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Topic: Seven years on CruiseTalk

desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 10-08-2007 01:07 PM

As of Friday it has been 7 years and 11 cruises later as a contributor here. I don't think Joe has fully recovered

LOL

It was my very first message board, and learned a lot about people's online vs telephone and face to face personalities. They often do not correlate.

My membership # is 1626, the latest contributor is 11,000 give or take.

The board has evolved a bit. In 2000 it was still exotic to converse in cyberspace and meet the real people afterwards.

I have had a lot of fun, learned more than a stack of books could teach, and made some great friends from all over the world.

Some of my ideas are controversial and unorthodox, however I am being me.

Here are some of my favorite threads

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=0000 28

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=0007 34

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=0018 37

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=0000 94

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=0000 71

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=0000 56

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=0000 01

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=0000 97

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=0000 87

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=0000 68

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=00 0071

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=00 0510

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=00 0332

http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=00 0297

Thank you all for a great voyage

[ 10-08-2007: Message edited by: desirod7 ]

Posts: 5727 | From: Philadelphia, Pa [home of the SS United States] | Registered: Oct 2000 | IP: Logged

Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 10-08-2007 02:58 PM

Roger and I have made a Little celebration about this achievement.

Gefeliciteerd/Congratulations David.

Happy sailings Ben.

Posts: 4695 | From: Rotterdam home of the tss. Rotterdam. | Registered: May 2003 | IP: Logged

TBirdFrank
First Class Passenger
Member # 2280

posted 10-08-2007 06:59 PM

Member 2280 from 2001 here - not as many cruises -but there again if its under thirty years old its not really my scene!

Yes - plenty of sign ups since then - but look where the more prolific contributors enrolments numbers are too

Posts: 158 | From: Manchester, England | Registered: Aug 2001 | IP: Logged

WhiteStar
First Class Passenger
Member # 2740

posted 10-09-2007 09:28 AM

Desirod7 - those old posts made for some very entertaining reading! Thanks for the links!

Posts: 668 | From: Minnesota | Registered: Jan 2002 | IP: Logged

Bernard
First Class Passenger
Member # 1038

posted 11-14-2007 07:55 AM

Thanks for sharing these old posts. Great to read them again.

Posts: 94 | From: The Netherlands | Registered: Jan 2000 | IP: Logged

Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 11-14-2007 10:33 AM

Wow David - I just looked at my number - 1878 - musn't have been too far behind you - like you this was my first board and one of the very few I actually rely on for information and intelligent conversation.

How the time has flown!!!!

Keep up the great inflow of ideas and view points everyone!

Posts: 1524 | From: Nowhere | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged

Pascal
First Class Passenger
Member # 5510

posted 11-14-2007 01:41 PM

Hey David, we're not getting younger, are we ?

I had a look at my number, it's 5500. So if the last registered are at 11000 or so, I guess I'm pretty in the middle...

Posts: 1371 | From: Aix en Provence | Registered: Mar 2005 | IP: Logged

Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 11-14-2007 03:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Pascal:
Hey David, we're not getting younger, are we ?
I had a look at my number, it's 5500. So if the last registered are at 11000 or so, I guess I'm pretty in the middle...

I've always been puzzled how the numbers work.

Although they do seem loosely connected with how long you have been a member, I'm not sure if it is that simple. I joined very early on and am 301, but I doubt if there were 300 members before me - more like 30? Joe is 622 and it's his web site?

Joe, how does it work?

Posts: 19210 | From: Essex (Just Outside London) | Registered: A Long Time Ago! | IP: Logged

dougnewman
First Class Passenger
Member # 11349

posted 11-14-2007 04:25 PM

Malcolm - Perhaps Joe has not always posted using his current "identity"?

For example I appear to have just joined but of course I have been around longer than my number 11349 would suggest.

[ 11-14-2007: Message edited by: dougnewman ]

Posts: 2072 | From: Long Island, NY, USA | Registered: Sep 2007 | IP: Logged

sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 11-14-2007 07:53 PM

Other than Joe & Malcolm, guess I've got the rest of you beat. I joined in July 1999 (#797) - had just received my first computer from my son and Cruise Talk was the first cruising forum that I came across and joined.

There used to be a lot more women posting here, but they have since disappeared.

Posts: 3305 | From: Toronto, Ont. Canada | Registered: Jul 99 | IP: Logged

Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 11-14-2007 11:31 PM

I've got you all beat.

Posts: 1685 | From: Chicago, Illinois | Registered: Jul 99 | IP: Logged

Grant
First Class Passenger
Member # 1000

posted 11-15-2007 12:44 AM

I've been around awhile as well, and never noticed my number until you all talked about it. An even 1000; an easy one to remember!
grant

Posts: 834 | From: Victoria, BC, Canada | Registered: Jan 2000 | IP: Logged

Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 11-16-2007 01:16 AM

I just realized I joined five years ago this month. I definitely have learned much from everyone here. Thanks Joe for the forum and everyone's posts.

