dust off my soap box ...

well for those members who have been on the site for five or more years all this information will be like a view of the past and please before any of you go running i promise not to keep my soap box by my computer like it was in the beginning. for those who have been here less time please look at this thread as a little past history.

And as it was in the past it is now in the future. Idjit and Jake rally for number one spot as was the way five years ago. has our site has come full circle?

Many of the players (members) have changed and some have come on strong then faded away some have come to the site and made waves while some barely a ripple.

For a true history lesson on the site one would have to talk to Pooga or the creator DR. they have been on the site for so long that they would be able to write chapters on the going ons.

When I first arrived on the site thanks to three bills of Idjits that finally hooked me. A huge red stamp with a dollar sign in it finally made me seek out what these marked bills were all about. I had seen many marked bills previous to those but never thought to check out the site.
After arriving to the site I like most was frustrated with only a five bill a day limit and had list upon list of serial numbers to enter. As a new member people came out of the wood work (so to speak) to greet me and welcome me to the site …I was invited to a dinner meeting at the med. rest. on 33rd. street in Saskatoon when I got to meet some really nice people. Idjit a larger than life gentleman with a full beard who reminded me of grizzly adams greeted me and introduced me to the table of members as his newest hit child. That night pooga awarded Idjit with an award and took it upon himself to chop my screen name down to a short form of BC. members ate and talked and laughed and it was a great time. I was even honoured to meet a member from the dark side (the other site) who later joined our site for a short time then vanished.

It was a regular thing with these members to meet over a meal and talk about life and the site. Saskatoon members were indeed a close group willing to be friends to any new comers. This has changed a bit as members have drifted apart as friends do in life but over the years I have had the privilage to meet some realy wondwerful people on this site some in person and some only in the forums.
some stayed for a short time while others have been around forever some I would love to meet and share a coffee just to see them in person and shake their hand… others I would like to meet just to see if they are real and as colorful as they are in the forums.

When I first arrived on the site the top players battled for number one position nad the same names were always in the top ten positions… I made it my goal to climb the ladder to real the top ten and try and stay there as long as i could. I was allowed the number one spot for some time as Jake and Idjit were side tracked with the game of life and put their time where it was required. Now both these members have returned strong and I have been put into number three spot. The members in the top ten have changed a little over the last five years and members of the past have fadded into the sunset with new members filling the open spots. I often wonder what happened to some of those members and to those wonderful dinner meetings (maybe we can get those dinner meetings going again) in some ways the site has come full circle and in other ways alot of what i have seen here is now history.

It hase been a great ride so far and I hope it continues long into the future… DR where are you ?

Very nicely written BC. It was nice to read your memories and bring back some of mine. Your feelings about meeting new people certainly covered mine as well, always wanting to put a face to the name.
However, the award to Idjit was from me, not Pooga. It was to commemmorate his 5,000 hits on the site and he was rewarded with 5,000 pennies. It was supposed to be the start of a "5,000 Hit Trophy" that was to get passed on to the next recipient, but was never finished…..Idjit, Where are you on that? I know, putting that many pennies into a trophy makes it very heavy to send around the country. Well it seemed like a good idea at the time.

That's my soapbox story!

Thats a very interesting story on the history of the site

Thanks

sorry wally being my first dinner meeting i was confused on the facts i do remember the award and pooga slashing my name to bc and meeting you for the first time but i am very sorry i got the award wrong. it was a wonderful night i got ripped off for $5.00 by the other side guy (name withheld so as not to burn in h… for the mention of it). i would love to have made a list of all who attended that night as for me it was a very special meeting as i was so welcomed by the other site members.

i guess not so much on the history of the sight but on old times it came to me when i saw my two favorite members in number one and two spot. took me months to find out that jake was a woman and had seen idjit so often in saskatoon so knew the face from where i got gas. he started me here and i have loved every day of being on site. saw DR on site tonight so maybe things are back to the way they were.

Speaking of the 5,000 pennies, BC and I should have seen that award for a while, but never did. Idjit, is it gathering dust in a cupboard somewhere???

And of that meal at the Med, do you remember the cellulose salad that wally had? LOL! That was priceless! Have you ever been back wally???

well your right pooga we both missed out on our award and the dinner that we would have received the wally award. see wally ya gotta be careful what you eat.

Nope…..Never went back after that. I didn't want another 'Salad' like that one!

Let's not forget the 'theme' meals, like 'LIVERFEST".

And of course, there was the period we were having weekly breakfast meetings downtown (what was the name of that place?), and in particular, the breakfast where we were surprised by Rudyk coming from Regina, and (what was her name?) from new Brunswick.

Sarge Said (what was her name?) from new Brunswick.

ANSWER Otaku

Its also a good site for finding long lost family members… right antics…. lol… our chatroom here helped us find each other. Its a cool place and helped my kids learn the Canada map for school. Also a meet where a certain bushy bearded man held my youngest tracker and let her play with his beard through our whole morning coffee meet. She still remembers her 3 hit parents from their making here their tour guide at a summer meet.

I really get a hoot when the Saskatchewan gang gets together and the reservation ends up in the name of "Canadian Monkey Truckers." I'd like to meet up for one of these gatherings, but it doesn't look like it will be taking place anytime in the near future. One day maybe…

some of us are trying to make it happen as it sounds like many miss those outings. And if you show up I will gladly pay for your meal and drinks on that special day.