I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s … and now I am a hop skip and a jump away from the big 50 ( but not yet).

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s … and now I am a hop skip and a jump away from the big 50 ( but not yet).

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

13 years.
I signed up late 2003 after I moved to tasmania

stumpy_seahorse said:

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s … and now I am a hop skip and a jump away from the big 50 ( but not yet).

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

13 years.
I signed up late 2003 after I moved to tasmania

I don’t remember but it was a long time ago.

oh God’t was way back in teck talk
posted a jokin’ question
we’d just got new IBM with internet
‘bout mouse I complain
had takin’ to the end of mouse pad
fella gave ol’ instruction
told me to lift’n put it down ‘gain did
onto me quick was ‘em
saw is joke 1999/2000 thereabouts

transition said:

oh God’t was way back in teck talk
posted a jokin’ question
we’d just got new IBM with internet
‘bout mouse I complain
had takin’ to the end of mouse pad
fella gave ol’ instruction
told me to lift’n put it down ‘gain did
onto me quick was ‘em
saw is joke 1999/2000 thereabouts

You coulda just said all of that in one sentence

Tamb said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s … and now I am a hop skip and a jump away from the big 50 ( but not yet).

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

13 years.
I signed up late 2003 after I moved to tasmania

I don’t remember but it was a long time ago.

in a galaxy far, far away?

stumpy_seahorse said:

Tamb said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

13 years.
I signed up late 2003 after I moved to tasmania

I don’t remember but it was a long time ago.

in a galaxy far, far away?

In Far North Queensland, so, yes, you’re right.

Tamb said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Tamb said:

I don’t remember but it was a long time ago.

in a galaxy far, far away?

In Far North Queensland, so, yes, you’re right.

:)

>You coulda just said all of that in one sentence

the shadow world of the otherwise

I was living in Nowra, so about 12 years?

Divine Angel said:

I was living in Nowra, so about 12 years?

The South Coast of NSW is quite beautiful.

about september 2002.

It was around the time I met mr kii, but I was mainly in Squabbly and the squabbles drove me out into the welcoming bosom of sssf. So since early 2001?

1998 I believe.

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s … and now I am a hop skip and a jump away from the big 50 ( but not yet).

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

Haven’t a clue. I wasn’t one of the founding members but I was around about five or so years later. Definitely before 2007, I was on the SSSF lunar challenge in 2007.

I went to a pud at FMS place on the Gold Coast in 2000, so before that but I cant remember anymore.

Not sure, I was in Canberra having a brilliant time and back in the day the forum was in color.

AwesomeO said:

Not sure, I was in Canberra having a brilliant time and back in the day the forum was in color.

mollwollfumble said:

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s … and now I am a hop skip and a jump away from the big 50 ( but not yet).

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

Haven’t a clue. I wasn’t one of the founding members but I was around about five or so years later. Definitely before 2007, I was on the SSSF lunar challenge in 2007.

I became an Avatar in April 2006, so well before that. For the first year and a half on the Forum I never started a thread.

Perhaps it’s time to resurrect this:
————————————————————————————————
From: Alex (Medical) 21/04/2012 9:17:06 PM

Subject: Demographics the Last post id: 5456308

Questions are mostly from old demographics threads, but I added 29 because I wanted to, and 30 so there’d be an even number.

1) How did you first hear about or discover this forum?

2) How often do you use the forum?

3) What city/town/state/country are you in?

4) Where do you normally access the forum from (work, home etc.)?

5) How old are you, roughly (or exactly, if you like)?

6) What do you do when you’re not using the forum (i.e. occupation etc.)?

7) What first made you interested in science?

8) What was the name of the first pet you ever had? What kind of pet was it?

9) Do you participate in other science forums?

10) Describe yourself in a single word? (ONLY ONE)

11) What is the make of your car?

12) Have you ever had a close call with DEATH? (If YES Details please)

13) Describe yourself in Shakespearean language?

14) You can sing one song only…..which one do you choose?

15) What is a Roscotelle?

16) Are you a lurker? If so why?

17) What is your favorite hat?

18) I listen to…

19) What colour is an orange in the dark?

20) Mutants / velvets?

21) What brought you to the forum?

22) What interests you the most about science?

23) What would you most like to learn about?

24) Is there something in life you really love?

25) Is there something in life you really hate?

26) Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

27) Do you have any (until now) secrets you’d like to share?

28) Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

29) Are you going to the holiday forum? abcforums? Both?

30) Did you go to the Ceduna eclipse?

mollwollfumble said:

mollwollfumble said:

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s … and now I am a hop skip and a jump away from the big 50 ( but not yet).

