The Browns Board was created on this date in 2003
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I came across this group raising hell in October of 97 on AOL.
I fired up my new Gateway computer with the old dial up connection and the first thing I searched on AOL was "Cleveland Browns" which took me to the AOL Grandstand. I picked the handle "Zombo2000" because it was Halloween and I liked the "Zombo" character from the Munsters. And I guess "2000" sounded cool in 1997. Maybe not.
Of course, we didn't have a team yet, but we knew we would be back in 99, and there was plenty of heated discussion whether it be Modell, New Ownership personnel, draft prospects, general hate of all things Pittsburgh and Baltimore, etc.
Lots of folks were already there: Rich & Ghoolie (they hated each other then), KSHutchins, Hoorta, Furnier, Bear222 (Westside Steve) and some clown named Atenears who was in love with Andy Katzenmoyer.
A lot of the guys, like Shep and Mark-O came around about the same time as me. CalFox, DaRubes, Dency Guy, Flugels,Gumbo Dog, Chickopee John ... Thaak ... where has he been? He hasn't posted lately. Vette .. he was a trip. I am leaving out a ton of guys, and many of them still post.
Then we started moving around ... after much haggling by Furnier, we got a "private" Club on AOL, "Boo" was our moderator. But AOL sucked, so "Fat Dad" (Jimmy Deetz RIP Buddy) started "The River Burns", which was a great concept, but he never really got it off the ground. That's when Skippy started a site on CBS Sportline .. that was much more streamlined, and eventually Fatdad's site folded. Then, in 2003, Skippy bought this place and we had a permanent home after wandering through the desert for years.
Even after we moved, I always went back to AOL and posted "This Week in the AFC North", because you'd get a lot more Steeler trolls over there, and I'd love to incite them. I would see Gipper holding court on AOL in those days, eventually he found his way over to us and started pounding us with trivia.
I never wanted to moderate, because I prefered being a trouble maker, and I liked a fair fight ... didn't want to hold "Mod Powers" over someone that had a personal issue with me .. but I've gotten over that.
I'm probably the worst Administrator ever ... someone complained a couple of weeks ago that someone called him a "Retard" on the Board. And my response was "Well, then don't be such a Retard."
I guess that is part of what makes the Browns Board what it is ... we don't give a shit if you are whining ... but we do have a heart, and tons of passion for the Browns.
And if the mother fuckers would ever get their shit together ... we ALL can say we put our time in on The Browns Board.
True fans, every one.
Except about 6 of you.
Zombo
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Wow, amazing history. I was just having lunch with my wife and I said, "You know, I think I caught on with this group before the Browns came back, because we SO wanted to talk about it." That sounds exactly right.
Now that you gave that history, I remember being on Prodigy and somebody told me there was a much better board on AOL. Back then, you had to go get an AOL disc at the computer store or tucked into a computer magazine!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY from a relative rookie of almost 5 years.
Thanks for a great board!!
Mike
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i raise a toast in cheers to all you fags and queers!!
best place to hang out at except the bar.
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I came across this group raising hell in October of 97 on AOL.
I fired up my new Gateway computer with the old dial up connection and the first thing I searched on AOL was "Cleveland Browns" which took me to the AOL Grandstand. I picked the handle "Zombo2000" because it was Halloween and I liked the "Zombo" character from the Munsters. And I guess "2000" sounded cool in 1997. Maybe not.
Of course, we didn't have a team yet, but we knew we would be back in 99, and there was plenty of heated discussion whether it be Modell, New Ownership personnel, draft prospects, general hate of all things Pittsburgh and Baltimore, etc.
Lots of folks were already there: Rich & Ghoolie (they hated each other then), KSHutchins, Hoorta, Furnier, Bear222 (Westside Steve) and some clown named Atenears who was in love with Andy Katzenmoyer.
A lot of the guys, like Shep and Mark-O came around about the same time as me. CalFox, DaRubes, Dency Guy, Flugels,Gumbo Dog, Chickopee John ... Thaak ... where has he been? He hasn't posted lately. Vette .. he was a trip. I am leaving out a ton of guys, and many of them still post.
