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Rob x-7 10-11-2002 06:10 PM

First off, im light of a rough week, I want to thank Phinsup for running this hell hole. Why in the world someone would donate thier time for a bunch of idiots like ourselves is beyond me. I was wondering what made you start this board, how many members were there, how did the word get out, and how long did it take to get some decent traffic on here?



Again, thank you https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683894.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif



Kinda looks like the purple guy is servicing the other guy dont it?

vosko 10-11-2002 06:15 PM

i'll say thanks to phinsup too !

s13srmadness 10-11-2002 06:18 PM

what does "phinsup" refer to?

Rob x-7 10-11-2002 06:22 PM


Originally Posted by s13srmadness' date='Oct 11 2002, 06:18 PM
what does "phinsup" refer to?

Phinsup=Scott=the guy who started and runs this place

Shane.Trammell 10-11-2002 06:22 PM

yes and thanks phins for being our babysitter for all this time. my parents owe you a lot of money for all of the hours you have kept me occupied

phinsup 10-11-2002 06:36 PM

LOL I think those two emoticons put together are making their own porno.



You certainly couldn't get a more diverse bunch of assholes (and ingrates) like you have on this board into a room, they would ineveitably end up killing eachother. God knows I would need my second clip ***brings smile to my face just thinking about it***



Certainly we all have our bad weeks, yes all of us, even vosko isn't perfect he just appears that way at times, but when you spend the time we all spend together you are going to see the ups and downs. Best to remember that ****insert your name here**** is not always an *******, he must be having a bad week.



What the hell was I talking about? I am sure I had a point.. oh yea, how did the circus begin?



Well I originally spawned the idea because I didn't really see an rx7forum that was accomplishing anything more then a polished storefront. With a vendor owned forum there are certainly restrictions on what can be posted, there is no way around it. Even after a year I think we have accomplished to opposite. We have a wide variety of sponsors, none them is paying so much that we can't afford to lose them, so none have any iron fist to slam down and of course there is logic that I have always adheared to, if you do in fact have the best prices why do you mind competition being posted... it should only prove a fact, not send people packing. What I really wanted was a place where people above all other things could get some help. There are certainly some differences in RX-7's from any other car on the road and being able to get advice from someone who has been there before is invaluable. I have always instilled in the moderators that we make sure tech questions get answered or we at least point the person in the right direction. It pains me to see topics on a forum titled "I just took the hugest ****" get 500 reponses and some guy that wants to know how to change his airfilter gets none...or gets a "use the search function" reply. That is not the way we work around here, even though we BS tech questions come first. So back to the story at hand, the original forum was ummm two members, me and ThridGen and we were on some shitty free host, with a shitty free board, it was about 2 weeks from when we opened the free board to when we moved to nopistons.com and opened the official forum. Which was hosted on shitty ikonboard (hey it was free), but we made good use of it. The name broke loose, I think it got posted and deleted on rx7club a couple times and word traveled reasonably slow LOL. At first it was just me and a few other members trying to think up **** to talk about, but if you build it, they will come and eventually they did. We got advertisers and moderators and we started advertising ourselves. Slowly picking up steam and picking up members, improving the formula until we got it right. A lot of you were here in the early days so you remember it.



I think we have done a great job of perfecting the formula, we have managed to keep this a fun place to hang out, to BS and I don't think we've ever taken it all too seriously. It is certainly a thankless job, from the bottom all the way to the top. But I have met some great people and made some great friends. It's a labor of love, I would certainly never claim that **** that goes on around here doesn't piss me off, but the good times and fun we have are worth the majority of the headaches LOL



I probably didn't say half the **** I wanted to, maybe I will do a follow up post when I get home LOL. Anyhow if I made it any longer... if you read this far, I am confident you would read no more https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



Thanks guys for making Nopistons a success!

Felix Wankel 10-11-2002 06:39 PM


Originally Posted by phinsup' date='Oct 11 2002, 06:36 PM
...it was about 2 weeks from when we opened the free board to when we moved to nopistons.com and opened the official forum. Which was hosted on shitty ikonboard (hey it was free), but we made good use of it.

