Pushing 17 Years

[Beebs52]

I think Beebs and Saucy both were here pretty darn early.

I was trying to remember if it was late 1999 or early 2000. Think 1999 because I was working at a dotcom ipo sort of place and remember wasting, er, rearranging work time to join the fun.

[Jeemie]

I do remember SilverCamaro being there quite early now, as well as Beebs.

Amazing how much has changed in 18 years.

For one thing, I remember being in MBA school and doing my round one phone calls from a pay phone on campus.

Pay phones being ubiquitous in 1999 is something people wouldn't imagine today.

[earendel]

I'm sure lb can substantiate that my "official" Bored anniversary is in May, but I can remember coming to the ABC version of the Bored not long after BAM premiered. I was a lurker at the time; as I recall my first "official" post was in February 2000 after I got my first callback. I may have used a different handle at that time; when I joined in May I used earendel100.

[Spock]

The Spocklette was probably the first baby conceived on the Bored and she will turn 16 on March 15.

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You obviously are accessing the board from a much better server than the one I've been using. The most action I ever saw was trivia chat.

You should have been on the double date with me and MaceMace.LOL

(He also conceived a daughter at roughly the same time).

Of all the people that have come through-I think I miss him the most.

[franktangredi]

I did not go on the original board until after my appearance on the show in August 2000, when I peeked in to check my "reviews." I had no idea what message boards were or how they worked, or much of anything else about the Internet. (In fact, I did not even own my own computer until I bought one with my winnings.)

When I got invited to join the GC, I wasn't even sure I wanted to. And I certainly didn't have any interest in belonging to two communities, which is why I confined myself to the GC until it died off.

I remember saying at the time, "I'm not sure how active I'll be ... but do you think maybe I've found an audience for these trivia games I make up?"

[BackInTex]

I think Beebs and Saucy both were here pretty darn early.

I was trying to remember if it was late 1999 or early 2000. Think 1999 because I was working at a dotcom ipo sort of place and remember wasting, er, rearranging work time to join the fun.

What place? Everyone's Internet?

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

I showed up in October 2001 around the time of the Baltimore auditon

[Beebs52]

I think Beebs and Saucy both were here pretty darn early.

I was trying to remember if it was late 1999 or early 2000. Think 1999 because I was working at a dotcom ipo sort of place and remember wasting, er, rearranging work time to join the fun.

What place? Everyone's Internet?

Splitrock Services, internet facilities provider, infrastructure, etc. Bought by McCleod then tanked. Never buy $7000 in stock options at your workplace...

[silverscreenselect]

Pay phones being ubiquitous in 1999 is something people wouldn't imagine today.

I actually got my first cell phone in order to be sure I got Round 2 callbacks, instead of having to remain at home or at work during the callback period. Mrs. SSS thought it was silly to buy a cell phone because we didn't really need one, even though I got one with the cheapest possible plan.

And shortly before I joined the Bored, I registered several domains for my website, including Silver Screen Select, because silverscreenvideos.com wasn't available. It was only after I joined the Bored that it became evailable (I was selling merchandise on ebay under the Silver Screen Videos name already) and I got it. But I figured I would keep my original Bored Name.

[Spock]

Apropo of nothing-but, regarding domain names. I am perpetually surprised that "TheGuillotine.com" was apparently snaggled up by Minnesota amateur wrestling early in the internets years. I looked at it some recently because we had a team go to state.

https://theguillotine.com/

[danielh41]

I gotta say Daniel, if your avatar pic is recent than there is not much change from your 16-year younger self save for the lack of 'stash. WTG!

I too, joined up in late '99 and started posting soon after. I remember that a reply to my very first post said, "you sound young" (I was in my early 40's)

I never paid for the phone game. Posted to the bored via dial-up AOL. And walked 5 miles to school every day - uphill both ways and barefoot.

Thanks jaybee, but that avatar picture is from December of 2007. Here's a pic I took of myself today (wearing the Dirk 30,000 points t-shirt, a giveaway at last night's Maverick-Laker game).

[danielh41]

Pay phones being ubiquitous in 1999 is something people wouldn't imagine today.

I actually got my first cell phone in order to be sure I got Round 2 callbacks, instead of having to remain at home or at work during the callback period. Mrs. SSS thought it was silly to buy a cell phone because we didn't really need one, even though I got one with the cheapest possible plan.

