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Posted: 5/22/2002 10:31:36 AM EDT

I come to AR15.com on a daily basis, but I am not a very prolific poster. I have been coming here since early 98 (I think). I had acouple of thoughts today:
1.How long has AR15.com been around?
2. Since the board changed and everyone had to re-register and now the registration date doesnt actually reflect how long a person has been here.

So how long have you been here?

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:37:18 AM EDT

Since Jun 2001

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:43:20 AM EDT

I have been here only a few months.

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:46:16 AM EDT

Mid 1999.

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:50:56 AM EDT

The date I registered was 11/10/98 on the old site, I had been lurking since early-mid '98 because I found this site shortly after buying my first AR in Feb. or March of that year.

I wasn't ever on the AR15-L (is that right?) mailing list and when the old site went down I was one lost puppy!!! I finally heard about the backup site and was home again. I'd love to go back and see some of my first post to see what kind of an idiot I was back then.

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:57:34 AM EDT

Started coming here around Dec. 2000. I used to post on HK91.com before that.

Posted: 5/22/2002 11:01:23 AM EDT

Just over 2 years now.

Posted: 5/22/2002 11:17:28 AM EDT

What Pangea said.

Posted: 5/22/2002 1:49:35 PM EDT

If I'm not mistaken, I signed up for AR15-L (the email-based discussion list) in '96, before there were any web forums at AR15.com. Again, IIRC, the web forums came about in '97, but didn't get used much until the mailing list died for a week or so in '98, and a lot of folks moved over to the web board. I registered on the old software in '98, and became a Mod in '99 or 2000. I believe I am account #7 on this new software.

-Troy

Posted: 5/22/2002 1:53:25 PM EDT

Been here since sept '98 on the old board

Posted: 5/22/2002 1:55:34 PM EDT

It was either 98 or 99, can't remember.

Posted: 5/22/2002 2:13:49 PM EDT

I was here on the old board too with the same name. I used to pose as "Chemlawn" guy to get folks fired up. Anyone remember that? It stemed from a guy on here that said he almost shot the chemlawn guy because he came up in his yard by mistake. I made some enemies over the Elian thing too!

Posted: 5/22/2002 2:19:36 PM EDT

only the timestamp knows

Posted: 5/22/2002 2:23:58 PM EDT

I too was on the old mailing list, but it got so big that I wasn't ever able to get through it so I unsubscribed. I started lurking in the summer of 2001 and then registered again.

Posted: 5/22/2002 2:25:08 PM EDT

I've been here a year this month.

Posted: 5/22/2002 2:30:38 PM EDT

Sept 98 along with when i got my 1st AR

Posted: 5/22/2002 2:35:06 PM EDT

Early 1999 for me!

Posted: 5/22/2002 2:40:44 PM EDT

I forget I think like in 1999 or something. I liked the green board.

Posted: 5/22/2002 2:57:58 PM EDT

Late 98.

Posted: 5/22/2002 3:03:00 PM EDT

Late 98 or early 99, just in time for all the Y2K insanity.

Posted: 5/22/2002 3:11:21 PM EDT

I'm going to say early 1999. I had a year in on the old board. I think when I joined anti,DonR and Kuiper were the GD mods.
Time flys.

Posted: 5/22/2002 3:34:33 PM EDT

Been lurking at work since 99
Finally bought a computer in late 2000
This is a Great place...

Posted: 5/22/2002 3:36:51 PM EDT

What Striker said. I joined the old board in January or February of '99.

Posted: 5/22/2002 3:53:41 PM EDT

I've been here since the new board debuted. I wanted to register with the old one and AK-47.net, but never got a password. Must be because i use firewalled computers here at work.

I orginally posted as Libertarian. I ran out of cool sounding Usernames trying to get on other boards but stupidly settled for the name of a political party for this one. but its ok there are only four of us anyway.[:)]

Lib

Posted: 5/22/2002 6:07:06 PM EDT

I followed the AR15-L for awhile, and then joined the old board. Didn't post much until about the last year of the old board. Joined this board as a beta and posted the first post. I believe that means I should automatically win a rifle at the BRC. [:D]
First topic... [url]www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?id=2[/url]

Posted: 5/22/2002 7:23:11 PM EDT

January of '01 (I think; hell, I can hardly remember stuff I did yesterday) [left] Edited because I'm too damn stupid to look to the left, where it TELLS me when I registered. Idiot.[/left]

Posted: 5/22/2002 7:40:34 PM EDT

So how long have you been here?

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Not nearly long enough.

Posted: 5/22/2002 7:45:49 PM EDT

<------------[:D]

Posted: 5/22/2002 8:33:33 PM EDT

I was on the old AR15 mailing list. Still remember getting about 200 e-mails a day. I was also on the old board. I originally registered as Pro Gun Guy. I have been around a while, just don't post as much as some folks.

