Founding (or very long term) members - check in.

[Rich Engelhardt]

I've noticed that there's a plethora of members here with a join date of 2003.
Of all the online forums I belong to, I believe this one is unique in that respect.

People tend to drift in and out and before you know it, the whole board has turned over and there's only a couple of "old timers" left.

I'm curious how many here go back to the beginning - or very close to it?


LOL! I'm interested for one thing because I was more or less just asked to leave a forum that I joined in 1998 the day it started and was the only one left still posting. The whole forum had changed so much it wasn't even close to what the original had been.

[Dave Lehnert]

Join date for me 2005.

When did SMC start?

[Dan Hintz]

After Badger Pond disappeared, it took me a bit to come to The Creek...

[Dave Richards]

Feb 27, 2003.

[Dennis Peacock]

2003 is when the Creek went live. I was part of Badger Pond back in the day and was talking with Wayne Miller about taking over Badger Pond but I simply couldn't muster up the money. Instead, Keith took it over at Hampton Roads Online and we all decided to call it Sawmill Creek. Some of us have been around since just before "the creek" started flowing. :)

[Ken Fitzgerald]

January 2004 I started wading in the Creek.

[Dave Anderson NH]

I too joined after Badger Pond went dry. It was February 2003. As you can see from my number of posts, I'm not exactly prolific in spite of being a moderator.

[Lee Schierer]

I joined right after the pond went dry on February 18, 2003.

[George Bokros]

Joined 2009

[Matt Meiser]

I waited until March 2003 when Badger Pond was shutting down.

[Jim Tobias]

Join Date: 02-11-2003
Came over when it opened after Badger Pond closed. I'm an occasional poster but a daily reader.

Jim

[Chris Padilla]

I never participated in or knew about The Badger Pond until AFTER I joined SMC.

We're still chugging along here.... Joined date, upper right. :)

[Matt Day]

I joined in 2005, about the same time I started woodworking. This site has been and still is a great resource to learn.

[Bruce Page]

I am another Badger Pond refugee. I joined 2/11/03 and was number 26 to come through Keith's door.

[Brian Hale]

March 04 here but I believe I lurked for a bit prior to that. Seems like a Loooong time ago.

[Glenn Clabo]

Feb 13, 2003 here. It sure has gone by fast.

If you hover over the persons name and look at the bottom left of the screen...the number is the sequence of when they joined. I'm 131.

[Chuck Wintle]

02-27-2003 is the date I joined. The collective knowledge of this group is so awesome. Any subject possible to be posted will get some answers and usually good information is given.

[Jerry Thompson]

12-06. That seems impossible.

[Howard Garner]

Been hanging around since November of '06.
Started looking for a laser back then and found the Creek a valuable source of excellent and correct information.

Howard Garner

[Steve Jenkins]

Badger pond to here

[John Cole]

I joined 2-12-2003 when the pond was shutting down - don't post much but do read the posts fairly often

[Ted Calver]

Feb 16, 2003 for me. Member #269.

[Art Mulder]

Feb 27, 2003.

Man, you're old, Dave! :rolleyes:

I'm kind of surprised to realize I've been here since 2005. Huh. Of course life happens to all of us. I've been very active, and then been very inactive, at different times.

[John Stankus]

Feb 16, 2003 for me. Member #269.

And I'm 270.

[Rich Engelhardt]

And I'm 270.& only 122 posts in all that time!!!
That's awesome!

I really envy people that listen a lot and say something only when it's real important to them.

I tip my hat to your self control!

BTW - I can't believe I've been here going on 9 years myself!

[John Stankus]

& only 122 posts in all that time!!!
That's awesome!

I really envy people that listen a lot and say something only when it's real important to them.

I tip my hat to your self control!

BTW - I can't believe I've been here going on 9 years myself!

A couple of reasons for the posting rate. When I originally joined, I was riding Nortel down as the the Telecom bubble burst (I joined Nortel when they had 106,000 employees, and was asked to step off the bus as the passed 30,000 on the way to zero). Then landed a faculty position at the largest Catholic university in Texas, which keeps me amazingly busy. I read the creek all the time, but try to only chime in when I have some expertise in the area.

Honestly, I was surprised when I checked and I was #270. For the record, I believe I had a similar posting rate on Badger Pond.

John

[Dave Ray]

I joined 11-1-03 after the Pond went dry

[Paul Stoops]

Joined 02-13-2003. Looks like I must be ole #102! I have found the Creek to be a valuable resource. I don't post much, but I visit almost every day. I really appreciate the courteous attitude promoted on the site and the wide variety of experienced folks who so generously share their knowledge and wisdom. And thanks to Keith and the staff for keeping the engine going!

[Von Bickley]

02-12-2003...... Time flies when you're having fun.

Number 118......

[Ed Weiser]

I'm number 246, joined 2-16-2003. Wow, it has really been that long? Seems like just yesterday we were on the Pond.