Posts: 6108 | From: Vallejo,CA : California Maritime Academy!!! | Registered: Nov 2002 | IP: Logged

BigUFan
First Class Passenger
Member # 1382

posted 11-16-2007 02:18 PM

Welcome to the club, although technically, I date back to 1998 or thereabouts.

Posts: 904 | From: Orlando, FL | Registered: Jun 2000 | IP: Logged

Vaccaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 465

posted 11-18-2007 06:40 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Fairsky:
I've got you all beat.

Really?...... Including Malcolm, there are at least two earlier registrations on this page only...

...and even 3, if we add BigUFan who previously was "Joe at Pwc" (n°225) if I make no memory mistake.

[ 11-18-2007: Message edited by: Vaccaro ]

Posts: 1193 | From: France ...where the greatest liners ever are born, ...by far! | Registered: Feb 99 | IP: Logged

PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 11-18-2007 07:35 AM

I am a mere youngster then, with a bigger mouth than all except Malcolm

Pam

Posts: 12176 | From: Cambridge, UK | Registered: Jun 2001 | IP: Logged

Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 11-18-2007 08:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
I am a mere youngster then, with a bigger mouth than all except Malcolm

I will take that as a compliment.

Posts: 19210 | From: Essex (Just Outside London) | Registered: A Long Time Ago! | IP: Logged

sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 11-18-2007 11:15 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Vaccaro:
Really?...... Including Malcolm, there are at least two earlier registrations on this page only...

...and even 3, if we add BigUFan who previously was "Joe at Pwc" (n°225) if I make no memory mistake.
[ 11-18-2007: Message edited by: Vaccaro ]

I was wondering also, how Fairsky figured he had us all beat? Hope he'll explain.

Although we both registered in July 1999, I think I've got him beat by over 1800 posts.

Posts: 3305 | From: Toronto, Ont. Canada | Registered: Jul 99 | IP: Logged

Cunard Fan
First Class Passenger
Member # 7530

posted 11-19-2007 02:53 AM

wow I have only been here just over a year!

Posts: 2327 | From: Pasadena just north of Queen Mary | Registered: Sep 2006 | IP: Logged

LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 11-19-2007 10:49 AM

My original handle was "Barryboat" as opposed to LeBarryboat. My original start date where I first logged-in was in March of 1999....so I guess I've been posting here for 8 years. 1999 was when I purchased my first decent computer and when I first went online. I think the first time I ever sent an email was 1997. After doing some research for my latest Blog posting it dawned on me that I've been at this cruise ship, ocean liner thing for 30 years now!

Posts: 1955 | From: Minnesota | Registered: Jan 2005 | IP: Logged

dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 11-19-2007 11:18 AM

I've been a Member for just 4 1/2 years.

As for the 'number of posts' outdoing each other, I'll take quality over quantity. Some Members will be blathering about 'I know you are but what am I?' or 1-sentence retorts in a tennis match-style heated exchange of words also add up in their total number of posts but contribute little. You could have 5000+ posts spewing hate and venom, or 500 posts educating with technical data, experiences, and expertise. Some members will sit back for months and years at a time just observing, then others have to put in their 2-cents on every topic.

But thats the nature of a Board like this? Contribution and discussion of our ideas, ideals, experiences, dreams, desires and heartaches mixed in with heated discussion, debates, and arguments. Sounds like a family reunion at Thanksgiving?

Posts: 5650 | From: Clarksburg WV | Registered: Apr 2003 | IP: Logged

Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 11-19-2007 12:15 PM

I am in the 7.5 year range... I discovered the Cruise News section of Travelpage, before I found Cruise Talk. I have definitely enjoyed my time on the board so far..

Posts: 1967 | From: Boston, MA | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged

Cunard Fan
First Class Passenger
Member # 7530

posted 11-19-2007 07:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Thad:
I am in the 7.5 year range... I discovered the Cruise News section of Travelpage, before I found Cruise Talk. I have definitely enjoyed my time on the board so far..

Thats how it was for me to. I found cruise news first and discovered cruise talk a few years later.

I have to say that even though I have been here a relativly short time I have really enjoyed CT and I have learned a lot from here.

Posts: 2327 | From: Pasadena just north of Queen Mary | Registered: Sep 2006 | IP: Logged

rem-dk
First Class Passenger
Member # 5121

posted 11-20-2007 03:13 PM

As allready told I also enjoy visiting Cruise Talk every evening.
I have been here for a few Years, but mostly as a reader, and now and then as a writer.
I like CT and the users for being very serios and friendly, but not without good humor.
And most of all for plenty of good shipphotos from all over the world.
I found the site by a Googlesearch on cruiseships some years ago, and stayed.

Sincerely René.

Posts: 268 | From: Fredensborg Denmark | Registered: Oct 2004 | IP: Logged

Tim Agg
First Class Passenger
Member # 3185

posted 11-22-2007 11:58 PM

I just checked - member # 3185 and a mere 229 posts seems to leave me among the more inattentive among you. I read much more than I write, and appreciate most of the postings most of the time. I especially thank those who are able to post so many great photos and am sorry I don't have that capacity.

Posts: 365 | From: Vancouver BC | Registered: Jul 2002 | IP: Logged

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