I don't know if my BFF Holly will remember this or not. But, many years ago she and I were roommates on Avenue M in Kearney. Back in the day of cordless phones and answering machines. Back in the day when the Internet was just coming to fruition and email addresses were slowly being given out.
She and I were both friends with this guy named Matt who had just moved away to go to college. One night, while we were away, his parents had called and left a message with his new email address. Being as how we were all new to this phenomenon of email and Internet we weren't exactly sure how email addresses were supposed to look.
I distinctly remember listening to their message and this is the email we came up with.
mattbro@hotmaildotcom
Or something along those lines. But, for some reason I always think of this when people give me their email because I remember how silly we were to not know that dot really meant (.).
Holls - do you remember this?
Love this story! I always tell my students that internet came into homes around 1994 when I was 14. I tell them about the old cell phones. I tell them about handing out email addresses and how weird it was to figure out how it all worked. Technology has come a long way in 15 years!
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