When AOL first REALLY hit the scene, I was in college, and my dad gave me his CC to put the billing
( HOURLY!) on. One day, about a month later, he showed up at my dorm with STEAM coming out of his ears! The CC bill for AOL was a little over $600. He said I had to pack my bags and come home with him because he could no longer afford my tuition at my "fancy pants private college!" I freaked, cause he seemed serious. After me BEGGING- he made me go inside, and he watched me as I cancelled my beloved AOL account! He then told me I better start drinking coffee, because even though I was a FULL time Dual major, I now had to get a job to pay him back! The next day, I got a PT job at a bagel store, and paid him back in 2 months. I quit that job the day I made the payment!

Not really my fondest memory of the internet, but certainly my most vivid. And I learned a good lesson- even though at the time it didn't feel like it.