I see that VN has made it to over 20,000 posts today. Many congratulations to James and the Moderators for keeping it all together. The site has been great fun and very helpful for all us members - it would be very difficult to imagine its not being there.
Do we know who made the 20,000th post? Perhaps they deserve an "I love VN" badge? Here's to the next 10,000 posts.
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Well spotted Andreas!
The answer is here
Actually, with recent technical hiccups, it's all to easy to realise what it would be like without the forum. I wonder how much work everyone got done on Monday!
The answer is here
Actually, with recent technical hiccups, it's all to easy to realise what it would be like without the forum. I wonder how much work everyone got done on Monday!
Congrats Andy! 
QUOTE(gekko @ Nov 8 2005, 05:48 PM) 
Congrats Andy!
You win: a new life in Greece.
Does that mean you lot will all pay for my new life in Greece . . .
Worth a try.
Worth a try.
Well done Andy.
Have a virtual packet of Scampi Fries. But wash your hands thoroughly after eating them.
I'd pass you a virtual pint of Courage best but that would cost me £1.80 and I'm not made of money.
Have a virtual packet of Scampi Fries. But wash your hands thoroughly after eating them.
I'd pass you a virtual pint of Courage best but that would cost me £1.80 and I'm not made of money.
22,000 posts today, up 10% since November 8th 2005.
It's taken just seven weeks for another 2,000 posts to be notched up... 24,000 posts today.
I think that there are some employers are loosing out on serious man-hours! Have any VNers got in trouble yet? 
And 25,000 today... that's another 5,000 or 25% in less than five months.
I do it in my lunch break (log on to VN of course!)
How about a VN bumper sticker:
Virtual Norwooders do it in their lunch breaks! ( log on that is 
)
Virtual Norwooders do it in their lunch breaks! ( log on that is
)
Uncle Wilf posted our 26,000th post today in his review of A Torre Café
QUOTE(Uncle Wilf @ Apr 10 2006, 09:46 AM)
The food is excellent and great value.
Dropped in on Saturday and quality coffee at a great price.
Dropped in on Saturday and quality coffee at a great price.
Is that an auspicious Virtual Norwood number?
If I'd have known it was going to be a landmark post I'd have said something far more profound and evocative instead of going on about coffee. 
A warm welcome to randomjack - our 1000th member.
20 days later and we are up to 27,000 already!
21 days later and another 1000 posts. Looks like things have peaked!
You don't wanna peak too soon!!!!! 
A slightly different milestone today... my web design and hosting business has now been trading for 10 years.
Congratulations James!
It's easy to forget how old the Internet actually is. I remember when it was just text
It's easy to forget how old the Internet actually is. I remember when it was just text
I started early too - using the Joint Academic Network for email because it was cheaper than a postage stamp! However I'm always impressed by the fact that the Queen sent her first email in 1976.
By the way, Virtual Norwood was established on 15th June 1998. It was inspired by the dismal failure of advertising in the Yellow Pages.
By the way, Virtual Norwood was established on 15th June 1998. It was inspired by the dismal failure of advertising in the Yellow Pages.
I remember someone sending me an Onion article as if it was news. I look forward to my weekly Onion email
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Recently Unearthed E-Mail Reveals What Life Was Like In 1995
KNOXVILLE, TN—A 1995 e-mail extracted from the hard drive of a recently unearthed Compaq desktop PC offers a tantalizing glimpse into the day-to-day life of a primitive Internet society...
"We're very excited by this find ...
Written by a "scully666@compuserve.com" and addressed to a "makincopeez@prodigy.net," the writer expresses the ancient equivalent of boredom, asks the receiver about his or her status in their primeval office environment, then refers to the act of sending the e-mail itself.
KNOXVILLE, TN—A 1995 e-mail extracted from the hard drive of a recently unearthed Compaq desktop PC offers a tantalizing glimpse into the day-to-day life of a primitive Internet society...
"We're very excited by this find ...
Written by a "scully666@compuserve.com" and addressed to a "makincopeez@prodigy.net," the writer expresses the ancient equivalent of boredom, asks the receiver about his or her status in their primeval office environment, then refers to the act of sending the e-mail itself.
This could be a fake discovery!
Maybe I'm just being an uber-geek but the domain prodigy.net was only registered on 09-Sep-1995 and I still have a copy of my welcome email from Compuserve dated 14-Aug-1995. I don't think we had the option of usernames in our emails at that time... my address was 100736,631 which if used in the nether regions of the net became 100736.631@compuserve.com.Fortunately it seems the idea of usernames rather than numbers caught on.
(still it's not as bad as old style JANET email addresses, 20, 30, 40 digits long!)
We are edging closer to having 30,000 posts. Perhaps we can offer something like a custom member title or free upgrade to sponsor privileges for the member that nudges the counter over the mark.
But be careful not to get too frivolous... as Uncle Wilf said on a previous occasion "If I'd have known it was going to be a landmark post I'd have said something far more profound and evocative instead of going on about coffee."
But be careful not to get too frivolous... as Uncle Wilf said on a previous occasion "If I'd have known it was going to be a landmark post I'd have said something far more profound and evocative instead of going on about coffee."
And our 30,000th Post is by Moc...
QUOTE(moc @ Jul 11 2006, 09:09 AM)
I've shopped at Sainsbury's for my main food shopping for years - I find the Nectar points scheme very useful, I save the points and it usually gives me around £50 extra to spend around in the store xmas time.
I'll play safe, James - can I have an 'I love Norwood logo' on my profile please?
Let's hope the 40,000th post is a bit more exciting and noteworthy than mine!
I feel a bit of a fraud too, as I don't actually live in Norwood or the surrounding areas, but in Walthamstow! But my purchase of a flat nr Crystal Palace/Anerley is being processed as we speak so I'll be more authentic hopefully within the next two months. This site/forum was very helpful in helping me decide upon this area to move to, so thanks everyone for a great online community!
