10 Years Ago Today......

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#1 Post by **littlebeast13** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:35 am

November 23, 1999..... or as we like to call it at Rankings Central..... Day One.

The Bored as we know it was born on this day 10 years ago. Yes, it existed on the ABC site as far back as the inaugural August 1999 run of WWTBAM, but somehow the Bored was hacked and brought down after that. What was salvaged from the wreckage was reposted and the Bored reopened under a new format on this day. About 1000 posts were all dropped at about 6:00 PM Bored Time, the very first belonging to one Meg Hurley who went by the handle gusgerbils.

Since Eyegor and eventually I became the unofficial historians of this little corner of cyberspace, and we both came along in 2000, this day of the rebirth of the Bored has been celebrated as the Bored's birthday. In the 10 years since then, we have moved from the Go Bored (Which was the Bumblebee Bored until one of the veterans showed you the superior interface), to the Love Boat, to the TUB, and now here to the Raspberry Bored. We haev been chased to The Cellar by the Morlocks, forced onto the Madigan Men Bored by _TPTB_, and set adrift for a week on no fewer than 4 different Boreds set up by BB's after the whole Go/ABC message board capability was scrapped 2 years ago. And yet through it all...... here we are.

Many have come, and many have gone. Some have made huge footprints in their short time on the Bored, while others have been around forever without barely making a ripple. Many have come and few have stayed, but those who have became part of what is, and perhaps I'm a bit biased, but the best little community on the whole damn internet. If there is another place like this, I have sure not found it.....

So let's celebrate ten years, four Boreds, several hundred BB's, and roughly 1.5 million posts!!!! And hopefully, many, many more of all (except more Boreds of course!) to come........

lb13

gsabc · #2 Post by **gsabc** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:00 am

1.5 million posts??

Really? We really are a wordy bunch. Or just overly gratuitous.

Happy anniversary to us!

christie1111 · #3 Post by **christie1111** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:09 am

BarKeep!

Open the EOSB&G and I will treat everyone to Sparkling Christies!

Happy Birthday Bored!

I happen to agree with LB, we are a unique bunch.

I am very happy to have become a part of this odd little corner of the internet.

Cyber Hugs to all!

#4 Post by **littlebeast13** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:11 am

gsabc wrote:1.5 million posts?? Really? We really are a wordy bunch. Or just overly gratuitous.

Happy anniversary to us!

I just added up the posts made by those in the Top 100 of the rankings ALONE over the past 10 years (At least through last Wednesday night)........

Spoiler

1,168,851 posts!!!!

lb13

Bob Juch · #5 Post by **Bob Juch** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:39 am

I'm glad we're a unique bunch.

Spoiler

I'd hate to think there's another one like us out there!

Jeemie · #6 Post by **Jeemie** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:28 am

Shit!

I've been hanging around this site (with a brief time off in the GC and for personal reasons) for ten years?

I need a life!!!!

ulysses5019 · #7 Post by **ulysses5019** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:38 am

littlebeast13 wrote:November 23, 1999..... or as we like to call it at Rankings Central..... Day One.

The Bored as we know it was born on this day 10 years ago. Yes, it existed on the ABC site as far back as the inaugural August 1999 run of WWTBAM, but somehow the Bored was hacked and brought down after that. What was salvaged from the wreckage was reposted and the Bored reopened under a new format on this day. About 1000 posts were all dropped at about 6:00 PM Bored Time, the very first belonging to one Meg Hurley who went by the handle gusgerbils.

Since Eyegor and eventually I became the unofficial historians of this little corner of cyberspace, and we both came along in 2000, this day of the rebirth of the Bored has been celebrated as the Bored's birthday. In the 10 years since then, we have moved from the Go Bored (Which was the Bumblebee Bored until one of the veterans showed you the superior interface), to the Love Boat, to the TUB, and now here to the Raspberry Bored. We haev been chased to The Cellar by the Morlocks, forced onto the Madigan Men Bored by _TPTB_, and set adrift for a week on no fewer than 4 different Boreds set up by BB's after the whole Go/ABC message board capability was scrapped 2 years ago. And yet through it all...... here we are.

