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What year did Tacoma world start?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by Gfenza89, Jan 7, 2024.

  1. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:04 AM
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    Gfenza89

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    What year did this become a website/forum? Just thought about this recently . Thanks
     
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  2. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:05 AM
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  3. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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    November 27, 2006 is the first time it shows up on the Wayback Machine. So sometime around there I presume. The 2nd gen was new then.

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    BLtheP, Jan 7, 2024
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  4. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:10 AM
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    Very cool. Many moons ago lol. I was 17 years old.
     
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  5. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:16 AM
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    Bottom left side of screen shot shows: "The most users ever online ever was 36 on 16Nov06..."
    It had to have started earlier than November.

    Great question and Great find of the screenshot!
     
    TartanEagle, Jan 7, 2024
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  6. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:19 AM
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    I was 3 :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
     
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  7. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:20 AM
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    Most users online was only 36 :eek::rofl:
     
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  8. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:22 AM
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    That’s pretty cool
     
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    Yeah, I had just turned 11 then. Trucks were near the last thing on my mind lol.
     
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    Gees 36 hahaha . Waiting for someone to have the exact date
     
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    Screenshot_20240107_082502_DuckDuckGo.jpg
     
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  12. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:25 AM
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    He joined September 2006

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    Sept 7 2006 is when @tcBob created his username...and it's his forum...so safe to say that day
     
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  14. Jan 7, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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    Really cool. Does he still comment or post ? Haven’t ever seen his username
     
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    He liked one of my posts a few weeks ago.
     
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    He does post. It's pretty cool that he took a passion of his and turned it into a business. I don't know how much ad revenue this site brings in but with the amount of traffic it receives it's not a trivial amount. Thanks for the countless hours of entertainment @tcBob
     
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