Then we started moving around ... after much haggling by Furnier, we got a "private" Club on AOL, "Boo" was our moderator. But AOL sucked, so "Fat Dad" (Jimmy Deetz RIP Buddy) started "The River Burns", which was a great concept, but he never really got it off the ground. That's when Skippy started a site on CBS Sportline .. that was much more streamlined, and eventually Fatdad's site folded. Then, in 2003, Skippy bought this place and we had a permanent home after wandering through the desert for years.
Even after we moved, I always went back to AOL and posted "This Week in the AFC North", because you'd get a lot more Steeler trolls over there, and I'd love to incite them. I would see Gipper holding court on AOL in those days, eventually he found his way over to us and started pounding us with trivia.
I never wanted to moderate, because I prefered being a trouble maker, and I liked a fair fight ... didn't want to hold "Mod Powers" over someone that had a personal issue with me .. but I've gotten over that.
I'm probably the worst Administrator ever ... someone complained a couple of weeks ago that someone called him a "Retard" on the Board. And my response was "Well, then don't be such a Retard."
I guess that is part of what makes the Browns Board what it is ... we don't give a shit if you are whining ... but we do have a heart, and tons of passion for the Browns.
And if the mother fuckers would ever get their shit together ... we ALL can say we put our time in on The Browns Board.
True fans, every one.
Except about 6 of you.
Zombo
Zombo said:
I came across this group raising hell in October of 97 on AOL.
I fired up my new Gateway computer with the old dial up connection and the first thing I searched on AOL was "Cleveland Browns" which took me to the AOL Grandstand. I picked the handle "Zombo2000" because it was Halloween and I liked the "Zombo" character from the Munsters. And I guess "2000" sounded cool in 1997. Maybe not.
Of course, we didn't have a team yet, but we knew we would be back in 99, and there was plenty of heated discussion whether it be Modell, New Ownership personnel, draft prospects, general hate of all things Pittsburgh and Baltimore, etc.
Lots of folks were already there: Rich & Ghoolie (they hated each other then), KSHutchins, Hoorta, Furnier, Bear222 (Westside Steve) and some clown named Atenears who was in love with Andy Katzenmoyer.
A lot of the guys, like Shep and Mark-O came around about the same time as me. CalFox, DaRubes, Dency Guy, Flugels,Gumbo Dog, Chickopee John ... Thaak ... where has he been? He hasn't posted lately. Vette .. he was a trip. I am leaving out a ton of guys, and many of them still post.
Then we started moving around ... after much haggling by Furnier, we got a "private" Club on AOL, "Boo" was our moderator. But AOL sucked, so "Fat Dad" (Jimmy Deetz RIP Buddy) started "The River Burns", which was a great concept, but he never really got it off the ground. That's when Skippy started a site on CBS Sportline .. that was much more streamlined, and eventually Fatdad's site folded. Then, in 2003, Skippy bought this place and we had a permanent home after wandering through the desert for years.
Even after we moved, I always went back to AOL and posted "This Week in the AFC North", because you'd get a lot more Steeler trolls over there, and I'd love to incite them. I would see Gipper holding court on AOL in those days, eventually he found his way over to us and started pounding us with trivia.
I never wanted to moderate, because I prefered being a trouble maker, and I liked a fair fight ... didn't want to hold "Mod Powers" over someone that had a personal issue with me .. but I've gotten over that.
I'm probably the worst Administrator ever ... someone complained a couple of weeks ago that someone called him a "Retard" on the Board. And my response was "Well, then don't be such a Retard."
I guess that is part of what makes the Browns Board what it is ... we don't give a shit if you are whining ... but we do have a heart, and tons of passion for the Browns.
And if the mother fuckers would ever get their shit together ... we ALL can say we put our time in on The Browns Board.
True fans, every one.
Except about 6 of you.
Zombo
Great post Zombo, sums up what I love about not only the Browns Board, but Browns fans in general. We wear our hearts right on our sleeves, for everyone to see. And referring to the lack of regulation on this board, its awesome. Im glad we can vent, complain, cuss, rejoice, celebrate, and then go right back to cussing. Gotta love the Browns, gotta love browns fans, gotta love the Browns Board.