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

Haven’t a clue. I wasn’t one of the founding members but I was around about five or so years later. Definitely before 2007, I was on the SSSF lunar challenge in 2007.

I became an Avatar in April 2006, so well before that. For the first year and a half on the Forum I never started a thread.

Perhaps it’s time to resurrect this:
————————————————————————————————
From: Alex (Medical) 21/04/2012 9:17:06 PM

Subject: Demographics the Last post id: 5456308

Questions are mostly from old demographics threads, but I added 29 because I wanted to, and 30 so there’d be an even number.

1) How did you first hear about or discover this forum?

2) How often do you use the forum?

3) What city/town/state/country are you in?

4) Where do you normally access the forum from (work, home etc.)?

5) How old are you, roughly (or exactly, if you like)?

6) What do you do when you’re not using the forum (i.e. occupation etc.)?

7) What first made you interested in science?

8) What was the name of the first pet you ever had? What kind of pet was it?

9) Do you participate in other science forums?

10) Describe yourself in a single word? (ONLY ONE)

11) What is the make of your car?

12) Have you ever had a close call with DEATH? (If YES Details please)

13) Describe yourself in Shakespearean language?

14) You can sing one song only…..which one do you choose?

15) What is a Roscotelle?

16) Are you a lurker? If so why?

17) What is your favorite hat?

18) I listen to…

19) What colour is an orange in the dark?

20) Mutants / velvets?

21) What brought you to the forum?

22) What interests you the most about science?

23) What would you most like to learn about?

24) Is there something in life you really love?

25) Is there something in life you really hate?

26) Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

27) Do you have any (until now) secrets you’d like to share?

28) Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

29) Are you going to the holiday forum? abcforums? Both?

30) Did you go to the Ceduna eclipse?

Alex’s last missive was that she had spent half her life here and then poof, gone.

17 years here

Originally joined as ironbark in 2001 but there was some time before I came back and the site didn’t recognise my password so I changed to roughbarked in 2003.

Around mid 2001 from memory. I’m fairy sure I announced first childs birth on here and that was December of 2001. The big Melbourne pud (piggy’s send-off) was in March 2002, and I was well entrenched by then.

i was on sssf earlier than i thought cos i remember the 9/11 happening.

ChrispenEvan said:

i was on sssf earlier than i thought cos i remember the 9/11 happening.

but did it happen on SSSF?

roughbarked said:

ChrispenEvan said:

i was on sssf earlier than i thought cos i remember the 9/11 happening.

but did it happen on SSSF?

yep. I was there. It was Brett’s birthday and he was drunk. So I was reading the forum..

sarahs mum said:

roughbarked said:

ChrispenEvan said:

i was on sssf earlier than i thought cos i remember the 9/11 happening.

but did it happen on SSSF?

yep. I was there. It was Brett’s birthday and he was drunk. So I was reading the forum..

OK… I was on the phone to the missus who was soon to find out how difficult it was going to be getting a flight home from Perth. I said a plane just flew into one of the twin towers.. She said “nevermind, it is only terrorists”.

roughbarked said:

sarahs mum said:

roughbarked said:

but did it happen on SSSF?

yep. I was there. It was Brett’s birthday and he was drunk. So I was reading the forum..

OK… I was on the phone to the missus who was soon to find out how difficult it was going to be getting a flight home from Perth. I said a plane just flew into one of the twin towers.. She said “nevermind, it is only terrorists”.

I stumbled in from the pub at 3am and couldn’t work out why the same movie was on every bloody channel..

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

sarahs mum said:

yep. I was there. It was Brett’s birthday and he was drunk. So I was reading the forum..

OK… I was on the phone to the missus who was soon to find out how difficult it was going to be getting a flight home from Perth. I said a plane just flew into one of the twin towers.. She said “nevermind, it is only terrorists”.

I stumbled in from the pub at 3am and couldn’t work out why the same movie was on every bloody channel..

That went on for three and a half days here before any other program was shown.

I was there for too long..

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

OK… I was on the phone to the missus who was soon to find out how difficult it was going to be getting a flight home from Perth. I said a plane just flew into one of the twin towers.. She said “nevermind, it is only terrorists”.

I stumbled in from the pub at 3am and couldn’t work out why the same movie was on every bloody channel..

That went on for three and a half days here before any other program was shown.

It kicked off at about 9ish, someone mentioned a plane had flown into a tower, mildly interesting but then a comment that a second plane had hit a tower and about that time, the channel switched over to live from New York as did all th channels, I stayed on all night watching and reading and for some reason I didn’t need to go to work the following day so put in an overnighter. At some points early on, by the time you had read a comment and went back to the list it was off the page already.

For the next week the forum was full of it with multiple threads starting.

