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Jeff-Groves · 12-28-17, 08:27 PM

I lived a pretty wild life sytle going into the 90's
Long hair, tattooes, leather, and wild chopped motorcycles.
All the while being a secret nerd. very few knew what I was capable of in the technical world.
I recall meeting Glenn and how proud he was with his programming on a Commadore!
I was working in a factory with his father at the time.
I don't think anyone aside from me knew what was going to happen.
I saw the same passion I had and just lit the fuse Glenn needed lit.
Lighting that kind of fuse had become my goal at that point!
Find the talent, lite the fuse, and blow on it if needed!
That turned into a partnership with an old friend. He had the money, I had the knowledge.
We became an internet service provider or ISP.
We were the first in our area to have dial up Internet! And we covered 2 counties!
Now the networking experience I had taught myself came into real world use!
That was in the mid 90's and Microsoft soon had me added as a Beta tester for many different things.
I was now legit! No official training, no schooling, but still legit!
after all the years underground?
It was a milestone to me.

12-28-17, 08:27 PM	#19
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,655 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Privateer goes legit I lived a pretty wild life sytle going into the 90's Long hair, tattooes, leather, and wild chopped motorcycles. All the while being a secret nerd. very few knew what I was capable of in the technical world. I recall meeting Glenn and how proud he was with his programming on a Commadore! I was working in a factory with his father at the time. I don't think anyone aside from me knew what was going to happen. I saw the same passion I had and just lit the fuse Glenn needed lit. Lighting that kind of fuse had become my goal at that point! Find the talent, lite the fuse, and blow on it if needed! That turned into a partnership with an old friend. He had the money, I had the knowledge. We became an internet service provider or ISP. We were the first in our area to have dial up Internet! And we covered 2 counties! Now the networking experience I had taught myself came into real world use! That was in the mid 90's and Microsoft soon had me added as a Beta tester for many different things. I was now legit! No official training, no schooling, but still legit! after all the years underground? It was a milestone to me.