Our Family Album!

[One Eye'd Jack]

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we. I thought it might be nice to rekindle some old and neat ideas by taking a look at where we all began: our first posts. It might encourage some of the newer members to do some further research and if nothing else we might get a good laugh….. and maybe a bit of a tear. There was one ‘first post’ that did just that for me and forget it…. I’m not sayin which one!

In so many ways, we truly are like one big family and this might just be the closest thing we have to perusing our family album.

So, here it is. I looked up members with the total amount of posts, in order of descent and those whom have posted at least 300 times then linked their first posts below.
Now, granted, I’m only going by what the Membership lists are telling me. I have no idea if certain posts have been deleted or erased for some reason. I’m assuming that what I find is indeed the member’s very first post.
Have FUN!!!!!!!

The top poster, coming in at over 6000 posts is our dear Halloweencom. Unfortunately, most of his posts are gone and irretrievable.

The second highest poster is HauntMaster. With over 1700 posts, here’s his first one:
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=9&highlight=#9

MHooch – is one of our most highly respected veterans of the board, so when DOD started referring to her as ‘Mamma’ Hooch, I followed suit and it stuck from there on out.
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... light=#775

Dutchess of Darkness – Probably one of the sweetest girls anyone could meet anywhere at anytime. I love ya, Sis!!!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ight=#7552

One Eye’d Jack – Most find it easier to just type OEJ. I’ve grown rather fond of it.
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ight=#7912

Mandy0221 – One of our very first members. And note that hers was the 85th post.
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... hlight=#85

Pennywise11 – She’s posted two times since Sept. 20th. We miss you Penny!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... light=#874

Haunted Horseman – He’s become one of our key posters, here… and with only half the posts that I have…… ImPREssiiiiiiiiiive!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ight=#8071

Tantraman – When I first came on to the board, his was the first signature that I came to recognize being as it was so BIG!!!!!!!!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... light=#116

Nostalgiascape - A good friend as well as a great and funny guy! You’ll always deserve more than just a rock. Dude, you ARE the rock. The rock is you. NOS and the rock are one in the universe!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ight=#6890

tomanderson – A good and loyal member who really needs to finally get himself an avatar.
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... light=#341

Magickbean – A real sweetheart. Cute, funny and always helpful, even her first post reflected how she could always be there as a friend.
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ight=#4405

uncletor – His name speaks for himself but, should probably be ‘Wise Uncle Tor’. Plus, anyone who immediately starts talking about Pirates is already a good apple in my book.
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... light=#500

Spooky – This is certainly one of the more interesting first posts. ‘I found a tombstone of a 2 year old boy in my yard and we dug him up!!!’ (OH THE HUMANITYYYY!) As dark as that might seem, Spooky is as bright of a star in our group as any!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ight=#1856

geekmidwinter – The first person on the board to introduce herself to me, still holds a dear spot in my heart. Make room for more Halloween stuff!!!!!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... light=#982

I B Howlin Wolfman – Never shy and always entertaining, he quickly established himself as a solid and integral part of the group. It’s REALLY hard to believe he hasn’t even been with us for two months, yet. Is that a typo??? “WHO SAID TYPE O?”
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ght=#17828

LawP – Oh, we still question your sanity, here, hun… The only difference is we question our own as well. I haven’t forgotten about your poster….. Really!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ight=#1341

Laurie Strode – Again, another new member who didn’t waste anytime becoming a key player in our little Halloween family. She’s like the little sister I never had.
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ght=#13511

rosie – Our sweet little yard ghost from the poconos. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, it was her avatar. She’s since upgraded to the even-endearing Bela. Nice!
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... light=#667

Spookyboo – Right off the bat she’s enchanting and memorable and has remained so ever since. What more can I say about one of our dearest little romantics?
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... light=#134

Catzilla – Our resident football wiz and good friend.
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ... ght=#13380

Cadaverino – Bright, intelligent and funny when he needs to be. Cad is never one to mince words or never shy about telling it like it is. However, his first post does give us an insight as to what a softy he really is. “I love you, man!!!” *hick*
http://halloween.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=10362#10362

Kallie0509 - Joined our little group on my birthday and what a birthday present to the whole group she turned out to be. You can tell right away in her first post just how feisty and eager she was to get started once she'd found us here. How could you not fall in love with her right away!!!
http://halloween.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=21430#21430

[hauntmaster]

OEJ,

Where did you get idea like that? How did you figure that out? I'm curious.

