Blast from the past

Hell Puppy · 11-18-2003

Ok, so I'm going thru some stacks of CDs of old pics and content from back in the pre-web days.... And what do I find?

A whole stack of ANCIENT convention pics.

The year was 1994. BBSs were at their peak, the web was in it's infancy. The 3rd Annual One BBSCON (now known as ISPCON) was being held at the Inforum in Atlanta. 3000 or so people were in attendance including a bunch of folks from the adult BBS network known as ThrobNet.

And who was right in the middle of the BBS porn lords hosting the parties including a BBQ (and who knows what else!) at his house? Our very own GonZo! I had forgotten all about this until I found these pics.

I figure this CD is gonna have GonZo buying me dinner for at least a week. I'm just not sure whether he's going to be bribing me to suppress them or release them.

So GonZo -- is it true that you gave Laura of Laura's Lair a free saucerhead ride? Tell the truth because you know I just might have photographic evidence.

Mike AI · 11-18-2003

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Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Nov 18 2003, 11:45 PM
Ok, so I'm going thru some stacks of CDs of old pics and content from back in the pre-web days.... And what do I find?

A whole stack of ANCIENT convention pics.

The year was 1994. BBSs were at their peak, the web was in it's infancy. The 3rd Annual One BBSCON (now known as ISPCON) was being held at the Inforum in Atlanta. 3000 or so people were in attendance including a bunch of folks from the adult BBS network known as ThrobNet.

And who was right in the middle of the BBS porn lords hosting the parties including a BBQ (and who knows what else!) at his house? Our very own GonZo! I had forgotten all about this until I found these pics.

I figure this CD is gonna have GonZo buying me dinner for at least a week. I'm just not sure whether he's going to be bribing me to suppress them or release them.

So GonZo -- is it true that you gave Laura of Laura's Lair a free saucerhead ride? Tell the truth because you know I just might have photographic evidence.

You need to post some of these photos!!!

Peaches · 11-18-2003

IIRC, I went to my first "IA2000" that year - though it may have been 1995. I swear I can't remember where it was (FL maybe), but I think it was the year Michael Pardis with ATN got beat up in the parking lot by one of the "friends" of a bigwig NY audiotext guy (whose name is also escaping me - damn I hate getting old!).

No pictures though. :P

cj · 11-19-2003

I was in my final year of ........... high school

Forest · 11-19-2003

I was living the Island life in Key west

didnt even have a computer yet

I miss my island days

gonzo · 11-19-2003

You know Im remounting that SCSI drive in the MOD 80 before I can call bullshit on you...

SykkBoy · 11-19-2003

I was cooking up gourmet texmex delights at the Coyote Cafe at the MGM Grand...I think it was in that year I got reprimanded for making a joke too loudly in Delta Burke's presence...she was going on about being seated in a VIP area so she wouldn't get bothered by "pesky fans" and I commented (way too loudly) "like anyone is going to get between Delta Burke and food..."

Nickatilynx · 11-19-2003

I was lying on a beach in Manalapan

Sly · 11-19-2003

I was enjoying good ol' 6th grade.

Mike AI · 11-19-2003

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Originally posted by cj@Nov 19 2003, 02:00 AM
I was in my final year of ........... high school

Mmmmmmmm

gonzo · 11-19-2003

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Originally posted by cj@Nov 19 2003, 02:00 AM
I was in my final year of ........... high school

You could have come to the BBQ.
I dont think we were serving any booze.
Big fat juicy steaks....

Winetalk.com · 11-19-2003

I was making signs...

Forest · 11-19-2003

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Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Nov 19 2003, 11:34 AM
I was making signs...

i just about lost it when i saw that pic this morning

such a stud you were

kath · 11-19-2003

'94? I was just starting to homeschool my 5 & 3 year-olds and was hanging out on a very primative homeschooling-based BBS... a far cry from this industry I assure you. lol

What would those ladies think of me today??? Ack!

OK....I'll start the chant here HellPuppy.... PICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES! Now you gotta post 'em! Gonzo won't mind.... really! Just post!

Carrie · 11-19-2003

I had just moved from MD to Syracuse, NY and if we're talking about this time of the year, I was LOVING the snow!
As for a job, I was working at Wal-Mart overnights in the shipping/receiving department and MAN was I in shape. Best exercise routine in the world... unloading tractor trailers and running up and down ladders every night for 8-10 hours.

Hell Puppy · 11-19-2003

A few from the collection....

The first one reminds me of the exact date. Most everyone stayed at the Marriott Marquis because that's where the hospitality suites were at night. The entire second floor with the meeting rooms was filled with suites all open at the same time. You could roam from suite to suite eating sponsors' food and drinking their liquor.

Anyone from Atlanta will recognize that atrium from hell at the Marquis in one of these shots. Notice the plants are missing from the planters. New Years Eve of that same year, party goers at the hotel totally trashed the place by launching plant bombs from every floor down into the lobby. It was a year or more before the Marquis put them back.

Hey GonZo what the fuck is up with this hat???!

Oh, nevermind, I see what the hat is for now....

Ya know, in this same folder, I also found some pictures of what HAS to be the world's hairiest dick....and it has hand cuffs hanging on it. You dont happen to know anything about that do you GonZo?

