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Of the first 250 members of the GunBroker forums

retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
edited August 2017 in General Discussion
Since the beginning ~15-August, 1999...
A firm salute goes out to these active and remaining, first 250 forum members:Member #06 : NUNN Joined 28-August, 1999
Member #09 : kimberkid Joined 29-August, 1999
Member #14 : Pelican Joined 29-August, 1999
Member #31 : duckhunter Joined 31-August, 1999
Member #41 : tajjn Joined 01-September, 1999
Member #60 : p3skyking Joined 04-September, 1999
Member #108: laxcoach Joined 12-September, 1999
Member #198: deer-hunter1 Joined 07-October, 1999
Member #246: lead Joined 16-October, 1999
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,231 ******
    edited November -1
    .....Welcome aboard,,[^][^]
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did the time go???????
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i joined later that year, got booted and erased, then joined again in 01 left with the {burp} crowd and joined again in 04


    anyone remember what color the forum was in 1999?
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
    i joined later that year, got booted and erased, then joined again in 01 left with the {burp} crowd and joined again in 04


    anyone remember what color the forum was in 1999?


    Same as now. White.[:p]
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had been selling brass on the auction side for almost 8 months before I 'found' the forums.

    Well now, I sell very little brass, but I buy a lot of 'stuff' and I've stayed with the forums now just pass 8 years.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
    i joined later that year, got booted and erased, then joined again in 01 left with the {burp} crowd and joined again in 04


    anyone remember what color the forum was in 1999?


    Same as now. White.[:p]




    it was brown
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,637 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    02/2001 for jeff. I guess I'm a newbe.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Man, I'm really a newbie; I've only been here for a decade! [:0] [:D]

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,938 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You used to post a topic and it might be a day or more before it got a reply in General discussion.
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Warbirds
    You used to post a topic and it might be a day or more before it got a reply in General discussion.
    Now... It's likely to hit page three before the end of the day!
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,277 ******
    edited November -1
    Heck, I didn't know there was such a thing as the internet until 2007!
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  • HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    Still wet behind my ears: May 2005!
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well 08/20/2005 for me. But of those with more posts than me there are only two who started after me.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    any of you remember when html was allowed and i would insert a funny sound that would go off when you opened a thread ?


    i got a few with this one {21seconds in}


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfGD5FgtNtY
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wow...i had just started high school in those days.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,231 ******
    edited November -1
    [:D][:D][:D]
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,344 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congratulation to them for their longevity. I joined in 6/01 while working night shifts at work...corrections. I didn't have internet at home then. I couldn't wait to get to work to check the GD forum and look at the guns. That is probably what kept me going to work then.
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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got here in October 2000 and have maintained the frenetic pace of .98 posts per day.[:0]
    standard.jpg
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,372 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [:I][:I][:I]
    sorry to say I knew a little about GB rumors and see the name pop up sometimes , but I was doing Ok on another gun auction site and was just a little hesitant to jump on the GB wagon but with in a year give or take (Aug 2000 ) I went with GB and have been content and pleased with the way the Capt and crew run the ship [^][^][^][^]
    tons of good info have passed these pages and some "interesting people [:D].
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
    i joined later that year, got booted and erased, then joined again in 01 left with the {burp} crowd and joined again in 04


    anyone remember what color the forum was in 1999?

    It's the same forum software as then,...right?[:0][:D]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • JimmyJackJimmyJack Member Posts: 5,515 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    3/2001 Only thing I remember then is that we argued about what a cord of wood was.
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  • leadlead Member Posts: 2,311 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think I was still on dial up back then. Posting was an all day affair.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
    i joined later that year, got booted and erased, then joined again in 01 left with the {burp} crowd and joined again in 04


    anyone remember what color the forum was in 1999?

    It's the same forum software as then,...right?[:0][:D]



    i do not think so, it may have been a previous version of snitz , but the background was brown and was much more versatile for users, although it was highly open for hackers
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  • TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Started in 1999, and never left...[:)]

    Trinity +++
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I didn't start till May of 2000 so I'm glad that doesn't make me an original old fart, just a fart.
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I didn't get here until 2013 I think. I imagine the ink is still wet on my forged registration papers.
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  • chiefrchiefr Member Posts: 14,115 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by lead
    I think I was still on dial up back then. Posting was an all day affair.





    I joined back in 2000 or 2001 under a different handle as I lived in a different state and had a different email address. All dialup and slow.


    It was Nunn that introduced me to GB. I can remember when the auction site first started up and I was extremely cautious about bidding and buying on GB. Wow has things changed.
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  • steve45steve45 Member Posts: 2,940 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    02/2001 for me. Of course back then I used it for members gun knowledge not entertainment like today.
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  • tajjntajjn Member Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dam am I that old.[:D]
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm not feeling well today and decided to take a sick day.
    Soooo, now you guys have me!

    Been sitting here reading and looking and thinking...
    All dangerous stuff for sure.
    ***********

    Neat forums factoids:

    There are currently on record, ~80,000 members in the forums.
    Of those 80K, approximately 887 are active (posting at least once in the past 6 months).

    That's about 1.1 percent of the total registered members.

    Only eleven individuals out of every thousand registered members have posted in the last six months.

    About 160-200 members post within a 24-36 hour period on the weekend.
    While only about 12 to 15 post within a similar 24-36 hour period during a weekday (not counting Friday).
    My guess is, most of our active members work for a living and aren't in the mood or have enough energy to post after a hard day's work.
    I know I fit that personality model... mostly. [:I]
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