When was TBN started?

[RickB]

My how time flies. Looks like I joined Sept 2000.

Same month I did!

 

[ultrarunner]

2004 for me and I thought that was a long time ago!

 

[dragoneggs]

Great thread! I'm really enjoying some TBN history and getting to learn a little about Muhammad and Ibrahim. I have been a member of a handful of forums over the years for hobby and/or DIY reasons. Shortly after I joined TBN, I was surprised and honored to be named Member of the Month. I didn't feel worthy.

TBN is the only place that I have stuck with, and contributed (I suppose that could be debated :laughing. I've learned a lot and have made some friends here that I would enjoy meeting if the opportunity presented itself. I have met a few in person and that has been quite a pleasure as well!

What a great place to learn, laugh, poke fun, and have passionate debates!

Great stuff Muhammad and Ibrahim! Thank you very much!!!

 

[GeneV]

Great stuff Muhammad and Ibrahim! Thank you very much!!!

I concur. I admit, I was like why is a dude named Muhammad admin'ing a tractor site? I thought it was just some sort of money maker thing for you. But now I learned that nope, it's coz you're into tractors! Legit! I like this site a lot, I come here every day now just to see if anybody has something cool to post or report, and somebody usually does. I picked up quite a bit of very useful info from here during my [as of yet] short stay here, hopefully I contributed something somebody found useful as well.

Thanks very much for this awesome site! :cool2:

 

[Richard]

This site was responsible for getting me REALLY frustrated years ago.....

I came here... need to sign on....ok.... Name:.....

As the internet was new & budding, I found myself going to several other sites.

Need to sign on.... ok.... Name: Dang it.... Richard is taken... how about Richard 1?? taken. How on earth is my name already taken???

Of course, there is more than one Richard in the world but, if your narcissistic.... you get frustrated!

Soon after trying multiple variations.... I was trying to think of something that might not be taken already and I realized I lived on a somewhat unique road.... so have adopted its name over the decades.... and never had an issue since.

 

[Richard]

It's just amazing what a 14 year old male will do in his bedroom when left alone!

Not sure if I was 14 yet....but I remember drilling holes in my bedroom wall with a screwdriver at one point... Mom wasn't too happy about that when she found it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not sure if I was 14 yet....but I remember drilling holes in my bedroom wall with a screwdriver at one point... Mom wasn't too happy about that when she found it.

Lol, I was once accused of something like that.

Interesting to see ronhall was one of the early Birds on tbn (pun intended)

 

[John_Mc]

This site was responsible for getting me REALLY frustrated years ago.....

I came here... need to sign on....ok.... Name:.....

As the internet was new & budding, I found myself going to several other sites.

Need to sign on.... ok.... Name: Dang it.... Richard is taken... how about Richard 1?? taken. How on earth is my name already taken???

Of course, there is more than one Richard in the world but, if your narcissistic.... you get frustrated!

Soon after trying multiple variations.... I was trying to think of something that might not be taken already and I realized I lived on a somewhat unique road.... so have adopted its name over the decades.... and never had an issue since.

So how did you get the username "Richard" now?

 

[Muhammad]

So how did you get the username "Richard" now?

Yeah this story needs the last chapter.

 

[Jstpssng]

I joined 4 years after buying my first tractor... a Kubota, of course. While I didn't have the TBN Wiki I did have my father, who forgot more about tractors than I will ever learn. The first thing that he said when I told him I was shopping was "Make sure that it has a loader."

When I bought my second tractor he was gone and I had taken a hiatus from this site. Somehow I muddled through it and didn't get stung too badly.