And shortly before I joined the Bored, I registered several domains for my website, including Silver Screen Select, because silverscreenvideos.com wasn't available. It was only after I joined the Bored that it became evailable (I was selling merchandise on ebay under the Silver Screen Videos name already) and I got it. But I figured I would keep my original Bored Name.

The 41 at the end of my Bored name was a suggested number from Yahoo when I tried to sign up for an email address with just danielh. When I got the message that that was unavailable, I took their first suggestion. The 41 means absolutely nothing, other than that, and yet, I've used it all these years.

[Bob Juch]

... I was working in Philadelphia for Rohm & Hass (now sold to Dow) and could look straight out my office window at the Liberty Bell (now moved two blocks south).

Unless you could see through walls, this can't be true.

Also, the Liberty Bell was moved to its new home across the park. It never crossed a street.

I can see through glass walls. The park spans two blocks.

[littlebeast13]

Somewhere in one of my notebooks, I still have the "author number" of everyone from the old days of the rankings. These numbers were assigned in numerical order by Go based on time of registration and gave a pretty good indication of when most BB's joined. I know mine was just a few thousand above 23000000 (May 6, 2000... not when I first posted, but when I registered for Go) and many of my fellow New Classers were also in the 23MM to 27MM range....

lb13

I thought I had something like this saved somewhere. I created this in July 2007:


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Below is a list I compiled of all BB's for who I was able to find an author number for. Pretty much anyone who posted during the last half of the Love Boat, who was also in the expanded rankings, should be included. Also, any random BB's from the old days who I happened to copy a number down for (With WTVT® and no cut & paste, I had to stash some author numbers to quickly pull up lists of posts by an author) will be here. In addition, I trolled through the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to find every link to an author number I could find (It had a strange fascination with Couch_Potato24 for some reason, though....), and was able to find a treasure trove of numbers for Old & New Class BB's. There should be few omissions of major players here, but there are undoubtably some not represented here (Perhaps most notably, wild bill, whose # I could not find anywhere). In addition, I included a few notable MM's as well as a few other "infamous" players in history who I could find (But not Couchie for some reason, though I had many chances to copy his number down).

There are few author numbers after the destruction of the old Go format in June 2004 for a few reasons. First off, none of the current Bored links use an author number, so it's impossible to determine one from the Bored as it was on the previous two incarnations of the Bored. Second, sometime in late '04 or early '05, Go changed its entire system of awarding author numbers, and the numbers seem to go from the late 66,000,000's straight to the 100,000,000's, so the continuity's gone. The only current way I know of to determine an author number of an unknown handle is via an ESPN contest (I used the entrants in the NCAA Tourney challenge). I also used the ESPN profiles feature to accurately determine month of resistration (It's amazing some of the handles that no longer "exist" according to the system)...

For BB's who had multiple regular handles, I have included both, but a note on the most recent one pointing towards the original handle.

Enjoy!




---------12/98---------

00227251 slip_kid
00897264 jreid
00902562 rob_wilson
01005634 geoffil
01058077 robertl30
01806060 BetsyRoss8
01831976 goongas
02951729 otherindigo
04148929 thad1427
04423841 jaybird
06706150 Timsterino
08722892 tanstaafl2

---------1/99---------

08968945 vandalrmc
09448802 HoosierHoopster

---------2/99---------

09902766 davei2000

---------3/99---------

10643598 tubadave

---------???---------

13484045 wrs1075
14343681 KH47 (According to the profile list, these handles no longer exist, so I can't assign a month to them)

---------8/99---------

14953161 kusch0
15196934 takinover
15312631 SportsFan68
15385398 LLMax00
15443943 MVLease

---------11/99---------

16996386 gsabc
17017627 maineiac1982
17192861 DBear4460
17238322 gusgerbils
17734506 beckford6598

---------12/99---------

17746539 dr_amp
17748459 jeemie4452
17886809 mellytu74
17928925 sfbazodee

---------1/00---------

18605910 SLK03
18609879 danielh41
18751638 astrnomr
18787545 oliver3260
18842673 jerr87
18874846 bbking52
18876876 soozin2
18877495 footballguy17
18897938 silvercamaro
18919843 admancf
18979878 smokey9534
18991983 Spaceman_Spiff00
19003981 barnaby93
19115676 TomL30
19227435 Killer_Tomato