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Happy birthday.
I'm new.
I'm awesome, and I fuck dolphins. Ghoolie 12/2/2012: I have absolutely no skills, training or pride -
Happy Birthday.....I am new around here by some standards. Glad to have met some of you. To the others....I haven't met you yet!
To the Lot!
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Happy birthday.
I'm new.
Happy birthday.
I'm new.
as in new to fornicating with the opposite sex?
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Happy birthday.
I'm new.
as in new to fornicating with the opposite sex?
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I came across this group raising hell in October of 97 on AOL.
I fired up my new Gateway computer with the old dial up connection and the first thing I searched on AOL was "Cleveland Browns" which took me to the AOL Grandstand. I picked the handle "Zombo2000" because it was Halloween and I liked the "Zombo" character from the Munsters. And I guess "2000" sounded cool in 1997. Maybe not.
Of course, we didn't have a team yet, but we knew we would be back in 99, and there was plenty of heated discussion whether it be Modell, New Ownership personnel, draft prospects, general hate of all things Pittsburgh and Baltimore, etc.
Lots of folks were already there: Rich & Ghoolie (they hated each other then), KSHutchins, Hoorta, Furnier, Bear222 (Westside Steve) and some clown named Atenears who was in love with Andy Katzenmoyer.
A lot of the guys, like Shep and Mark-O came around about the same time as me. CalFox, DaRubes, Dency Guy, Flugels,Gumbo Dog, Chickopee John ... Thaak ... where has he been? He hasn't posted lately. Vette .. he was a trip. I am leaving out a ton of guys, and many of them still post.
Then we started moving around ... after much haggling by Furnier, we got a "private" Club on AOL, "Boo" was our moderator. But AOL sucked, so "Fat Dad" (Jimmy Deetz RIP Buddy) started "The River Burns", which was a great concept, but he never really got it off the ground. That's when Skippy started a site on CBS Sportline .. that was much more streamlined, and eventually Fatdad's site folded. Then, in 2003, Skippy bought this place and we had a permanent home after wandering through the desert for years.
Even after we moved, I always went back to AOL and posted "This Week in the AFC North", because you'd get a lot more Steeler trolls over there, and I'd love to incite them. I would see Gipper holding court on AOL in those days, eventually he found his way over to us and started pounding us with trivia.
I never wanted to moderate, because I prefered being a trouble maker, and I liked a fair fight ... didn't want to hold "Mod Powers" over someone that had a personal issue with me .. but I've gotten over that.
I'm probably the worst Administrator ever ... someone complained a couple of weeks ago that someone called him a "Retard" on the Board. And my response was "Well, then don't be such a Retard."
I guess that is part of what makes the Browns Board what it is ... we don't give a shit if you are whining ... but we do have a heart, and tons of passion for the Browns.
And if the mother fuckers would ever get their shit together ... we ALL can say we put our time in on The Browns Board.
True fans, every one.
Except about 6 of you.
Zombo
Zombo said:
I came across this group raising hell in October of 97 on AOL.
I fired up my new Gateway computer with the old dial up connection and the first thing I searched on AOL was "Cleveland Browns" which took me to the AOL Grandstand. I picked the handle "Zombo2000" because it was Halloween and I liked the "Zombo" character from the Munsters. And I guess "2000" sounded cool in 1997. Maybe not.
Of course, we didn't have a team yet, but we knew we would be back in 99, and there was plenty of heated discussion whether it be Modell, New Ownership personnel, draft prospects, general hate of all things Pittsburgh and Baltimore, etc.
Lots of folks were already there: Rich & Ghoolie (they hated each other then), KSHutchins, Hoorta, Furnier, Bear222 (Westside Steve) and some clown named Atenears who was in love with Andy Katzenmoyer.
A lot of the guys, like Shep and Mark-O came around about the same time as me. CalFox, DaRubes, Dency Guy, Flugels,Gumbo Dog, Chickopee John ... Thaak ... where has he been? He hasn't posted lately. Vette .. he was a trip. I am leaving out a ton of guys, and many of them still post.
