History according to Browns Fans

kshutchins

Zombo said:
Yep, Adam Meister. We used to beat the shit out of that douche on aol. I think four people showed up for "diaper day". Dumbest idea ever. He's probably a bag boy and a registered sex offender these days.
http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3680#

Zombo

Ah .... it's starting to come back to me.

Speedyd900rr

I will never get the sound of a dial up modem out of my head.

kshutchins

@speedyd900rr said:
I will never get the sound of a dial up modem out of my head.

lol. The last time I heard it was in the movie "The Proposal." Cracked me up when Sandra Bullock's character didn't know what it was.

Go 'Losers

Ominous anniversary.

SamAtlanta

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Baroness! I'll have to send Jim a link, to remind him how much of a goofball he could be back then!

For the youngsters:

Prodigy: One of the "Big 3" computer services, along with AOL and Compuserve. They were the first to allow their users to send and receive e-mails to/from other services. There was a thriving Browns board there, the highlight of which was Pat Hadad re-typing the day's Browns news for we expatriates.

NVN was "National Videotext Network". A bunch of us were active there, as well as the old Prodigy and AOL boards. It's how many of us met all those years ago, when nobody actually met people they conversed with online. (Actually, we didn't call it "online", but "over the computer".) It was a great service until they abruptly closed up shop one day.

Hey Woofie, remember this one:

"I'd settle for semi-reliable rumor."

kshutchins

@samatlanta said:
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Baroness! I'll have to send Jim a link, to remind him how much of a goofball he could be back then!
For the youngsters:

Prodigy: One of the "Big 3" computer services, along with AOL and Compuserve. They were the first to allow their users to send and receive e-mails to/from other services. There was a thriving Browns board there, the highlight of which was Pat Hadad re-typing the day's Browns news for we expatriates.

NVN was "National Videotext Network". A bunch of us were active there, as well as the old Prodigy and AOL boards. It's how many of us met all those years ago, when nobody actually met people they conversed with online. (Actually, we didn't call it "online", but "over the computer".) It was a great service until they abruptly closed up shop one day.

Hey Woofie, remember this one:

"I'd settle for semi-reliable rumor."

Glad to oblige! A real blast from the past. Is Pat still around?

lolololol ... over the computer .... lolololol

You can tell Jim from me that one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life was at a talent show. Two guys "performed" to dueling banjos with penlights illuminating their noses in time with the music. I laughed until it hurt.

Woofie aka The Baroness

Mr. T

Everytime this is brought up I get sick.

SamAtlanta

@kshutchins said:
Glad to oblige! A real blast from the past. Is Pat still around?
lolololol ... over the computer .... lolololol

You can tell Jim from me that one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life was at a talent show. Two guys "performed" to dueling banjos with penlights illuminating their noses in time with the music. I laughed until it hurt.

Woofie aka The Baroness

I haven't heard from, or about, Pat in many years. I got to meet her at the first game back in 1999, but lost touch with her after that. She was very nice, but quiet and rather shy. When I was doing the Atlanta BB thing, our members wondered how I got the information for our weekly newsletters. I always gave the credit to Pat.

SamAtlanta

One of my lasting memories of that event (there were many) was the protest outside the owners' hotel. The WBAL sign was a mobile billboard towed by a pickup truck with one guy in it. I think it said "Baltimore and the Browns...A great team". A few of the Atlanta BB guys spotted it and headed that direction. Mayor White sprinted after them, blocked their path and said, "No, no, no. This isn't what we're about." They rejoined the rest of the group.

For the record, they did pay the guy towing the sign a friendly visit after the rally. I believe he had to call AAA after all of his tires inexplicably went flat. Wisely, he didn't put up a fight.

kshutchins

@samatlanta said:
One of my lasting memories of that event (there were many) was the protest outside the owners' hotel. The WBAL sign was a mobile billboard towed by a pickup truck with one guy in it. I think it said "Baltimore and the Browns...A great team". A few of the Atlanta BB guys spotted it and headed that direction. Mayor White sprinted after them, blocked their path and said, "No, no, no. This isn't what we're about." They rejoined the rest of the group.
For the record, they did pay the guy towing the sign a friendly visit after the rally. I believe he had to call AAA after all of his tires inexplicably went flat. Wisely, he didn't put up a fight.

I was told that a few SOBers turned off or did something to the sign. Apparently the hotel security saw the folks who did it but looked the other way.

Pat was a godsend during those days. I wish I knew where she was to tell her that we still appreciate all she did to keep us informed.