Grand Daddy of Cellar

wanderer · 06-14-2010, 01:07 AM

There have been some real oldies here who have been posting since the turn of the last century on cellar (and wonderful contributers that they have been!). I wonder who's the oldest guy still going guns ablaze out here. I found that following are the few big elders, see if we can dig up something more primitive:

Undertoad: Join Date: Jan 2001
wolf: Join Date: Jul 2001
lumberjim: Join Date: Oct 2003

xoxoxoBruce · 06-14-2010, 01:17 AM

That's when the Cellar transformed to it's present form. The beginning is 10 years earlier.

Tulip · 06-14-2010, 02:00 AM

Wow, really? I thought Undertoad was the creator of this forum since he's the admin. So, when was this forum created?

Undertoad · 06-14-2010, 02:12 AM

Sept. 24, 1990

Tulip · 06-14-2010, 02:18 AM

OH WOW!!! This forum has been around for 20 years? One hell of a forum with great members to last that long. I'm glad I found this place to call home then because I hate moving.

wanderer · 06-14-2010, 02:19 AM

Since it was transformed in/near 2k to its current state, from whatever primordial soup it used to be before that, does that mean that no one is here from 1990s?

wanderer · 06-14-2010, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Sept. 24, 1990

wow! exact date

Are you really the creator of this forum?

lookout123 · 06-14-2010, 02:33 AM

In the beginning...

Nearly everything you could want to know has been written.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-14-2010, 03:19 AM

Click on the history link, at the bottom of Lookout's link.

wanderer · 06-14-2010, 03:58 AM

Great! Thanks.....this family has a "history"

classicman · 06-14-2010, 08:46 AM

IIRC tw and a few others have been around since before the switch also and still actively post. Is that true?

Undertoad · 06-14-2010, 11:55 AM

I recently estimated the number at 7.

classicman · 06-14-2010, 12:13 PM

Very cool. Thanks UT.

limey · 06-14-2010, 01:06 PM

So, UT ... Is this how you thought it'd turn out, when you started it all 20 years ago?

Undertoad · 06-14-2010, 02:14 PM

All I knew was that I had this friend who was really into BBSing, who did computer work and programming, and we thought it would be a great project to create something like KAOS but with two phone lines instead of one. So all our Philly friends could call in and not get so many busy signals.

This is like about 400% better, because there are no busy signals, and everybody around the world can join in. This mouse interface seems like a better idea than we first thought. Plus, people can have videos, and point to other things. Maybe 500% better.

06-14-2010, 01:07 AM	#1
wanderer Master of the Domain Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 225	Grand Daddy of Cellar There have been some real oldies here who have been posting since the turn of the last century on cellar (and wonderful contributers that they have been!). I wonder who's the oldest guy still going guns ablaze out here. I found that following are the few big elders, see if we can dig up something more primitive: Undertoad: Join Date: Jan 2001 wolf: Join Date: Jul 2001 lumberjim: Join Date: Oct 2003 __________________ smoke on the water

06-14-2010, 01:17 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's when the Cellar transformed to it's present form. The beginning is 10 years earlier. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-14-2010, 02:19 AM	#6
wanderer Master of the Domain Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 225	Since it was transformed in/near 2k to its current state, from whatever primordial soup it used to be before that, does that mean that no one is here from 1990s? __________________ smoke on the water

06-14-2010, 02:33 AM	#8
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	In the beginning... Nearly everything you could want to know has been written. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-14-2010, 03:19 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Click on the history link, at the bottom of Lookout's link. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-14-2010, 02:00 AM	#3
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Wow, really? I thought Undertoad was the creator of this forum since he's the admin. So, when was this forum created?

06-14-2010, 02:12 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Sept. 24, 1990

06-14-2010, 02:18 AM	#5
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	OH WOW!!! This forum has been around for 20 years? One hell of a forum with great members to last that long. I'm glad I found this place to call home then because I hate moving.

06-14-2010, 03:58 AM	#10
wanderer Master of the Domain Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 225	Great! Thanks.....this family has a "history" __________________ smoke on the water

06-14-2010, 08:46 AM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	IIRC tw and a few others have been around since before the switch also and still actively post. Is that true? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-14-2010, 11:55 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I recently estimated the number at 7.

06-14-2010, 12:13 PM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Very cool. Thanks UT. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-14-2010, 01:06 PM	#14
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	So, UT ... Is this how you thought it'd turn out, when you started it all 20 years ago? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

06-14-2010, 02:14 PM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	All I knew was that I had this friend who was really into BBSing, who did computer work and programming, and we thought it would be a great project to create something like KAOS but with two phone lines instead of one. So all our Philly friends could call in and not get so many busy signals. This is like about 400% better, because there are no busy signals, and everybody around the world can join in. This mouse interface seems like a better idea than we first thought. Plus, people can have videos, and point to other things. Maybe 500% better.

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