Back in 01 about 50 of us got booted from big web national site for being a distruptive element. Banned and being homeless such as we were....three of us started a new place for the outcasts. We thrived for years. But to make a long story short......
As time went by, members drifted off. Those of us left at the site split the hosting yearly web hosting fees.
Coupe of weeks ago one of the originals passed on. His wife logged on and let us know. Never met him in person. But we knew him like a brother.
I used to be a big poster in a Usenet group. Alt.sports.baseball.balt-orioles back in the mid 90's.
When usenet groups went extinct, I lost track of them.
The other day on Facebook, I recognized one of the names of the regulars, and sent him a PM.
This week we had a reunion of sorts...all the guys came on to a thread where I responded and it's like old times.
One guy is a major writer for ESPN today...in baseball. Dan Szymborski.
Back then he was just a kid.
It's so cool to see my old nemesis and his gang after almost 20 years. And to put faces with names.