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Washington · 02-04-2006, 12:36 PM

For those of you thath have been on here for a while, have you ever used the search function to find your old posts? They are a hoot!

I recently did this and almost fell off my chair about some of the things ive posted. Some, I cant even beleive I wrote..I honestly dont remember writing them...its like someone else got on my account! Ha. They can make you laugh or cry, and anything in between. 3 years is a long time...its great to see how ive grown through my posts.

You should try it, its quite fun!

Just thought I would share

soma · 02-04-2006, 02:10 PM

Yeah. The TFP is like a big journal for me I hope to crack open years from now. To remember the highs and lows in my life.

Rodney · 02-04-2006, 08:49 PM

Well, the TFP isn't as durable as a journal in your bookshelf. I do believe there was a point at which most older posts from the TFP were dropped from the archive, wasn't there? History here is only as durable as Halx's server.

I can go to Google Groups and search up things I wrote 15 years ago in old Usenet newsgroups, and that archive also seems like it'll be there forever. But really, only as long as Google chooses to keep archiving it and keep the archive connected to the net.

abaya · 02-06-2006, 12:11 PM

Yeah, I was wondering... I could only view my last 500 posts, last I checked. Is there any way of getting around that?

Otherwise, I agree about the TFP being like a journal for me. I am not a blogger by nature, but I have always kept a personal paper journal of my own and I am glad to be able to share some of those thoughts with a community. I don't recognize some of my posts even from 6 months ago!

Daniel_ · 02-06-2006, 01:06 PM

I've done it here and on other groups - it can be a bit odd.

The weirdest though was when I googled some subject, found a thread about it on some random group I didn't recognise, and was reading along thinking "yeah - this guy knows his stuff" only to suddenly realise that "this guy" wsa me, a few years back.

Ouch!

Like Rodney - I've been on the internet since before the web existed - I've had IDs that I no longer remember on groups that no longr exist.

There's a lot of me on REC.{stuff}, and ALT.{things}

Marvelous Marv · 02-09-2006, 06:44 PM

I still have some old posts from a discussion group I was in in the late 80's. When you could log on and read the posts as they scrolled by on your 300 baud modem.

When you used something like Procomm to log on, and proprietary user interfaces were disliked.

02-04-2006, 12:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Washington Insane Location: somewhere cool	Looking back... For those of you thath have been on here for a while, have you ever used the search function to find your old posts? They are a hoot! I recently did this and almost fell off my chair about some of the things ive posted. Some, I cant even beleive I wrote..I honestly dont remember writing them...its like someone else got on my account! Ha. They can make you laugh or cry, and anything in between. 3 years is a long time...its great to see how ive grown through my posts. You should try it, its quite fun! Just thought I would share __________________ there is no absolute, only the moment.

02-04-2006, 02:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
soma Addict Location: USA	Yeah. The TFP is like a big journal for me I hope to crack open years from now. To remember the highs and lows in my life. __________________ Having Girl Problems?

02-06-2006, 12:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
abaya Location: Iceland	Yeah, I was wondering... I could only view my last 500 posts, last I checked. Is there any way of getting around that? Otherwise, I agree about the TFP being like a journal for me. I am not a blogger by nature, but I have always kept a personal paper journal of my own and I am glad to be able to share some of those thoughts with a community. I don't recognize some of my posts even from 6 months ago! __________________ And think not you can direct the course of Love; for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. --Khalil Gibran

02-06-2006, 01:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	I've done it here and on other groups - it can be a bit odd. The weirdest though was when I googled some subject, found a thread about it on some random group I didn't recognise, and was reading along thinking "yeah - this guy knows his stuff" only to suddenly realise that "this guy" wsa me, a few years back. Ouch! Like Rodney - I've been on the internet since before the web existed - I've had IDs that I no longer remember on groups that no longr exist. There's a lot of me on REC.{stuff}, and ALT.{things} __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

02-09-2006, 06:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
Marvelous Marv Cunning Runt Location: Taking a mulligan	I still have some old posts from a discussion group I was in in the late 80's. When you could log on and read the posts as they scrolled by on your 300 baud modem. When you used something like Procomm to log on, and proprietary user interfaces were disliked. __________________ "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher

02-04-2006, 08:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	Well, the TFP isn't as durable as a journal in your bookshelf. I do believe there was a point at which most older posts from the TFP were dropped from the archive, wasn't there? History here is only as durable as Halx's server. I can go to Google Groups and search up things I wrote 15 years ago in old Usenet newsgroups, and that archive also seems like it'll be there forever. But really, only as long as Google chooses to keep archiving it and keep the archive connected to the net.