HALF A MILLION Posts as of today

[pawtucket]

I remember being in North Carolina visiting a friend. Someone I met through Waydale. She introduced me to a few people and somehow I got involved in designing the First Billboard to go up in the New Knoxville area. Pamsandiego thought up the catch phrase. Many rallied around the project including Jeff who went on to CES. Of course, the sleeze balls at HDQ hit it within hours of it being up. I learned more than I ever want to know about billboards during that time. I got to visit some of my favorite people Mike Pais, Mike Northrup, Pam French and Pam's cute little twins who were both married with children.

During this trip, someone planted an idea to start another ex-way site. I couldn't see why, Waydale was a tightly run ship. Over the next few months, I did. First with a forum and then a chat room. I didn't know very much HTML at the time and had a very demanding job..... (to be continued)

Edited June 28, 2010 by pawtucket

[pawtucket]

And I had no resources for info. I was quite happy with just the forum. Waydale was still the happening place. The trial was in the distance, everyone was excited about that. I think everyone that had been wronged by The Way, was hanging their hat on the trial.

I forget who approached who, but Groucho wanted to tell his story. I had a front page article!!! It was something like the After Midnight Gazette. (I'll try to find it)

OH and the night I was supposed to start it. I started a thread. AND Rafael started a thread, called THE on Waydale. It was the most popular thread that Waydale ever had!!! That thread had to be split up into multiple threads. At that time the software could only handle a certain number of posts. EZboard locked the threads a few times. I just spent the weeks dusting the furniture at GS.

[Ham]

Wow.. congratulations, I think..

has anyone considered yet another billboard? Something along the lines of "the incredible shrinking tree" or something?

I'd donate some toward it..

Since you learned a lot about billboards.. do the companies offer (for a small fee) replacement insurance for damaged, pilfered or vandalized billboards?

It would be like "Groundhog Day" for twi..

Heck.. it might even give linder (or his rapidly becoming more pudgy replacement) a hobby or something..

Edited June 28, 2010 by Ham

[pawtucket]

Yes there is insurance, someone told us after the fact.

[excathedra]

i remember meeting you on waydale. you talked about staying home in california during rock of ages and having your own pebble of ages. that made me laugh so hard.

i also recall how much fun it was to go from the old greasespot to the new, but that we can save for later.

i thought you got greasespot started because waydale had to go down as one of the requirements of the lawsuit -- and all these people had nowhere to go

[dmiller]

OH and the night I was supposed to start it. I started a thread. AND Rafael started a thread, called THE on Waydale. It was the most popular thread that Waydale ever had!!! That thread had to be split up into multiple threads. At that time the software could only handle a certain number of posts.

THE . . . . Looks like Tom Strange got his wish after all. It finally died.

[Gen-2]

I'm glad this place is here Paw....!

[excathedra]

THE was i guess a keyboard funk error whatever but it gave way to some brilliant minds and laughter. one of those lovely things. i love to laugh.

[mstar1]

Who was the lucky poster???

(I'd reminisce but I have a hard time remembering yesterday...never mind what seems like lifetimes ago at the beginning of GS.)

Thank you, thank you, thank you for providing us with this board Paw, and all the work, dedication blessings and BS that has gone with

[dmiller]

Here's All 205 Pages From Waydale

[pawtucket]

Ex,

GS started about 6 months before the lawsuit. I had a feeling that closing Waydale might be a condition of the lawsuit, no matter what the outcome. So I wanted there to be a place. Business was slow until the trial happened, or was going to happen. And suddenly Waydale was closing.

[OldSkool]

As Gen-2 stated "I am glad this place is her, paw!"

You have no idea how much it has helped me so far, then again you probably do. :B)

[pawtucket]

And the winner is:

Member: teachmevp

Forum: Doctrinal

Topic: Did Early Christians Turn Away From Paul?

Post #500,000

[JavaJane]

Thanks, Paw!!

[soul searcher]

Paw, you have provided and invaluable public service and I thank you. (Not to mention that it's fun -- for me anyway.)

I had no idea -- NO IDEA -- that there were so many disgruntled ex-Way people out there. As I've said before, up until last fall I thought TWI was a perfectly legitimate and respected Christian ministry.

[Bolshevik]

And the winner is:

Member: teachmevp

Forum: Doctrinal

Topic: Did Early Christians Turn Away From Paul?

Post #500,000

so does he get the ipad?

[pawtucket]

No prizes. I wish I could afford stuff like that but just knowing you are the half-millionth poster should be thanks enough.

I will add to the story this evening....

[Ham]

No prizes. I wish I could afford stuff like that but just knowing you are the half-millionth poster should be thanks enough.

I will add to the story this evening....

You could always give him a hundred free posts in Just Plain Silly..

[waysider]

Carnival Prize

[Shellon]

We had so much fun back then. I don't know why, really, just hanging in chat, getting to know each other.......priceless

[excathedra]

Ex,

GS started about 6 months before the lawsuit. I had a feeling that closing Waydale might be a condition of the lawsuit, no matter what the outcome. So I wanted there to be a place. Business was slow until the trial happened, or was going to happen. And suddenly Waydale was closing.

thanks paw