Posted: 5/22/2002 8:53:47 PM EDT

I was on the listserv in 1998, and on the website as "SigMan"... I think someone else has that name now. I still kinda miss the "green" board as well. This place is just like home to me.

Posted: 5/22/2002 8:55:24 PM EDT

1942 somewhere just after the bombing of pearl,I could be wrong about some of these dates.

Bob [8D]

Posted: 5/22/2002 9:02:55 PM EDT

Damn, lots of Team Members posting on this post!

I've been here since September, I registered in October of 2001.

Yahweh has been here since the start...of time I mean [:P]

Posted: 5/22/2002 9:12:10 PM EDT

I have been reading since "WOLFPACK"joined.

I finally signed up in March

Posted: 5/22/2002 9:13:30 PM EDT

I lurked and had a few posts at the old board. Heck, I can't even remember what my name was as I did not post much. I lurked here on the new boards for several months before finally deciding to join.

Like so many have mentioned...this place is like home. It is also my start up page.

medcop

Posted: 5/22/2002 9:48:53 PM EDT

Since 22sniper was a mod...

Long enough to remember the [b]Fluffy[/b] thread.

Posted: 5/22/2002 9:59:45 PM EDT

Since July 2002.

Sgtar15

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:01:19 PM EDT

I have been shooting ar's and M16's since my Uncle Sam gave me one in the early 80's. I found this board in Jan2000 and have been occasionally saying something ever since.

I liked it better when you could post semi-nude hoochies and we did not have to praise God all damn day.

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:02:13 PM EDT

1998.

... was [b]SEF[/b] then.

Remember ZEN?

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:06:34 PM EDT

I've been here since the beginning. antiUSSA, Kuiper, and Drew were the big guys back then.

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:09:45 PM EDT

Since Goatboy was just a kid, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!....Ok, since '99.

Posted: 5/22/2002 10:23:16 PM EDT

On the old message board...around mid 1999. I too got into AR15s because of the Y2K stuff.

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Posted: 5/22/2002 10:48:42 PM EDT

Quoted:
1942 somewhere just after the bombing of pearl,I could be wrong about some of these dates.

Bob [8D]

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maybe just a couple of those dates...don't be too hard on your self!

Posted: 5/23/2002 4:33:44 AM EDT

Sept 2000 for me. I stumbled across this site while looking for info on how to build my ASA CAR15 kit.

Posted: 5/23/2002 4:59:58 AM EDT

Since JC was a PFC.

Posted: 5/23/2002 5:25:45 AM EDT

Cannot remember, I was on the old board. They say the memory is the first thing to go. Guess that is where I am now. [smoke]

Posted: 5/23/2002 5:30:12 AM EDT

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I've been here since the beginning.

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Yes,you are old enough to have been around since [b] Genesis [/b](the Bible book,not the musical group!

I am not as old as Don R,but I have been around long enough to tell you some pre-board "Goat kid stories".

Edward and JLA stories too![rolleyes]

[b]Here is a bit of history on the site for y'all [/b][;)]

I have been here since anti,Kuiper and Don R and I "conspired" to clean up the board from trolls back in 97 ???.......right after the TBRS I

Sometime after the "coup" McUZI recomended me for moderator (I swear this is true)and Edward agreed.
Edward and I asked GoatBoy to get involved in the site .Ed was too busy with other things,(like his Barret)and wanted GoatBoy to write the code for .50 World.

I started "job sharing" with TREETOP and recommended garandman and Paul for mods(they didn't know this until now [:)]

GoatBoy worked his butt off to improve the site,Edward went into semi-retirement and here we are.

Do you guys remember any of that? [:)]

Posted: 5/23/2002 6:12:45 AM EDT

I started lurking sometime in the winter of '97-'98, I think it was.

I finally registered on the old board in Dec. 2000 after getting a computer at home. I had something like half a dozen posts when the old board crashed for the final time. I found the beta board a couple of weeks later in Jan. '01.

Posted: 5/23/2002 7:07:53 AM EDT

Since mid-1999.

Posted: 5/23/2002 7:08:21 AM EDT

As you can see by my post count I am pretty much a lurker. I was on AR15L before the web site discussion board. I guess that would make it the mid to late 90’s.

Stay safe!

Posted: 5/23/2002 7:31:28 AM EDT

I showed up around mid 1999 (I think) on the old board... what fun that was! [:D]

It took a while, but I've come to realize that when Anti calls you a bitch it really means he likes you. [;D]

Posted: 5/23/2002 7:35:25 AM EDT

Ed, I do remember McUzi's post recommending you for moderator status. He was quite complimentary of you as I recall.

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