10 Year Anniversaries! Who are you?

leothelyon

Who has a 10 year anniversary coming up now that 2011 is upon us. A rare breed indeed of those who joined the boards in 2001.
Will there be any celebrations or special give-aways? Don't be shy, what do you say?


Leo

Outhaul

DATE JOINED: November 26th, 2001 2:23 AM

I'll be happy to accept any giveaways in celebration of my 10th anniversary!



Cheers,

Bob

DrBuster

While lacking on posts overall I've hit this board almost daily since joining.

Joined: May 9th, 2001 12:35 PM

So I get a $10 Indian right?

leothelyon

<< <i>DATE JOINED: November 26th, 2001 2:23 AM

I'll be happy to accept any giveaways in celebration of my 10th anniversary!



Cheers,

Bob >>





I think this could be a banner year for PCGS & CU for recruiting new members. They could give away free grading or sample slabs.


Leo

AbesNeighbor

I guess I was alittle later

clevegreg

I guess it HAS almost been 10 years now.

Used the site for awhile before I joined

I've had 2 nice Registry Sets...

One that hit number 4...Jefferson Nickel Circulation Strikes

And I think my old US Type Set was at number 5 at its peak

Learned a bunch

Met some great people

1 March 2001

leothelyon

<< <i>I guess it HAS almost been 10 years now.

Used the site for awhile before I joined

I've had 2 nice Registry Sets...

One that hit number 4...Jefferson Nickel Circulation Strikes

And I think my old US Type Set was at number 5 at its peak

Learned a bunch

Met some great people

1 March 2001 >>



And now....you can't give those nickels away if you tried!

But you make a good point! Posters can tell us what they have accomplished in the last 10 years since joining.


Leo

tjkillian

I joined in either 1998 or 1999, I can't remember exactly. Those that have a February 2001 date were already members, but that is the start of the software for these boards.

It's been a blast and educational for the whole time. I love this place.

etexmike

It will be 10 years for me but much later this year.

As can be seen below my avatar, I joined in October of 2001.


Mike

Windycity

I qualify... been here since the beginning.

DrBuster

<< <i>I joined in either 1998 or 1999, I can't remember exactly. Those that have a February 2001 date were already members, but that is the start of the software for these boards.

It's been a blast and educational for the whole time. I love this place. >>



That does remind me that I was a member before I got married and had the reboot/2001 thing here. Was on in 1999, married in Feb 2000, and I had been on the sportscard side. Made a new account after the reboot.

I'll have to check any old Don West emails I have flying around on my account to be sure of the exact dates, as I remember linking my little fan site I made when he was on HSN and we all had fun watching him sell cards, Nuuuuuttttsssss. Too funny that when he got let go I wrote that he should be a wrestling announcer...ta-da.

ldhair

Same here. I'll be 10 next month.

wayneherndon

Posting so I can see my join date.

Edited to add that it looks like I'm coming up on 10 years too.

WH

llafoe

I'm like DrBuster, I initially joined around 1999 under my comcast.net e-mail address. I rejoined under my msn.com address Oct 4, 2001... it was the first day I needed to ask a question even though I was reading the board most days. It was more humorous (political, religious, hazing) on the boards and less educational back in the day.

kranky

Feb. 23, 2001 was the first day of the boards using this software. I had joined just a few months earlier before they switched and we all had to re-register. Things were a lot slower on the boards back then.

You can see what member number you are by hovering your mouse over the show profile icon (the glasses) on any post you made. The status bar in your browser will show the link and the number following "ProfileID=" is your number. As of now we have 32,122 members.

beartracks42

<< <i>I joined in either 1998 or 1999, I can't remember exactly. Those that have a February 2001 date were already members, but that is the start of the software for these boards.

It's been a blast and educational for the whole time. I love this place. >>




Same here. Could not have said it better.

DrBuster

<< <i>I'm like DrBuster, I initially joined around 1999 under my comcast.net e-mail address. I rejoined under my msn.com address Oct 4, 2001... it was the first day I needed to ask a question even though I was reading the board most days. It was more humorous (political, religious, hazing) on the boards and less educational back in the day. >>



Yes it was. Open forum days, it was like the wild west in here for a good stretch.

Going by kranky's tip, member #1478

GRANDAM

You can see what member number you are by hovering your mouse over the show profile icon (the glasses) on any post you made. The status bar in your browser will show the link and the number following "ProfileID=" is your number. As of now we have 32,122 members. >>



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This does not work for me?

GrandAm

dpoole

It's fun seeing the old timers coming out in this thread. It's like a class reunion!

DIMEMAN

I resemble that remark!

It's been a fun 10 years.

tradedollarnut

Oct 2001

Dabigkahuna

Has it been that long?

So where do you go to get the free double eagle?

Bear

Who am I? Heck, half the time I don't even know

where I am.

GaCoinGuy

November of 2001 here. 3351st post.

Was inactive here for a long time though.

wayneherndon

<< <i>Feb. 23, 2001 was the first day of the boards using this software. I had joined just a few months earlier before they switched and we all had to re-register. Things were a lot slower on the boards back then.

You can see what member number you are by hovering your mouse over the show profile icon (the glasses) on any post you made. The status bar in your browser will show the link and the number following "ProfileID=" is your number. As of now we have 32,122 members. >>



Neat trick Kranky! By changing the profile number you can see early joiners. There's no 1, 2, 3 or 5 but here are the next few:

#4

#6

#7

#8 and #9

#10 (The earliest currently active joiner? (last post in October but visited earlier this week))

#11

airplanenut

Joined in October, 2001, when I was a wee 14 year old

numobri

I remember the old board,

I am happy to say that I have met many of the old timers,

met lots of newbe's also.