Let's hope the 40,000th post is a bit more exciting and noteworthy than mine!
I feel a bit of a fraud too, as I don't actually live in Norwood or the surrounding areas, but in Walthamstow!
But my purchase of a flat nr Crystal Palace/Anerley is being processed as we speak so I'll be more authentic hopefully within the next two months. This site/forum was very helpful in helping me decide upon this area to move to, so thanks everyone for a great online community!
You're welcome! We are happy to offer you a 1 year subscription with our compliments.
And our 35,000th Post is by Julius...
Well done Julius! We are happy to offer you a 1 year subscription with our compliments.
QUOTE(Julius @ Nov 20 2006, 06:31 PM)
You are absolutly right Andreas the new magazine will be out next week and will cover all aspects of Crystal Palace. This is replacing the old Palace People who went bust in April this year.
I have met the editor Chris Thomas and he told me that if anyone would like to give him any news on what's happening in the palace please let him know.
You can reach him on chris@the-palace-mag.co.uk.
Of course the fire anniversary will be featured in the first issue and the LDA proposals for the park, so I'm looking forward to reading it.
I have met the editor Chris Thomas and he told me that if anyone would like to give him any news on what's happening in the palace please let him know.
You can reach him on chris@the-palace-mag.co.uk.
Of course the fire anniversary will be featured in the first issue and the LDA proposals for the park, so I'm looking forward to reading it.
Well done Julius! We are happy to offer you a 1 year subscription with our compliments.
Dear James
Thank you very much, what a nice surprise. I have enjoyed the debates with everyone, it has been very gratifying. I have been living in Crystal Palace for nearly 20 years and I wouldn't live anywhere else.
Before that I lived in Penge and previously Sydenham. So it has been 24 years since I moved to South East London from Romford in Essex.
Thank you again.
Thank you very much, what a nice surprise. I have enjoyed the debates with everyone, it has been very gratifying. I have been living in Crystal Palace for nearly 20 years and I wouldn't live anywhere else.
Before that I lived in Penge and previously Sydenham. So it has been 24 years since I moved to South East London from Romford in Essex.
Thank you again.
And our 40,000th post is about green parakeets!
Welcome to our forum Miss Emma. In keeping with our traditions we have upgraded your account with a 1 year subscription with our compliments.
(btw we hit the 20,000th post 562 days ago, so we should hit the 50,000 mark in time for our tenth anniversary)
Welcome to our forum Miss Emma. In keeping with our traditions we have upgraded your account with a 1 year subscription with our compliments.
(btw we hit the 20,000th post 562 days ago, so we should hit the 50,000 mark in time for our tenth anniversary)
thank you and i feel honored!
you all seem very lovely on here and its nice to talk about the place where i live!
you all seem very lovely on here and its nice to talk about the place where i live!
A new milestone today... we now have 1,500 members
wow that is something to celebrate!
Bubbling away with two new members joining us every day... we now have 1700 members
That's a lot of members! To encourage new members to contribute, can I suggest an Introduction section (in the Members Only area), where they can tell us a little bit about themselves and existing members can say hello - I've seen it work well on other forums, and it would be nice to see more people join in discussions What do you think?
Mike
What do you think?Mike
i like that idea!
And our 45,000th post was made by LizzieC!
Congratulations Lizzie, we've upgraded your account with a 1 year subscription with our compliments
Congratulations Lizzie, we've upgraded your account with a 1 year subscription with our compliments
QUOTE(LizzieC @ Nov 27 2007, 06:16 PM)
Oh yeah...... pie, mash and liquor. 
Good, hearty grub and I do miss Churchills very much (where is the "sobbing one's heart out" icon?). Thankfully there is a pie and mash shop in Croydon so I'm still able to get my fix.
Won't touch jellied eels though.
Good, hearty grub and I do miss Churchills very much (where is the "sobbing one's heart out" icon?). Thankfully there is a pie and mash shop in Croydon so I'm still able to get my fix. Won't touch jellied eels though.
Moi? 
Wow! Thanks for the subscription James, much appreciated.
Do we now have a Virtual Online Party to celebrate? I'll make a start.....
Wow! Thanks for the subscription James, much appreciated.
Do we now have a Virtual Online Party to celebrate? I'll make a start.....
We now have 1800 members. Welcome to all our new members
And 1900 members today. We've welcomed 100 new members in just 23 days!
Looks like restricting the forums worked a treat!
Must be helping the budget too, which was sorely needed. Hope this is the case.
Every sponsorship helps us to keep the web site up and running. We couldn't do it without you.
I am delighted to welcome our 2000th member!
Congratulations helenthefirst and welcome to Virtual Norwood Forum.
We've upgraded your account with a 1 year subscription with our compliments
Congratulations helenthefirst and welcome to Virtual Norwood Forum.
We've upgraded your account with a 1 year subscription with our compliments
And our 49,000th post was by Spoon...
...commenting on the topic about Gipsy Hill Tower for rent
Spoon, you've already taken out a sponsorship package to help support VN, but we've extended it by another year with our compliments!
...commenting on the topic about Gipsy Hill Tower for rent
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I did think it needed a bit of a makeover. One of the bathrooms was ok.
Loving the Foxtons ticking off, GillW. We'll have to see if the details get corrected
Loving the Foxtons ticking off, GillW. We'll have to see if the details get corrected
Spoon, you've already taken out a sponsorship package to help support VN, but we've extended it by another year with our compliments!
I talk too much! 
Thank you.... x
Thank you.... x
he he he he ... nooo.... never!! :-)
Well it was hardly a shock was it......she's always on here! (smiley winkey thing, of course)
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