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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
>
> > But: Who created this term? When? And where?
>
> IIRC: Todd, Here, a long time ago. YMMV.
Heh, not according to Todd :)
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=2940
Adrian got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the
term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first
brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June 14, 1995), which
quickly caught on.
DaveE
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> >
> > > But: Who created this term? When? And where?
> >
> > IIRC: Todd, Here, a long time ago. YMMV.
>
> Heh, not according to Todd :)
>
> http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=2940
>
> Adrian got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the
> term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first
> brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June 14, 1995), which
> quickly caught on.
Was Jeff "Nephilim?" There were giants in the earth in those days.
Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of 1998.
Dave!
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:
> Was Jeff "Nephilim?" There were giants in the earth in those days.
The emails matched up, so I would assume that was him.
> Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of
> 1998.
Hey, I'm even newer! I started reading sporatically in early '99, and started
posting in... The summer of '99 sometime. I believe someone was just talking
about how there was actually a community when they switched to 9V trains, which
was 1991. But it seems the oldest post that Google has is in alt.toys.lego is
from Feb 1993, though.
DaveE
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:
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Wow. June 1995. I’m a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of
1998.
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A “vet” compared to me, Dave! It appears my earliest post to RTL was October 3,
1998 (Yes, it was regarding LEGO trains:-) I discovered LUGNET in Jan ‘99....
JOHN
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> >
> > > But: Who created this term? When? And where?
> >
> > IIRC: Todd, Here, a long time ago. YMMV.
>
> Heh, not according to Todd :)
mmmKay, whatever... I DID say ****IF**** I remember correctly.
Oh well.
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > Was Jeff "Nephilim?" There were giants in the earth in those days.
>
> The emails matched up, so I would assume that was him.
>
> > Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of
> > 1998.
>
> Hey, I'm even newer! I started reading sporatically in early '99, and started
> posting in... The summer of '99 sometime. I believe someone was just talking
> about how there was actually a community when they switched to 9V trains, which
> was 1991. But it seems the oldest post that Google has is in alt.toys.lego is
> from Feb 1993, though.
>
> DaveE
My earliest post was 29 Nov 1995 - good grief!
.s
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Wow, I looked up my posts, and the earliest they had was May 11, 1998. Though that
was a post from Larry about my liking the jeep in 6405, so I know I must have posted
earlier than that.
Not too much earlier, though, as it was Brian Kendig that turned me to online Lego
resources in 96 or 97.
So I guess I'm still a newbie ;-)
Dave Schuler wrote:
> Was Jeff "Nephilim?" There were giants in the earth in those days.
>
> Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of 1998.
>
> Dave!
--
Tom Stangl
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:
> Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of 1998.
My first post to r.t.l. was August 9, 1995. Good grief.
Russell
BayLUG/BayLTC
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In lugnet.general, Russell Clark wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of 1998.
>
> My first post to r.t.l. was August 9, 1995. Good grief.
Wow, missed beating out Nephilim by THAT much.
let's trim lugnet.faq off the FUT, ok?
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:
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> Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of 1998.
>
> Dave!
I did some looking and found June 1997 was mine but I -know- I was browsing
before then, like early 1996.
Adr.
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I guess that makes me old : (
Google shows a post from Sept '93 as my oldest...
David Eaton wrote:
> Hey, I'm even newer! I started reading sporatically in early '99, and started
> posting in... The summer of '99 sometime. I believe someone was just talking
> about how there was actually a community when they switched to 9V trains, which
> was 1991. But it seems the oldest post that Google has is in alt.toys.lego is
> from Feb 1993, though.
>
> DaveE
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In lugnet.general, Jason S. Mantor wrote:
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I guess that makes me old : (
Google shows a post from Sept ‘93 as my oldest...
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Old??? You’re a living fossil! :-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > > In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> > >
> > > > But: Who created this term? When? And where?
> > >
> > > IIRC: Todd, Here, a long time ago. YMMV.
> >
> > Heh, not according to Todd :)
> >
> > http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=2940
> >
> > Adrian got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the
> > term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first
> > brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June 14, 1995), which
> > quickly caught on.
>
> Was Jeff "Nephilim?" There were giants in the earth in those days.
>
>
> Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of 1998.
Looks like my first post was in Sep 15 1996, cool.
jt
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> Adrian got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the
> term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first
> brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June 14, 1995), which
> quickly caught on.
May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term
"AFOL"?
Yours, thankfully, Christian
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In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> > Adrian got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the
> > term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first
> > brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June 14, 1995),
> > which quickly caught on.
>
> May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term
> "AFOL"?
Go right ahead!
I tried checking briefly to see instances of how often 'AFOL' was used to mean
'Adult Friend Of Lego' (because I've seen it said that it can mean either),
however I could only find about 5 occurances of it being used that way on RTL or
Lugnet. Looks like the misconception of it meaning "Friend" probably comes from
the now-less-often-used "LF" or "NLF" ("Lego Friend" or "Non-Lego Friend").
DaveE
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David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> > May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term
> > "AFOL"?
> Go right ahead!
OK, I went. And this is the result: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFOL
As with any Wikipedia article, everyone is free to correct or improve
the entry.
Yours, Christan Trezoks
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In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> David Eaton wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> > > May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term
> > > "AFOL"?
> > Go right ahead!
>
> OK, I went. And this is the result: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFOL
>
> As with any Wikipedia article, everyone is free to correct or improve
> the entry.
Updated a bit, under the 'community' bit, since RTL was really the second online
community, being preceeded by ATL. There was mention recently about the Lego
community in 1991 (in reference to the switch to 9V tracks), but I don't know if
that means ATL was around pre-1993, or whether there was some other venue where
Lego enthusiasts had discussion. Or if people were just mis-remembering. Anyone?
Hmm... Wonder if the wikipedia has entries for RTL/ATL...
DaveE
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David Eaton wrote:
> Updated a bit, under the 'community' bit, since RTL was really the second online
> community, being preceeded by ATL. There was mention recently about the Lego
> community in 1991 (in reference to the switch to 9V tracks), but I don't know if
> that means ATL was around pre-1993, or whether there was some other venue where
> Lego enthusiasts had discussion. Or if people were just mis-remembering. Anyone?
Thank you for the correction. I joined the community back in about 1994
on RTL, and now that you mention it, I remember to have heard of an
alt.toys.lego, although not more than hearsay.
> Hmm... Wonder if the wikipedia has entries for RTL/ATL...
Well, just do it. Wikipedia is a new encyclopedia every day ;-)
BTW, if you would create an account there, you're no longer a simple IP
address in the articles history ;-)
Yours, Christian Treczoks
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