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by twothamendment 3274 days ago
Yes - email in 1994. My sister was away at college. I was home with my own "Free" AOL - my parents didn't know what the Internet was to care about setting it up. This is back in the days of long distance phone calls. My mom wanted me to remind her to ask my sister something on Sunday when she'd call. Instead I emailed her and happen to get a reply in minutes.

My mom was almost mad because she was sure I had called her to answer this question. It took longer to explain email and show what happened than it did to get an answer.

Everything starts somewhere.