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00:05:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> fucking hell
00:12:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> hello RetroDan
00:12:00 <RetroDan> hi
00:13:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yes people are around just some might be busy
00:14:00 <RetroDan> Ok havent been on IIRC since 90's what do the symbols before names mean again?
00:14:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> from top to bottom you have op halfop and voiced
00:15:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> like just then you are voiced
00:17:00 <RetroDan> Oh cool so is this channel +m most of the time?
00:17:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yeah mostly it is
00:18:00 <RetroDan> Will voiced persist after i re-log?
00:19:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> unless someone is around probably not
00:19:00 <RetroDan> copy
00:20:00 <RetroDan> so not really a channel for just chatting?
00:20:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> oh no there is alot of chatting that happens here
00:20:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> especially this time of the night
00:21:00 <RetroDan> oh i though it channel is set to +m then i cant chat unless voiced?
00:21:00 <RetroDan> sorry havent used in over 30 years lol
00:21:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> no its ok ummmm i dont think this is actually +m
00:22:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> do you remember your nick from back then
00:22:00 <RetroDan> may have ben EnderSFTD
00:22:00 <RetroDan> but thats along time ago
00:22:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> ive being here since 97
00:22:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> lol
00:23:00 <RetroDan> Im actually on a Win 98 Machine right now :P
00:23:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> holy fucking hell
00:23:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> that is some old shit right there lol
00:23:00 <RetroDan> on mIRC
00:23:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> and here i am in the furture on a win11 machine lol
00:24:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> .::nexgen�acidmax::. v2.1.20 (mirc 6.34) �2006, by team nexgen - www.tnexgen.com
00:24:00 <RetroDan> just trying to dial back to a bit of simplicity lol
00:25:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> im kinda back there with you in the script department lol
00:25:00 <RetroDan> gona try switching off my phone each night and doing simpler stuff
00:26:00 <RetroDan> 90s is when the internet was exciting
00:26:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> 90s is when the internet and life rocked
00:26:00 <RetroDan> No youtube, no discord
00:26:00 <RetroDan> just meeitng people and actually talking
00:26:00 <RetroDan> no memes
00:27:00 <RetroDan> no gifs
00:27:00 <RetroDan> no bots
00:27:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> besides being on this computer (which i need it to get through these long nights) i tend to just push my phone aside and sit here and either chat or play games
00:28:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yeah being here with these lot makes me feel like im back in the 90s
00:28:00 <RetroDan> i went to an AOE II lan party on the weekend with real hardware
00:28:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> holy shit thats old school lol
00:28:00 <RetroDan> try it on wind 98 and you will really feel it lol
00:29:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> but hey im still playing runescape lol
00:29:00 <RetroDan> i play Ultima Online still
00:29:00 <RetroDan> if you know what that is
00:30:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i remember it but never played it
00:30:00 <RetroDan> first mmorpg
00:30:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> do you remember a game back in the 90s called infantry
00:32:00 <RetroDan> was that like command and conquer but like starship troppers space war
00:32:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> oh fuck its still around hahaha
00:33:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yeah it was i think
00:33:00 <RetroDan> i think i played that in like 2000 ish
00:33:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i cant remember back that far but that is where my wife (then gf) use to play the game together
00:35:00 <RetroDan> the best mmo i ever played was star wars galaxies
00:35:00 <RetroDan> i fucking loved that game
00:35:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> never played it
00:35:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i did play star trek online
00:36:00 <RetroDan> what year were you born?
00:36:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> 1980
00:36:00 <RetroDan> 84 here
00:36:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> sweet
00:38:00 <RetroDan> Well shit i am on an old pc listening to music on winamp and chatitng on IIRC
00:38:00 <RetroDan> i feel young again lol
00:38:00 <RetroDan> now all i need is ICQ
00:38:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> fucking hell thats a program i havent seen in a while
00:38:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> ICQ i think is dead
00:38:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> but dont forget MSN Messenger lol
00:39:00 <RetroDan> MSN messenger is when the inter started to go down hill lol
00:39:00 <RetroDan> wow this keyboard is clunky
00:40:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> hahahaha
00:41:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> keyboards from the 90s lol
00:41:00 <RetroDan> yes
00:42:00 <RetroDan> so will i time out? or can lurk?
00:42:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> brother you can lurk as long as you want
00:43:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> 95% of the people here are lurkers
00:43:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> just got to watch out for our local fucktart
00:44:00 <RetroDan> im listening to my CB atm there is a crazy fude going on for months on the radio lol meth heads
00:44:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> lol you ever listen to the bullshit in brisbane with the truckies
00:44:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> holy shit they dribble some shit
00:45:00 <RetroDan> Im in sydney
00:45:00 <RetroDan> channel 40
00:46:00 <RetroDan> for truckied
00:46:00 <RetroDan> for truckies
00:46:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yeah same in brissy
00:46:00 <RetroDan> our repeater channel 5 is toxic
00:46:00 <RetroDan> its amazing
00:47:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yeah thats the exact same in brissy except not many people use it anymore
00:47:00 <RetroDan> there is an actual battle for the repeater people attacking each other etc
00:47:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> channel 7 use to be the toxic one
00:47:00 <RetroDan> fox hunting and doxing each other
00:47:00 <RetroDan> i just listen
00:49:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> fuck i cant remember how to make winamp bigger lol
00:50:00 <RetroDan> just drab bottom right hand corner
00:50:00 <RetroDan> Drag
00:52:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> fuck it ill sort it out late rlol
00:52:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> for now ill listen lol
00:52:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i got the playlist bigger just not the actual player
00:55:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> ok got now lol
00:55:00 <RetroDan> lol
00:56:00 <RetroDan> got you to download winamp
00:56:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yeah i remember it was better then windows media player
00:56:00 <RetroDan> do you remember realPlayer
00:56:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> sure do
00:57:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> do you remember napster lol
00:58:00 <RetroDan> napster bad
00:58:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i use to use it a lot then limewire came out lol
00:58:00 <RetroDan> Limewire = my #1 porn sorce in 2000
00:59:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> hahahaha yeah same
00:59:00 <RetroDan> An Kazza
00:59:00 <RetroDan> ANd*
00:59:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> there was a program before limewire but i cant remember its name
00:59:00 <RetroDan> Kazza
00:59:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> nah it was somewire as well
00:59:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i do remember using kazza tho
01:00:00 <RetroDan> Gnutella?
