Location of the "Charter Members."
I had no clue what I was doing but I soon discovered that people were able to ask questions, and have them answered, in something called the "news groups." So I posted "Adopt Me" in the webtv news group and explained that I was brand new and could use some help. The next morning there was 152 messages in my mail box.
And with the help of so many of these people I started venturing out and learning about the net. I tried chat rooms and found most of them too fast paced for a "newbie" like me so I decided to create my own chat room where I could go play and learn. I invited a couple of friends to join me and we started the Woods-Pile chat room.
We would go in every nite about the same time and just discuss our day or try out a new chat technique. We soon found that we had been going into this chat room every nite for over 7 months.The first brave soul was Jodi aka mjo26. She and I went in every nite. Now we were not entirely alone as Jodi's hubby Gene aka blue-13 would usually come in and sit by her side and put in his two cents now and then. He seems to get a big kick out of our conversations. So we made him an honorary member of the gang.
Then Myrna aka cowgirll joined us on a nightly basis. Not sure what she wanted to do Sara aka samaca would pop in once in a while just to see what was going on. Now we couldn't run her off if we tried.
Like most chat rooms people drop in and out. And because of the name "woods-pile" we had our share of men. But usually had no trouble running them off. LOL. Then one nite in pops Mark aka fivegre...No matter what we said or did we couldn't run him off. Now he is a full fledge gang member. Our biggest problem with him is keeping him awake. We are so exciting he usually falls asleep on us...
So we
started calling ourselves
the
Well this person turned out to be "Claudia" aka woodnlady. We got to be friends and realized just how much we had in common.
Sometime in Sept. we decided to go to a chat room. That chat room was New2Internet (which I was no stranger too) it was so hard to talk in there that "Woodie" decided to make a room for us to go to and talk. We invited some of the other E-mail buddies that had also answered that same post.
I met Cowgirll on my birthday --- Sept. 14th and the 3 of us started a nightly thing of going to the Woods-Pile just to relax, laugh and chatter about what had gone on during the day.
Sara only joined us on a few occasions (she was shy) Then one night 5 just popped in.
My hubby Gene would wander into the room every few nights and say HI to "woodie" and join in the conversation and the laughing. But he really became interested one night when CG (aka cowgirll) said something about her hubby being kin to the "Jesse James" gang. Well Gene is also kin to them.
It was
that night CG got him interested in the
"genealogy."
So off he went on a search to find his great
grandfather Benjamin James. CG sent lots of
stuff to
Gene to get him started, so he was having fun.
He
would also talk to 5 about nascar races, and
the 2 of
them would just have a ball. The only problem
with
hubby being interested in the gang and his
"genealogy" quest is getting him to turn lose
of the
keyboard..LOL.. And now you know our side of
the
story.
In September I posted on some Woodworking boards and that is where Woodnlady found me. She answered my request about wind-chime materials. Her real reason was she was nosy enough to want to see who would use the name RedHorse with their nic. (won't go into that here) Wood and I, as I "fondly" call her now, formed a quick bond as we are both into woodworking, or should say were until Webtv came into our lives.
Shortly after she invited me to join her in the chat room she created, called the "woods-pile" to help her wish mjo26 a happy birthday. That was my introduction to both mjo26 and to chatting. We had a rib tickling good time. mjo26 keeps me company in the afternoons when none of the other gang members are on. We had such a good time that we started meeting in the "pile" every night.
Shortly there after I met another of Woods friends by the nic of samaca, who seemed to be very shy and reserved, Boy did she have us fooled. talk about a chat clown, she is it.
Then one night late in November in came this guy by the nic of fivegre. To this day I do not for the life of me know why he stuck it out that night or even gave a second thought to coming back, but he did. Now he is one of the gang, known as 5 to all of us.
Then there is blue-13, he is mjo26's hubby who started checking in on mjo26 when she would be laughing so hard she would roused him from a Nascar race or other good sports show. He now joins us for a "howdy" and converse with 5 every now and again. They talk sports, you know how men are. We women are rough on men who invade our space in the "pile."
Oh Yeah the little guy down yonder there by the nic of x2 he is the guardian angel of the "woods-pile Gang". Only member with absolutely "NO" sense of humor.
