I was thinking today about this site and when it was launched, we were all on some communities forum can't remember which, and people said it will never catch on, too complicated, now this style forum seems to be the norm.

tony

Before my time - I think It used to be referred to as 'the old list' or something

TOL!

It was the yahoo groups forum, more bitchin' than Bitchinville on a bitchy afternoon

There are still a fair few of us original "refugees from TOL" around

And also a fair bit of bitching still around?

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Originally posted by UncleFista
There are still a fair few of us original "refugees from TOL" around

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Wow, just logged in there for the first time in ages and it seems people still post!

Chris

The Yahoo group still exist ----- a few lost souls still join. Still some good info stored in the files section.

Lets face it, when we were on there the internet itself wasn't that old and Google was just a baby...... makes us sound ancient but it's amazing what can happen in 10 years!

The only thing I miss about TOL is the late Ken Walton - for those who don't know he was a somewhat certifiable Canadian who built one of the very first locosts from an MGB as well as lots of other rather mad contraptions/race cars. Absolutely as mad as a fish but a really nice guy - despite being a friend of robbing Ron. I had the privilege of meeting him once at Mallory Park and, unlike a lot of people, he was exactly the same in person as he came across on forums. I was a bit 'Calvinx' esc on the Locost Racers group tbh but Ken sorted me out and ever since I try to play nicely with others in his memory........ it works most of the time LOL!