Natter 9:
Matt the Bruins fan: I have to face the fact that posting here is literally an addiction now... having a TV show get pre-empted or a friend not call on a given day does NOT make me want to curl up under a blanket for 14 hours straight. (OK, so rainy chilly weather may have contributed slightly...)
thessaly: I remember seeing a quote ages ago (paraphrasing from memory), "If addiction is measured by how many times an animal will push a bar to its own detriment, readnews is the most addictive substance on earth"
I guess now we should substitute 'push a mouse button' and (newsgroup of choice).
Suddenly, I feel old. :)
When I was a young 'net user we didn't have fancy GUI interfaces or HTML- just green or yeller' text on a monochrome screen - AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY! We had to FTP uphill both ways and store files on a cassette drive at 300 baud that sounded like a cat barfing and half the time it wouldn't even CONNECT! But we were greatful, not like kids are these days...