1998 or 1999. I think my first post was in response to a question about beard hair aligning in a sink after the enquirer shaved. IIRC, I didn’t have to register for that.

Also, JFTR, the correct pronoun in this case is “me”.

mollwollfumble said:

Subject: Demographics the Last post id: 5456308

man, I hated those demographics threads

Arts said:

mollwollfumble said:

Subject: Demographics the Last post id: 5456308

man, I hated those demographics threads

I didn’t realise they were compulsory.

:)

sibeen said:

Arts said:

mollwollfumble said:

Subject: Demographics the Last post id: 5456308

man, I hated those demographics threads

I didn’t realise they were compulsory.

:)

If they were I broke the rules on all occasions but one

sibeen said:

Arts said:

mollwollfumble said:

Subject: Demographics the Last post id: 5456308

man, I hated those demographics threads

I didn’t realise they were compulsory.

:)

I stayed out.

roughbarked said:

sibeen said:

Arts said:

man, I hated those demographics threads

I didn’t realise they were compulsory.

:)

I stayed out.

The first forumite I met in real life was Michael V. This was just a few days after the Boxing Day Tsunami and it was the natural topic of conversation. I’d probably been posting for about a year before that. That was 2004, so probably late 2003 or early 2004 I started posting at SSSF.

Think it was early 2002 this end.

party_pants said:

The first forumite I met in real life was Michael V. This was just a few days after the Boxing Day Tsunami and it was the natural topic of conversation. I’d probably been posting for about a year before that. That was 2004, so probably late 2003 or early 2004 I started posting at SSSF.

I’ve met Mr and Mrs MV.

I think, maybe, 2000 or 2001…

Early ’03 for me. I can still find the Google listing for my first thread, but the ABC Archives seem gone.

Before we moved to Penshurst, so prior to 2001. My first question was why were the Tasmanian aboriginal people so dark skinned so far south and did this perhaps suggest the ozone hole had been around a hell of a lot longer than generally acknowledged. No idea what the answer ended up being.

buffy said:

Before we moved to Penshurst, so prior to 2001. My first question was why were the Tasmanian aboriginal people so dark skinned so far south and did this perhaps suggest the ozone hole had been around a hell of a lot longer than generally acknowledged. No idea what the answer ended up being.

Then what happened?

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Before we moved to Penshurst, so prior to 2001. My first question was why were the Tasmanian aboriginal people so dark skinned so far south and did this perhaps suggest the ozone hole had been around a hell of a lot longer than generally acknowledged. No idea what the answer ended up being.

Then what happened?

Can’t remember. You will find as you get older (because I know you think of yourself as a Bright Yount Thing PWM) you get better at sorting the wheat from the chaff and you only remember the important stuff. The logic of this is that if I forgot it, it was not important.

;)

(Can someone help me remove this tongue from my cheek please…)

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Before we moved to Penshurst, so prior to 2001. My first question was why were the Tasmanian aboriginal people so dark skinned so far south and did this perhaps suggest the ozone hole had been around a hell of a lot longer than generally acknowledged. No idea what the answer ended up being.

Then what happened?

The rest is history.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Before we moved to Penshurst, so prior to 2001. My first question was why were the Tasmanian aboriginal people so dark skinned so far south and did this perhaps suggest the ozone hole had been around a hell of a lot longer than generally acknowledged. No idea what the answer ended up being.

Then what happened?

One of the forum witches waved a wand and turned Buffy into part of the furniture.

Arts said:

mollwollfumble said:

Subject: Demographics the Last post id: 5456308

man, I hated those demographics threads

I liked them, the questions made more sense than those in the census.

monkey skipper said:

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

I joined during the first half of 2003. At that time, I didn’t have the internet at home but went online from the local public library. Up until that time, I had deliberately resisted the internet. But, I eventually embraced it.

I got Windows 98 in 1999. From then until the time I got the internet at home in 2003, I didn’t use any internet security (I didn’t need it), and my system remained stable. But after about six months on the internet, the system had become so unstable as to be unusable and requiring reinstallation.

I joined SSSF during the Spanish Civil War , I had been shot down over mucho grande and was recovering in my bunk in the main hall when I joined.

wookiemeister said:

I joined SSSF during the Spanish Civil War , I had been shot down over mucho grande and was recovering in my bunk in the main hall

it helped quell the pain in my leg that throbbed and kept me awake of a night

wookiemeister said:

I joined SSSF during the Spanish Civil War , I had been shot down over mucho grande and was recovering in my bunk in the main hall when I joined.

I remember that.

KJW said:

monkey skipper said:

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

I joined during the first half of 2003. At that time, I didn’t have the internet at home but went online from the local public library. Up until that time, I had deliberately resisted the internet. But, I eventually embraced it.