Peaches · 11-19-2003

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Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Nov 19 2003, 11:48 PM
Ya know, in this same folder, I also found some pictures of what HAS to be the world's hairiest dick....and it has hand cuffs hanging on it. You dont happen to know anything about that do you GonZo?

So you've been doing this "taking pictures of naked and half naked hairy men" job for 9+ years?

That hat is just too much.

Angel · 11-19-2003

Let's see in '94 I was a sophmore in High School...

Hell Puppy · 11-19-2003

I cant take credit for taking these pics, I just had the "good" fortune of finding them!

I was at the show, but I was working while he was out drinking and doing lord knows what else....

Gonzo's hat looks like he was on porn safari!

Hell Puppy · 11-19-2003

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Originally posted by Angel@Nov 19 2003, 10:54 PM
Let's see in '94 I was a sophmore in High School...

Pics!

The ladies need to post some pics!

sextoyking · 11-19-2003

Good Pics Hell Puppy.

Laura was a cool gal. I belive we used to sell a ton of her cd's back in the day.

Hell Puppy · 11-19-2003

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Originally posted by sextoyking@Nov 19 2003, 11:18 PM
Good Pics Hell Puppy.

Laura was a cool gal. I belive we used to sell a ton of her cd's back in the day.

This might explain why I found some pics of sex toys and an order form on this same CD....

gonzo · 11-19-2003

Oh its on now.
You done besmirtched the good name of Throbnet. Now Im going to the way back machine and get retro old school midevil.

You know a lot of the oldsters are still out here. They will answer the call.

By the way...thanks for posting a pic of our data center entitled The View.
I theyd have panned a little to the right I think theyd have got a pic of me in the office window waving my dick at em.

Reckon I could borrow Steve Studleys hat again? I think it would go well with the fur. I stillaint found my copy of that cd yet. I thought it would have been by my set of Busty "Scanned from your favorite mens magazines" Babes CDs. Better keep looking.

sextoyking · 11-19-2003

Gonzo,

Wow I haven't thought about Throbnet in years.

Our users used to love that feed / network. We actually had a pretty good network we started called Nastyhabits.

The good old days

gonzo · 11-19-2003

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Originally posted by sextoyking@Nov 19 2003, 11:37 PM
Gonzo,

Wow I haven't thought about Throbnet in years.

Our users used to love that feed / network. We actually had a pretty good network we started called Nastyhabits.

The good old days

Todd--

It was an excellent feed. I actually almost got control of it when Doug Kent gave it up to Joe Crosby. I could have echoed it and eventually did via QWK,FIDO,Wildcat and on the internet via a mailing list [remember when people used to beg to be subscribed?].

Throbnet actually merged with AfterDark right before the BBS scene died. HP is right. those pics were taken at the height of the market. I dont have to tell you about some good money being made back then.

Funny thing is there was no union or "leader" that some people have been whining about on here. We just knew how to rally.

Hellpuppy hasstarted the shit now. While I was out dragging in the old folks...I figured Id page Mike South to come in here and run off that nancy boy Luke Ford.

PornoDoggy · 11-19-2003

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Originally posted by SykkBoy@Nov 19 2003, 10:46 AM
I was cooking up gourmet texmex delights at the Coyote Cafe at the MGM Grand...I think it was in that year I got reprimanded for making a joke too loudly in Delta Burke's presence...she was going on about being seated in a VIP area so she wouldn't get bothered by "pesky fans" and I commented (way too loudly) "like anyone is going to get between Delta Burke and food..."

I like that ...

in '94 I was proving all those people that told me I wasn't a "good fit" for the banking industry 100% right.

Dravyk · 11-20-2003

1994 ... working in Manhatten, living in Chelsea ... doing national advertising work on multi-million dollar systems that would eventually be surplanted by PCs, Photoshop and Quark Xpress ... trying to get a television show on the air ... playing with BBSs ... (had UseNet access and an email addy then too)

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Hell Puppy Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,523	Ok, so I'm going thru some stacks of CDs of old pics and content from back in the pre-web days.... And what do I find? A whole stack of ANCIENT convention pics. The year was 1994. BBSs were at their peak, the web was in it's infancy. The 3rd Annual One BBSCON (now known as ISPCON) was being held at the Inforum in Atlanta. 3000 or so people were in attendance including a bunch of folks from the adult BBS network known as ThrobNet. And who was right in the middle of the BBS porn lords hosting the parties including a BBQ (and who knows what else!) at his house? Our very own GonZo! I had forgotten all about this until I found these pics. I figure this CD is gonna have GonZo buying me dinner for at least a week. I'm just not sure whether he's going to be bribing me to suppress them or release them. So GonZo -- is it true that you gave Laura of Laura's Lair a free saucerhead ride? Tell the truth because you know I just might have photographic evidence.

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kath Members Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,340	'94? I was just starting to homeschool my 5 & 3 year-olds and was hanging out on a very primative homeschooling-based BBS... a far cry from this industry I assure you. lol What would those ladies think of me today??? Ack! OK....I'll start the chant here HellPuppy.... PICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES! Now you gotta post 'em! Gonzo won't mind.... really! Just post!

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