[NSC] Happy 20th Birthday NSC?

[zefarelly]

How many hours?

Right now . . . . About 6 - 6 1/2

took me another hour or two to get her kni

I'll leave it there

 

[zefarelly]

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.

After a period of trying to be a rock star, I went 'back to work' in an office, and discovered tinterweb. We worked for a German Co. And had all the gear, for the time.

never ever dreamt of doing tinterweb of an evening or weekend, there were far better things to do. I was single and twenty something with cash to burn!

 

[raymondo]

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.

Si, did Alec even exist when you started

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

It's irrelevanthow long anyone has been a member. It is such a fun platform, full of mostly fine folk with good banter and best intentions.


Here's to the next 20!


TNBA

TTF

 

[Easy 10]

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

I remember that as well.

Now we have real snowflakes drifting around all across the NSC Big Board.

 

[Brovion]

Si, did Alec even exist when you started

No! He's a relatively new addition. Although having said that he's starting school in September!

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Started out on the mailing list then moved onto NSC around 97. Fortunately worked for a tech company that provided internet access at work which was free to use at lunchtimes etc.

 

[Superphil]

For me the best Gold thread was:

"Would the fans please stay off the pitch at the final whistle so Sam and the lads can do a lap of honour"

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Everything was better in 1997.....

That Seahorses album certainly was

 

[Commander]

Yeah you sent your minder to rough me up just coz of a larf on the net you melt.

Yeah and don't think I won't do it again.

 

[Commander]

For me the best Gold thread was:

"Would the fans please stay off the pitch at the final whistle so Sam and the lads can do a lap of honour"

The Recruitment one is the best, surely? Some of the insults on it are fantastic. That thread would be shut down within 5 minutes on today's NSC.

 

[Gwylan]

The Recruitment one is the best, surely? Some of the insults on it are fantastic. That thread would be shut down within 5 minutes on today's NSC.

Nah, the best thread ever was Fireman Dan's tale of woe. Nothing, but nothing, will ever top that.

 

[essbee1]

I have been on NSC since about 1997. Rarely post but look what's happening every day. I remember when NSC sponsored a home game at Withdean. We gave M of M to Andy Crosby much to Micky Adams disgust who thought Kerry Mayo deserved it. Regular posters back in the day were Croydon Seagull (later to become Lush), Barnet Seagull, Man of Harveys, Brovian, Simster, Harts Shirt to name a few.

That wasn't when Bozza proposed on the centre circle was it? I didn't imagine that, right?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Nah, the best thread ever was Fireman Dan's tale of woe. Nothing, but nothing, will ever top that.

Kev the Ape’s wedding zinger, and visiting the ducks at Falmer take some beating

 

[US Seagull]

I think I must have signed up sometime in the late 90's after moving abroad for grad school. This did inspire me to look at some really old messages I had posted (the UI here makes it a bit annoying to find your way all the way to the start). I hardly recognize that guy. Weird.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Kev the Ape’s wedding zinger, and visiting the ducks at Falmer take some beating

Kev The Ape's adventures were BRILLIANT!!!