yeah, i was already lurking around back in 1998, * BUT * i didn't join because at that point, there were *better* message boards...er..."better" might be debatable, BUT for me, my interests guided me towards the websites that were singularly devoted to my preferences of wet clothing...
and *thee* popular board would die, and a new board would replace it, and so it would go... Nigel's MINX forum came online in 2002, and that was pretty much "HOME" up until now...
I guess the MINX forum is like the many well-built automobiles of the 1960's...make sure the basic maintenance is taken care of, and it keeps running! However, if you want GPS, and bluetooth for your i-tunes? (and i now *LOVE* back-up cameras!) the old-reliable has none of those things...and here i am now! Shout out to "MK"...perhaps a toast to the old VW beetle?
Joking aside It was 2001 and I found it via an aol search. I was just getting used to having home internet and I found this and Neil's old piefightgirls. I was hooked. Been here ever since.