I remember that.

s13srmadness 10-11-2002 06:40 PM


Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Oct 11 2002, 03:22 PM
[quote name='s13srmadness' date='Oct 11 2002, 06:18 PM']what does "phinsup" refer to?

Phinsup=Scott=the guy who started and runs this place[/quote]

is it a last name?

reference to anything?

(that's what i meant)

9BASE3 10-11-2002 06:55 PM


Originally Posted by s13srmadness' date='Oct 11 2002, 05:40 PM
[quote name='Rob x-7' date='Oct 11 2002, 03:22 PM'][quote name='s13srmadness' date='Oct 11 2002, 06:18 PM']what does "phinsup" refer to?

Phinsup=Scott=the guy who started and runs this place[/quote]

is it a last name?

reference to anything?

(that's what i meant)[/quote]

Yeah... What the hell is a phinsup?

bigtime 10-11-2002 07:01 PM

i was one of the first =)

vosko 10-11-2002 07:02 PM

you know how phinsup likes linux and not MS. well i think it is referring to the logo penguin for linux. well i'm guessing anyway or phins really really likes penguins https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

bigtime 10-11-2002 07:03 PM


Originally Posted by vosko' date='Oct 11 2002, 07:02 PM
you know how phinsup likes linux and not MS. well i think it is referring to the logo penguin for linux. well i'm guessing anyway or phins really really likes penguins https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

lets not mention what he does with penguins when the wife isnt around

isamu 10-11-2002 09:48 PM

The name "Phinsup" reminds me of Jimmy Buffet.

Fd3BOOST 10-11-2002 10:07 PM

Damn I gonn acry after that speach. I love the forum we got going on here. Many thanks to Phinsup and especially vosko for saving me and giving me mod status. I think the forum is gaing steam and will eventually be a great place to come for chat and advice. We certainly have the right people in the right places.

Fd3BOOST 10-11-2002 10:09 PM

Sorry for the poor typing I have been drinking. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/37.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/beer2.gif

horn4858 10-11-2002 10:29 PM

ima drikin too

phinsup 10-11-2002 10:35 PM


Originally Posted by isamu' date='Oct 11 2002, 07:48 PM
The name "Phinsup" reminds me of Jimmy Buffet.

YUP!!! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

isamu 10-11-2002 11:01 PM

When we saw Jimmy Buffet at the George, we made these big fin hats out of cardboard and covered them with Duct tape. They were huge, like 2 feet tall, and the guy let us bring them in. They were real popular when the "fins to the left, fins to the right," song was played. :bigok:

phinsup 10-11-2002 11:05 PM


Originally Posted by isamu' date='Oct 11 2002, 09:01 PM
When we saw Jimmy Buffet at the George, we made these big fin hats out of cardboard and covered them with Duct tape. They were huge, like 2 feet tall, and the guy let us bring them in. They were real popular when the "fins to the left, fins to the right," song was played. :bigok:

It two t's man... Buffett you are killing me LOL.



Yea Fins Up is kinda like hello.



He was at the gorge in 94 I think, did two shows, they both rocked, he won't go back there cause they won't serve or allow alcohol now. I have snuck some pretty crazy **** into concerts https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png



Vegas is always the best though. 5 days of nothing but alcohol and have naked women, it is cool now that the younger people are going, get to see the college chicks getting drunk and stupid.

isamu 10-11-2002 11:12 PM

Sorry>....Buffett :bigthumg:

No alcohol at the Gorge? I didn't know that, that sucks!

phinsup 10-11-2002 11:14 PM

Yea, last time I was there it was beer and wine only, I guess they are cracking down even more.

Turbo II 10-11-2002 11:32 PM

thanks pinshit. we really do appreciate this place

7Sweety 10-11-2002 11:36 PM


Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Oct 11 2002, 03:10 PM
Why in the world someone would donate thier time for a bunch of idiots like ourselves is beyond me.

Speak for yourself, I'm no idiot, but I believe you when you consider yourself one.



BTW, thanks phins

bigtime 10-11-2002 11:37 PM


Originally Posted by 7Sweety' date='Oct 11 2002, 11:36 PM
[quote name='Rob x-7' date='Oct 11 2002, 03:10 PM']Why in the world someone would donate thier time for a bunch of idiots like ourselves is beyond me.

