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Oh no! Big changes at AOL!!

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ZiSunka

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AOL is switching to free/ad-based web access, and they aren't going to make those discs that come in the mail or are given away at the grocery store.It's like the end of an era for me.I've been collecting those things for 10 years and I have thousands of them! I've got them all the way back to the original AOL Gold, the first one that came out on CD rom instead of half a dozen little floppies.I get extreme glee from finding the ones I didn't have before! People give them to me as gifts! I like to walk around Circuit City just so I can pick up the free CD roms!What am I going to do for a hobby now?!
 

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menno said:
You are weird So what does AOL do? I'm a little out of the loop on it and don't really know anyone that uses it. Wish I'd saved the ones that came in the mail instead of using them for frisbies.
I don't know much about AOL, I just collect the discs. Sometimes, for fun, I watch the event tracker in my firewall work. My computer pings itself like a thousand times a day. Is that normal?
 
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I found a little pattern once where you take those CD-ROMs and crochet around them with a little red and green yarn and at the end you have a little christmas wreath doodad.

Or you could just enjoy your stunning new collection of free coasters?
 
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LL,

I used to work at AOL, as I'm preparing the spare room for the new baby and cleaning out (over the next several weeks) I'll watch for them. If I come across some old ones I'll send them to you... watch for a PM in coming weeks!

Carina
 
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...poor thing...


...so it's ok be nerdy? I've been unsuccessfully trying for decades to be cool...and I'm always 8 years behind for some reason...I was looking to get a grill, but I couldn't afford gold so I got it priced in brass. Will brass rust in my mouth?
 
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Grills are SOOO last year, man. Tooth jewelry is in. You have a cavity drilled into a healthy tooth, then you plug it with a diamond, or at least a CZ permanently cemented in.
 
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lambslove said:
Grills are SOOO last year, man. Tooth jewelry is in. You have a cavity drilled into a healthy tooth, then you plug it with a diamond, or at least a CZ permanently cemented in.

ouch--what sorta knucklehead dentist would do this stuff?
 
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