Then we started moving around ... after much haggling by Furnier, we got a "private" Club on AOL, "Boo" was our moderator. But AOL sucked, so "Fat Dad" (Jimmy Deetz RIP Buddy) started "The River Burns", which was a great concept, but he never really got it off the ground. That's when Skippy started a site on CBS Sportline .. that was much more streamlined, and eventually Fatdad's site folded. Then, in 2003, Skippy bought this place and we had a permanent home after wandering through the desert for years.
Even after we moved, I always went back to AOL and posted "This Week in the AFC North", because you'd get a lot more Steeler trolls over there, and I'd love to incite them. I would see Gipper holding court on AOL in those days, eventually he found his way over to us and started pounding us with trivia.
I never wanted to moderate, because I prefered being a trouble maker, and I liked a fair fight ... didn't want to hold "Mod Powers" over someone that had a personal issue with me .. but I've gotten over that.
I'm probably the worst Administrator ever ... someone complained a couple of weeks ago that someone called him a "Retard" on the Board. And my response was "Well, then don't be such a Retard."
I guess that is part of what makes the Browns Board what it is ... we don't give a shit if you are whining ... but we do have a heart, and tons of passion for the Browns.
And if the mother fuckers would ever get their shit together ... we ALL can say we put our time in on The Browns Board.
True fans, every one.
Except about 6 of you.
Zombo
I'll just add a little bit about the AOL Days. I logged on for the first time back in 1995, the Internet was just beginning to go mainstream. I really yucked at those guys who were taking "computer science" @ the University of Dayton back in the early 70s. Mouse? Keyboard? Those guys were feeding punch cards into a computer 1\2 the size of a car. Compared to that my Pentium running a 100 mhz, processor, 16 megs of ram, and a whole gigabyte hard drive was the bees knees. Incidentally a machine like that set you back over $2,000.
That was right before the move, and the new medium gave a legion of Browns fans instant linkage to protest Uncle Artie's betrayal. I believe the first time most of us got together live was at "The Final Play". A last chance to visit the old Stadium before they tore it down. Most of the original AOL board members and Baltomoron troll bashers were there, some who haven't been seen in many years, some who still post here. KS Hutchins, myself, pretty sure Atenears was there as well as guys like ArtBeitz, BeesIndy, & MetalMarte. Those last three are sorely missed.
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i remember the first 'top of the line' vcr when i was in germany. it was something that weighed about a hundred pounds and had the tapes pop-up from the top. back then in 83 it was like $650. now they throw that shit in the trash on recycling day.
i remember AOL and i still know people that use it. why?
cuz they are as old time computer illiterate as the old vcrs, videodiscs, and colecovision.
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I remember the old AOL days. Anytime my Wonderful Cute Wife was busy at open houses, etc,
I'd be yukking it up online there. I miss old Flugels. He talked up the oline a whole lot.
We got our team back, albeit with their hands tied behind their backs.
Then came the historical dumb etc etc etc.
It's been THAT long around here? Egad. I had years to go before I retired. I'm there now...@@
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I remember the old AOL days. Anytime my Wonderful Cute Wife was busy at open houses, etc,
I'd be yukking it up online there. I miss old Flugels. He talked up the oline a whole lot.
We got our team back, albeit with their hands tied behind their backs.
Then came the historical dumb etc etc etc.
It's been THAT long around here? Egad. I had years to go before I retired. I'm there now...@@
I remember the old AOL days. Anytime my Wonderful Cute Wife was busy at open houses, etc,
I'd be yukking it up online there. I miss old Flugels. He talked up the oline a whole lot.
We got our team back, albeit with their hands tied behind their backs.
Then came the historical dumb etc etc etc.
It's been THAT long around here? Egad. I had years to go before I retired. I'm there now...@@
as am i. maybe one day we can have a tractor race with dogs and wives a screaming!.
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I remember the old AOL days. Anytime my Wonderful Cute Wife was busy at open houses, etc,
I'd be yukking it up online there. I miss old Flugels. He talked up the oline a whole lot.
