percytruffle Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 About 7 years I think. I was a lurker for a long time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I've been here roughly six years. :eek: I was Debra in TX on the old boards but upgraded myself here, adding my fat cheeks and some mad Latin speak. ;) :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Wow! I don't know. A long time! I think 2001/02 - I can't remember if I found the boards before I had my youngest or just after, but either way....a long time ago. Same board name. Michele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 although I used to be Dana in VA; but we moved. My how the years have passed quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deece in MN Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 My dc were young then and I wandered away when we used Sonlight for a while. I found my way back. I mostly lurk. The posting I have done since the board change is the most I have ever posted. I usually don't have the time and it is all I can do to keep up with reading posts. WTM is my favorite hs'ing boards because I find the best links, curriculum suggestions, thought provoking posts and advice here. Love it!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana in OR Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I've been here since 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I think since around early 2002. Long enough, I guess. Same name - I just never felt that creative or secretive to come up with something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaC Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I have been a lurker here since the boards started. Bought the first edition of WTM when it was pretty much unknown and still hot from the press :D However I seldom if ever read the general board when it was started but this new format has sucked me in :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisawa Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I'll start. I've been here off and on for about 3 years. (I think!) ;) I'm usually off more than on, but I just love the advice here, the ideas I get, and the support. :grouphug: ((((Holly in FL, are you still here?)))) Honestly I’m not sure... I remember back when it was a board sort of like vegsource... does that make sense? It was a forum and 2 boards ago! *Ü* I was off and on back then, but I have been pretty consistent for about 4?? years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne in MN Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I was here after I read the first edition of WTM. Here when Vegsource imploded and had a mass exodus. Here for all the legendary threads, memorable trolls. . I really have no idea what year I came, but I am nodding my head at the 1st ed. of WTM, the Vegsource exodus, memorable threads and trolls! I must have been here for awhile! It's been a great ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I really have no idea what year I came, but I am nodding my head at the 1st ed. of WTM, the Vegsource exodus, memorable threads and trolls! I must have been here for awhile! It's been a great ride! OH yes, I was around for the vegsource exodus as well. They would delete posts for the strangest reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I've been here roughly six years. :eek: I was Debra in TX on the old boards but upgraded myself here, adding my fat cheeks and some mad Latin speak. ;) :seeya: Your cheeks aren't fat. They look like German apple-cheeks to me. My darling 17yo has them too. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomofSeven Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 When my now 9 yo dd started homeschooling. I discovered TWTM a year before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixmeadows Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I remember your "arrival". You were then and now a name I enjoy seeing in a post. I remember being astounded at all you do and you have been in my prayers more than once over the years. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in OH Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I've been here daily since fall of 2000. I'm graduating my first in a couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I really can't remember. I know that I was here in 2001 but keep thinking I was here before then. I was Christina in NM or Albuquerque (can't remember which) then Christina in Belgium, and now Christina in Space Coast (for at least four more months). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I can't remember exactly, but I think it was in 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I was trying to think if 7 years were possible and waited to see others response before I came across as dingy. Yes, it really is 7 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I lurked for about a year and a half, then was MamaPapa on the old boards. Love it here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I first came here when Colleen was pregnant with her youngest. Whenever that was. 4 years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariSarah Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Yeah, this board causes problems in my household...the curriculum board is more cut-and-dried, find out what you want and get out of there. I could be here all day! I lurk over here at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I'm not sure exactly, but it's been a long time . . .I don't post all that much, and especially when I first started hanging out here, I lurked a lot. But I know it's been probably at least 6 years, maybe longer. . .I can't remember if it was before of after my dd was born. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. H. Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Since the beginning, but I can't remember exactly when that was. I've been more off than on through the years, my user name has changed, and there were several years where I only had time to lurk but not post, but I've been with it (the book and the site) from the very beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressa Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I have been around since 2000, but I rarely post. I have always used this name. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Knoll Mom Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I've been here 5-6 years. I've always been more of a lurker--I would post on the old boards about once or twice a board. I was Robin in NC over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Wisc Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 The summer before my dd's 7th grade year, I read TWTM and changed to classical. She's in college now... Sometime after that I found these boards. When did these boards start? Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in IL Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Since about 1999 or 2000. I lurked on the high school board a long time before posting there. I only read the general board a couple times until this new format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needleroozer Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I can't remember exactly, but I think it was in 2001. going to be full with 8! How long ago was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copswife Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 I haven't read through all the responses yet, but will tonight. I see a lot of familiar names and some that I'm glad you posted because I didn't "recognize" you. :D Someone else asked this, (and perhaps she has popped in) where is Yevrah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Brenda hasn't been around for a long time, has she? She and her son were moving (to Hawaii?), and I don't really remember hearing from her after that (though since I was in and out I might have missed her...) Brenda did return to the old boards right before they changed over. It was good to 'see' her for a bit. