How'd you find this place?

[darklinensuit]

I've been here for one year as of today.
(You remember, There goes the neighborhood!)

I suspect I followed the Nicksfix link to The Penguin, or perhaps I was searching for song lyrics. I really don't remember.
It's like that mediocre movie said: "I don't know who met who first, or who fell in love with who first..."

Anyway what's the story behind your arrival? How'd you get here? Where do Ledgies come from, Mommy?:wavey:

- Jake

[David]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Anyway what's the story behind your arrival? How'd you get here? Where do Ledgies come from, Mommy? I knew about the Penguin already. Marty told me about this forum. In the beginning -- would you believe? -- there were only about twenty or thirty people posting! And we thought that was crowded.

The forum used to use a Matt Wright script that was popular for message boards for a long time, & it was neat because thread headers were hierarchically organized so that the headers themselves created a sort of conversation or dialog. We used to play little word games with the headers.

[cliffdweller]

I'm pretty sure it was through the Nicksfix. Plus, it was right before the current tour and I wanted to find out more info!!

[Janet]

God I have been on here a long time.

In summer 1997, I got the Dance and wanted to come on here because I wanted to talk about the album and the show I saw at Camden. When I saw other people went I was really excited and started posting right away.

Marty and crew were so welcoming, we started writing stories and having such a good time. It was so much smaller then and fun too! Even all the crazy fights!

But really, I just wanted to connect to other fans. I was sooooo obsessed and it was so great to find others who were as well, especially those romantics like me...boy that was a LONG time ago!!!

6 and a half years later, they still remain! I can't imagine being on the computer without these boards to visit and post on!!

[estranged4life]

by accident, Simple as that.

Brian j.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Like Janet, I came here back in the day (you and I were such nerds...lol). I had finally gotten the internet and the first thing I looked up was Fleetwood Mac on yahoo which directed me to The Penguin.

Years and many friends, many fights later, here I am. I can't imagine having never met Sarah, Ali, Meredith...people whom I consider to be three of my best friends...not to mention those that used to post here that I still talk to and even those that i've not yet had the chance to meet. So it's always been much more than Fleetwood Mac around these parts :nod: However...we are obsessed with Fleetwood Mac....a lot :laugh:

[xdreamsunwindx]

I just remember hearing people talk about The Ledge on other boards I posted on. So, one day I decided to head on over here myself, registered, and bam, I'm an addicted Ledgie :D. I can't believe that it's been almost a year since I got into the whole Fleetwood Mac fan community, because I started posting on other boards in April of last year. Time goes by pretty fast :).

[sodascouts]

When I first got into the internet in 1998, I had just become interested in the Mac. I found the Penguin and noticed there was a "message board" - something I'd never heard of before, lol. I went to check it out.... and got scared. I didn't understand the way the threads were set up, and I didn't feel like I knew enough to carry on intelligent conversations with anyone, lol. You guys may find this hard to believe, but I'm actually very shy! lol So, I headed for the hills, and didn't sign up.

After I got my master's degree in 2000, I had more time to do some surfing, so I joined some FM-listservs, most of which often referred to "The Ledge." But I hadn't visited it in two years, and my memory of it as a difficult, intimidating place prevented me from trying to go back.

I started my own site in August of 2000, and as the year progressed I began to realize I was just out of the loop and unaware of so much that was going on. Since having a site made me a little braver, I checked out the Ledge and saw, to my astonishment, that it didn't look anything like it did back in 1998. It was a lot more user-friendly. I began to think I might have confused it with something else, lol. I started to visit, to get the latest news, because people around here seemed so well-informed.

But it wasn't until 2001 and TISL came out when I realized that I wanted to be in on the conversations. I bit the bullet and signed up.

The rest is history! ;)

[DrummerDeanna]

Well, I was at the AHI a couple of years ago..the one with Chris Issak (Isaak?), Sheryl Crow, Don Henley and Lindsey...it was in 2001? I think.

Well my sister, her friend Christie and I were eating at Cooperstown the afternoon of the concert and I glanced across the street and saw a mom and her daughter there like totally decked out in Lindsey gear...so I went over there and struck up some conversation....and they were like, "are you a Ledgie?" and I was like.."What is a Ledgie??" So they told me about this board...and I got home, wrote a review for the NicksFix and then found this place a while later :D

[Johnny Stew]

A friend of mine signed up for AOL sometime in '96, and when I was visiting her, the first thing we did was look up info on Stevie.
We quickly found the NicksFix, and then eventually we found Penguin, and they became regular stops whenever my friend and I would surf the internet.

So I was here pretty much in the first days after Marty opened The Ledge.... when it was a single board, and, like David said, there were only about 20-30 people.