I got Windows 98 in 1999. From then until the time I got the internet at home in 2003, I didn’t use any internet security (I didn’t need it), and my system remained stable. But after about six months on the internet, the system had become so unstable as to be unusable and requiring reinstallation.

In 1997 I was reading about win98. So I waited till it came out and we bought a desktop. Sarah found the forum first. She was so young that sarahs mum signed up to help sarah explain what it was she was trying to achieve with her questioning..

wookiemeister said:

I joined SSSF during the Spanish Civil War , I had been shot down over mucho grande and was recovering in my bunk in the main hall when I joined.

I first peeped in a bit earlier, in 1932 on a very early valve monitor but the screen resolution was so poor and full of snow you could barely follow the flame wars.

Around 2005 ? maybe a bit later.

I posted once or twice that murderers should get a life sentence

and once I posted a link to 12 or so abc articles covering murderers found guilty

and posted that they all should get life sentences

caused some others to get a bit excited, If I remember

so many different people

It was hard to keep track

sarahs mum said:

In 1997 I was reading about win98. So I waited till it came out and we bought a desktop.

I got my first PC (I had Commodore computers prior to that) just before Windows 95 came out. It ran Windows 3.11 as the main OS but I got W95 when it came out as a second OS dual-booting system. Windows 95 quickly became corrupted so I continued with Windows 3.11 until the computer eventually became obsolete in 1999. Generally speaking, I keep computers for as long as I can.

of course in those days the Borg monitored the SSSF intensively

I just checked, my first post on SSSF was 16/04/99. That’s a while ago.

Spiny Norman said:

I just checked, my first post on SSSF was 16/04/99. That’s a while ago.

How were you able to check?

of course in those days the Borg monitored the SSSF intensively

and once victorious in assimilating a new entity the Borg queen would call all the Borg ships to the fifth quadrant where everyone would get high on Blue Juice

Spiny Norman said:

I just checked, my first post on SSSF was 16/04/99. That’s a while ago.

What name did you use, or was it BS.

Bill (Aviator) and sarahs mum were around when I first started. In fact the first question I answered was one of sm’s. Perhaps that was 2000 or so.

wookiemeister said:

of course in those days the Borg monitored the SSSF intensively

and once victorious in assimilating a new entity the Borg queen would call all the Borg ships to the fifth quadrant where everyone would get high on Blue Juice

There were quite a few Borg in the ABC board room.

I think all ABC board members were Borg.

All of them.

Still the same now

All Borg

nothings changed

CrazyNeutrino said:

Still the same now

All Borg

nothings changed

the ABC has gone down hill

CrazyNeutrino said:

Still the same now

All Borg

nothings changed

how rude

The Lab said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Still the same now

All Borg

nothings changed

how rude

I’m being polite.

I would throw out all the ABC board members. New faces are needed.

and I would bring back Fact Check

CrazyNeutrino said:

The Lab said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Still the same now

All Borg

nothings changed

how rude

I’m being polite.

I would throw out all the ABC board members. New faces are needed.

and I would bring back Fact Check

and more pressure on politicians to “Answer the Question”

I started on SSSF in either 1999 or 2001. It was not too long before registration was required.

CrazyNeutrino said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

The Lab said:

how rude

I’m being polite.

I would throw out all the ABC board members. New faces are needed.

and I would bring back Fact Check

and more pressure on politicians to “Answer the Question”

Answer the Question could follow the 7:30 Report

1999 I don’t remember my first post, but I certainly remember Mutants V Velvets and that damn orange thread.

Teleost said:

1999 I don’t remember my first post, but I certainly remember Mutants V Velvets and that damn orange thread.

Not this one?

http://www2.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn-archive1/posts/topic16377.shtm

About 2004 when I was in a safe house in Cuenca.
Posted under a few pseudonyms until I was advised by some of the chaps that the heat was off.
Started using my real name in 2005, so far so good.

How many of us are still using our first handle?

How many of us are still using our first handle?

I am.. albeit a shortened version

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

I am.

probably me too, although that one got banned at SSSF for a while.

I’m using my second handle. I was Cyril when I first joined. Named after the Cyrillic alphabet, as used in Ukrainian, Russian etc.

• How many of us are still using our first handle?

I am but when I registered you could have three on one account though this was my main one, I don’t use any of the others here…

Arts said:

I am.. albeit a shortened version

Very much shortened, (IIRC), Artsdegreesgetyounowhere!

;)

Michael V said:

Arts said:

I am.. albeit a shortened version

Very much shortened, (IIRC), Artsdegreesgetyounowhere!

;)

I always read it wrong, It was Artsdegreegetsyounowhere, but I read it as Artdegreesgetyounowhere (or vice-versa).