---------2/00---------

19438530 fantine33
19444685 Jayhawker536
19451673 Todd_Rundgren
19516709 coasterick
19570960 bigdrawman
19635404 WANNABE82
19754923 NE1410S
19757829 AZAC460
19808162 jaybeecon46
19817746 MarleysGh0st
19818405 ghostjmf
19842892 lilyvonschtupp26
19876327 ReneFatone
19973692 selinmit
20050321 renovator
20055175 mikeyratf
20063606 web5709
20076084 trevor_macfee
20166203 jac070

---------3/00---------

20370997 cabbyjoe59
21236528 Reeg2223
21301345 ulysses5019
21330981 Mellowmom50
21364535 mikehardware
21526357 scarlet235
21572190 puppie96
21587208 Estonut
21618711 a1mamacat

---------4/00---------

21690124 silverscreenselect
21726534 JimWantsAShot
21919524 dilettante88
22096102 Ritterskoop
22241512 dr_evil50
22597119 walhal
22640141 RevDodd
22730216 VaDame
22737283 artinma
22822429 watersprinkler

---------5/00---------

22855902 samcat23
22867547 gailmail5
22886210 badbob333
22890412 marsbar77
22899289 Corn9977
23005278 littlebeast13 (For reference, I know I registered this on the morning of 5/6/00)
23086657 avantcall
23150769 Bob46187
23208918 tgirl78
23283779 The_Navigator84
23335508 bjh104
23343882 macemace48
23408018 Sir_Galahad
23504796 cted82
23541724 peter5858
23543249 ndsuspock
23553265 earendel100
23625905 minimetoo26

---------6/00---------

23837336 luv2jog
23918171 doncoop
24000781 HarvSilk
24208437 antistius
24214293 psammead
24255624 DaveSenior
24408639 lulu5123
24429585 Im_Ace
24434733 BackInTex

---------7/00---------

24787680 DUNADAN202
24863765 Tocqueville3
24969785 skypilate
25045611 TXgrandma
25256929 JBillyGirl
25354245 SenorPinball
25424200 ScrabbleTed

---------8/00---------

25462194 golfmanbob
25493280 Eyégor (see web5709)
26230196 HF_Jai
26235276 christie1111
26306980 elwoodblues32
26318088 nitrah55
26442077 GeniusParks

---------9/00---------

26775502 jtmattox
26781456 mcraig7155536
26788655 megaaddict
26837197 Linus_Tx
26876375 gunnar1026
26998594 rhoadsc
27014743 mntetn
27160621 boilerguy77
27208226 vails11
27224097 AlphaDummy
27249171 traininvain
27253502 ShamelessWeasel
27416800 amazonium

---------10/00---------

27503994 a_rosebud
27522295 egsmom41
27591986 ntnBO
27617500 tinrinrin
27876507 RJS102254
27929630 Kazoo59
28044483 aussiegirl828
28153645 Exeter571

---------11/00---------

28307989 DasBooch
28360581 askjules
28425515 John9826
28569682 ging5472
28577716 wazzu_kate
28627327 dimmzy

---------12/00---------

28812115 FlyBrick
28840788 TheCalvinator24
28863665 lilclyde54
28939543 ImWaiting
29056451 starfish1113
29103934 wild_bill_76
29157294 wintergreen48 (See antistius)

---------1/01---------

29451396 markwiz73
29452495 mrkelley23
29478618 Chase1207
29535973 dodgersteve182
29540816 hbomb47 (See HarvSilk)
29652148 macsdaddy1967
29757828 andrewjackson
29857120 DevilKitty100
29875308 TheConfessor

---------2/01---------

29996454 karentherese
30143591 PSUDoc90
30213711 BobJuch
30326911 gsn309
30419955 1DrunkenIdiot (See ImWaiting)
30520870 Barbarella09
30533564 kidtejas
30585462 rayxtwo

---------3/01---------

30688164 okiepat2000
30790989 BeeMan521
30836188 tigerx3
31295335 taurus4848
31439056 MACRAE1234
31452226 flockofseagulls104 (See bjh104)
31457145 baseballnut25
31551379 PEACOCK2121
31591267 deb_in_ga
31616395 rubbersnail
31640492 ProtonSquared
31675134 Rexer25

---------4/01---------

31748126 jim362
31899638 petergrantgioia
31919668 gretagarbo9929
31968562 melleon
32055280 BarbLee61
32114089 oldernow
32316104 PanicInDetroit