:D

[wondergirl9847]

I think I signed up a few Mays ago. I was posting on another board, and didn't like it very much, so I did some searching and found this place. I loved the layout and it was easy to read and navigate. I dipped my toe in and before ya knew it....BAM...I'm an addict with a daily habit. :laugh:

[EnchantedStorms]

lol, I don't even remember when it was that I first found this place. It was sometime after the Dance. I used to borrow my cousin's laptop all the time and would come on and read what everyone had to say. We finally got our own computer in '00 and I lurked for another year and a half before finally getting up the nerve to actually say something myself. :) I don't post all that much anymore, but I do still visit quite often. It's definitely the most informative place around on the Mac. :D


~Angela

[DownOnRodeo]

I was using the Penguin for its Discography, Lyrics, and Biographies sections for a few months when I first got online having been a fan for a number of months prior to that. Then at the start of 2002 I began posting on the Ledge after having come to it for the first time and seen a thread about 'Rate TITN' that I really wanted to participate in. I remember that my first few posts where nothing but polls. It was my first message board or anything so I guess I couldn't get over the new toys. I realised that I was probably annoying ppl being a newbie and making so many polls so I posted a poll titled 'Should DownOnRodeo Stop Making Polls'. :laugh: Who else replied but Christy (wondergirl9847), and assured me that she herself had been a bit poll-crazy when she first joined and not to worry.
Ironically, I only ever came to the ChitChat forum about a year or so ago. Although that was down a lot for maintenance for a while.

[laurie816]

:shrug: Beats me...just a happy little accident I guess.

[Carolina Girl]

I can't remember how I found The Ledge, but I am very glad that I did! The posters are so knowledgeable about all things FM; I learn something new all the time. And I have found other wonderful sites from being here. Thanks to everyone that maintains a site!!!

Also, finding The Ledge makes me feel less weird about being obsessed with FM -- I'm not alone. :)

[GypsySorcerer]

Just a few months ago. I heard about it on another message board and also through the nicksfix. It's kind of sad actually, that I've been a FM since I was 8 or 9 and didn't visit FM sites until I was 23. :laugh:

[wondergirl9847]

Who else replied but Christy (wondergirl9847), and assured me that she herself had been a bit poll-crazy when she first joined and not to worry.

LMAO!! When you become a new fan, you wanna know EVERYONE'S fave song, least fave, fave member, etc...mainly because I didn't know jack about the band to discuss anything. LOL

[terrivac]

I found the site in early 97 when I was looking up some FM stuff. I didn't post much then. When the new ledge opened I did't register right away but was here almost everyday. I finally registered about a year ago. I usually check in during the week but still don't post much. This site is a great source of information on the band and I appreciate the time and work that Marty puts into it. I do miss the old trading post, I got some decent stuff there. I hope the site is around long after the band.

Terri

[Rob67]

Wow...now that I think about it...I have been coming to this site since about 96...I know it was before the Dance.

Man, am I getting old...

Rob:cool:

[ryan8472]

I first started lurking around here around December of 2002. Finally decided to post in Feb. 03. I think I was just looking around for FM websites one day, and saw this board listed on The Penguin. There were some pretty interesting threads going on, so I wanted to read them. And here I am now!

(Hey Jake, funny how you registered after me, but have thousands of more posts than me. LOL I guess I'm just not as obsessed! :wavey: )

[hayley]

Originally posted by David
The forum used to use a Matt Wright script that was popular for message boards for a long time, & it was neat because thread headers were hierarchically organized so that the headers themselves created a sort of conversation or dialog. We used to play little word games with the headers.

Even getting bumped was fun back then... everything's changed so much.

I found the Penguin in 1996, and read the Ledge from my mom's office computer whenever I could, but didn't start posting until we got home Internet access around the time of the Dance. Six and a half years ago. Wow.

I loved the old board, and even when it became Ledges 1-4 (or 5- cough) it was alright... but I still dislike this new format so much compared to the old.

[dissention]

I've been coming here since '99, but just lurked for awhile. I found it when I visited the Penguin for the first time. :) I'm glad I found this place because I've met the *best* people. :nod:

[skcin]

I started getting annoyed with Mick's Board, so I decided to check you guys out. Thanks God I did! It's been about a year for me.

Paula

[Livia]

Right around the Dance period...pretty much as soon as I began going online. I used to post under a different name, but I had an internet stalker, who began impersonating me on the internet, and things got ugly, so I changed my name to Livia.

I'm am forever grateful for this board. I have met sooo many wonderful folks - some who have turned out to be my best friends EVAH!

:wavey:

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by Livia
I'm am forever grateful for this board. I have met sooo many wonderful folks - some who have turned out to be my best friends EVAH!

