On This Day in 2000

[Nancy]

Who else remembers the HUGE kerfuffle over the "Women's Only" forum?

Now that you mention it, I do, but the details are long gone and I suspect probably best left that way.

 

[Phillbo]

I am a lesbian but they shunned me......

 

[Brian N]

Oh good grief...

 

[RWS]

spent some time in the 90's on "REC BOATS"

Joined BE 2/1/2007

learned more here on this site than ANYWHERE !

That includes numerous USCG USPS classes over the years.

I am a better, safer, more knowledgeable boater today, and have realistic, healthier ideas of what can, can't and what should be done all because of the wisdom gleaned from this Forum.

RWS

 

[HOGAN]

Les registered George Van Parys as RO #1 and Les Hall as RO #3, I have no idea who was #2.
I registered as RO#147 just behind Bill D.
Happy 21st Birthday to BoaterEd.com
It has been quite a run and I hope to see it continue for many more years.

I recall Les saying #2 was a test RO

 

[alk]

Yep. #2 was a test. Here are the top 20, as per the last backup from the old site. looks like Les deleted a few along the way - who was number 4,7, 13 and 17???

1 L Hall
2 Test
3 Les Hall
5 Greg Group
6 George Van Parys
8 Lesleigh
9 Mike Ryan
10 Mike
11 oneWolf
12 dave_ax
14 Stephen
15 capt larry
16 John
18 Jerry Clark
19 Ehall
20 Seagrace

 

[cwms]

I joined a little over 19 years ago and I’m #7357. If I recall, back then, I was active on the forum sponsored by Shipshape TV. It was a fairly active forum and then all of a sudden, it stopped. That’s when I found BE.
And yes, we all sorely miss GVP. I once got a public “atta boy” from him...felt like I was on top of the world when that happened.

 

[Bill D.]

"looks like Les deleted a few along the way"

Some of us had more than one login due to some early problems with the site. I know I had 2 at one point and Les cleared one for me.