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Glad to hear from you again. I just flipped through the 1994 photo
album to check out your twins. Time flies doesn't it. You'll find me on p166 of the '94 yearbook. Only 1 kid at that time, Emma wasn't born until later that year. The one in the picture is now 5'10", loves to skateboard and spends hours programming his own computergames. He's doing very well in school, 7th grade. Emma loves animals, especially horses and her 3 guinea pigs. She plans to become a vet. Because school doesn't offer her enough challenges, she has just started an correspondence course on animal-care. She gets to work on it during school hours. She also plays the guitar. I still work, but only about two days a week. Part of that I do from my home. I like the way this enables me to balance various activities, although I would like to see my collegues a bit more. Marieke Hi Marieke, Nice to see you pop in for a visit! I'm still around a bit, although I'd not consider myself a regular in any misc.kids newsgroup anymore. My twins are now almost 13, one in 9th grade, one in 7th. Weird to think of these babies in the misc.kids yearbooks (I think we're in the first 3 ones) are now so grown up and 'mature'. DS is totally into becoming a rock star. He's a huge Nirvana fan, and listens to a lot of my old music from the 80's. He's very cool and way smart and attends an elite private school about an hour north of our home. DD is a fashion plate and is very interested in interior design, which is her goal in life. She's in a public school and doing quite well despite some pretty severe learning differences. I no longer work (yahoo!) and relish being a SAHM at long last. I'll have to pull out my yearbooks and look at your kids again. That is, if I can find them.... Marjorie |
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In article ,
Christopher Biow wrote: (Robyn Kozierok) wrote: marieke wrote: Nice to hear from you again Chris and Robyn! I checked out your entries in the 1994 yearbook. Did you get your PhD Robyn? I was working on my PhD at the time, but never finished it. Nope, I never finished mine either. I discovered I could get the research job I wanted without it. I never got past my All But Thesis either: That's where I got to too -- "all but thesis". I wasn't ever really invested in my PhD thesis topic (though I did a thesis for my Master's) which is part of why I never cared about finishing it. I also missed the 1994 album, but you'll find us in the 1995 one. And I Have the Tee Shirt. Ooh, I don't know what happened to my T-shirt! I have one of the toddler sized ones somewhere too --Robyn .. |
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Christopher Biow wrote:
People tend to be more private about what personal details they divulge on the internet now, often not including children's names etc.**The*feel is definitely different.**I*think*there*are*still*shared*joy*and *pain here, but the picnics etc. are more a thing of the past (or limited to smaller mailing list communities). Things have certainly diverged into email, the various Web-based communities, etc. A lot of the community we had was dependent upon one or two highly dedicated and competent individuals. If someone were to put in energy for a yearbook or picnic, I expect that it might still work. I think google changed usenet a lot: it used to be that you could post details and even though you knew they *might* be retrieved later, it would be a pain for anyone doing it. With google around, usenet posts have a permanence they never used to have. -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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It's been awhile since I last entered this group. In fact it's been ages. However I once was an active member of the misc.kids community. Back in 1992 through 1995 roughly. Back then we joined forces and put together a misc.kids photoalbum featuring the misc.kids active posters and their kids of course. This was a hard copy afair, that was sent out to particitants in the US and Europe. We didn't trust the internet even back then. I'm still around as well. I did one photoalbum, which I think was the 1995 one, but I could be wrong. We've also got the misc.kids t-shirts. I've got three children now: the oldest on the verge of going to secondary school - he was a baby in the photo-album. I've also got an 8yo and a 6yo. -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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Colleen Kay Porter wrote:
in article . net, Marion Baumgarten at wrote on 4/25/05 11:26 PM: The wunderkinder are now 16 and 13! I don't read misc.kids much- but I'm still active in other online communities and do think of you all often. Marion Betor Baumgarten Pithy and to the point as always! My babies are now in middle school, 6th and 8th grade, and different schools since one chose a magnet program. The older children are all married. I became a grandmother this past Christmas (nothing like getting a little doll for Christmas), and our second grandchild is due in September (my daughter invited me to come up for the birth). Hi Colleen, I'd been wondering what had happened to you! Last I can remember you had been offered a writing related job, but I can't remember the details. Or maybe it was a community related job? -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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Penny Gaines wrote:
Christopher Biow wrote: People tend to be more private about what personal details they divulge on the internet now, often not including children's names etc.**The*feel is definitely different.**I*think*there*are*still*shared*joy*and *pain here, but the picnics etc. are more a thing of the past (or limited to smaller mailing list communities). Things have certainly diverged into email, the various Web-based communities, etc. A lot of the community we had was dependent upon one or two highly dedicated and competent individuals. If someone were to put in energy for a yearbook or picnic, I expect that it might still work. I think google changed usenet a lot: it used to be that you could post details and even though you knew they *might* be retrieved later, it would be a pain for anyone doing it. With google around, usenet posts have a permanence they never used to have. Even in the old days there was dejanews. I don't know whether google picked all those old posts up from dejanews or not. I know I was on the internet in 1996 or a bit before that because I booked a vacation on the internet then. But it wasn't as ubiquitous as it is now. grandma Rosalie |
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Rosalie B. wrote:
I think google changed usenet a lot: it used to be that you could post details and even though you knew they might be retrieved later, it would be a pain for anyone doing it.**With*google*around,*usenet*posts*have*a permanence they never used to have. Even in the old days there was dejanews.**I*don't*know*whether*google picked all those old posts up from dejanews or not.**I*know*I*was*on the internet in 1996 or a bit before that because I booked a vacation on the internet then.**But*it*wasn't*as*ubiquitous*as*it*is*now. You newbie! Dejanews didn't exist when I first got newsgroups (although obviously the archives must have been somewhere). -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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Um, when I first started using Usenet (early 1980s) almost nothing was archived. Nor was there a hierarchy to the newsgroups. It was all news.this, news.that. Some stuff (mostly to do with computer programming) was archived quietly at one university or another, but you had to use anonymous FTP to get at it, and already know it was there to use FTP in the first place. It was quite a shock news posts first started getting automatically archived! (And I don't consider myself a *real* oldtimer.) --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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Just looked in my office for the old books. I have 1993, 94, 95 and 96.
Boy, have we changed! I'm a full professor and chair of my department now, we still live in Central NY with our two boys, and I celebrated 25 years of marriage to Craig this year. I still think fondly of the "old days" of misc.kids. When we moved to NY we got some great advice from misc.kidders about this area, and kept in touch with a few for awhile. My favorite piece of misc.kid advice was the Magna Doodle! We used ours for years on long trips... Chris |
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