From: "Gary Perkins" 

-=> Mercyful Fate wrote to All <=-

 > Yeah, we use to have a big BBQ.  People would pay $20 each to come and they
 > a burger and dog for their cash.  We also sold beer and shit to help.  We w
 > do it 2 or 3 times a year and always draw a decent crowd.  Really helped wi
 > the cost of the lines.

 MF> wish there was cool stuff like that in my area back then.. :) of course
 MF> i was out partying too much and probably never noticed.. hehe

The PC users in my area gathered once a month to talk about the latest trends
in viruses, new software, have lessons on various things.  It's become a
nonprofit, I think, and still meets as far as I know.  The underground boards
had a few users that would meet at a local coffee shop -- teens, of course.
I met up with them several times, turned out I knew a few of them.  We were
close friends for a number of years.

The best fun was with the Amiga users, though.  I went out several times with
them; it was my first experience at miniature golf, and we did some other fun
outings.  My Amiga 500 was pretty much stock with just a floppy drive, and a
couple of the sysops let me come over and check out their systems.  At the
time, those were really cool experiences.

 
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