We got our team back, albeit with their hands tied behind their backs.
Then came the historical dumb etc etc etc.
It's been THAT long around here? Egad. I had years to go before I retired. I'm there now...@@
I remember the old AOL days. Anytime my Wonderful Cute Wife was busy at open houses, etc,
I'd be yukking it up online there. I miss old Flugels. He talked up the oline a whole lot.
We got our team back, albeit with their hands tied behind their backs.
Then came the historical dumb etc etc etc.
It's been THAT long around here? Egad. I had years to go before I retired. I'm there now...@@
Cal was hand cranking his IBM 386 for power.
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Cal was hand cranking his IBM 386 for power. Kosar
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You aren't far off..lol....
my first computer was a Radio Shack Xt I think it was...had an 8088 processor.
The radio shack guy said it would only work with a radio shack monitor...for 427 bucks.
I got annoyed with him, and went home and hooked up an RF modulator, with my 13" Sony color tv,
and it worked fine. So, I happened to drive by with friends, stopped in.... and told the guy what I
did, right in front of a couple looking to buy a computer...they walked out. Then, while he was helping sombody else, I got on his computer up front, display jobbie, went into DOS, and wrote a small basic program that scrolled
this message across a blank screen until somebody pressed any key:
"Don't buy a computer here, this goof doesn't know what he's talking about....."
My friends laughed again, a week later, when the message was still there. They couldn't figure out
how to get rid of it.
It took another four days for them to get someone in to fix it. I "hid" it in their autoexec.bat file, no harm done. lol
Say, why is it that the bold is on, and I can't unbold this post. ???
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I bought my first real computer in 1993, cost $1,300 dollars. Had the old operating system (not windows). It had prodigy on it and a 2,500 baud modem. I signed up for prodigy and it took about 30 minutes for one page to show up on the screen.
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Btw, I couldn't edit my last post, until I went in and went to "full editor" mode.
What the...?
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I came across this group raising hell in October of 97 on AOL.
I fired up my new Gateway computer with the old dial up connection and the first thing I searched on AOL was "Cleveland Browns" which took me to the AOL Grandstand. I picked the handle "Zombo2000" because it was Halloween and I liked the "Zombo" character from the Munsters. And I guess "2000" sounded cool in 1997. Maybe not.
Of course, we didn't have a team yet, but we knew we would be back in 99, and there was plenty of heated discussion whether it be Modell, New Ownership personnel, draft prospects, general hate of all things Pittsburgh and Baltimore, etc.
Lots of folks were already there: Rich & Ghoolie (they hated each other then), KSHutchins, Hoorta, Furnier, Bear222 (Westside Steve) and some clown named Atenears who was in love with Andy Katzenmoyer.
A lot of the guys, like Shep and Mark-O came around about the same time as me. CalFox, DaRubes, Dency Guy, Flugels,Gumbo Dog, Chickopee John ... Thaak ... where has he been? He hasn't posted lately. Vette .. he was a trip. I am leaving out a ton of guys, and many of them still post.
Then we started moving around ... after much haggling by Furnier, we got a "private" Club on AOL, "Boo" was our moderator. But AOL sucked, so "Fat Dad" (Jimmy Deetz RIP Buddy) started "The River Burns", which was a great concept, but he never really got it off the ground. That's when Skippy started a site on CBS Sportline .. that was much more streamlined, and eventually Fatdad's site folded. Then, in 2003, Skippy bought this place and we had a permanent home after wandering through the desert for years.
Even after we moved, I always went back to AOL and posted "This Week in the AFC North", because you'd get a lot more Steeler trolls over there, and I'd love to incite them. I would see Gipper holding court on AOL in those days, eventually he found his way over to us and started pounding us with trivia.
I never wanted to moderate, because I prefered being a trouble maker, and I liked a fair fight ... didn't want to hold "Mod Powers" over someone that had a personal issue with me .. but I've gotten over that.
I'm probably the worst Administrator ever ... someone complained a couple of weeks ago that someone called him a "Retard" on the Board. And my response was "Well, then don't be such a Retard."