Many have come, and many have gone. Some have made huge footprints in their short time on the Bored, while others have been around forever without barely making a ripple. Many have come and few have stayed, but those who have became part of what is, and perhaps I'm a bit biased, but the best little community on the whole damn internet. If there is another place like this, I have sure not found it.....

So let's celebrate ten years, four Boreds, several hundred BB's, and roughly 1.5 million posts!!!! And hopefully, many, many more of all (except more Boreds of course!) to come........

lb13

Let's get started on the next 1.5 million.

Rexer25 · #8 Post by **Rexer25** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:42 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:November 23, 1999..... or as we like to call it at Rankings Central..... Day One.

The Bored as we know it was born on this day 10 years ago. Yes, it existed on the ABC site as far back as the inaugural August 1999 run of WWTBAM, but somehow the Bored was hacked and brought down after that. What was salvaged from the wreckage was reposted and the Bored reopened under a new format on this day. About 1000 posts were all dropped at about 6:00 PM Bored Time, the very first belonging to one Meg Hurley who went by the handle gusgerbils.

Since Eyegor and eventually I became the unofficial historians of this little corner of cyberspace, and we both came along in 2000, this day of the rebirth of the Bored has been celebrated as the Bored's birthday. In the 10 years since then, we have moved from the Go Bored (Which was the Bumblebee Bored until one of the veterans showed you the superior interface), to the Love Boat, to the TUB, and now here to the Raspberry Bored. We haev been chased to The Cellar by the Morlocks, forced onto the Madigan Men Bored by _TPTB_, and set adrift for a week on no fewer than 4 different Boreds set up by BB's after the whole Go/ABC message board capability was scrapped 2 years ago. And yet through it all...... here we are.

Many have come, and many have gone. Some have made huge footprints in their short time on the Bored, while others have been around forever without barely making a ripple. Many have come and few have stayed, but those who have became part of what is, and perhaps I'm a bit biased, but the best little community on the whole damn internet. If there is another place like this, I have sure not found it.....

So let's celebrate ten years, four Boreds, several hundred BB's, and roughly 1.5 million posts!!!! And hopefully, many, many more of all (except more Boreds of course!) to come........

lb13
Let's get started on the next 1.5 million.

We'll need a new avatar for each one.

SportsFan68 · #9 Post by **SportsFan68** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:22 am

Rexer25 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:November 23, 1999..... or as we like to call it at Rankings Central..... Day One.

The Bored as we know it was born on this day 10 years ago. Yes, it existed on the ABC site as far back as the inaugural August 1999 run of WWTBAM, but somehow the Bored was hacked and brought down after that. What was salvaged from the wreckage was reposted and the Bored reopened under a new format on this day. About 1000 posts were all dropped at about 6:00 PM Bored Time, the very first belonging to one Meg Hurley who went by the handle gusgerbils.

Since Eyegor and eventually I became the unofficial historians of this little corner of cyberspace, and we both came along in 2000, this day of the rebirth of the Bored has been celebrated as the Bored's birthday. In the 10 years since then, we have moved from the Go Bored (Which was the Bumblebee Bored until one of the veterans showed you the superior interface), to the Love Boat, to the TUB, and now here to the Raspberry Bored. We haev been chased to The Cellar by the Morlocks, forced onto the Madigan Men Bored by _TPTB_, and set adrift for a week on no fewer than 4 different Boreds set up by BB's after the whole Go/ABC message board capability was scrapped 2 years ago. And yet through it all...... here we are.

Many have come, and many have gone. Some have made huge footprints in their short time on the Bored, while others have been around forever without barely making a ripple. Many have come and few have stayed, but those who have became part of what is, and perhaps I'm a bit biased, but the best little community on the whole damn internet. If there is another place like this, I have sure not found it.....

So let's celebrate ten years, four Boreds, several hundred BB's, and roughly 1.5 million posts!!!! And hopefully, many, many more of all (except more Boreds of course!) to come........

lb13
Let's get started on the next 1.5 million.
We'll need a new avatar for each one.