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

My first handle was my first name, then they had a thing where everyone had to reregister and my name was taken elsewhere on the ABC server. I had a second handle but a computer meltdown meant I had to change it and I communicate via cut and paste from previous posts and Curve was the result. That was changed when I found out some people thought I was a chick.

I was sarahs mum. And then grozzles. And then sarahs mum again.

AwesomeO said:

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

My first handle was my first name, then they had a thing where everyone had to reregister and my name was taken elsewhere on the ABC server. I had a second handle but a computer meltdown meant I had to change it and I communicate via cut and paste from previous posts and Curve was the result. That was changed when I found out some people thought I was a chick.

At first quite a few people seemed to assume Bubblecar was female, no idea why.

AwesomeO said:

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

My first handle was my first name, then they had a thing where everyone had to reregister and my name was taken elsewhere on the ABC server. I had a second handle but a computer meltdown meant I had to change it and I communicate via cut and paste from previous posts and Curve was the result. That was changed when I found out some people thought I was a chick.

I thought it was because you kept getting banned :)

My first handle was Collage

I happened to be looking through an art book on collage

then Art Deco

then CN

• That was changed when I found out some people thought I was a chick.

One of my alternates gave people that impression too…

I don’t remember the change to registration, but it sounds like I should. buffy is my first name for the ABC forums. I had a couple of others for particular purposes. But one of them I gave away almost the first time I used it.

I miss that forum a bit

the ABC should bring it back

party_pants said:

AwesomeO said:

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

My first handle was my first name, then they had a thing where everyone had to reregister and my name was taken elsewhere on the ABC server. I had a second handle but a computer meltdown meant I had to change it and I communicate via cut and paste from previous posts and Curve was the result. That was changed when I found out some people thought I was a chick.

I thought it was because you kept getting banned :)

Nash, that was the ghost series. I started with maskirovka, then started with ghosts. It was not my intent to hide my identity so decided on a consistent theme.

Who made it to the second forum that got shut down?

I was having an argument over human rights on the day it was shut down

Oops, not maskirovka that was second, my first new one was Skunkworks.

CrazyNeutrino said:

Who made it to the second forum that got shut down?

I was having an argument over human rights on the day it was shut down

You mean Nick’s forum? I never posted there.

CrazyNeutrino said:

I miss that forum a bit

the ABC should bring it back

I don’t miss the trolls.

Bubblecar said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Who made it to the second forum that got shut down?

I was having an argument over human rights on the day it was shut down

You mean Nick’s forum? I never posted there.

It was a funny forum because you could see people’s post counts and they had a popular, unpopular vote type thing. Suited me very well.

AwesomeO said:

Oops, not maskirovka that was second, my first new one was Skunkworks.

I seem to remember Skunkworks having a long run.

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

Arts said:

I am.. albeit a shortened version

Very much shortened, (IIRC), Artsdegreesgetyounowhere!

;)

I always read it wrong, It was Artsdegreegetsyounowhere, but I read it as Artdegreesgetyounowhere (or vice-versa).

it was Artsdegreesgetyounowhere

My “secret” name I can no longer remember. I think only one person ever worked out it was me and they did not out me. Even though I expected them to.

• It was a funny forum because you could see people’s post counts and they had a popular, unpopular vote type thing. Suited me very well.

The personality of some people seemed to change in that environment…

AwesomeO said:

Bubblecar said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Who made it to the second forum that got shut down?

I was having an argument over human rights on the day it was shut down

You mean Nick’s forum? I never posted there.

It was a funny forum because you could see people’s post counts and they had a popular, unpopular vote type thing. Suited me very well.

Towards the end of SSSF I led the renegades who advocated this place over some new-fangled forum run by someone we’d never heard of.

Seems I was right, in the end :)

AwesomeO said:

Bubblecar said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Who made it to the second forum that got shut down?

I was having an argument over human rights on the day it was shut down

You mean Nick’s forum? I never posted there.

It was a funny forum because you could see people’s post counts and they had a popular, unpopular vote type thing. Suited me very well.

I remember this thing with Order of Cats that had something to do with the number of posts

Bubblecar said:

AwesomeO said:

Bubblecar said:

You mean Nick’s forum? I never posted there.

It was a funny forum because you could see people’s post counts and they had a popular, unpopular vote type thing. Suited me very well.

Towards the end of SSSF I led the renegades who advocated this place over some new-fangled forum run by someone we’d never heard of.

Seems I was right, in the end :)

I was non denominational and posted in both.

furious said:

• It was a funny forum because you could see people’s post counts and they had a popular, unpopular vote type thing. Suited me very well.