[Mike Cutler]

Feb 13, 2003 here. It sure has gone by fast.

If you hover over the persons name and look at the bottom left of the screen...the number is the sequence of when they joined. I'm 131.

Well, I guess I'm #147. :cool:
Joined when Badger Pond shut down. There were,and are, a lot of very talented people on this forum.
I learn something new, something i can use, every time I log in.

[charlie knighton]

02-08-2007 I have enjoyed this forum.......I think Jack enjoys deleting my post lately.......joy to the world

[Glenn Clabo]

155,939 is the most recent number!

[Keith Outten]

I'm number 2.

I registered in the early morning of February 11th, 2003 just after the software was installed on our server at Hampton Roads Online by my System Administrator at the time who was number 1.

We still have a large number of our Top 500 Members who all joined in the first week I think. I can get our current Server Administrator to post some registration statistics if anyone is interested.

[Rich Engelhardt]

Keith - that would really be cool!

[Bruce Volden]

May of 2005 for me!
Looking for engraving "stuff".

Bruce

[Glenn Clabo]

Go for it Keith...always fun stuff to see.

[Roy Harding]

2007 for me. I was a member at Badger Pond, and lurked here fo years before joining.

[John Stankus]

323502323503

Here is a graph of member number vs join date for folks who have responded to this thread. (Working on getting my post numbers up :):)) I first thought exponential growth, but as I put more points in it looks piecewise linear with a major rate change on Sept 20, 2006 going from about 6 per day new to about 43 per day.

John

[Ole Anderson]

I was a couple of years late to the party. 5/3/2005 here, I guess that puts me around 4500 per the chart. Ahead of the next 150,000 though! Still my favorite hangout.

Ah, 4728.

[Todd Willhoit]

I've been here since 11/2003. Like others, I don't post often, but I visit frequently.

[Frederick Skelly]

I was a Badger Pond fan/member too. Unfortunately, I made a long side trip to a particular magazine's site and didn't discover SMC until a few years ago. I just want to say that Keith, the Mods and you long term members/contributors did a GREAT job preserving the spirit of The Pond.

[Keith Outten]

Frederick,

Thanks for the kind words, we try our best to maintain the same atmosphere that made Badger Pond so successful. I tried to purchase Badger Pond but my offer was refused, it would have been a valuable asset to keep the pond alive rather than see it archived which is why I am so strict here about threads being placed in the proper forum so we can keep them available for everyone and keep the pictures and file attachments available as well.
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[Jason Roehl]

#159 checking in. Joined 2-15-2003. As I recall, Badger Pond shut down on March 1 of that year. There was a HUGE lag time right at the end as a bunch of people were refreshing constantly and trying to get in the very last post.

I am curious as to what the precipitous event was in about October of 2006 that caused the sudden surge in the rate of new registrations. I can't recall anything specific.

[Shawn Pixley]

Six years here (2009 but in the earliest third of members).

[Dennis Peacock]

Wow..!!!! I'm seeing some names in this thread that I haven't seen in a long time.!!! Good to see all the old (and new) folks posting here. Memories..!!!!

[Mike Henderson]

I joined 4/20/2005. I have no idea what number that is. Where do you find that?

Mike

[Bruce Page]

Mike, you were #4650 to join. Hover your mouse over your name and look at the lower left corner of the web page.

[Mike Henderson]

Mike, you were #4650 to join. Hover your mouse over your name and look at the lower left corner of the web page.

Okay, thanks. I would have never figured that out.

Mike

[Chris Parks]

Being the curious type, is there anyone here besides me who was involved in the old alt.rec.woodworking newsgroup in the pre forum days?

[Howard Garner]

Being the curious type, is there anyone here besides me who was involved in the old alt.rec.woodworking newsgroup in the pre forum days?

Not in the woodworking group, but was semi-active in the metalworking group.
Howard

[Keith Outten]

I use to visit that newsgroup on occasion.
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[Andy Haney]

January 2004. I have never been real active in posting...mostly here to educate and entertain myself (lurking). You folks are, sometimes, very funny.

Andy Haney

[Dan Hintz]

January 2004. I have never been real active in posting...mostly here to educate and entertain myself (lurking). You folks are, sometimes, very funny.

Andy Haney


We are not and you can't prove it!

[John Sanford]

#17, joined on 2/11/2003. Moderate posting quantity.

[Scott Donley]

Now I feel like a newbe with a date of 1/2005. I will say I lurked before I joined.

[Rod Sheridan]

Hi Rich, I'm not even close, my join date was December 13, 2006............Regards, Rod.

[Jim Becker]

Yea, I'm from "back then"...

[Jim Andrew]

My join date was 12 06 04. Wound up spending a lot more than I planned setting up my shop thanks to you guys. Now I am upgrading.

[John Daugherty]

March 2003 number 772