable feature of Lucy's is that it was below street level and had a staircase that wound down through 180 degrees to take you to the entrance of the club.

*group looks at chap in the wheelchair*
*wheelchair guy looks sheepish*
*stairwell looks nonchalantly at group*
*4 beefy men including myself take one corner each of the wheelchair*
*wheelchair guy is depostied safely at the door of the club*
*crowd cheers*

5 of us got in for free \o/ Everyone else had to pay the $10 cover charge!
( Ratsta, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 5:41, 5 replies)

LIES!
there was no such time as you describe!!

*clicks anyway
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 16 Apr 2009, 6:24, closed)

Pah
You'll be saying next that one time 286's were the height of techno-loggy.
( Undercovercarrot got done for gross misconduct on..., Thu 16 Apr 2009, 7:37, closed)

when we all know
vacuum tubes were the peak of sophistication. All this transistor bollocks will never catch on.
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 10:07, closed)

Steam is where it's at!
Steam and clockworks!
( Ratsta, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 13:36, closed)

twas not
the tinternet my son. Twas BBS.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 7:41, closed)