The personality of some people seemed to change in that environment…

Some people got a rude shock and not as well liked as they assumed they were.

buffy said:

My “secret” name I can no longer remember. I think only one person ever worked out it was me and they did not out me. Even though I expected them to.

Someone’s grand-daughter?

AwesomeO said:

Bubblecar said:

AwesomeO said:

It was a funny forum because you could see people’s post counts and they had a popular, unpopular vote type thing. Suited me very well.

Towards the end of SSSF I led the renegades who advocated this place over some new-fangled forum run by someone we’d never heard of.

Seems I was right, in the end :)

I was non denominational and posted in both.

me too.

Clara’s grand daughter?

Arts said:

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

Very much shortened, (IIRC), Artsdegreesgetyounowhere!

;)

I always read it wrong, It was Artsdegreegetsyounowhere, but I read it as Artdegreesgetyounowhere (or vice-versa).

it was Artsdegreesgetyounowhere

Heh :)

Just goes to show what a few years can do. I know I still read it wrong though. Maybe I read one of the ones I mentioned above.

Nah, Clarabelles Granddaughter was the one I let slip in about my second post using it. I think I also registered Hyperopia goddess of shoes. No, there was at least one other, and I think it started with W. Although it might have been Maybin. I had that registered too.

Or Maybyn. I remember keeping a bit of paper on my desk at one stage and writing down any unusual patient names/surnames to be used for logins.

• I was non denominational and posted in both

I also posted in squeezebabe’s forum…

furious said:

• I was non denominational and posted in both

I also posted in squeezebabe’s forum…

Yes, that worked for a short while.

_From: artsdegreesgetyounowhere ® 09/12/2002 15:33:20
Subject: glue removal post id: 270079
I have a large amount of glue, (I don’t know what type) on a rugby jumper (50% cotton 50% polyester) I have tried nail polish remover, eucalyptus oil, some store bought glue remover (that didn’t work) and I can’t soak the whole jumper because of signatures, so dry cleaning is out.. any other ideas to remove the glue?_

Did you ever get that glue out?

Speedy said:

Arts said:

Speedy said:

I always read it wrong, It was Artsdegreegetsyounowhere, but I read it as Artdegreesgetyounowhere (or vice-versa).

it was Artsdegreesgetyounowhere

Heh :)

Just goes to show what a few years can do. I know I still read it wrong though. Maybe I read one of the ones I mentioned above.

I had changed to the easier Arts by the time Trev started using flatulencewillgetyounowhere it made many people think my original handle was artsdegreeswillgetyounohere.. the memory is a funny thing.. I had to post under my original handle because others were convinced there was a ‘will’ in my original handle…

Speedy said:

_From: artsdegreesgetyounowhere ® 09/12/2002 15:33:20
Subject: glue removal post id: 270079
I have a large amount of glue, (I don’t know what type) on a rugby jumper (50% cotton 50% polyester) I have tried nail polish remover, eucalyptus oil, some store bought glue remover (that didn’t work) and I can’t soak the whole jumper because of signatures, so dry cleaning is out.. any other ideas to remove the glue?_

Did you ever get that glue out?

no, we just got it reframed and you can see the glue on one arm.. never mind

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

my first handle was ‘seahorseman’, then I was no longer a biped so it went to stumpy seahorse.
I did have ‘seakittenologist’ but that got some panties in a bunch, so I went back to this one..

Arts said:

Speedy said:

Arts said:

it was Artsdegreesgetyounowhere

Heh :)

Just goes to show what a few years can do. I know I still read it wrong though. Maybe I read one of the ones I mentioned above.

I had changed to the easier Arts by the time Trev started using flatulencewillgetyounowhere it made many people think my original handle was artsdegreeswillgetyounohere.. the memory is a funny thing.. *I had to post under my original handle because others were convinced there was a ‘will’ in my original handle… *

That’s what my memory was telling me it was just now.

From: Daryn Voss 25/06/99 20:40:53

Subject: re: exploding glass post id: 20097

I read an article a couple of years ago about a juggler who used perspex spheres in his act.
One day, his car caught fire (in his absence), and the only sensible explanation was that the spheres, which had been on his front seat, had focused the suns rays and set fire to the seats.
The insurance company didn’t see it that way, however.

This forum is un-moderated. The views and opinions expressed are those of the individual poster and not the ABC. The ABC reserves the right to remove offensive or inappropriate messages. —————————————————————————-

I’m with the insurance company here, I think the juggler made that bullshit up and he torched his car.

Arts said:

the memory is a funny thing.. I had to post under my original handle because others were convinced there was a ‘will’ in my original handle…

I think there was also ‘Artsdegreesgetyoujaded’ for a while.