01:01:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> frostwire
01:01:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> thats what it was lol
01:01:00 <RetroDan> yeah i remember
01:02:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> its saying its still around lol
01:03:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> fuck its working too lol
01:14:00 <RetroDan> so there is one problem with iwin 98
01:14:00 <RetroDan> so there is one problem with win 98
01:15:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> whats that
01:17:00 <RetroDan> forced restarts
01:18:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> lol ok
01:19:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> holy shit frostwire is what i remember it as lol
01:36:00 <RetroDan> So your obviously in brizzy
01:36:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> well not at the moment lol
01:37:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> but yes thats where home is
01:37:00 <RetroDan> so where are you now?
01:38:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> Rockhampton
01:39:00 <RetroDan> living or just working?
01:39:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> working
01:39:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> im a defence security officer who does FIFO this time of the year
01:42:00 <RetroDan> so like asio?
01:42:00 <RetroDan> or more hands on like defence detail?
01:44:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> well more gate work and issung passes
01:45:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> asio can suck my cock lol
01:46:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> we deal with the SASR and Commandos
01:47:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> lol i got tatu playing
01:47:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> now that shit is 90s lol
01:52:00 <RetroDan> haha
01:52:00 <RetroDan> so if you get the older version you can go to shoutcast and get the channels
01:52:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> ill look hang on
01:53:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i think i got the newer one
02:02:00 <RetroDan> i gota jet maybe catch you another time, been good chating
02:16:00 <electrohead> ICQ just rececntly shut down for good, msn messenger was resurrected by a bunch of nerds
02:16:00 <electrohead> lol
02:21:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> seriously lol
02:21:00 <electrohead> https://escargot.chat/
02:22:00 <electrohead> and this - https://nina.chat/
02:22:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> shit hey
02:22:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> fuck i use to have a AOL account
02:22:00 <electrohead> dude same
02:23:00 <electrohead> I had aol, msn, yahoo, icq, and one other
02:23:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yeah i had the same lol
02:24:00 <electrohead> ehh, tread lightly with nina.chat
02:25:00 <electrohead> hrmm
02:26:00 <electrohead> I'm thinking pidgin would probably work with those services; way better control over the config(s)
02:28:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> okies
02:30:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> brb need to take a dump
02:38:00 <electrohead> lmao
02:43:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> ok back
02:43:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> also what is the email thing to get into msn messenger
02:54:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> nvm i got it lol
02:55:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> [email protected]
03:58:00 <Bonny> hmmmm
03:58:00 <Bonny> I got my new toy and I've been playing with it all night
04:09:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> holy fuck
04:09:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> that movie was bizarre
04:09:00 <Bonny> what movie?
04:13:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> beetlejuice beetlejuice
04:17:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> michael keaton played him well
04:18:00 <Bonny> I've never seen it
04:19:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> its pretty good only came out this year
04:19:00 <Bonny> beetlejuice came out years ago
04:20:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> nope the new one came out this year
04:20:00 <Bonny> ok
04:24:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> its an alright movie
04:24:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> its got danny divito in it as well as william defao
04:25:00 <Bonny> ok
04:25:00 <Bonny> you go home tomorrow eh?
04:25:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> tomorrow being friday yeaj
04:26:00 <Bonny> so you leave on friday?
04:26:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> yuyp
04:26:00 <Bonny> ahh ok
04:26:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i got to pick jabba up today
04:26:00 <Bonny> lol
04:26:00 <Bonny> put an ejector seat in the car
04:27:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i need to put a more then that
04:27:00 <Bonny> lol
04:27:00 <Bonny> you need a jet engine
04:28:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i need a fucking ship to take him to the hotel
04:28:00 <Bonny> lol
04:29:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> scratch that i need a cargo ship to pick him up
04:31:00 <Bonny> just get him to beach himself like a what and he will die like tortured soul
04:31:00 <Bonny> whale*
04:31:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> lol
04:32:00 <Bonny> many years ago this guy said to me that I'm a fat whale.. I didn't do anything to him so my reply was you're a beached whale that needs to be put down
04:36:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> sorry i had to put my jumper on
04:36:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i think jabba needs that as well
04:36:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> the fat shit will die of a heart attack the way he is going
04:41:00 <Bonny> yeah
04:46:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> and yeah it is cold here in rocky
04:48:00 <Bonny> better than being hot
04:48:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i would rather it hot at night
04:49:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> i can drink more water then
04:49:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> saves me shivering
04:49:00 <Bonny> guess so
04:49:00 <Bonny> anyway. I need sleep *hugz*
04:50:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> hugs night night
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23:30:00 <RetroDan> Hi All
23:50:00 <Snoopys_Gunship> RetroDan whats cracking