Yep, let's get going . . .

SportsFan68 · #10 Post by **SportsFan68** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:23 am

gsabc wrote:. . .
We really are a wordy bunch. Or just overly gratuitous.

. . .

C -- all of the above.

I can add more.

Snaxx · #11 Post by **Snaxx** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:13 pm

According to a game show recap, the previous nights WWTBAM included this question, and the dollar value is not a misprint:

For $32,000:
At sea level, water freezes at what temperature (degrees Farenheit)?
A. 32 B. 0 C. 64 D. 12

Spoiler
Answer A. Contestant used 50/50 leaving A and B.

The same contestant went on to this interesting question:

For $250,000:
Which of the following is the patron saint of lost causes?

A. St. Ignatius of Loyola
B. St. Christopher
C. St. Jude
D. St. Francis of Assisi

Spoiler
Answer C. Contestant used PAF (mom) who did not know. Walked with $125K.

So the Bored began on a day we discussed lost causes at office water coolers.

Beebs52 · #12 Post by **Beebs52** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:17 pm

I'm proud to accept ownership of at least a couple thousandsish or so of those millions. Thanks to all of you who keep this afloat with cyberwire and duct tapping.

This is a pretty unique bunch of weirdos.

AND WE LIKE IT!

T_Bone0806 · #13 Post by **T_Bone0806** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:51 pm

littlebeast13 wrote: Many have come, and many have gone. Some have made huge footprints in their short time on the Bored, while others have been around forever without barely making a ripple. Many have come and few have stayed, but those who have became part of what is, and perhaps I'm a bit biased, but the best little community on the whole damn internet. If there is another place like this, I have sure not found it.....

So let's celebrate ten years, four Boreds, several hundred BB's, and roughly 1.5 million posts!!!! And hopefully, many, many more of all (except more Boreds of course!) to come........

lb13

Well said, sir, well said. Ya got me all misty eyed and stuff.

heelsrule1988 · #14 Post by **heelsrule1988** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:02 pm

I've only been around for one of those 10 years, but I can say with certainty that this is an excellent bunch of people to post with. You guys are great!

jaybee · #15 Post by **jaybee** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:18 pm

T_Bone0806 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote: Many have come, and many have gone. Some have made huge footprints in their short time on the Bored, while others have been around forever without barely making a ripple. Many have come and few have stayed, but those who have became part of what is, and perhaps I'm a bit biased, but the best little community on the whole damn internet. If there is another place like this, I have sure not found it.....

So let's celebrate ten years, four Boreds, several hundred BB's, and roughly 1.5 million posts!!!! And hopefully, many, many more of all (except more Boreds of course!) to come........

lb13
Well said, sir, well said. Ya got me all misty eyed and stuff.

I'll second that!

I am certainly not very 'wordy' here and despite being here for most of the last ten years I'm ranked what....#130 or so. I also play on an ATV bored, a diesel truck bored (very active, usually having 1,500+ logged on at any time) and the DIY bored (where I have about 6,000 posts ....imagine that). But if I were somewhere and needed help and only had access to a computer - this is the bored that I would call out to.

Good people here. Real people here.

kayrharris · #16 Post by **kayrharris** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:56 pm

The time has flown by. I have formed friendships here that have lasted and will continue. I enjoy
visiting those friends from time to time and a few have stopped by to see me. I'm working on getting
a few more to come my way.

It's been fun and I'm glad to be a small part, even if I am the quiet one of the bunch.

kay

ulysses5019 · #17 Post by **ulysses5019** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:57 pm

Rexer25 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:November 23, 1999..... or as we like to call it at Rankings Central..... Day One.

The Bored as we know it was born on this day 10 years ago. Yes, it existed on the ABC site as far back as the inaugural August 1999 run of WWTBAM, but somehow the Bored was hacked and brought down after that. What was salvaged from the wreckage was reposted and the Bored reopened under a new format on this day. About 1000 posts were all dropped at about 6:00 PM Bored Time, the very first belonging to one Meg Hurley who went by the handle gusgerbils.

