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322 points DamonHD | 2 comments | 13 Oct 24 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.397s | source

1. axpvms ◴[13 Oct 24 18:57 UTC] No.41830565[source]▶

I remember riding my bicycle over to the local sysop's place to pay $5 cash for my BBS account as a young teen. Looking back this was probably ill advised and risky. Turned out the sysop was only a couple of years older than me.

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2. kragen ◴[13 Oct 24 22:19 UTC] No.41832189[source]▶

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It wasn't; you only had $5 and the bicycle to steal.

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