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   From: bollocks@invalid.invalid   
      
   "Drake"  wrote in message   
   news:9d2cd13e-3b98-4190-bdff-51eac2cd34cf@e67g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Dec 18, 2:21 pm, "carriemo...@gmail.com"    
   > wrote:   
   >> ive been reading some of the old messages on here. im wondering if any   
   >> of the people who were posting between 1995 and 1999 are still   
   >> around.  If so, I would love to hear from you.   
   >   
   > Once... we were many, we ruled with iron fists...  Okay, technically   
   > *they* ruled and I was sort of tolerated, but for narration purposes I   
   > shall say "we."   
   >   
   > But we grew decadent and began in-fighting.  A few were lost or   
   > hardened in the On/Off Wars, and still more were lost to excessive   
   > Sith Wars... but still, there was a ruling class.  Call them by many   
   > names...  Oldbies.  ORCP.  Sith War Veterans.  There were many, but   
   > they were one.  Then came the dark days...   
   >   
   > Many were lost in the opening salvos of The Phantom Menace.  Their   
   > cries of "Ani...!?!?" lost among the myriad of fans as Jar Jar   
   > survived the first movie.  Newbies show up, but there were enough   
   > survivors to keep them in line.   
   >   
   > When the Attack came, they were prepared but that wasn't enough.   
   > Lucas was still sucking...  sucking their souls, their wills.  The   
   > Oldbies... were old, having seen too much, but still they stood.   
   > Proud and defiant.   
   >   
   > Few survived the Sith, many lost to Newbies they'd taken under their   
   > wing...  betrayed and lost to Executive Order 66.  Those who survived   
   > were split.  Some went to ground, sought refuge in the unpredictable   
   > areas known as "In Real Life" or "Reality."  Some managed to stick   
   > around, either under new names or by sporadic postings...  Some are   
   > still seen, at time to time, some appear as though they never left but   
   > they are not the same...   
   >   
   > Others still...  watch.  And chime in at odd times with odd sayings   
   > and stupidly grandiose stories that are, in the end, quite pointless.   
   > Yes, they only show up every so often to reaffirm "Hey, I was here   
   > once, remember me?  I was cool once, we all were...  Oh sweet Gonk,   
   > what's happened to us...  Dear Gonk save us, help us!"   
   >   
   > Er, I'm that last one.  I'm Drake aka Drake-Tepes aka D-Tepes.  I   
   > think that's the names I used to use... well, at least that I'm   
   > willing to admit to.   
   >   
   > Drake   
   > Gonk/Lobot '08   
      
   OI! You left out any mention of Porkins!   
      
   Jade   
   corn lover of old   
      
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