20th birthday AusCartalk

Rocky · Postby **Rocky** » Tue Jul 06, 2021 3:31 pm

Great to see that some of the earliest 'join dates' are still around. Provides a depth of personality to the Forum.
Forums DO seem to have a 'life-cycle' that starts with everything still to be discussed and progresses to a point where almost everything has been said and is in the archive - if only you can find it. Forums can still continue past this point if there are enough people that enjoy each others on-line company and are willing to share some trivia about themselves and their life. I always say there are no stupid questions - only stupid answers.
I raise a glass to all those who have made and continue to make a contribution to a great Forum that has been a real joy to me over my 16 years with it. Particular thanks to Okibi. I hope we will all be here for many years to come.
Long live the MX5!

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:01 pm

I'm still lurking here, just no MX-5 with mortgage and 2 kiddies, one day but...when the prices drop back to normal! :lol:

Craig

P.S. All hail King Slammer! :beer:

timk · Postby **timk** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:05 pm

I pop in from time to time but I'm pretty much in the same boat as Craig :lol:

Postby **Boyracer** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:59 pm

Thanks Dave for keeping it going…..

Pretty sure I have owned a few MX5 in 20 years…

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:07 pm

Boyracer wrote:Pretty sure I have owned a few HUNDRED MX5 in 20 years…

FIXED

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:58 pm

Happy 20th to the best forum around! I still pop in occasionally to make sure you folk are behaving...

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:49 pm

OMG you guys are still here! It's been a long time since I asked Bob to add an MX-5 channel to aus-cartalk. And not long after that til we displaced all teh MX-6 and Probe owners, I wonder where they went :lol:

Anyway, mortgage, marriage, kids, separation, and no roadster here.

Luke · Postby **Luke** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:02 am

Forum survival is an interesting topic in itself.
I am on some others that are booming.
And I have been part of many that have gone away.
The most disappointing for me recently was the official PlayStation forum. Had not used it for a while but I needed to search something from the past.
Apparently Sony shut them all down last year world wide. And all their other Sony forums, and took all access away from the 20 years of data!!!
The reason why, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Rocky wrote:I always say there are no stupid questions - only stupid answers.

LOL, I don't agree.
Every now and then I look at my Dad's facebook account and man are there some stupid questions on the MX-5 pages.
Especially in for sale ads.
I don't think the people asking such questions on Facebook would even know what a forum is so I think we are safe from that.

greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:37 am

Matty wrote:OMG you guys are still here!

It's a drug of dependence ... :shock:

Anyway, mortgage, marriage, kids, separation, and no roadster here.

BTDT, feel for you in every way.

When my No2 fell off the child support list, all of a sudden possibilities opened up. The GM was one of those, and I grabbed it with both hands. Hang onto the dreams, they can become a reality.

:mrgreen:

Alex 2550 · Postby **Alex 2550** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:39 am

Happy birthday MX5CT!! still a great group but definitely quieter than it was.

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jules · Postby **jules** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:49 pm

Matty wrote:OMG you guys are still here! It's been a long time since I asked Bob to add an MX-5 channel to aus-cartalk. And not long after that til we displaced all teh MX-6 and Probe owners, I wonder where they went

Anyway, mortgage, marriage, kids, separation, and no roadster here.

Haha, I remember the probe site we sat with!

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:16 pm

jules wrote:
Matty wrote:OMG you guys are still here! It's been a long time since I asked Bob to add an MX-5 channel to aus-cartalk. And not long after that til we displaced all teh MX-6 and Probe owners, I wonder where they went

Anyway, mortgage, marriage, kids, separation, and no roadster here.

Haha, I remember the probe site we sat with!

well one of them....Married Agro. :mrgreen:

jules · Postby **jules** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:57 pm

Did he really. She’s a car smasher!

The Stig · Postby **The Stig** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:14 pm

How can STM possibly start a thread, I had heard it on good authority that he was blown up all good and proper... Unless the perpetrators used them pesky SP bolts to hold the IED together......

Happy Birthday Mr Forum

and

Happy Birthday Mr Jules for next week