Scoobynet - when did it all begin ??
05 July 2011, 05:47 PM
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Scoobynet - when did it all begin ??
What year did scoobynet start and who was the first to post ??
eg.1930-pslewis ??!!
anyone on here been on from the very start ??
eg.1930-pslewis ??!!
anyone on here been on from the very start ??
05 July 2011, 06:00 PM
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Yes, it was 1930 and I posted first about the silly new fangled motor vehicles, called Subaru's!!
My first:- http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos.../oldsubaru.jpg
My first:- http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos.../oldsubaru.jpg
05 July 2011, 06:11 PM
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Scoobynet started when Subaru was born in 1917, before the internet it was done via post and in person, it started as a way to wind people up at a distance and spout drivel, the original posters were Les and PSLewis back then, each morning Les would open his post to find 15 or twenty short, handwritten letters about Cocklinks and poor service at various stores, often Les had to engege the Bow Street Runners to aprehend PSLewis to make him cease and dissist from his behaviour, these were the early moderators, Les fell fowl of the swear filter when he, under a lot of distress used a Jet Provost to skywrite a very rude word above PSL's country estate, Les was warned and never sworn since.
In the early 80's Scoobynet moved to "Oracle", a teletext service and had much of the look and feel as it does today, in fact the software used is virtually unchanged as is "BORIS" the venerable server, I say server, it is actually the spare runtime on a ZX Spectrum 16k. The telext days were considered the Golden Era of Scoobynet when people actually bought Subarus and owned them rather than talking about watches.
I joined in 1990 via Prestel, from my secure mental insitution where I live with my "j4ckos mate" who is actually my self aware, talking *****.
Scoobynet actually closed in 2009 due to Yoza killing everybody over a minor watch disagreement, we all access from the afterlife and merely see imagined postings, like the Sixth Sense but with more arguments about trivial ****.
In the early 80's Scoobynet moved to "Oracle", a teletext service and had much of the look and feel as it does today, in fact the software used is virtually unchanged as is "BORIS" the venerable server, I say server, it is actually the spare runtime on a ZX Spectrum 16k. The telext days were considered the Golden Era of Scoobynet when people actually bought Subarus and owned them rather than talking about watches.
I joined in 1990 via Prestel, from my secure mental insitution where I live with my "j4ckos mate" who is actually my self aware, talking *****.
Scoobynet actually closed in 2009 due to Yoza killing everybody over a minor watch disagreement, we all access from the afterlife and merely see imagined postings, like the Sixth Sense but with more arguments about trivial ****.
.......... or, wait a minute 
05 July 2011, 06:32 PM
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Yes, it was 1930 and I posted first about the silly new fangled motor vehicles, called Subaru's!!
My first:- http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos.../oldsubaru.jpg
My first:- http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos.../oldsubaru.jpg
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05 July 2011, 07:52 PM
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Scoobynet started when Subaru was born in 1917, before the internet it was done via post and in person, it started as a way to wind people up at a distance and spout drivel, the original posters were Les and PSLewis back then, each morning Les would open his post to find 15 or twenty short, handwritten letters about Cocklinks and poor service at various stores, often Les had to engege the Bow Street Runners to aprehend PSLewis to make him cease and dissist from his behaviour, these were the early moderators, Les fell fowl of the swear filter when he, under a lot of distress used a Jet Provost to skywrite a very rude word above PSL's country estate, Les was warned and never sworn since.
In the early 80's Scoobynet moved to "Oracle", a teletext service and had much of the look and feel as it does today, in fact the software used is virtually unchanged as is "BORIS" the venerable server, I say server, it is actually the spare runtime on a ZX Spectrum 16k. The telext days were considered the Golden Era of Scoobynet when people actually bought Subarus and owned them rather than talking about watches.
I joined in 1990 via Prestel, from my secure mental insitution where I live with my "j4ckos mate" who is actually my self aware, talking *****.
Scoobynet actually closed in 2009 due to Yoza killing everybody over a minor watch disagreement, we all access from the afterlife and merely see imagined postings, like the Sixth Sense but with more arguments about trivial ****.
In the early 80's Scoobynet moved to "Oracle", a teletext service and had much of the look and feel as it does today, in fact the software used is virtually unchanged as is "BORIS" the venerable server, I say server, it is actually the spare runtime on a ZX Spectrum 16k. The telext days were considered the Golden Era of Scoobynet when people actually bought Subarus and owned them rather than talking about watches.
I joined in 1990 via Prestel, from my secure mental insitution where I live with my "j4ckos mate" who is actually my self aware, talking *****.
Scoobynet actually closed in 2009 due to Yoza killing everybody over a minor watch disagreement, we all access from the afterlife and merely see imagined postings, like the Sixth Sense but with more arguments about trivial ****.
Quality!!
05 July 2011, 09:12 PM
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This is about the earliest post and oldest member I could find:
https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...h-springs.html
You're right about the quantity!!
https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...h-springs.html
You're right about the quantity!!
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05 July 2011, 09:19 PM
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Love the post by Jacko 
I have not been around as long as some people. Had a scoob back in 99-2000 but never knew about this site so never posted but by all accounts it was quite fun back then. Used to love it in the days when it was a laugh on here, many a nights drunk and posting.
I have not been around as long as some people. Had a scoob back in 99-2000 but never knew about this site so never posted but by all accounts it was quite fun back then. Used to love it in the days when it was a laugh on here, many a nights drunk and posting.
05 July 2011, 09:24 PM
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Love the post by Jacko
I have not been around as long as some people. Had a scoob back in 99-2000 but never knew about this site so never posted but by all accounts it was quite fun back then. Used to love it in the days when it was a laugh on here, many a nights drunk and posting.
I have not been around as long as some people. Had a scoob back in 99-2000 but never knew about this site so never posted but by all accounts it was quite fun back then. Used to love it in the days when it was a laugh on here, many a nights drunk and posting.
05 July 2011, 09:25 PM
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It reached its mad peak around 2001 - 2002 I think?
It was right mental in those days .... really good times, never to return ....... it has matured along with the rest of you lot
It was right mental in those days .... really good times, never to return ....... it has matured along with the rest of you lot