I guess that is part of what makes the Browns Board what it is ... we don't give a shit if you are whining ... but we do have a heart, and tons of passion for the Browns.
And if the mother fuckers would ever get their shit together ... we ALL can say we put our time in on The Browns Board.
True fans, every one.
Except about 6 of you.
Zombo
Zombo said:
I came across this group raising hell in October of 97 on AOL.
I fired up my new Gateway computer with the old dial up connection and the first thing I searched on AOL was "Cleveland Browns" which took me to the AOL Grandstand. I picked the handle "Zombo2000" because it was Halloween and I liked the "Zombo" character from the Munsters. And I guess "2000" sounded cool in 1997. Maybe not.
Of course, we didn't have a team yet, but we knew we would be back in 99, and there was plenty of heated discussion whether it be Modell, New Ownership personnel, draft prospects, general hate of all things Pittsburgh and Baltimore, etc.
Lots of folks were already there: Rich & Ghoolie (they hated each other then), KSHutchins, Hoorta, Furnier, Bear222 (Westside Steve) and some clown named Atenears who was in love with Andy Katzenmoyer.
A lot of the guys, like Shep and Mark-O came around about the same time as me. CalFox, DaRubes, Dency Guy, Flugels,Gumbo Dog, Chickopee John ... Thaak ... where has he been? He hasn't posted lately. Vette .. he was a trip. I am leaving out a ton of guys, and many of them still post.
Then we started moving around ... after much haggling by Furnier, we got a "private" Club on AOL, "Boo" was our moderator. But AOL sucked, so "Fat Dad" (Jimmy Deetz RIP Buddy) started "The River Burns", which was a great concept, but he never really got it off the ground. That's when Skippy started a site on CBS Sportline .. that was much more streamlined, and eventually Fatdad's site folded. Then, in 2003, Skippy bought this place and we had a permanent home after wandering through the desert for years.
Even after we moved, I always went back to AOL and posted "This Week in the AFC North", because you'd get a lot more Steeler trolls over there, and I'd love to incite them. I would see Gipper holding court on AOL in those days, eventually he found his way over to us and started pounding us with trivia.
I never wanted to moderate, because I prefered being a trouble maker, and I liked a fair fight ... didn't want to hold "Mod Powers" over someone that had a personal issue with me .. but I've gotten over that.
I'm probably the worst Administrator ever ... someone complained a couple of weeks ago that someone called him a "Retard" on the Board. And my response was "Well, then don't be such a Retard."
I guess that is part of what makes the Browns Board what it is ... we don't give a shit if you are whining ... but we do have a heart, and tons of passion for the Browns.
And if the mother fuckers would ever get their shit together ... we ALL can say we put our time in on The Browns Board.
True fans, every one.
Except about 6 of you.
Zombo
That pretty much sums it all up. Furnier found me on the AOL Grandstand board and told me about the AOL "private" board where you had to be invited. I stuck with AOL (I'm one of the 8 people left in the world with an aol e-mail address), never really got involved with the River Burns site and Skippy got me involved with him at the CBS site and then we all ended up here.
Hard to believe how long I've known a lot of you...and now we have our yearly trip back to Cleveland to try and destroy our livers and in my case hopefully finally seeing a win in person for the first time since 2001.
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Zombo said:
I came across this group raising hell in October of 97 on AOL.
I fired up my new Gateway computer with the old dial up connection and the first thing I searched on AOL was "Cleveland Browns" which took me to the AOL Grandstand. I picked the handle "Zombo2000" because it was Halloween and I liked the "Zombo" character from the Munsters. And I guess "2000" sounded cool in 1997. Maybe not.
Of course, we didn't have a team yet, but we knew we would be back in 99, and there was plenty of heated discussion whether it be Modell, New Ownership personnel, draft prospects, general hate of all things Pittsburgh and Baltimore, etc.
Lots of folks were already there: Rich & Ghoolie (they hated each other then), KSHutchins, Hoorta, Furnier, Bear222 (Westside Steve) and some clown named Atenears who was in love with Andy Katzenmoyer.