:wavey:

:xoxo:

[macmar71]

I had been visiting friends and we were on the internet, looking up Fleetwood Mac sites and the Penguin was one of the sites. I went out shortly after and bought a webtv system so I could surf the net and I joined this board. I stayed silent for a long time and about a year ago got very active in posting!

[ShamHy89]

Heard about it on other boards.

Shamus:)

[jadegypsy]

I think I found a metion at another site, might have been nixsfix, , just remember looking for an up to date place, message boards are always sooo much faster then official sites. Happy I did though.

[WelshWitchPMD]

This was one of the first websites that I found when I got internet access with my WebTV back in 1996 I believe.
I used to be a lurker back then. I did chat with a few Lindsey fans but I don't remember anyone's name.
I signed up again with a new name a few months after I got my PC.

[estranged4life]

Originally posted by WelshWitchPMD
This was one of the first websites that I found when I got internet access with my WebTV back in 1996 I believe.


I still use my ol' Sony WebTV Plus over the PC (aka "<b>P</b>iece-a-<b>C</b>rap") but I plan to possibly purchase a more state-of-art PC in the near future (I just purchased a new self-contained cd burner, JVC-XL-R2010 & a JVC shelf system-JVC MX-GA77.)

Brian j.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by David

The forum used to use a Matt Wright script that was popular for message boards for a long time, & it was neat because thread headers were hierarchically organized so that the headers themselves created a sort of conversation or dialog. We used to play little word games with the headers.

Why did this change?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by cliffdweller
I'm pretty sure it was through the Nicksfix. Plus, it was right before the current tour and I wanted to find out more info!!

Wish I would have known this place when I was in Austin. I might have hit the concerts with Livia and you (if you had found it then, too). Instead I always headed to Houston with casual fans.

- jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Janet
Even all the crazy fights!

Okay, you got my attention. Go on.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by estranged4life
by accident, Simple as that.

Brian j.

Nothing simple about accidents. Ask the Mac. Everything has its time and reason, right?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
I can't imagine having never met Sarah, Ali, Meredith...people whom I consider to be three of my best friends...

Wow, does the board pay them for this sacrifice?:D :wavey:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by xdreamsunwindx
Time goes by pretty fast :).

I know, I can't believe it's been ten months since the Philly show and fifteen years since I first saw Stevie in Wisconsin.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by sodascouts
When I first got into the internet in 1998, I had just become interested in the Mac. I found the Penguin and noticed there was a "message board" - something I'd never heard of before, lol. I went to check it out.... and got scared. I didn't understand the way the threads were set up, and I didn't feel like I knew enough to carry on intelligent conversations with anyone, lol. You guys may find this hard to believe, but I'm actually very shy! lol So, I headed for the hills, and didn't sign up.

After I got my master's degree in 2000, I had more time to do some surfing, so I joined some FM-listservs, most of which often referred to "The Ledge." But I hadn't visited it in two years, and my memory of it as a difficult, intimidating place prevented me from trying to go back.

I started my own site in August of 2000, and as the year progressed I began to realize I was just out of the loop and unaware of so much that was going on. Since having a site made me a little braver, I checked out the Ledge and saw, to my astonishment, that it didn't look anything like it did back in 1998. It was a lot more user-friendly. I began to think I might have confused it with something else, lol. I started to visit, to get the latest news, because people around here seemed so well-informed.

But it wasn't until 2001 and TISL came out when I realized that I wanted to be in on the conversations. I bit the bullet and signed up.

The rest is history! ;)

Glad you're here, Nancy.:wavey:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by DrummerDeanna
so I went over there and struck up some conversation....and they were like, "are you a Ledgie?" and I was like.."What is a Ledgie??" So they told me about this board...and I got home, wrote a review for the NicksFix and then found this place a while later :D

I've asked that at concerts and sometimes the answer is yes. To others the question does sound weird.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
A friend of mine signed up for AOL sometime in '96, and when I was visiting her, the first thing we did was look up info on Stevie.
We quickly found the NicksFix, and then eventually we found Penguin, and they became regular stops whenever my friend and I would surf the internet.
:D

I discovered the net in '96 and found the Nicksfix right away, too.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by wondergirl9847
I dipped my toe in and before ya knew it....BAM...I'm an addict with a daily habit. :laugh:

I'll blame Texas if you will, Christy.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by EnchantedStorms
We finally got our own computer in '00 and I lurked for another year and a half before finally getting up the nerve to actually say something myself. :)

I'm amazed that people found the board scary at first. I thought we're all pussycats.:)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by DownOnRodeo

Ironically, I only ever came to the ChitChat forum about a year or so ago. Although that was down a lot for maintenance for a while.

Yeah, I used to skip this forum for a long time, too. Now most of my posts are here.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by laurie816
:shrug: Beats me...just a happy little accident I guess.