Speak for yourself, I'm no idiot, but I believe you when you consider yourself one.



BTW, thanks phins[/quote]

u havnt been around long enough to realize the extent of our idiosy ... uve only got a taste

7Sweety 10-11-2002 11:38 PM


Originally Posted by bigtime1148' date='Oct 11 2002, 08:37 PM
[quote name='7Sweety' date='Oct 11 2002, 11:36 PM'][quote name='Rob x-7' date='Oct 11 2002, 03:10 PM']Why in the world someone would donate thier time for a bunch of idiots like ourselves is beyond me.

Speak for yourself, I'm no idiot, but I believe you when you consider yourself one.



BTW, thanks phins[/quote]

u havnt been around long enough to realize the extent of our idiosy ... uve only got a taste[/quote]

I hope you show me more kid

7Sweety 10-11-2002 11:39 PM

LOL, you know I'm just joking with you, right bigtime

Turbo II 10-11-2002 11:39 PM

ill show u the whole thing

bigtime 10-11-2002 11:40 PM


Originally Posted by 7Sweety' date='Oct 11 2002, 11:38 PM
[quote name='bigtime1148' date='Oct 11 2002, 08:37 PM'][quote name='7Sweety' date='Oct 11 2002, 11:36 PM'][quote name='Rob x-7' date='Oct 11 2002, 03:10 PM']Why in the world someone would donate thier time for a bunch of idiots like ourselves is beyond me.

Speak for yourself, I'm no idiot, but I believe you when you consider yourself one.



BTW, thanks phins[/quote]

u havnt been around long enough to realize the extent of our idiosy ... uve only got a taste[/quote]

I hope you show me more kid[/quote]

ur only 2 years older than me

7Sweety 10-11-2002 11:43 PM


Originally Posted by bigtime1148' date='Oct 11 2002, 08:40 PM
[quote name='7Sweety' date='Oct 11 2002, 11:38 PM'][quote name='bigtime1148' date='Oct 11 2002, 08:37 PM'][quote name='7Sweety' date='Oct 11 2002, 11:36 PM'][quote name='Rob x-7' date='Oct 11 2002, 03:10 PM']Why in the world someone would donate thier time for a bunch of idiots like ourselves is beyond me.

Speak for yourself, I'm no idiot, but I believe you when you consider yourself one.



BTW, thanks phins[/quote]

u havnt been around long enough to realize the extent of our idiosy ... uve only got a taste[/quote]

I hope you show me more kid[/quote]

ur only 2 years older than me[/quote]

I'm kidding,JEEEZ, lighten up https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif

RXheaven13b 10-12-2002 01:40 AM

This started out as an intimet form, some stuff Scott said touched my hart and it turned into some ha ha fest that I don't think is funny.



Scott, you have tought me alot about computers in general and alot about the internet. With out you i'd still be doing the grease monkey thing I was doing with no hope for sucess. To me a computer was just a way to play games and communicate to people, now it's a way to make money and not bust my hump working my self to death. You opened up a whole other world to me and gave me courage to try something new. Thank you!!

Rotarydragon 10-12-2002 04:32 AM

I remember the forum back when it used ikonboard, back when I had my 79. Just never posted anything till a while later when I got my 2nd gen. (Hrmmm does that mean 2nd gens are a bigger pain in the arse?)



I'd say thanks to Phin for starting this but I'm not sure I've forgiven him quite yet.



7Sweety hrmmm....



No comment. None needed.

christi 10-12-2002 10:02 AM

RXheaven13b,



I know this is off topic, but what did you make your page out of? I mean... if a program, what program etc? I like the layout.



back ontopic:



I was here back then, I never posted much, because I didn't have the car.. I was under 88gxlna, one of my brother's car, that I drove every now and then..... I lurked and learn...



When I was at rx7scene.com I had my car then, and that's when I made my name "christi". Got my 88 gxl n/a back in march of this year https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png ... then we switched over here sometime this past summer, I guess.. and well.. ever since then, the ones I hadn't met before, i met some good friends:)


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