Since Eyegor and eventually I became the unofficial historians of this little corner of cyberspace, and we both came along in 2000, this day of the rebirth of the Bored has been celebrated as the Bored's birthday. In the 10 years since then, we have moved from the Go Bored (Which was the Bumblebee Bored until one of the veterans showed you the superior interface), to the Love Boat, to the TUB, and now here to the Raspberry Bored. We haev been chased to The Cellar by the Morlocks, forced onto the Madigan Men Bored by _TPTB_, and set adrift for a week on no fewer than 4 different Boreds set up by BB's after the whole Go/ABC message board capability was scrapped 2 years ago. And yet through it all...... here we are.

Many have come, and many have gone. Some have made huge footprints in their short time on the Bored, while others have been around forever without barely making a ripple. Many have come and few have stayed, but those who have became part of what is, and perhaps I'm a bit biased, but the best little community on the whole damn internet. If there is another place like this, I have sure not found it.....

So let's celebrate ten years, four Boreds, several hundred BB's, and roughly 1.5 million posts!!!! And hopefully, many, many more of all (except more Boreds of course!) to come........

lb13
Let's get started on the next 1.5 million.
We'll need a new avatar for each one.

I've got a few to spare. And I'll sell them cheap.

#18 Post by **littlebeast13** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:21 pm

kayrharris wrote:The time has flown by. I have formed friendships here that have lasted and will continue. I enjoy
visiting those friends from time to time and a few have stopped by to see me. I'm working on getting
a few more to come my way.

ES would probably stop by for a few scritches..... and the chance to roll around on your new sofa....

lb13

mellytu74 · #19 Post by **mellytu74** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:40 pm

Cyber toasts to, as TLAF calls the BBs, "your friends in the computer."

kayrharris · #20 Post by **kayrharris** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:04 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:The time has flown by. I have formed friendships here that have lasted and will continue. I enjoy
visiting those friends from time to time and a few have stopped by to see me. I'm working on getting
a few more to come my way.

ES would probably stop by for a few scritches..... and the chance to roll around on your new sofa....

lb13

ES will not be allowed on my new sofa!! Forget.it.

kay

secondchance · #21 Post by **secondchance** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:09 pm

wow. I love your wrap-up- it brought a smile to my face! I'm so, so glad I stumbled over here one day and found y'all. Thanks for what you and everyone here does to make this such a fun and comfy place to visit.

#22 Post by **littlebeast13** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:19 pm

kayrharris wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:The time has flown by. I have formed friendships here that have lasted and will continue. I enjoy
visiting those friends from time to time and a few have stopped by to see me. I'm working on getting
a few more to come my way.

ES would probably stop by for a few scritches..... and the chance to roll around on your new sofa....

lb13

ES will not be allowed on my new sofa!! Forget.it.

kay

Oh, I didn't realize you were the boss of ES......

lb13

kayrharris · #23 Post by **kayrharris** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:22 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:

ES would probably stop by for a few scritches..... and the chance to roll around on your new sofa....

lb13

ES will not be allowed on my new sofa!! Forget.it.

kay

Oh, I didn't realize you were the boss of ES......

lb13

I am the boss of deciding who sits on my new furniture, big guy!

kay

#24 Post by **littlebeast13** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:24 pm

kayrharris wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:

ES will not be allowed on my new sofa!! Forget.it.

kay

Oh, I didn't realize you were the boss of ES......

lb13

I am the boss of deciding who sits on my new furniture, big guy!

kay

Look at how comfy ES is. Are you gonna tell him he has to get off?

lb13

kayrharris · #25 Post by **kayrharris** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:58 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:

Oh, I didn't realize you were the boss of ES......

lb13

I am the boss of deciding who sits on my new furniture, big guy!

kay

Look at how comfy ES is. Are you gonna tell him he has to get off?

lb13

You stole my photos?!?!?!? And altered them?!?!?!?

I'm appalled!!!

kay

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