Amazing how many of us forgot.
What happened to love at first post?

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Wow, does the board pay them for this sacrifice?:D :wavey:

- Jake

....try and get all nostalgic for a moment and WHAM.... :distress:

To answer your question...yes. It's how Meredith keeps getting to stay at the Four Seasons :laugh:

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Carolina Girl
Thanks to everyone that maintains a site!!!

Also, finding The Ledge makes me feel less weird about being obsessed with FM -- I'm not alone. :)

Amen to both points.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GypsySorcerer
Just a few months ago. I heard about it on another message board and also through the nicksfix. It's kind of sad actually, that I've been a FM since I was 8 or 9 and didn't visit FM sites until I was 23. :laugh:

Yeah, but it's cool you were a kid with good taste.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by wondergirl9847
LMAO!! When you become a new fan, you wanna know EVERYONE'S fave song, least fave, fave member, etc...mainly because I didn't know jack about the band to discuss anything. LOL

You're so right. BTW, who IS your favorite band member, Christy? It's time to stop being so hush-hush about it.;)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by terrivac
I hope the site is around long after the band.

Terri

:eek: Bite your tongue! There IS no "after the band!" The band will always be around!

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Rob67
Wow...now that I think about it...I have been coming to this site since about 96...I know it was before the Dance.

Man, am I getting old...

Rob:cool:

You're allowed to say that as long as you are older than I am. End of discussion.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by ryan8472

(Hey Jake, funny how you registered after me, but have thousands of more posts than me. LOL I guess I'm just not as obsessed! :wavey: )

I'm not obsessed.
Here's how it works.
He's crazed, you're obsessed, I'm dedicated.;)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by hayley
Even getting bumped was fun back then... everything's changed so much.

Here's to never reaching the point where getting bumped stops being fun.;) :laugh:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
I've been coming here since '99, but just lurked for awhile. I found it when I visited the Penguin for the first time. :) I'm glad I found this place because I've met the *best* people. :nod:

And as long as we best people are here, you'll always have friends to say Whassamaddababay to you. Often.:)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by skcin
I started getting annoyed with Mick's Board, so I decided to check you guys out. Thanks God I did! It's been about a year for me.

Paula

Wait...You mean I'm not at Mick's board?:confused: :eek: :laugh:

- Jake

[skcin]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Wait...You mean I'm not at Mick's board?:confused: :eek: :laugh:

- Jake



:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Paula

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Livia
Right around the Dance period...pretty much as soon as I began going online. I used to post under a different name, but I had an internet stalker, who began impersonating me on the internet, and things got ugly, so I changed my name to Livia.

I'm am forever grateful for this board. I have met sooo many wonderful folks - some who have turned out to be my best friends EVAH!

:wavey:

Right around the time of that rigged Copper Tank The Dance ticket contest, eh?;) :wavey:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
:xoxo:

Why is the one smilie spitting blood into the other smilie's head?:eek:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by macmar71
I had been visiting friends and we were on the internet, looking up Fleetwood Mac sites and the Penguin was one of the sites. I went out shortly after and bought a webtv system so I could surf the net and I joined this board. I stayed silent for a long time and about a year ago got very active in posting!

Out of curiosity, why'd you stay silent for so long?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by ShamHy89
Heard about it on other boards.

Shamus:)

Which ones?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by jadegypsy
message boards are always sooo much faster then official sites

I know, isn't that awful! I don't know where I'd be without the tips here.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by WelshWitchPMD
This was one of the first websites that I found when I got internet access with my WebTV back in 1996 I believe.
I used to be a lurker back then. I did chat with a few Lindsey fans but I don't remember anyone's name.
I signed up again with a new name a few months after I got my PC.

It seems that WebTV is/was popular with quite a few Ledgies.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by estranged4life
I still use my ol' Sony WebTV Plus over the PC (aka "<b>P</b>iece-a-<b>C</b>rap") but I plan to possibly purchase a more state-of-art PC in the near future (I just purchased a new self-contained cd burner, JVC-XL-R2010 & a JVC shelf system-JVC MX-GA77.)

Brian j.

Let us know what you buy. I am loooong overdue to replace this computer.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
....try and get all nostalgic for a moment and WHAM.... :distress:

To answer your question...yes. It's how Meredith keeps getting to stay at the Four Seasons :laugh:

Wow, apparently she's getting paid more than I am. So much for me being so nice!:mad: :wavey:

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Wow, apparently she's getting paid more than I am. So much for me being so nice!:mad: :wavey:

- Jake

Perhaps if you start playing nice, you'll get a raise. Don't you know you lose a lot with every smartass comment made? Why, that means you're in debt! ;) :laugh: