Digging around the graveyard.

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Andybev01
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Digging around the graveyard.

Post by Andybev01 » Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:04 pm

I have been thinking about how, in the short timeline of the inter webs, halloween.com is a true survivor and went looking for skeletons in the closet.

Check out this, the oldest screen shot I could find.

I remember that damn skull.

God, I'm old. :shock:
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All you that doth my grave pass by,
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death & follow me.

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Re: Digging around the graveyard.

Post by NeverMore » Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:46 pm


Man you are old! Actually, I remember doing Archie, Veronica and Jughead
searches for anything Halloween related. And if you know what I'm talking
about then you are really really old.

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Re: Digging around the graveyard.

Post by Andybev01 » Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:08 am

Well, I'm 2 years younger than CB Christmas , and 1 less than ' great pumpkin', so do the math...if you can 8)

If you or anyone can find post número uno (besides mr. Halloween.com himself) I'd kill to see it ;)
All you that doth my grave pass by,
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death & follow me.

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Re: Digging around the graveyard.

Post by NeverMore » Sat Oct 12, 2013 2:56 am


Search indicates this is the very first post. Here's the Wayback view.

This is Wayback's earliest capture of the old forums.

I actually archived the usenet group alt.halloween.boo from the
beginning til some time in 2008 when I quit hanging there because
it got overtaken by spam. First post?


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From: "]-[ideaway" <hideaway@pcm.net>
Subject: scream!
Date: 22 Oct 1997 09:12:19
Message-ID: <344e4cde.0@news.nol.net>
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3
Newsgroups: alt.halloween.boo



happy halloween


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BTW: Jughead are Veronica were search engines for gopher, which
predated the world wide web. Text only. Archie searched FTP sites.
Usenet and ftp have been around since the beginning of the internet,
along with email. Those three are still around. Before the internet
were bulletin board systems (BBS), that was my first experience with
online services.


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Re: Digging around the graveyard.

Post by Andybev01 » Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:23 pm

The stats from that way back shot are...cute.

2 posted articles and 5 registered users.

Sigh; they grow up so fast.
All you that doth my grave pass by,
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death & follow me.

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