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

the memory is a funny thing.. I had to post under my original handle because others were convinced there was a ‘will’ in my original handle…

I think there was also ‘Artsdegreesgetyoujaded’ for a while.

yes, that was after I had my first child… whose name is Jade

Peak Warming Man said:

From: Daryn Voss 25/06/99 20:40:53

Subject: re: exploding glass post id: 20097

I read an article a couple of years ago about a juggler who used perspex spheres in his act.
One day, his car caught fire (in his absence), and the only sensible explanation was that the spheres, which had been on his front seat, had focused the suns rays and set fire to the seats.
The insurance company didn’t see it that way, however.

This forum is un-moderated. The views and opinions expressed are those of the individual poster and not the ABC. The ABC reserves the right to remove offensive or inappropriate messages. —————————————————————————-

I’m with the insurance company here, I think the juggler made that bullshit up and he torched his car.

Holy crap, pretty sure I replied to that thread citing the RG500s whose Perspex fairing created burn lines along the “dash” looking like you had left a burning cigarette there.

I also had these handles

Bioluminescence
electromagnetic
St. Elmo’s Fire
Cosmic Inflation
Quantum Fluctuation
Planck Epoch
Frequency Spectrum

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

Me.

An old poster called “Cusp” aka “TDO” has just put up a post.

Perhaps we should all rush over there and make a comment :)

http://cosmic-horizons.blogspot.com.au/

I was joking about the ABC.

but they should bring back fact check

transition to formula was final handle had in old sssf.

mostly I was a good boy, few times got blocked, so sometimes’d log in via an overseas proxy server

I just found this. It seems I did start in Scribbly under another name. I had forgotten :/
http://www.oocities.org/scribblyfaq/demog5.html

Arts said:

I am.. albeit a shortened version

Same. Though I had forgotten about this.

kii said:

I just found this. It seems I did start in Scribbly under another name. I had forgotten :/
http://www.oocities.org/scribblyfaq/demog5.html

lol @ your cactus comment.

Looks like I didn’t post in that thread. It was the week I first experienced morning sickness.

Speedy said:

kii said:

I just found this. It seems I did start in Scribbly under another name. I had forgotten :/
http://www.oocities.org/scribblyfaq/demog5.html

lol @ your cactus comment.

Looks like I didn’t post in that thread. It was the week I first experienced morning sickness.

:P

True story.

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s … and now I am a hop skip and a jump away from the big 50 ( but not yet).

How many years have you been connected with the SSSF online community?

Since 2003. I remember looking it up one time and finding my first post via Google.

I wonder what happened to Magic Chicken….

monkey skipper said:

I wonder what happened to Magic Chicken….

Dunno, but coincidentally I just happen to have been reading what Brendon has been up to lately:

Brendon’s log

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s

Second half of 2005, wasn’t it?

KJW said:

monkey skipper said:

I realised this morning that I originally connected with SSSF when I was in my 30’s

Second half of 2005, wasn’t it?

I remember the date but not the year.

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

Me.

Me. My second handle now exists only as the name of my modem.

mollwollfumble said:

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

Me.

Me. My second handle now exists only as the name of my modem.

Me

mollwollfumble said:

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

Me.

Me. My second handle now exists only as the name of my modem.

I saw a picture of a printer called Bob Marley cos it always be jammin’.

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

sibeen said:

Me.

Me. My second handle now exists only as the name of my modem.

Me

Is that a new bit of your binary language?

AwesomeO said:

mollwollfumble said:

sibeen said:

Me.

Me. My second handle now exists only as the name of my modem.

I saw a picture of a printer called Bob Marley cos it always be jammin’.

I have heard the Whalers play live but alas after the passing of Bob Marley. But still memorable (for me)

mollwollfumble said:

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

How many of us are still using our first handle?

Me.

Me. My second handle now exists only as the name of my modem.

I was once scanning for wifi in an industrial area and found a modem called “Get back to work, Michael.”

Speedy said:

mollwollfumble said:

sibeen said:

Me.

Me. My second handle now exists only as the name of my modem.

I was once scanning for wifi in an industrial area and found a modem called “Get back to work, Michael.”

when I was in the hotel after my dialysis set up, searching networks revealed ‘FBI Surveillance Van’.. lol

stumpy_seahorse said:

Speedy said:

mollwollfumble said:

Me. My second handle now exists only as the name of my modem.

I was once scanning for wifi in an industrial area and found a modem called “Get back to work, Michael.”

when I was in the hotel after my dialysis set up, searching networks revealed ‘FBI Surveillance Van’.. lol

One of my neighbours at the old place had “Fuck Telstra” as the network name.

party_pants said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Speedy said:

I was once scanning for wifi in an industrial area and found a modem called “Get back to work, Michael.”

when I was in the hotel after my dialysis set up, searching networks revealed ‘FBI Surveillance Van’.. lol

One of my neighbours at the old place had “Fuck Telstra” as the network name.

