How long you been here?
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9 years
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I'm a really dedicated non-deleter of files as I reckon you never know when you'll need them. The oldest file I can find is dated 30 October 2001 and for some reason it is a HTML file of a story by Bart on John Mitchell's first squad selection. Reprinted below for your viewing pleasure.
My first article on cricket was early in 2002 (2 Feb) so I must have been hanging around for a while before that.
"Another All Black touring squad...
Next Sunday, The Gaffer names the first All Black squad of his test match coaching career. Yes, John Mitchell will stamp his first mark on the Men in Black. Thirty players to go on the Ireland, Scotland and Argentinean tour, and a pile of changes coming according to our mate Deaks on Sky TV.
Here is the team me and my team of selectors would like to see selected, lets see how good Mitch is!!Test Team Midweekers15 Leon MacDonald (Canterbury) Ben Blair (Canterbury)
14 Doug Howlet (Auckland) Jeff Wilson (Otago)
13 Tana Umaga (Wellington) Rico Gear (Harbour)
12 Pita Alatini (Otago) Aaron Mauger (Canterbury)
11 Jonah Lomu (Wellington) Bruce Reihana (Waikato) *
10 Andrew Mehrtens (Canterbury) David Hill (Waikato)
9 Byron Kelleher (Otago) Justin Marshall (Canterbury, v capt.) *
8 Paul Miller (Otago) Scott Robertson (Canterbury) *
7 Marty Holah (Waikato) Richard McCaw (Canterbury)
6 Taine Randell (Otago, v capt.) Jerry Collins (Wellington)
5 Glenn Taylor (Northland, capt.) Royce Willis (Waikato) *
4 Chris Jack (Canterbury) Norm Maxwell (Canterbury)
3 Greg Somerville (Canterbury) Gordon Slater (Taranaki) *
2 Anton Oliver (Otago) Tom Willis (Otago) *
1 Greg Feek (Canterbury) Tony Woodcock (Harbour)- denotes test reserves
Who knows how accurate that selection will be, but with the help of my co-selectors HappyMeal and Sausage, that's the squads we came up with. Feel free to slate us on the message boards..."
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@NTA said in How long you been here?:
@Siam fark. Dunno. Was here prior to Lions 2001 I'm pretty sure.
Actually, I may be thinking of Planet Rugby...
EDIT: 8 years ago, it says. For this profile
But there was a "Nick the Aussie" floating around here before that. -
13 years. Although I reckon that's overselling me by a year. I read a great ''match report'' from Canerbry about his boozy day at the cricket and started posting after that.
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MIne says 46 years.....
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Just 9 years for me - Higgins gave me the tip that this place existed, and I've been losing time here ever since
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11 years , its funny I cant remember the beginning to be honest ,
my strongest memory of the beginning , was that morning after the 2007 quarter final , but that was 2 years later
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11 years also. I was struck by the international flavour of the site back then, and as a prop finding two gems like Bartman and Red Beard sharing yarns... well end of story.
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I stumbled across the Fern about 2001 after a shocking Super 12 season by the Saders. But it wasn't until I met a fellow Ferner in person at the beginning of 2005 that I started posting.
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Mid-2008. Wish i had been here for the 2007 meltdown
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five years ago apparently. Although I was crapping on online around 2000 on rsru...
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