#123..on "optimizing" my aol experience - aol 9.0

So I just upgraded to aol 9.0.  Okay, okay..i know i'm a little behind..but trust me, when you've been on aol for as long as i have, you get a bit leery when new versions come out.   For the record, I am still partial to version 2.8, before all the fluff n' stuff days...(and that was an upgrade!)  Sigh, I guess I could be considered an official charter member or an aol masochist, with the latter being the most accurate of the two.

For those of you who may not be aware -  in the "olden" days, we would have to pay for aolabuse by the minute...read again, the MINUTE.  Some of the bills could get outrageous, especially if you didn't realize aol, connected you via a long distance phone numbers.  (No, I am NOT kidding.)  There were quite a few of us "newbee's" getting connected via Australia and the like, without even realizing it.  Get burned once, and all of a sudden you became really good about learning all of the angles. 

Back then, Aol used to actually shut down in the wee hours of the morning to back up their files..or go out for coffee or something.  Some of us, and I'm not naming names here, used to skirt the minute charges and go into the tech support area, and wait around to "talk" to techs about problems or questions we were having...but really we were there to freely chat to other online friends in the free-zone. That was the area that aol, didn't log your minutes - essentially, you could then chat for free until you got noticed and then booted out.

anyway, back to my initial point for posting..so far, 9.0 is acting pretty good..."so far", of course, being the key words here.  I hope it lasts.