Prolific D & G PPruNers
 

Some regular PPruNers have been around this forum for a long time . . . and some have had a lot to say over the years. I got to wondering who is our ‘oldest’ (as it were) and who has had the most to say?

Here are some results that came from a precursory glance at the profiles of some recent posters . . .

Tail-wheel – Jan 1996 – 2084 posts = 0.41 posts/day
Bonvol – Dec 1998 – 365 posts = 0.09 posts/day

Keg – Apr 1999 – 2879 posts = 0.75 posts/day
SOPS – Aug 1999 – 674 posts = 0.18 posts/day

Chumbu Chuckles – Jun 2000 – 4075 posts = 1.19 posts/day
Sunfish – Aug 2004 – 3049 posts = 1.60 posts/day
Lowerlobe – May 2005= 2282 posts = 1.40 posts/day

And just the other day I saw that BOAC had posted 10269 times since Mar 2000 – which is 2.93 posts/day!

No malice, innuendo or anything pejorative is meant by this . . . I am just curious. I for one am most appreciative for everyone’s contribution.

And another thing . . . where do old Ppruners go when they no longer contribute - who can ever forget the mild and modest Captain M?

Mods - I don't mind if this gets shifted as I couldn't really see a slot for 'self reflection'.

Cheers

Pedota

Don't forget good ole Windshear's Jobday Friday posts...:ok:

Dont forget many profiles were reset in the great server crash of about 2000...

Yup - I was here long before 2000:ok:

I've been about since the mid 90's and seen the various incarnations of servers and seen the tantrums from both those posting and those moderating/owning the BB.

It's mostly been all good fun but I do wonder these days if some of the contributions actually come from an aviation professional at all. One hopes the ratbag posters are NOT in the industry , if they are then heaven help us.

Capt M is still alive and kicking as is Slasher, both are still engaged in the professional art of 'pilotage'.

Disco Stu
:ok::ok:

This is just to get my post average up.. have a lot of catching up to do, -- and I have time on my hands..

Chuckles for President
Suzy Balogh for P.M. (We need a .. .. .. .. ..)
Barnaby for Senate Leader

Hope it gets read around the World :ok:

I nearly forgot these DG&P GA posters . . .

Tinpis - Aug 2005 - 3007 post = 1.98 posts/day
Jabawocky - Jul 2007 - 2171 posts = 2.71 posts/day
ForkTailDrKiller - Jan 2007 - 2206 posts = 2.19 posts/day

I too was caught up in the '2000 server crash' and lost my 'identity' - but is there anyone who is 'older' than Tail_wheel (Jan 1996)?

Pedota

that is really really scary

I know I was sometime in 1996 but can't remember when. It's quite funny reflecting back on the email list, where you had to go through each post and then trawl back up through the list to find the previous comment on a particular subject. Then along came the new, fangled forum board....wow. Also caught up in the server crash when our DOJ and post count was zeroed. Not that I minded on the post count because, at the time, I spent far too much time wittering on about nothing and that count was good evidence of the fact, for my wife to use against me :uhoh:

Don't count me in with the old and wise..........

Just a smart a$$ with plenty of broadband access! :}

And in about 1998 when the Aussies got booted from the R&N forum into their own sub forum as the Podeans got sick of the anti Dick Smith prattle!

10 yr long service ?

Long Service Leave? Paid.....

The Mod user name "Tail Wheel" was only registered a few years ago - maybe three years ago? The Tail Wheel profile registration date of January 1996 is the date I originally registered in the first 75 or so PPRuNe users.

I'm up for Mod's Long Service Leave......... :E

That confirms Pontius has been around almost from the beginning. All users received a daily email with all new site posts. My guess that ceased around 1998?

Ah . . . so who else are you Tail_wheel? I wonder what happened to the various 'Woomeri' of yesteryear? And I haven't seen Gaunty around for a while - I wonder if any of these events are related?

Cheers

Pedota

Someone mention my name? :E :E

Isn't Woomera where all the Asylum seekers go for their first Australian overnighter.

Just kidding, Woomera you have contributed to this BB admirably.

I have had to change my name a couple times, due to leaving the site open on the desktop at work. Some fellow employees went to town using my username, learnt a valuable lesson,I can tell you.

In the past though, there has been some really good stuff on here.Great debates, great advice and a truly great industry spirit.
I must agree with Disco Stu, that of late there has been some less than professional, garbage.

Ah yes - I remember the days of the daily email summaries and the distinctly agricultural look of the forum - even before the weird phase Danny went through of using "target" graphics! I think there were three sections in those days...

Like many, I have had several identities since then... :}

Yes..... agreed! However when we grow from a couple of hundred users over a decade ago, to 280,000 users today, an increase in the signal to noise ratio is inevitable!

Most of Mod's problems today come from a few new users who do not appreciate the quality, professional aviation debate which built this site.

Most of the Dunnunda Mods right back to the start of the Dunnunda Forum are still around and post on PPRuNe.

Tinpis was around almost from the beginning, however he "tarnished" his original users name, offended one of the Mods - and had to "reinvent" himself! :} :} :} :}

Some of us are TRYING to be constructive Tailwheel. Guess we can be pretty trying sometimes..