Once you find one of those networks how do you figure out the password. I wouldn’t even know what the defaults are.

AwesomeO said:

party_pants said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

when I was in the hotel after my dialysis set up, searching networks revealed ‘FBI Surveillance Van’.. lol

One of my neighbours at the old place had “Fuck Telstra” as the network name.

Once you find one of those networks how do you figure out the password. I wouldn’t even know what the defaults are.

Oh i never tried connecting to their networks. But in order to connect to mine I had to let it scan for networks within range.

party_pants said:

AwesomeO said:

party_pants said:

One of my neighbours at the old place had “Fuck Telstra” as the network name.

Once you find one of those networks how do you figure out the password. I wouldn’t even know what the defaults are.

Oh i never tried connecting to their networks. But in order to connect to mine I had to let it scan for networks within range.

Did you smile the first time of seeing that netwoek name.

monkey skipper said:

party_pants said:

AwesomeO said:

Once you find one of those networks how do you figure out the password. I wouldn’t even know what the defaults are.

Oh i never tried connecting to their networks. But in order to connect to mine I had to let it scan for networks within range.

Did you smile the first time of seeing that netwoek name.

I probably did :)

My brother found it amusing too one day when wanted to connect his tablet to my wifi to show me something.

Not sure, just trying to remember some of the old posters who are not posting here now, there was at least one poster who was always whingeing, seem to remember she was having trouble with ants.

bob(from black rock) said:

Not sure, just trying to remember some of the old posters who are not posting here now, there was at least one poster who was always whingeing, seem to remember she was having trouble with ants.

I think there was a gardening forum too?

bob(from black rock) said:

Not sure, just trying to remember some of the old posters who are not posting here now, there was at least one poster who was always whingeing, seem to remember she was having trouble with ants.

Glowie.

bob(from black rock) said:

Not sure, just trying to remember some of the old posters who are not posting here now, there was at least one poster who was always whingeing, seem to remember she was having trouble with ants.

That was gloworm, she had trouble with lots of things.

bob(from black rock) said:

I think there was a gardening forum too?

http://tokyo3.org/forums/gardening/

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

I think there was a gardening forum too?

http://tokyo3.org/forums/gardening/

Ta roughy is that forum still funct?

bob(from black rock) said:

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

I think there was a gardening forum too?

http://tokyo3.org/forums/gardening/

Ta roughy is that forum still funct?

Highlight the link and open it in a new tab.

Bubblecar said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Not sure, just trying to remember some of the old posters who are not posting here now, there was at least one poster who was always whingeing, seem to remember she was having trouble with ants.

That was gloworm, she had trouble with lots of things.

Including mix-race Australians.

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Not sure, just trying to remember some of the old posters who are not posting here now, there was at least one poster who was always whingeing, seem to remember she was having trouble with ants.

That was gloworm, she had trouble with lots of things.

Including mix-race Australians.

And my name.

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Not sure, just trying to remember some of the old posters who are not posting here now, there was at least one poster who was always whingeing, seem to remember she was having trouble with ants.

That was gloworm, she had trouble with lots of things.

Including mix-race Australians.

Which probably also pertained to herself.

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

roughbarked said:

http://tokyo3.org/forums/gardening/

Ta roughy is that forum still funct?

Highlight the link and open it in a new tab.

Ta roughy, yeah.

kii said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

That was gloworm, she had trouble with lots of things.

Including mix-race Australians.

And my name.

And the then Prime Minister’s name.

kii said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

That was gloworm, she had trouble with lots of things.

Including mix-race Australians.

And my name.

And finding Chat.

she was a nice enough old chook

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Not sure, just trying to remember some of the old posters who are not posting here now, there was at least one poster who was always whingeing, seem to remember she was having trouble with ants.

That was gloworm, she had trouble with lots of things.

Including mix-race Australians.

Yeah! ta, that brings back a few memories!

dv said:

kii said:

dv said:

Including mix-race Australians.

And my name.

And the then Prime Minister’s name.

And Skeppy…

Bubblecar said:

kii said:

dv said:

Including mix-race Australians.

And my name.

And finding Chat.

Starting new threads….

kii said:

dv said:

kii said:

And my name.

And the then Prime Minister’s name.

And Skeppy…

and her neighbours

dv said:

kii said:

dv said:

And the then Prime Minister’s name.

And Skeppy…

and her neighbours

She apparently rents out her house to Muslim refugees

ChrispenEvan said:

about september 2002.

just looking at some old forum posts. i was there in early 2000.