[heymijo]

14.4 Kbps modem...sneak downstairs after bed, hold pillows over computer to muffle the modem's screeching, set one (1!) picture to download over night, set alarm to wake up before everyone else, find connection died and only downloaded top third of the picture.

Rinse and repeat until I finally had something worth, uh, saving on a floppy disk.

[daveslash]

A fun (troll) use that I had for an AOL CD... I borrowed a CD from a friend in high school. It was their favorite CD, but we were friends so they lent it to me. When it was time to return the CD to my friend...I took an AOL CD, ground it into the dirt, held a lighter to one side, shattered it, and then scotch taped it back together. When I "returned" my friend's favorite CD, I gave them AOL CD shiny-side up. After a short (fewer than 5 second) freak-out, I returned my friend's favorite CD in pristine condition. I was a bit of a jerk, but they took it in good humor.