Post #289857 by GatorRob on Mon, Mar 5, 2007 3:50 PM

On 2007-03-01 11:13, Swanky wrote:
Who was online in 1997?

Me.

I'm not an old-timer here, but once I discovered this place and BOT, etc I dove in head first. No dip of the toe for me. More like headfirst off the high dive. Tiki started moving through my veins like a virus and I couldn't get enough. Still can't really. I get frustrated when there's not so much left to uncover anymore. (Although the Volcano thread proves there might be more lurking out there.) The excitement of that initial discovery is the best. Jealousy is not an admirable thing, but I am admittedly jealous of those who discovered it all before me and were thrilled with each new discovery as it happened. I'm even more jealous of those who enjoyed it all first hand some 40-50 years ago. But then again, a lot of them are dead and I'm not, so maybe I'm not THAT jealous.

But Tiki Central keeps chugging on with its ebb and flow of activity. As soon as you think it's about dried up, a new well springs up somewhere.