[One Eye'd Jack]

Well, you see, Hauntmaster, I am the TRUE master of the board! I know all and I see everything. No one can do, think, say or post anything without my knowing about it. While a member is on Halloween.com their very soul belongs to me. I know what you post, how you post and I know where everything comes from. NOTHING gets by ME!

*Eh-hem*....... No. Really. I just went to the membership list and sorted the names by 'total posts' in order of descent. Then, I just click on a members name which bring up their profile. From there, you can click on 'Total Posts by', scroll to the bottom of the page and go to the last page. Again, scroll to the bottom of the page and that first entry is that members first post. It's easy.

But, I STILL know everything you do!

[hauntmaster]

Hmm... that's very interesting thing to do, OEJ! Your smarter than I am!

So, for me, I always check the membership list only when the new members that just joined as "newbie", you know? Just in case, make sure they're not spammers or anything like that... And also, make sure they don't add their porn sites on the profile. hee hee

[Laurie Strode]

Aw, OEJ!! I've thoroughly enjoyed going back and reading these posts! What a thoughtful thread and great reminder that just because Halloween's 2007 calendar date has passed, its spirit lives on within this family. In a world gone completely crazy, I'd much rather spend my spare time here at the house posting with you wonderful friends who have very much grown near and dear to my heart! I'm just glad there are people still out there like y'all to know!

[midnight kitty]

AWE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oej that is so sweet of you

[LawP]

What a precious man you are OEJ. I loved reading all of those old posts.

[Haunted Horseman]

OEJ, what a great idea. I really enjoy reading everyone's first posts.
Two thumbs up man.

[spookyboo]

YOU LIKE ME.....YOU REALLY LIKE ME......

Thanks so much OEJ you have to be the warmest and most endearing Pirate I know

(muffled sniffling)

[kallie0509]

someday, my freinds, i will be added to the family album !

[One Eye'd Jack]

someday, my freinds, i will be added to the family album !

Oh, hun.... you ARE apart of our family album!!! I really would have loved to post EVERYones first posts but just what I DID took so much time as it was I had to limit it to those with over 300 posts. I'm really glad that I first compiled it all in WORD, so I could come back to it.

It was really fun to do and I was kind of sad that I had to leave so many GREAT posters out. Ghostess, for example is a GREAT member but she doesn't post very much.... but MAN o'MAN, when she does!!!!!!! AWESOME (And I don't use that word very much.)!!!

I rather was hoping that it might lead others to do some exploring or their own. There are SO many little nooks and cranies on the forum that often times are VERY easily over-looked, once you get set in your ways of doing things on the board.

Now that the Mrs has become a member, I find myself looking over her shoulder and saying, "Why are you doing it THAT way?.... It would be easier if you... no, wait.... why not do it this way.... I can show you an easier way to do th..."

"WILL YOU LET ME DO IT!!!!!"
"sorry,"

For example, one of the easiest things on the forum to over-look if you don't know it's there is the 'View Posts Since Last Visit' link at the top right of the first page. On the first phpbb forum site I was a member of, it literally took me MONTHS to notice that!!! Just sayin'

Click! Explore! You never know WHAT you might find! You might even find a new trick to the whole thing you were never aware of.

But, hey.... I completely understand, "WILL YOU LET ME DO IT!!!!!"
"sorry,"

[hauntmaster]

OEJ,

I've been here for one year and 8 months... Almost 2 years to go!

Anyway, when I first came in here and I joined here. There were only a few members around here... I would say about 15 to 22 members at that time when I joined here. Say about 6 to 8 months later, more and more members coming around here... I decided to advertise this forum site all around the classified ads, homepages, link back websites, etc. Now, as you can see more and more new people are coming here!!!

[kallie0509]

oh, i never noticed the 'View Posts Since Last Visit' that's very handy!

[One Eye'd Jack]

Hauntmaster, You are a man among Men! Our Hero! The top dog, the big cheese, numero uno!!!!!!


.........And your point is?

[hauntmaster]

Thank you very much, OEJ! I'm really glad to see more people around the halloween communities to hang around here as much as they want to... Well, really, I dunno what to say my point is... I'm trying to figure what I can say what my point is...