fine whine

As I idly chatted today in the Last.FM chat room I though back to my early days of chatting in #efnet and #undernet IRC channels (and others I can but hope to remember) and even before that, BBS party lines.

Ah, those were the days.

Anyway, today I was struck with a memory of sorts. When I (and the rest of the cyber denizens of these seedy establishments) would return to a chat room after an absence (AFK) or having been logged off, everybody would respond with "re codger" or whatever nick I was using at the time. We'd all do this, and in heavily-trafficked chat rooms a good third of the 'conversation' could well just be "re"s.

Re-entering a particularly quiet room, particularly for me, would prompt a "re me" to spur some sort of response. If I recall correctly (IIRC), it didn't work very well.

I hope you weren't expecting a point from any of this. I'm merely struck by the fact that I remembered something, albeit something so trivial and pointless.