A couple months after I joined, I was checking out the site when an announcement came over the radio about the Columbine High school shootings. That would mean I joined in Feb '99. Back then the log in page was black and white with the rainbow stripe like the MP race car paint jobs.

Member numbers seem more like a reflection of when you set up your profile on this version of the site.

A lot of people have come and gone over the years. Some obvious, many more, not as much. I can think of a couple guys who posted here who have passed that were never consistent posters so were never part of the popular clique and as a result, never got any mention.