17640.2337

I bet almost no one who's reading this will recognize that particular five-digit, dot, four-digit user ID format, but I remember my original CompuServe login code to this day.

( September 24 was CompuServe's 45th birthday )

I have the late Claire Gabriel to thank for persuading me to sign on to CompuServe. As in so many other areas of my fannish life, she encouraged me to expand my horizons and to think outside the box (before that cliché was a cliché ).