I don't know what I would have done on the Web if I had not been found by "woodnlady" she is an inspiration to all of us. To be around this group you have to be able to to type while falling out of your seat in tears laughing, offer a shoulder, give a hug, take a joke, pull a joke, and Oh yeah be older than "sams" undies. (private woods-pile gang joke)
After a year on the web and getting to know
this
group we are all like family now. They are the
best
friends anyone could have. I call them all my
cyber
family. "woodnlady", "mjo26", "samaca",
"fivegre"
"blue-13". It has been a privilege to be
included in
all their lives thru this little black box.
Love ya
all.
She tried a friend's Webtv one weekend and was hooked immediately. A couple of weeks after getting hers set up, she was looking thru the NG one day and just happened to see a call for help from some poor lady who was new at this. So she e-mailed the lady and thought she could make suggestions from all her vast knowledge of two weeks on the internet. As it turned out, she has learned more from that lady than anyone else in a long time. She is the Woodnlady.
We struck up a friendship right away partly because of similar ages and both doing decorative painting. Soon she had started her own Chat Room called the Woods-Pile. I dropped in a few times, but just thought chatting was not for me. But, I kept dropping in from time to time. And, in the meantime, was getting better acquainted with the other members of the group. Soon we were fast friends and told each other that we felt like sisters. Of course, most sisters need a brother to look out for them. So, one found his way into the chat room one night and was immediatey adopted by the gals. Poor guy can hardly get a word in most of the time.
We're now just one big, happy cyber
family.
Even with all our likes and dislikes there is a
bond that is hard to explain. We are there for
each
other through the rough days and the good ones.
So,
we are living happily ever after in our little
Woods-Pile.
HI
.... My name is Mark...Fivegre is my nic....and
in
the wood-pile
room...simply 5.
My story begins on a night in November 1998. It
was a
night that nothing was really happening around
the
house so I just decided to go into the Talkcity
list
of rooms and look for a chat session that
included
people my age ( in the 40's) to have a
conversation
with. Along the way, I came across a room
titled
'WOODS-PILE' For People Over
40.
I took a chance and entered the room...
Little did I know that I was about to embark on
a
journey into the realm of pain and terror.....
At first... I was warmly greeted by
Woodnlady... the
curator of the room...A warm , gentle and
polite
lady.... And then came MJO26...didn't know what
to
expect from her... she was quiet that first
night...but still.. a lady... Now....for the
pain and
terror....I met cowgirll...aka CG. She was
polite and
ladylike in the first few minutes... then she
deciced
to see what I was made of....boy did she rake
me
across the wood-pile....splinters and all.
I really don't know what made me stay in that
room....but the next night... I came back
again....
And have been here ever since. Along the way...
I
have come to know, love, cry, laugh and hurt
with the
best friends that a guy could have.
We have had good times... a few fights....one
great
big blow-up that I will not expound on...(it
was all
my fault) Before I forget... there is another
member
of the gang that I am just now getting to
know... her
name is Samaca. She is the one that keeps all
the bad
chatter out of the room... sara is a lady and
you act
like you are in the presence of a lady around
Sara....don't get me wrong... she is no
angel....just almost...LOL
Well.. this is my story and I hope you didn't
fall
asleep trying to read it...LOL
Thank You Woodnlady..MJO26..Cowgirll.. and
Samaca...for allowing me to be a member of the
pile.
I want to thank CG aka cowgirll for all her hard work on the plaque graphics on this page. She and "Mogrify" have become the best of friends.
Now we would love to have you
people
come by
and drop in and say Hi! Everynite about 8:00PM
Pacific Standard Time you will find us in the
pile.
By the way we
are
starting to add to the pile and so click Page 2 to read about
our
newest members,Sue,Lisa,Jo,Mike,and
Vicky.
Yes'm,old
friends is always the best,'less
you can catch a new one that's fit to make an
old one
out of." Shore been catchin' a lot of good ones
and
glad you dee-cided to join
us'uns.
Oh and please
take the
time to sign our
Woods-Pile Gang guest book. We would all love
to hear
from you.
To see in all their glory!
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