#107


Brian

wayneherndon

PQpeace comes in at #16

kranky is at #28

ArtT is at #35

TomB is at #54

mrpasseo is at #57

itsnotjustme was #63

MisterBungle

GRANDAM wrote:

"This does not work for me?"
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You are number 5623.

~

Dabigkahuna

# 309 here.

08HALA20

<< <i>PQpeace comes in at #16

kranky is at #28

ArtT is at #35

TomB is at #54

mrpasseo is at #57

itsnotjustme was #63 >>





Pretty cool!!!

I am in at 12,974

A little late.

Joe

GRANDAM

<< <i>GRANDAM wrote:

"This does not work for me?"
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You are number 5623.

~ >>



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Thanks! I wonder why it doesn't show for me?

I kinda remembered I was around 5,000 and something when I joined. I also remember there were only about 3500 total sets of all demonations in the registry when I registered my 1st set

GrandAm

leothelyon

<< <i>

<< <i>GRANDAM wrote:

"This does not work for me?"
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You are number 5623.

~ >>



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Thanks! I wonder why it doesn't show for me?

I kinda remembered I was around 5,000 and something when I joined. I also remember there were only about 3500 total sets of all demonations in the registry when I registered my 1st set

GrandAm >>



Likely, you, your browser is not allowing popup windows. Tsk, tsk!


Leo

Tdec1000

That is too cool!

mgoodm3

I have a somewhat sinister profile number...

bstat1020

March 2001 here.

Time sure does fly by.

My number does not pop up for some reason. Anybody care to check for me?

kranky

<< <i>March 2001 here.

Time sure does fly by.

My number does not pop up for some reason. Anybody care to check for me? >>



You're 766.

DaveG

Wow.

It certainly doesn't feel like 10 years!

bstat1020

What ever happened to board member Merz2? I talked with him quite a bit back then when I was hot and heavy into my Lincoln Registry set.

ldhair

When this board started it was a mad rush to join. No one knew just how long the old board would still be up.
Those were crazy times. PCGS handled it really well. I'm thinking all of the old stuff is long gone except for a few things folks may have saved.

ldhair

<< <i>Joined in October, 2001, when I was a wee 14 year old >>


And you were teaching us older folks how to keep our systems running and how to take an image and more. We have so many cool members here.

TomB

I was on the old board and am on this board. My profile number is 54 or thereabouts, if I recall correctly, but I believe Pat Braddick might have a significantly lower number.

goose3

I was on the old boards too.

kranky

<< <i> Posters can tell us what they have accomplished in the last 10 years since joining.
Leo >>



For me, I had not bought a single coin in many years before I found this board. Didn't know anyone who collected, but I kept my ANA membership and Coin World subscriptions active all that time (who knows why). Getting to "know" people here reinvigorated my interest. Then a few months after joining I got a PM from PTVETTER, which gave me a local connection. Had the opportunity to meet many other board members at some shows. Decided to go to the ANA Summer Seminar twice. All the better coins I have, I acquired after joining here. And I have a couple other very cool non-coin things given to me from members here. So nearly everything I've been able to do with my collection happened after finding this place. I can't express how appreciative I am that PCGS sponsors it, and for the members here who share what they know. The vast majority here, and 99% of the ones I have met in person, are just good people.

lordmarcovan

I'll be joining the CU Forum "Decade Club" later this year. Last night I had my 44,444th post and posted a frivolous thread entitled "44444" ("post anything with a 4 in it"), but the thread got mysteriously nuked. Ah, well. It wasn't like it was that enlightening.

So the February 2001 people are the oldest of the old timers, huh? Come to think of it, I believe I also joined before the current boards- perhaps in 2000 or so, but didn't really start posting until the August 2001 date you see below my avatar.

I remember seeing the 9/11 breaking news being discussed on the forums, as do many of you fellow oldtimers. (Although I personally didn't log on until that afternoon.)

MICHAELDIXON

I was on the old boards (1997) before these "new" ones.

Cocoinut

I joined this board on October 2, 2001. I was really into the Registry in those early days, and had high rankings in the Washington quarter and Mercury dime sets. It was fun to share new acquisitions with board members, and to congratulate each other. It was a smaller, more friendly place then, but there are still many informative posts. After retiring later this year, I should be able to post more frequently.

Jim

fc

great thread! every person who has a 2001 join date seems to be a really nice
person based on what i read on this forum.

except that tomb guy! he is a trouble maker ;-)

lordmarcovan

I just learned I'm number 2812.

Guess I'm not quite the old-timer I thought I was.

Nor am I top ten in post count, either.



<< <i>Top 10 User Listing
77431 coinhead1
76004 clw54
69564 XpipedreamR
66973 mdwoods
63408 Russ
56179 coincop
53846 kieferscoins
52546 jonesy
47105 laserart
46870 cosmicdebris >>



How many of these folks do you see around anymore? I haven't seen Claw (clw54) in a while. Russ, yeah. Mdwoods... hmm... been a while. I've seen laserart a time or two lately, I think? Cosmic? Been a long time. A lot of these folks just aren't posting like they used to (mostly because there is no Open Forum anymore, I suppose). And two of 'em have passed on, including Number 1. Deceased for a few years now, and his post count still reigns supreme (and likely will, for quite some time). I can remember when the numbers on that top ten list were much lower. I always seemed to hover just below the bottom of the list- maybe top 20, but never top 10. I guess that's a good thing that I sometimes leave the forum for months at a time. Even I get tired of me sometimes.

crispy

I also belonged to the older forum under a different handle. Maybe 1999 or so. Been quite a few years anyway.

So what's my number (not visible to me)? Thanks.

fc

<< <i>I also belonged to the older forum under a different handle. Maybe 1999 or so. Been quite a few years anyway.

So what's my number (not visible to me)? Thanks. >>



you are #53