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(...) Wow, missed beating out Nephilim by THAT much. let's trim lugnet.faq off the FUT, ok? (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) My first post to r.t.l. was August 9, 1995. Good grief. Russell BayLUG/BayLTC (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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This is a good question -- as a relative newbie to the community, I've often regretted that this is the standard acronym. It's pronunciation is unclear; I've heard old AFOLs say anything from "A.F.O.L." (i.e. just spelling it) to "A-full" (long (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) My earliest post was 29 Nov 1995 - good grief! .s (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) mmmKay, whatever... I DID say ****IF**** I remember correctly. Oh well. (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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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 (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
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(...) The emails matched up, so I would assume that was him. (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) 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! (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Heh, not according to Todd :) (URL) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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