[NSC] Happy 20th Birthday NSC?

[Questions]

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[Gwylan]

It's actually only this incarnation that's 20 years old. It's existed in other forms since about 1996. I first posted in about 98/99, but I know there are still a few regular posters (Simster and Wozza to name but two) who pre-date me.

Wozza was certainly there early on. I'd dipped into NSC and decided it was full of nutters and not for me. I bumped into Wozza in the queue at Orient (Shilton's 1000th game) and he persuaded me to give it another go as it had been tidied up and they'd got rid of all the cranks.

I logged on that evening, so I can actually date my NSC start (22 December 1996), coming up for 27 years ... gulp.

 

[Questions]

The previous incarnation of NSC was massive. Maybe even larger than this one? Along with all the usual stuff there were great SWATHES of posts about the stadium planning circus (ably presided over by the late great ringmaster Lord B) as well as endless passionate debates about the rights and wrongs of the Gulf War etc etc

What happened with that Gulf war thingy ?

 

[Questions]

Wozza was certainly there early on. I'd dipped into NSC and decided it was full of nutters and not for me. I bumped into Wozza in the queue at Orient (Shilton's 1000th game) and he persuaded me to give it another go as it had been tidied up and they'd got rid of all the cranks.

I logged on that evening, so I can actually date my NSC start (22 December 1996), coming up for 27 years ... gulp.

And the cranks Gwylan ?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What happened with that Gulf war thingy ?

Nil-all

 

[Sheebo]

All the original REMF stuff . . . . . And the finest thread ever, the Church of the Rev, via which I met Mrs Zef. We have been together 21 years, one month and 2 days.

How many hours?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

All the original REMF stuff . . . . . And the finest thread ever, the Church of the Rev, via which I met Mrs Zef. We have been together 21 years, one month and 2 days.

Congratulations. Tedebear is a lovely lady.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Yes, this particular incarnation followed Turkeygate, when everyone lost their post count.

Now that WAS NSC Gold

 

[Molango's visa]

I preferred the Mailing List. I was an NSC regular in a previous guise from around 98 but found the likes of FG so off putting I gave it a swerve for years. Thematically it was very IT guys with lashings of lad-maggery, dominated by those with a fast-ish workplace system, enjoying the chance to indulge in 'safe space' anonymized racism and homophobia. Home dialup was simply too expensive for grazing.

 

[essbee1]

I go back to when Dave the EEEEAAAAGGGLLLLE spammed the complete first page every late evening/early morning

I remember at one point he threatened to find out where we all lived and come round and beat us all up.

 

[sydney]

97/98 .....Dave the Eagle , Seagulleater , Taffy , Bluebird , dANNY Seagull..........the posh spice thread happy days.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Still annoyed I lost posts and my start date with #datagate

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Yes, this particular incarnation followed Turkeygate, when everyone lost their post count.

Can't remember if it was related to Turkeygate, but there was one magical xmas where @Turkey fixed it for virtual snowflakes to drift down across the NSC Big Board. Quite magical it was Well at least it was for about 5 minutes until the board ground to a complete halt. Whereupon that magical festive feature was swiftly removed, never to be seen again

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Can't remember if it was related to Turkeygate, but there was one magical xmas where @Turkey fixed it for virtual snowflakes to drift down across the NSC Big Board. Quite magical it was Well at least it was for about 5 minutes until the board ground to a complete halt. Whereupon that magical festive feature was swiftly removed, never to be seen again

It was lovely.
No, Turkeygate and the missing post count was just before the July date in 2003. Nsc was restored, and as Watford Zero said, it was comedy gold.

Then a couple of weeks later, Bozza reset the whole thing with the previous incarnation of this present board, which is why most of the old timers have July 2003 as a start date.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

97/98 .....Dave the Eagle , Seagulleater , Taffy , Bluebird , dANNY Seagull..........the posh spice thread happy days.

Family Fortunes with CRISPS.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Family Fortunes with CRISPS.

Seem to recall a raging battle between pink and salmon

 

[Lenny Rider]

I got my internet the night before Hereford, so 1997 was my first visit to NSC.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Seem to recall a raging battle between pink and salmon

Ah yes, the cushion at the cricket.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

All the best posters joined in 1998. September 1998 to be precise.*














*possibly october.

 

[Commander]

Security is still an issue on here. I get hacked every fridat night …

I remember you hacking and impersonating me back in about 2005. Serves me right for having 'albion' as my password.