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The Kitchen Table

A walk down memory lane!

2 years ago

With the passing of Glenda, I was thinking a lot about the old days of the KT. It was one of the first places I landed when we first were connected to the internet.

I was participating in forums at HGTV and a lot of people there were talking about the GardenWeb/That Home Site forums. The Kitchen Table was the 'chat' forum.

Here is a link to the Way Back Machine - which has links to old stuff on the internet. Sometimes, when you click on a thread, it comes up with nothing - but many are still there.

It is something to see all those old names. So if you were an 'old timer' from back in the day at the KT, you will get a kick out of this. Names like DesArkYaYa, Heyjud, Glenda_Al, GrinchGut, StephMc72 and SO many more. I think a few of you are here? SamKaren?

This link is to some pages in July/August 2003.

The WayBack Machine link to old Kitchen Table pages.

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sheilajoyce_gw

2 years ago

I found this site about 1993. My eldest child went off to college in 1992, and before she left she helped set me up with an online email so we could stay connected. My husband had read about this site in about 1993, and I have been here ever since. I dont post often, but I do enjoy keeping up with everyone here.

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Ann Erickson
Original Author
2 years ago
You can find more pages (again, some load, some don't) by clicking on the ticker at the top of the page for different months and years. Wow - just a treasure trove of old memories!

So many of those folks are gone now. RuthieTX passed a way a few years ago, she was active on another message board when she got sick and passed. PattieCO didn't live to far from me, and she has passed, but suffered from dementia for several years.

I never knew what happened to Tadpole Terror. He left the KT (and other offshoot message boards),but would make an appearance from time to time for a few years, but it has been MANY MANY years since he popped up. LOL Oh my, he could make things fun and get some so upset. I think he and Glenda knew each other IRL, or had at least met a few times

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Suzieque
2 years ago
Oh my gosh - yes, I rememer those names. Very cool.
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