From: mr_black@optusnet.com.au   
      
   "pe2"  wrote in message   
   news:Osavm.107512$Y83.81023@newsfe21.iad...   
   > Hey all-   
   >   
   > I logged into Geocities, just a few minutes ago, to check on a friend's   
   > website. First page you open, in big red letters-GEOCITIES is shutting the   
   > doors for good at the end of October. then it goes on for the routine info   
   > about remove or loose your files...   
   >   
   > Remember when there were countless autograph sites (including me) on   
   > geocities in the net's early days? that use to be the bomb back in the   
   > day.I guess it's just to much hodge podge of stuff out there that Yahoo's   
   > had enough to main tain it...memories welcomed!   
   >   
   > Thank You, geocities, it was fun!!!   
   >   
   > Happy Hunting-   
   > pe2   
   >   
      
   It feels like the first major chapter of the internet, a span of about 15   
   years,  is coming to a close as it powers on forward leaving places like   
   geocities in its wake   
      
   MrB   
      
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