What was the first Post here / Oldest Poster?

I was an Apple guy but I knew several people who had Mac 128s. I (grudgingly) went Mac myself after Apple killed off the Apples and the //GS got long in the tooth.

When I look at that picture I can almost hear those 3.5" drives going "chunk chunk chunk".

WiscWoody said:

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I have to say that I’ve been on many forums looking for information on what I’m working on at the time but this is the only site that I’ve gone steady with. It’s a good place to hang out especially in the long cold winters while the fire crackles in the stove.
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It truly is an odd place.

I've come and gone on numerous sites involving various interests or hobbies of mine.

I've also jumped on to sites like you to look for info at the time . . . and then never gone back . . . or go back quite infrequently.

There are a couple of forums I check from time to time.

But here at hearth.com we are a true melting pot . . . or maybe the better analogy would be a chef's salad . . . of America (and beyond) with folks from all walks of life and the four corners of the country. We have varying political and religious beliefs . . . and we are truly united by only one crazy thing: we burn wood, wood pellets, etc. . . . and yet I consider many of the folks here whom I have never met as friends. Heck, I got a "care package" from Wisconsin this year with cheese curds which I was able to try for the first time! Hearth.com is a truly unique place.

If you had a public restroom, perhaps certain persons would be better able to hold it.

begreen said:

Ha! And we mods have to fight for the key to the restroom. hrmph.

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Awwww.

But, we love you, BG

Ah, Pook, he got the boot, me thinx

Damn, I've been here a long time

EatenByLimestone said:

So Pook was a guy? I never was sure!

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One can never be sure! But I like to think better of the women than that.....

I found this story on my personal web site about How I started. I still remember the excitement.....staying up until 4 in the morning making some little piece of code work, etc.
Back then you didn't need much security.....I just copied and pasted little snippets of code that others gave me (or I found as open-source) online and made slight mods to it.

https://craigsfire.com/how-i-become-familiar-with-computers-and-then-a-webmaster/

begreen said:

It's out by the woodshed. Not approved for public use.
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If you cut the moon in the door a little bigger you can season oak splits in there <2yrs prob

My sign up date, 2008. I wonder if that date is correct? I had been helping a friend with a stove for a few years, and knew it was the way to go in the cabin I was planing. I started burning in my new stove in 2000. I learned from the school of hard knocks. Actually not to much more than a plugged cap screen.

Ah, yes, Pook and his Magic Heat ......... anybody else remember Slickplant and her burning bush ???????????