Jim - that list of the network groups sure brings back memories - hadnt even heard dirtybird in over 5 years
Of course I was still on the BBS side at that time but doing a little interface for my surfers - I believe that GG probably had the biggest influence once I decided to lean towards the LL side - in the other parts of my biz there have been Rusty and Edie back in the old days, Hun back when we were collecting free pics and posting them, and a few unmentionables from the old days when we were scanning magazines to post images on Usenet for traffic and passwords.