Just found this AOL pamphlet that fell out of a magazine from 1997 when I was sorting the loft. How times change.

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1. I love the fact that an ISP wanting to find out your thoughts is relying on posting back a survey, rather than filling out a form online.

2. aw sweet olde timey train spotter slur (/s)

3. She isn’t really a nerdy anorak, she is an (apparently married) hot chica giving you the wink.

   In the days when internet porn was waiting 5 minutes for a low resolution small pic, this was heady stuff.

4. 27 years later, not sure if they won the bet

5. Confirmed – we are all anoraks.

6. It’s really cool how people like me, as a nerd child of the 80s, went from being a nerd interested in the internet to it being a ridiculously mainstream thing.

   It’s the life that bitcoiners mistakenly think they are living out the early stages of

7. I haven’t seen the word anorak used in donkeys

8. I bought my first computer in ‘97. I knew my job trainer was into that sort of thing so I asked his advice. I made sure to let him know I wasn’t a geek though.

9. Is that a train magazine? And in comparison, what’s the winking lady on the right reading? Also, can I be cool and still be into trains?

10. £1000 back in 97. Just think of all the freddos you could buy with that.

11. Anorak looks more like she’s prepared for a rainy day in The Village rather than gricing grids and bodysnatchers at Crewe.

12. Any good questions?

13. No Connie, no thanks

14. You could get a good price for this on eBay/Etsy. This is pure art. Could be great in an IT company or home office