Returning after a 9 year hiatus!

[pinkytoe]

I do recall a Thistle something...welcome back. Hard to believe some of us have been here that long.

[Tradd]

I’ve been around since 2001-2002.

I vaguely recall a Thistle something as well.

[happystuff]

I haven't thought about the old site for along time... it was a good site.

[iris lilies]

Welcome (back)! I won't be a familiar face, having joined around 2010 (?) or so but it'll be nice to see your posts.

Isn’t it funny that shortimers like Steve have been around “only” for a decade?

I’ve been here since spring 2001. I remember the year because it was the year my in-laws took the entire family, 25 people, to Switzerland. That was a very big deal.

I came to the SL forums as a refugee from a bulldog forum. And I was thinking about that very forum just yesterday because the person who was responsible for killing it off just died himself this month and I just found out. He was a preternaturally cheerful person who relentlessly posted about his own bulldog. Absolutely relentless! While it may seem strange that a happy upbeat person can kill off a forum, it was already pretty much dead anyway and then his posts came along to put nail in coffin. But egad he loved his dog! That we heard about constantly.

[Brady]

Welcome back! I'm in Northern Idaho and have spent some time in that area (Birch Bay and Bellingham). It's awesome up there, have always had it in the back of my head to move there at some point.

[SteveinMN]

Isn’t it funny that shortimers like Steve have been around “only” for a decade?

I didn't realize that when I wrote it, but ... wow. Now that I think about it, it likely was more like 2011 or 2012. But still....

[iris lilies]

I didn't realize that when I wrote it, but ... wow. Now that I think about it, it likely was more like 2011 or 2012. But still....

well we won’t hold you to exact dates. January 2011 is the line of demarcation, when new forum started. All of our juicy history prior to that is gone. I,doubt it was preserved on the internet wayback machine, but I have not checked.

[Alan]

I didn't realize that when I wrote it, but ... wow. Now that I think about it, it likely was more like 2011 or 2012. But still....

Join Date: Mar 2012

Look to the left, under your profile pic.

[SteveinMN]

Thanks, Alan. Hiding in plain site. Yup; lurked for a while here and then joined not long before I left my job. Still does not seem like 8+ years.

[Simplemind]

Welcome back. Oregonian here.