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I arrived on "board" in 2004. I was Joanne in VA for a couple of months then changed to battlemaiden. I sometimes think I'm missing someone, but then I find out they just have a different board name. That confuses me to on end. As for the great historical events on the board, I'm not sure anything has been as traumatic as the JaneAustenfan trolling scandal. I still remember my dh looking at me when I gasped, thinking that I was having some sort of medical emergency. ;) That was a doozy. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen in TX Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Started in 1999 when book came out, with 1st grade ds (now ending 9th grade). The boards had been up maybe 4-5 months? I know I read EVERY message already posted in the archives, before posting one single thing. I didn't want to look silly for posting something that had already been answered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole not in CA Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I read TWTM and started coming to the boards a little bit before my oldest dd was in Kindergarten. She's now nearing the end of 6th grade. I don't post much, but I am here a lot. I started out as simply "Nicole" years ago and then someone else started using that name, so I switched to "Nicole in WA." Then we moved to CA and I became "Nicole in CA," which is what I've been for the longest. Now we've moved again, this time to FL which is why the new posting name. Apparently I should have never put a location in my name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Right at 2 years, since just after we began homeschooling. I found the board after reading TWTM and looking around the web-site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Brenda did return to the old boards right before they changed over. It was good to 'see' her for a bit. :) Was that the Brenda who had the wtm yahoo group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hmmm. I don't know when I started on this board (well, actually the old board), but it was probably 3 years ago? I remember I was creating a music appreciation unit on the middle ages and renaissance which I posted here. I remember I was also active on the Sonlight board at the same time, but that was changed to private. I also remember posting a huge list of literature studies I found on the internet, which I unfortunately lost. I so wish I hadn't! Those are my main memories. For some reason, I remember the Mom of Calvin and Hobbes posting at that time too. I used to post as Dawn K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2kidsmom Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I've been around for a while. If I had to guess I would say that I've been in and out for at least 3, maybe 4 years. Actually I lurked on the curriculum board for about a year or two. About 2 years ago I discovered the general discussion board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copswife Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 As for the great historical events on the board, I'm not sure anything has been as traumatic as the JaneAustenfan trolling scandal. Wasn't there some woman who posted that her dh died and it was all made up? NO one wanted to talk about it. I had missed it, got wind of it after the fact and it was really weird how no one would discuss it. That was before PMs. :D Anyway, my favorite is when I first tried to talk about B@@ks and came up with that code word. :lol: Good times. :lurk5: I arrived on "board" in 2004. I was Joanne in VA for a couple of months then changed to battlemaiden. I sometimes think I'm missing someone, but then I find out they just have a different board name. That confuses me to on end. As for the great historical events on the board, I'm not sure anything has been as traumatic as the JaneAustenfan trolling scandal. I still remember my dh looking at me when I gasped, thinking that I was having some sort of medical emergency. ;) That was a doozy. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in NY Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I have maily lurked off-and-on for years. I started on vegsource and ended up finding WTM from there. I "knew" Ellie from vegsource and felt in good company when I saw her here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blossom'sGirl Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 and I found WTM shortly after that. I lurked for a long time and my original poster name was different. I am way too busy and too slow a typist to have a high # of posts and I am too self conscience to put a lot of personal info out. I love this board and it has helped me to make home schooling dicisions for years. This thread is getting really long. I really only replied because I want to know how many posts I have so I can leave feedback for items bought on the used board. Happy Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HootOwl Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 My kids are 1st and 3rd, so we're still young in our homeschool journey. I tend to read and glean more from the veteran homeschooler's posts than write my own posts, but I'm starting to feel I have some worthy advice to offer to those schooling very young children. I have to break away from the boards every so often to keep myself focused on schooling, but I do love visiting. I've learned so much. Blessings, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynda in Florida Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I have been here 6 years. I love it! (Too much my husband would add.) Lynda in Florida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2GirlsTX Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 over 4 years, probably closer to 5 years.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan P. Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I've been here since 1998/1999. I'm not sure which year it was, but it was definitely before 2000. Jan P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyM Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 When my eldest was finishing up 3rd grade, my youngest was finishing up K, and I'd just finished up reading thru WTM. We were getting weary of Sonlight. I'd been a regular on the SL boards, and figured, "surely SWB must have a website." Did an "Alta-vista" search (I don't think google was big yet) and voila. One of my first posts was a reply to a post about "what to do with preschoolers" - I replied that I'd used ziplock bags to organize a bunch of self-directed readiness activities for my little boy, and casually mentioned that I'd send my ideas to anyone interested. This promptly loaded the board with many requests. I did eventually post a long description of the bags, PaulaK asked permission to put that post on her "Archives" (where it still resides) and later I saw all my great ideas in somebody else's book. LOL. For sale. LOL. Great minds think alike, I guess. :oD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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