Internet Archive

[SwedeFox]

Love this little tool, I don't know if everyone else knows about it but it allows you to go back to archived versions of websites.

Talking Balls in 2004: http://web.archive.org/web/20040604094653/http://talkingballs.co.uk/

Unsurprisingly, the hottest topic in General Chat was: Is MK a bird fancier?

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

 

[Matt_B]

I want to know who bluemistress is!

 

[Jeff]

I want to know who bluemistress is!

He's a twat who had been banned under a different user name for making racist comments.

 

[glyn]

A mod called Ricey?

 

[Motown Fox]

Joe Fox seems to be the last poster on about a dozen threads

 

[Matt_B]

Joe Fox seems to be the last poster on about a dozen threads

He had a phase where he would post crap in every thread to get his name top of all the lists. Now-a-days he just posts crap with no aim in sight.

 

[Jeff]

He had a phase where he would post crap in every thread to get his name top of all the lists. Now-a-days he just posts crap with no aim in sight.

This page is from one of his most annoying periods, but MK turned it into a work of art.

 

[Matt_B]

This page is from one of his most annoying periods, but MK turned it into a work of art.

I've gained new respect for MK after that.

 

[SwedeFox]

Anyone remember this look of the OS?: http://web.archive.org/web/19980207175651/http://www.lcfc.co.uk/

7 Feb 1998. Remember going to the library with my Dad and reading match reports on the public computers (we had a PC but we couldn't use the Internet for too long because Mum wanted to use the phone...).

 

[Motown Fox]

I've gained new respect for MK after that.

A classic.

I see that Joe was author of 19 of the 24 threads shown there though.

 

[Motown Fox]

Anyone remember this look of the OS?: http://web.archive.org/web/19980207175651/http://www.lcfc.co.uk/

7 Feb 1998. Remember going to the library with my Dad and reading match reports on the public computers (we had a PC but we couldn't use the Internet for too long because Mum wanted to use the phone...).

Those Swedish chat lines were all the rage then.

 

[Joe_Fox]

He had a phase where he would post crap in every thread to get his name top of all the lists. Now-a-days he just posts crap with no aim in sight.

That's rich coming from you. The Talibanesque mods always censored my work. If you want to point the finger, point it at them.

 

[Blue Maniac]

That's rich coming from you. The Talibanesque mods always censored my work. If you want to point the finger, point it at them.

19,291 posts. Magic. I have a small request. When you get to 20,000, make it a good one, won't you?

 

[Joe_Fox]

A little known fact is that I am on about 30,000 posts but powers that be changed my posting total.

 

[Jeff]

A little known fact is that I am on about 30,000 posts but powers that be changed my posting total.

You make it sound like there was a conspiracy to keep your post count down.


Several years ago there was a mass deletion of old posts from general chat. This was done to reduce the database size and speed up the site. As a result of this the post counts for everyone were recalculated.

 

[Motown Fox]

Your 23,000th post I notice Jeff.

 

[Jeff]

Your 23,000th post I notice Jeff.

I'm celebrating by eating a chocolate from my advent calendar.

 

[Joe_Fox]

I'm celebrating by eating a chocolate from my advent calendar.

Which advent calendar do you have?

p.s. It was a conspiracy! I was raped of thousands of posts! It was like X-Files.

 

[Mawsley]

You make it sound like there was a conspiracy to keep your post count down.


Several years ago there was a mass deletion of old posts from general chat. This was done to reduce the database size and speed up the site. As a result of this the post counts for everyone were recalculated.

Bloody revisionists.

 

[Miles Away]

Anyone remember this look of the OS?: http://web.archive.org/web/19980207175651/http://www.lcfc.co.uk/

7 Feb 1998. Remember going to the library with my Dad and reading match reports on the public computers (we had a PC but we couldn't use the Internet for too long because Mum wanted to use the phone...).

ooohya bastard that's awful looking.

I used it every day I reckon.