tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post1220314823521205951..comments2023-09-24T16:20:50.493-04:00Comments on Call Me Meg: The Future Is Here!CallMeMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184763491635476887noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-59445166883171519752015-06-04T03:32:35.066-04:002015-06-04T03:32:35.066-04:00I agree, the internet has been very good in me not...I agree, the internet has been very good in me not feeling so isolated.Jodie Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14517299162431809037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-10648534254799295492015-05-31T09:30:40.620-04:002015-05-31T09:30:40.620-04:00I joined the Atlanta Tri-Ess Chapter in 1991. Luck...I joined the Atlanta Tri-Ess Chapter in 1991. Luckily, the Chapter was rather large because it covered Georgia and parts Alabama. Because the Chapter was so big, you just had to come to a meeting and ask to join. I remember going to my first meeting in boy mode and sitting at the restaurant away from the group. Once the general meeting was over, I walked up to the President and asked to join. Everyone treated me so well and I came back as Susan the next month. I still have my name tag. However, once I found the internet in 1993 ans BBS, I did not renew.<br /><br />Susan KingSusan Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825286212211257944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-30689260076620419252015-05-29T08:39:31.874-04:002015-05-29T08:39:31.874-04:00While I remain a bit of a computer Luddite it real...While I remain a bit of a computer Luddite it really is amazing the easy access that people can now find to all things T. <br />I recall that I first read about a group called Tri-Ess in a Penthouse Forum magazine in the 1980s. To move forward at all I had to: <br /><br />First rent a post office box,<br /><br />Second write a letter to Tri-Ess with a SASE to the PO Box,<br /><br />Third, get the material from Tri-Ess national that told me about the local chapter,<br /><br />Fourth, write a letter to an unknown person at the local chapter at their PO Box again enclosing a SASE for my PO Box.<br /><br />Fifth, eventually get a letter from the local chapter membership person,<br /><br />Sixth, several letters back and forth to arrange a time for a meeting and my personal interview and to find out that notwithstanding my several letters that I would keep everything confidential that they needed to meet me to make sure that in their personal opinion I can be trusted not to tell anyone about this group.<br /><br />Seventh, meet the Tri-ess representative for lunch with both of us in male mode.<br /><br />Eigth, wait to find out if my application to the local Tri-Ess Chapter was accepted.<br /><br />Ninth, make sure that I had paid my initiation and dues to BOTH the national and local unit<br /><br />Tenth, learn the secret location of the monthly meeting.<br /><br />Eleventh, exchage correspondence about the meeting.<br /><br />Twelvth, attend the meeting.<br /><br />Those twelve steps likely took the better part of six months in not more. Today all that can be accomplished with a few clicks of the mouse.<br /><br />PatPat Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148601231866277374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-7219686972059537912015-05-28T10:24:33.322-04:002015-05-28T10:24:33.322-04:00It is difficult to overstate just how important th...It is difficult to overstate just how important the internet has been in both liberating and normalising not only our generation who grew up before it was around, nut also the succeeding generations who now know from an early age that they are not alone. Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577631984995202146noreply@blogger.com