I was shooting the breeze with my husband this afternoon about " Iditatod Week" online and. like it or not...some of us go back 24-25+ years online with each other.
Subscriber internet access didn't arrive in Bethel Maine until 1995, and my employer at the time was a very early customer of nxi.com, which was the only server. That is how I was introduced to the internet, and I fetched up to the Cabela's Iditarod forum within the first few nights of "playtime" ( which was overnight front desk at a skier motel in Winter).
So, if anyone gets goosebumps from reading " retired is a beautiful word", I'll just say relax and wait your turn, it will come one he// of a lot faster than you think.
Just like Jim Lanier, you, too, will still be able to enjoy this camaraderie and be here with others no matter how many birthdays you ignore.