Post by will on Nov 29, 2022 13:07:49 GMT
I've got a few things done today (tidying up ready for the arrival of the Christmas tree, making some butternut squash soup), so when I was done I checked my emails, and then thought it would be fun to arrange my inbox from oldest to newest.
This was so that I could look at the first couple of emails I received on my brummiewill account. They were both from Sam when he was in Year 9 at school (2001), apologising for not being ready to go and do his paper round (I used to give him a lift to the shop) when I was desperate to get into school early to do some printing, and then having a moan about how much homework he'd been given.
Anyway, what was interesting for you lot was that, apart from stuff to do with work (there was plenty of that as they hadn't set up a school email network at that stage), was that most of my correspondence was from folks on the old KRO forum. Chief among these messages was stuff from Mulv and Lisa, but there were also quite a few from Su and Pete, and then, from 2007, anglais. There were also some from Deebs, Nige, Essex and Southside.
I didn't manage to read them all, but there were a few about the Torquay and Plymouth matches, and others from matches that I came up to Brum to watch. There was also a lot of nonsense about Saddo of the Week, and how nasty KRO was becoming politically.
Twenty years is a long time to carry on friendships with folk who live so far away, and without the internet, with all of it's problems and difficulties, these friendships would have been impossible.
Well, it interested me, and hope it hasn't bored you lot too much. It could have been a lot more boring if I'd told you about the work emails!
This was so that I could look at the first couple of emails I received on my brummiewill account. They were both from Sam when he was in Year 9 at school (2001), apologising for not being ready to go and do his paper round (I used to give him a lift to the shop) when I was desperate to get into school early to do some printing, and then having a moan about how much homework he'd been given.
Anyway, what was interesting for you lot was that, apart from stuff to do with work (there was plenty of that as they hadn't set up a school email network at that stage), was that most of my correspondence was from folks on the old KRO forum. Chief among these messages was stuff from Mulv and Lisa, but there were also quite a few from Su and Pete, and then, from 2007, anglais. There were also some from Deebs, Nige, Essex and Southside.
I didn't manage to read them all, but there were a few about the Torquay and Plymouth matches, and others from matches that I came up to Brum to watch. There was also a lot of nonsense about Saddo of the Week, and how nasty KRO was becoming politically.
Twenty years is a long time to carry on friendships with folk who live so far away, and without the internet, with all of it's problems and difficulties, these friendships would have been impossible.
Well, it interested me, and hope it hasn't bored you lot too much. It could have been a lot more boring if I'd told you about the work emails!