A lot of the guys, like Shep and Mark-O came around about the same time as me. CalFox, DaRubes, Dency Guy, Flugels,Gumbo Dog, Chickopee John ... Thaak ... where has he been? He hasn't posted lately. Vette .. he was a trip. I am leaving out a ton of guys, and many of them still post.
Then we started moving around ... after much haggling by Furnier, we got a "private" Club on AOL, "Boo" was our moderator. But AOL sucked, so "Fat Dad" (Jimmy Deetz RIP Buddy) started "The River Burns", which was a great concept, but he never really got it off the ground. That's when Skippy started a site on CBS Sportline .. that was much more streamlined, and eventually Fatdad's site folded. Then, in 2003, Skippy bought this place and we had a permanent home after wandering through the desert for years.
Even after we moved, I always went back to AOL and posted "This Week in the AFC North", because you'd get a lot more Steeler trolls over there, and I'd love to incite them. I would see Gipper holding court on AOL in those days, eventually he found his way over to us and started pounding us with trivia.
I never wanted to moderate, because I prefered being a trouble maker, and I liked a fair fight ... didn't want to hold "Mod Powers" over someone that had a personal issue with me .. but I've gotten over that.
I'm probably the worst Administrator ever ... someone complained a couple of weeks ago that someone called him a "Retard" on the Board. And my response was "Well, then don't be such a Retard."
I guess that is part of what makes the Browns Board what it is ... we don't give a shit if you are whining ... but we do have a heart, and tons of passion for the Browns.
And if the mother fuckers would ever get their shit together ... we ALL can say we put our time in on The Browns Board.
True fans, every one.
Except about 6 of you.
Zombo
I'll just add a little bit about the AOL Days. I logged on for the first time back in 1995, the Internet was just beginning to go mainstream. I really yucked at those guys who were taking "computer science" @ the University of Dayton back in the early 70s. Mouse? Keyboard? Those guys were feeding punch cards into a computer 1\2 the size of a car. Compared to that my Pentium running a 100 mhz, processor, 16 megs of ram, and a whole gigabyte hard drive was the bees knees. Incidentally a machine like that set you back over $2,000.
That was right before the move, and the new medium gave a legion of Browns fans instant linkage to protest Uncle Artie's betrayal. I believe the first time most of us got together live was at "The Final Play". A last chance to visit the old Stadium before they tore it down. Most of the original AOL board members and Baltomoron troll bashers were there, some who haven't been seen in many years, some who still post here. KS Hutchins, myself, pretty sure Atenears was there as well as guys like ArtBeitz, BeesIndy, & MetalMarte. Those last three are sorely missed.
KS Hutchins, myself, pretty sure Atenears was there as well as guys like ArtBeitz, BeesIndy, & MetalMarte. Those last three are sorely missed.
What the heck was ArtBeitz real name? I had a few beers and wings with him at Hooters in Mentor about 4-6 years ago. He kind of warned me that it wasn't worth it in growing this forum beyond it's means, and to back down on building up this place and it's one of the reason's we settled in and quit expanding. He had some great sites, but selling out to Bernie Kosar and Insider took it's toll on him. He taught me to maintain at a manageable pace with the forum/ste and survive longevity. I believe he is still a member of this forum and on the BrownsBoard's facebook page.
There should be a Hall of Fame for those that helped carry the torch back in the day.
To this day, no other happening on the Internet has surprised me like the time our old friend JJ started posting off-the-wall nonsense that just made no sense. I private messaged him and asked if he was Ok, and that's when he informed me that he had a Brain tumor and his days were numbered. It was crazy to think that one could recognize a problem with another member of these forums, that we'd never met face-to-face, and know well enough to know something was amiss. It hit me then, that these forums were something special. Many of the friendships we've made here rival friendships that were created growing up or through high school. It's been an unbelievable bond and to this day is the most valuable tool the Internet has created. Who would have thought that tailgate parties would be filled with characters from all over the globe, who share very close bonds and stay in touch on an almost daily basis online?
Long Live The Browns Board!
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