The Good Ole TFL Days

"Best time: October 10, 1998 at 11:04 AM...the Shiner Truck showed up."

Free beer has always been a weakness of mine. ;)

The Blues Man,
Dave,
Thanks for the recognition, but there are 4 others ahead of me in the still active roster, and about a dozen or so that beat me here by a few days.

As far as the early days go, THESE, are the good old days.
 
I remember when i first got here.
made me feel better about the AR i just purchased. That was Before AR15.com was down for a long time. Before the first of like 3 server migrations.

But, one thing that hasn't changed is that when you need information, you can get it here with minimal BS. I
 
Ditto on that swamprat..........I know I don't post much......but damn!.........I guess I've been standing in the corner for quite a while :).
 
Yeah, I remember .... can't tell how many were on TFL then, but there were only a coupla dozen regular posters.

I remember when I found out DC was a woman .. and a lady to boot. I felt very ... protective ... about that lady. (Still do.)

I remember CR and Kodiak, and nearly falling off my chair when I saw the first photo of "Gwinnydapooh"!! NOTHING like I'd visualised.

Miss D and ladyDeeJ .. I remember when you joined.

I remember when Rich had time to actually join in discussions, not just stress about the system.

I remember Rob going off on his new adventure.

I remember, unashamedly, getting misty eyed at Dennis's writings.

And Hank and Jim and Mike and ... Oh, you all know who you are.

We used to talk about shooting, and why we shot, and who influenced us, and food and wine and fishing and food and wine and hunting and food and wine and guns and food and wine ... you get the picture.

I remember the personal tragedies -- the sick children, wives, husbands, lovers -- and the feeling in my heart when these pages overflowed with letters of support.

I remember, too, a certain Aussie who hung around here for literally weeks before posting, because he was so unsure of the reaction an "outsider" might get -- and who was 'blown away' by the welcome he received and has continued to receive.

I remember "wood and metal" and "the wall".

I remember I found out members were white and black and Asian, Jewish and Protestant and Catholic and agnostic, Republican and Democrat and Independent, rich and poor, able and non-able, well-educated and self-taught, even, once, gay -- and you know what? It didn't matter a damn because were were all family!

I remember joining because the language was moderated, the topics universal, the debate always reasoned and, as Rich has said, the only road taken was "the high road".

I'm proud to consider myself an oldie, and an "adopted" family member.

I hope TFL goes from strength to strength -- in friendship.

B

Oh, yeah -- I also remember when I first joined I was "Bruce from West Oz". "Bruce in West Oz" became my current handle by mistake a few months later -- so I've actually been here longer than the record shows.
 
Europeans?

Actually, I might be the first Swiss to join TFL, but I might not be
the first person from Europe. Gunter has fewer posts, at any rate, so
we're still puzzling out.

As I can't search the member database for any users with European TLD
email addresses, I won't be able to find out. ;(

But then, even I'm a newcomer compared to the 'old dogs' here.
 
Goodness,

I just realized that Friday was my anniversary (at least of registering, I lurked for a few months before that). Oh well, at least I managed to drink one of my remaining two Shiner's on Friday (for those of us in the north, Michelob's Amber Boch is a fairly close substitute). Thanks for the trip down memory lane. While I may not post a whole lot, I am here every day and have come to consider you all "family". (now if I could only come up with a way to credit all the hours here towards "continuing education" I would be all set :)).

Greg
 
Well, I guess I fall into the "Ol' Fart" catagory as well. I remember all the stuff that's been mentioned and then some. I think we had around 500 members when I joined. I remember when we had actual conversations going between members without 20 posts between one's remark and the other's answer. I remember starting goofy off the wall threads just so we'd have something to talk about. I remember when the whole idea of closing a thread for length was unthinkable. I remember FOUP and was a charter contributor to the cause. I remember Kodiac, Cornered Rat, don't upset the wookie! and the sage warm words of Master Mac. And I remember when Rich dubbed me as TFL's official "Curmudgeon member"
But one of my best memories was laying in a hospital bed while my wife read pages and pages of well wishes from people I'd never met, but was happy to call friends.
 
I knew Grayfox was an Old Timer and I personally think he richly deserves his honorary title.
This board has grown by leaps and bounds and I would imagine that even Rich is surprised, but if you build it they will come. In my not-so-humble expert opinion the major reason for its success is the expertise and enthusiasm of its members and their universal dedication to RKBA. I personally want to thank Rich for making all this possible as well as the Moderators for keeping it between the ditches.
 
The Mountian Camp!

LOL
I remember that too...

Rich...
You gotta bring back the Camp and the old FN logo... Just for a bit...Just for the good old times!
 
I suppose.....*sigh*... alas I to would be considered some what of an old fart myself. There are worse titles a man could have.;)
 
I don't remember

The first time that I got here. All I know is that I was mainly on the Shooters.com board but was getting bored with the format, the flame wars, the homophobic remarks, and the sense that it wasn't a "family" of any sort. I think I did a search and just clicked and clacked until I ended up here. Got to "meet" allot of good people, sorry I wasn't here to meet some of the others.

USP45usp
 
I fondly remember the FN-MAG logo too and...

how I called it "The gun" and pouted and wailed when Rich took it away! I also remember when the Coffee Pot served as the forum for both the General Discussion & Legal and Political forums. And talking about old times, how about that Aussie who advertised recreating silenced DeLisle carbines and offering to sell them here in our Marketplace? Boy, we've come a long way.

Now Rich, can I have the "Gun" back?
 
One more thing. I remember when you could read every new post in every forum in less than an hour! WHOA! that was a while back. :)
 
All I have to do is look in the safe, excuse me, the TWO safes to remember this place. You guys have gotten me to buy a few guns ;).

The first gun I bought just because of all of your recommendations is my CZ 75B. And because of you guys, my next just might be a P7M8. I won't go into the ones inbetween... (like the P225, the Colt 1911, the...)

You might not want to stop by the house, my girlfriend is REALLY mad at you all. :)
 
Gino,

You're a wizard getting her to believe its TFLers' fault. All the same, I wouldn't go boat ridin' with her out in the swamps - if you get my drift! ;)
 
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