10+ years

[ericwinters]

I just was looking at my profile... and I've been on here 10 years as of March. WOW! time flies.

[MikeBiDude]

I just was looking at my profile... and I've been on here 10 years as of March. WOW! time flies.

Welcome, newbie! LOL just kidding you, but yes time flies here with an amazing and diverse group of posters and friends here.

[+ azdr0710]

yes, time flies....in all aspects of life

 

this is my 17th year on the forum.....I remember stories of hooboy's travails and how he always lost his computer in some faraway city....

 

when some old thread is resurrected (you know who you are!), I'm reminded of old forum members, now not active anymore, and the crazy characters we used to have......oh, wait......

 

[+ Charlie]

If I survive to November, I will have been on this site for 20 years. Most of the first escorts I reviewed are long since retired.

[bendable2019]

Just loved this site. A safe platform to share and learn from each other, joke with or poke fun at each other with great tact..I feel free here to be that naughty human...lol... love you all admin and members.

[cmennow]

Just made my 10 year mark last month!

[Walker1]

lets just hope that in our lifetimes escorting is decriminalized.

[liubit]

I have been here since the very beginning, 20+ years. In the late 1990s I used to participate in the Atkol forums until their meltdown. Then, HooBoy appeared. The rest is history. It is my daily fix.

[MikeBiDude]

I have been here since the very beginning, 20+ years. In the late 1990s I used to participate in the Atkol forums until their meltdown. Then, HooBoy appeared. The rest is history. It is my daily fix.

Pretty much the same here. Atkol was fun.

[RyanDean]

My 10 year anniversary is in 11 days!

And this little stroll down memory lane inspired me to check and, yes, my first hire was FIVE YEARS AGO just this past Tuesday...

[BigK]

16 years in August

[Guest]

My profile says I joined January 1, 1970! Yikes! I was a little boy then! Did the internet even exist then? I guess that means I'm an original member? How long is that?

[+ Charlie]

Because of some quirk in the program, all of us who were active in the very early days of the old Hooboy site are shown as having joined on December 31, 1969 (we were given an explanation once, which I have forgotten). No, the Internet did not exist in its present form then. The personal computer hadn't even been invented yet. And although I had already been sexually active for a decade by then, I still had never seen an ad for an escort, much less hired one.

[mike carey]

having joined on December 31, 1969 (we were given an explanation once, which I have forgotten).

The start time on the program is midnight UTC/GMT on 31 Dec 69/1 Jan 70, so when it adjusts to local time in the US it's between 4pm (Pacific) and 7pm (Eastern) on 31 Dec. For me the 'adjusted time' is 10am on 1 Jan.

[Guy Fawkes]

Unix stores dates/times as the number of seconds since the a specific date. The lowest value is zero representing January 1, 1970. I suspect the oldest members dates are set to -1. There hasn't be a huge cry for correction and it's better than NaN.

 

Because of some quirk in the program, all of us who were active in the very early days of the old Hooboy site are shown as having joined on December 31, 1969 (we were given an explanation once, which I have forgotten). No, the Internet did not exist in its present form then. The personal computer hadn't even been invented yet. And although I had already been sexually active for a decade by then, I still had never seen an ad for an escort, much less hired one.

[Guest]

So when did this start? I can't remember. Maybe it's old timers' disease.

[+ StLouisOct]

As a relative newcomer, I’d enjoy more comments from long timers about how the site has changed. Similar topics discussed now? Is the breadth of topics the same? What’s improved? What do you miss?

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Today, Daddy's M4M is drastically more calm and collected than when HB was alive.

 

What was once the Wild West has now settled into a steady, collaborative conversation.

[Guy Fawkes]

Hooboy 2000, Daddy took over Forum shortly thereafter, Message-forum.net started in 2005 when Hooboy passed. Guy Fawkes showed up in 2016.

 

So when did this start? I can't remember. Maybe it's old timers' disease.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Guy Fawkes

[Guest]

As a relative newcomer, I’d enjoy more comments from long timers about how the site has changed. Similar topics discussed now? Is the breadth of topics the same? What’s improved? What do you miss?

I remember a member called Fin Fan Foom (I think I got the spelling OK) fondly. I was the saddest to see him go.

[+ purplekow]

I remember a member called Fin Fan Foom (I think I got the spelling OK) fondly. I was the saddest to see him go.

He was quite the character.

[+ purplekow]

I think in a way this site is a lot less contentious but as a result, a bit less entertaining than it used to be. I still enjoy coming to the site daily, but apart from the political section, it is more an old man's pastime than an active sport. Sure courteousness and politeness are appreciated, but every now and again a claw bearing cat fight can be entertaining.

While I am sure that there are those who enjoy the large number of photos posted, I have mentioned in the past that for me, it is too much of a good thing. I think many come, look at the photos and go. It seems the new postings are generally posted by the same few people and the diversity of responders is less. These seem to be major changes.

Still, I do enjoy my daily visit. Sometimes several visits in a day, if a particular thread is getting a influx of thoughtful posts, rather than the +1 or me too that sometimes dominate.

As to posters who have left the scene, I miss Rick Munroe's dry humor.

[MiamiLooker]

I remember a member called Fin Fan Foom (I think I got the spelling OK) fondly. I was the saddest to see him go.

Close...Actually, his screen name was Fin Fang Foom. Search on his screen name to find his posts. Another prolific poster was Doug69. Both very strong online personalities.

[+ Charlie]

I remember a member called Fin Fan Foom (I think I got the spelling OK) fondly. I was the saddest to see him go.

Fin Fang Foom. His thread on trying to clean cum stains from his sofa was a classic.

[+ Axiom2001]

I think I've been a member of this club since 1995 or perhaps a few years later. Have seen lots of folks come as well as go; ...have even met some of the members in Rio de janeiro during one of the fab parties which was held in 2003 (a while ago).

 

I luv Brasil!

 

...have found this site to be worthwhile in many respects!