Guest S.U.S.S. Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Who was the first to sign up to KB? I suspect the guy that created it but who was the first user? our longest serving member? Also If that person is no longer active who is our longest serving active member? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Who was the first to sign up to KB?I suspect the guy that created it but who was the first user? our longest serving member? Also If that person is no longer active who is our longest serving active member? cheers Possibly Scott Wilson. I think he started the original 'official' kickback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobis Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Who was the first to sign up to KB?I suspect the guy that created it but who was the first user? our longest serving member? Also If that person is no longer active who is our longest serving active member? cheers Maybe it was the the member in post #2. P.S I remember NIT chat and was even registered back then (must be circa 1995/96). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Maybe it was the the member in post #2. P.S I remember NIT chat and was even registered back then (must be circa 1995/96). I'm afraid I only joined KB in late 2007. I still hanker for the old thread format, you could see everyones posts. A lot quieter though. You could come in at night and spend 5 minutes reading the day's threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobis Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I'm afraid I only joined KB in late 2007. I still hanker for the old thread format, you could see everyones posts. A lot quieter though. You could come in at night and spend 5 minutes reading the day's threads. You remember the old NIT chat thread format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 You remember the old NIT chat thread format? I do. Who was the guy that ran it again? I thnok he was from Linlithgow. As someone said elsewhere, the guestbook was a hoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobis Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I do. Who was the guy that ran it again? I thnok he was from Linlithgow. As someone said elsewhere, the guestbook was a hoot. Did you register through the years/incarnations ...............? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Did you register through the years/incarnations ...............? On NIT? Can't remember tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobis Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 On NIT? Can't remember tbh. Just your posting style rings a bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Just your posting style rings a bell. That was Quasimodo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Just your posting style rings a bell. Never knew I had a style. However, I'll take that as some sort of compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobis Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 That was Quasimodo. ................. and its still ringing Never knew I had a style. However, I'll take that as some sort of compliment. Everyone has a style some more noticeable than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 That was Quasimodo. Is that you Claude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Is that you Claude? Frollo the yellow brick road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Frollo the yellow brick road. Ok, off to see Esmerelda now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Ok, off to see Esmerelda now. I think I saw her hanging around somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosanostra Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I started posting when i first moved to Glasgow to start my first university degree and kickback was on the official site, must have been 1996. There used to be a live chat section as well that no-one ever seemed to use. I remember when i first checked the forum and registered there was a thread called "email Paul Ritchie - he replies!!!!". This was after he'd just come into the first team and along with Davie Weir, were starting to play well in the centre of defence. His contract was coming into it's last year and there was speculation in the papers and on TV that he might be leaving, aged about 21. I emailed him and asked if he was staying. I remember going to check my uni email account and there was a message from Paul Ritchie that said "to everyone that emailed me, thanks for taking the time to get in touch. I signed a new 3 year deal today and it will be in the papers and news tomorrow. I love this club and have been a supporter all my life and i'm so happy i get to play football here". I thought kickback was pretty cool and i used to go to a computer lab and check it every day. I can remember a few people on here who posted in the mid 90s. A couple of guys who live in the states and maybe a girl in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I remember if KB was going to crash, chances are it would be on a Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Busby ! Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I go as far back as 1995/1996, when internet access was only common in workplaces with good IT infrastructure, or in unis/colleges. Home PC's/broadband were far far away on the horizon. I was Gorgie Boy in those days, I still recall writing some OTT cheerleading post on the eve of the Scottish cup final "10 reasons why we can win the cup" or somesuch nonsense Somewhere I have a list of names from a piece of subsequent fundraising for The 500 Club, I'll have to dig it out ... it's a piece of kickback archaeology ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acey Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I've been Acey on KB since I was 13, so...I make that since 2001, there or therabouts. Seven years, rougly. It was on the official site. Come to think of it, I've always referred to it as "KB" - none of this "JKB" nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Scott Wilson was the architect of Kickback through the club in 1996 I believe. With regards to NIT chat that was either Craig Young or Grant Thorburn. Two guys who hail from the Linlithgow area. Original members are I believe. Geoff Kilpatrick, Lynn Aoki, Tom Heaney, Bill Duff, John S. I am sure there are others but those are the names that spring to mind. John OOps my apology to both Davy Allan and Scott Herbertson for forgetting you both in the original members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosanostra Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Scott Wilson was the architect of Kickback through the club in 1996 I believe. With regards to NIT chat that was either Craig Young or Grant Thorburn. Two guys who hail from the Linlithgow area. Original members are I believe. Geoff Kilpatrick, Lynn Aoki, Tom Heaney, Bill Duff, John S. I am sure there are others but those are the names that spring to mind. John OOps my apology to both Davy Allan and Scott Herbertson for forgetting you both in the original members. Those are the 3 that i can remember from kickback 96'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Busby ! Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 The internet was truly a new frontier in those days. I recall more than once in 1995/96 or so, kickback (basically an unregulated, virtually access free zone at that time) being taken over by students who were (...obviously in the same computer lab or whatever) just treating the board like a chat room ... "billy fancies you...", "get er tits oot" etc etc. It was the wild-west in those days. Different times....the place I worked at that time (a major US computer manufacturer) , the sys admins spent half their time downloading porn. No-one had quite cottoned on to the nets true purpose to bring smut to the masses. Firewalls, filters, dismissals ... were all coming up in the not too distant future though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Who was the first to sign up to KB?I suspect the guy that created it but who was the first user? our longest serving member? Also If that person is no longer active who is our longest serving active member? cheers Irvine Jambo was the creator and first user of KB. He did this in some spare moments he had while inventing the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobis Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Irvine Jambo was the creator and first user of KB. He did this in some spare moments he had while inventing the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Irvine Jambo was the creator and first user of KB. He did this in some spare moments he had while inventing the internet. Irvine Jambo DID NOT invent the internet. He merely perfected it. He also married an ex-Bollywood actress who owned Shelpa ****ty Inc, a chain of ISP customer call centres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosanostra Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Irvine Jambo DID NOT invent the internet. He merely perfected it. He also married an ex-Bollywood actress who owned Shelpa ****ty Inc, a chain of ISP customer call centres. Creag was an inspiration to us all. RIP Creag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobis Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Irvine Jambo DID NOT invent the internet. He merely perfected it. He also married an ex-Bollywood actress who owned Shelpa ****ty Inc, a chain of ISP customer call centres. He told me he did, and I for one believe him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 He told me he did, and I for one believe him. I suppose it's a question of perspective. His role was to take what other people had done and refine it into the W&WWWW we all know and love today. Maybe that was invention rather than refinement of an existing idea. Who can really say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Irvine Jambo DID NOT invent the internet. He merely perfected it. Having tried to recall the conversation in question, I think you could be right. I'm pretty sure he created KB in spare moments between designing all the hardware needed for the first moon landing. Sorry for the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Heaney Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 It was indeed Grant Thorburn who ran the NIT site. Some decent chat sessions on a Sunday evening at 6pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 It was indeed Grant Thorburn who ran the NIT site. Some decent chat sessions on a Sunday evening at 6pm I remember those now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 It was indeed Grant Thorburn who ran the NIT site. Some decent chat sessions on a Sunday evening at 6pm The remnants... http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/grant.thorburn/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Busby ! Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 The remnants... http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/grant.thorburn/ True. But NIT wasn't Kickback ... and it was only 8 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobis Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 True. But NIT wasn't Kickback ... and it was only 8 years ago. Very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Heaney Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 True. But NIT wasn't Kickback ... and it was only 8 years ago. The NIT chat nights were circa 1997/1998. The people who took part in the chats were from the original club Kickback site that Scott Wilson had set up. If I remember correctly Grant Thorburn was the one who made the Kickback members aware of what NIT were doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I joined a long time ago but I can't remember exactly when. It was in the good old days of the weekly crashes that caused paranoia the we were being policed by the club. Despite being part of the club site. My user name in those days was Drew Busby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Since 1995-96 or so for me on the Scott Wilson KB version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 The NIT chat nights were circa 1997/1998. The people who took part in the chats were from the original club Kickback site that Scott Wilson had set up. If I remember correctly Grant Thorburn was the one who made the Kickback members aware of what NIT were doing He used to have a mate called Grainger Messer (?) who seems to have vanished as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I think it must have been about '99 when I first registered to one of KB's previous states. It was on the official site and I was GM_Monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrible Trio Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I'm afraid I only joined KB in late 2007 No you didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigaro Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 No you didn't I wondered that too. I ant remember when I joined. Long ago, but maybe not like 1996 as I was only 9! Possibly Late 90s early 00s. Official site rings a bell, possibly just through viewing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 No you didn't This pre-senile dementia thing is not good.... eh, I think I meant 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigaro Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 This pre-senile dementia thing is not good.... eh' date=' I think I meant 1997. [/quote'] The international dementia conference takes place on April 30th, just in case you forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 The international dementia conference takes place on April 30th, just in case you forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Heaney Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 He used to have a mate called Grainger Messer (?) who seems to have vanished as well. There was Grainger Messer , Kevin Littlejohn , Pam , Diane , Davy Stevenson I havent seen any of them in a long while. Last time I saw Kevin he spent a week or so with us across here and he was using that Scottish brouge to try pull the local talent. Of course Craig Young was heavily involved but I think he is still around ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Heaney Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 The international dementia conference takes place on April 30th, just in case you forget. I have it as April 31st ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 There was Grainger Messer , Kevin Littlejohn , Pam , Diane , Davy Stevenson I havent seen any of them in a long while. Last time I saw Kevin he spent a week or so with us across here and he was using that Scottish brouge to try pull the local talent. Of course Craig Young was heavily involved but I think he is still around ? Remember them all. Davy used to lose it badly when riled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Heaney Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Remember them all. Davy used to lose it badly when riled. Oh aye he did. He was a real nationalist and took no guff from anyone. Great guy and really talented with web design etc. I'm sure he's around somewhere watching us all. Probably got tired with the KB snipers;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Oh aye he did. He was a real nationalist and took no guff from anyone. Great guy and really talented with web design etc. I'm sure he's around somewhere watching us all. Probably got tired with the KB snipers;) In those days on KB you could come home from work and read the threads from the previous night in about 10 minutes. Now it takes you about an hour. The quality seemed to be better as well, though that's probably a sentimental view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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