---------5/01---------

32483754 MiViva

---------6/01---------

33005912 wbtravis007
33229610 Mo_Hillbilly

---------7/01---------

34674364 Buffacuse
34978790 gotribego26

---------8/01---------

35255115 mathdanmom
35309885 palerider1980
35466341 themanintheseersuckersuit

---------9/01---------

36008777 Bixby17
36401767 two_eagle_bdm (see bigdrawman)

---------10/01---------

37254879 EgregiousPhilbin

---------11/01---------

38652043 greedphee
38672830 pcmaxey

---------12/01---------

39341495 Âmazonium (See amazonium)
39373581 Dr_J_427
39487476 etaoin22
39518989 leszekp
39821984 the_toeth

---------1/02---------

40043258 Pat_Summerall (I couldn't resist!)
40280578 TBOTSMeister

---------7/02---------

43311064 hbomb1947 (See hbomb47)
43540396 grand4973
43580038 la_girafa
43587337 T_Bone0806
43635120 AttylaurieP

---------8/02---------

43848511 thguy65
44081796 centflaparrothead
44298146 _Booch_ (See DasBooch)

---------11/02---------

46418732 moonlighter
46471159 HoltDad414

---------3/03---------

49856858 BBTranscriptTeam

---------5/03---------

51591076 hermillion
51910076 toothguy4705

---------7/03---------

52955268 fuzzywuzzy327
53203308 joehawk
53232620 fivelittleducks

---------8/03---------

53330294 marrymeflyfree

---------9/03---------

54059745 MillFan

---------10/03---------

54713266 rockyrd11

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56691277 MickandMinnie79

---------1/04---------

57336774 jsuchard
57444876 PlacentiaSoccerMom
57747007 plasticene

---------2/04---------

58390119 therealdbear (See DBear4460)

---------5/04---------

61632616 kayrharris (See KH47)

---------6/04---------

62185073 2121peacock (See PEACOCK2121)
62220544 NellyLunatic1980

---------10/04---------

66214297 DadofTwins02

[flockofseagulls104]

OK, thanks LB. I joined in May 2000 and changed to flockofseagulls in March 2001

[tlynn78]

Memories ... some terrific peeps we never hear from any more.

[MarleysGh0st]

Hey, beast is digging up his old lists, just like in the good ol' days!

And I'm reminded from seeing that list that I registered my handle on Go back in February, 2000, but I continued to lurk until I finally got to play Round 2 of the Phone Game in December of that year.

[MarleysGh0st]

People might not remember than in the initial phone game for the August 1999 debut, there was a charge per call.

I remember!

Back then, I did some mental calculations of the cost of that call vs. the odds of winning some money on the show and I decided it wasn't worth it. I never called in until they eliminated the charge in November, '99.



What I wouldn't pay to play the Phone Game again!

[Vandal]

Sheesh. I didn't know I was such an old-timer.

[SportsFan68]

Hey, beast is digging up his old lists, just like in the good ol' days!

And I'm reminded from seeing that list that I registered my handle on Go back in February, 2000, but I continued to lurk until I finally got to play Round 2 of the Phone Game in December of that year.

I knew it was coming, or I would have tried to find some other way to note my first Bored entry.

Now if I could just get him to change that stupid avatar . . .

[Bob78164]

Hey, beast is digging up his old lists, just like in the good ol' days!

And I'm reminded from seeing that list that I registered my handle on Go back in February, 2000, but I continued to lurk until I finally got to play Round 2 of the Phone Game in December of that year.

Maybe soon we'll see another edition of This Weeks Rankings. --Bob

[jarnon]

I got a go.com account in February 1999 to make a comment on the Good Morning America website (thus the dull userid). I found the original Bored in late 1999.

[littlebeast13]

Hey, beast is digging up his old lists, just like in the good ol' days!

And I'm reminded from seeing that list that I registered my handle on Go back in February, 2000, but I continued to lurk until I finally got to play Round 2 of the Phone Game in December of that year.

I was checking for BB's who had registered their ID's very close together, and I noticed the very tiny difference between you and ghost. Only 658 other Go ID's were registered between the two of you, meaning both of the Bored's longtime ghosts likely registered on the same day, and at the rate ID's were being claimed at that time, I'd dare say within half an hour of each other!

lb13

[andrewjackson]

Thanks. I could not remember when I joined. So I've been here off and on for 16 years. I haven't done too many things in my life for 16 years.