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In reply to Post #112
Something to be proud of Karlos. Many have come and gone. Think a little celebration is in order..
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In reply to Post #110
I always thought it was 2000, but according to my profile page I registered on my birthday 2001 (which I doubt happened in reality)
I see some of the original members registered in Jan 2002, so maybe the dates in the page footer are correct.
So 25 year anniversary in a few months?
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In reply to Post #110
I think it was 2002.
Be interesting to know how many of the originals still post.
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In reply to Post #1
2008 for me, what Year did Carp Forum start?
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August 2013 for me, will be a teenager soon and getting spots
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Thanks for Karl for getting me back on the forumðŸ™
Joined in 2008.. was 13 14 years old at the time, carp fishing had that mystery magic at that age
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19th feb 2004, just over 22 years!!!
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In reply to Post #105
December 2005 wowser!
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Including my old profile that I cant get into I'm at 13 years 
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15th Sept 2008..A lifetime away. Only an occasional visitor now carping has lost a lot of the spark it once had 
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In reply to Post #97
@Daffy - you were the 9th member by the looks of things. User IDs started at 5000 (me) and Reesy (co-founder) is 5004. Not sure where 5001, 2 & 3 went, test users maybe
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In reply to Post #101
5 May 2004 at 7.22pm to be exact... 
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3rd June 2008. Where have 18yrs gone!
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5th Nov 2014, most definitely the best forum I'm aware of.
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In reply to Post #97
1st August 2004.
Still great.
Thanks Karlos
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In reply to Post #1
Wow over 24 years for me!
1st Feb 2002 
Im pretty sure it wasn't actually a live site when i joined??
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4th February 2009 for me 
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March 2004 for me, 22 years plus!
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Moved to another thread 
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February 2010 16 year's ago
Crazy how time flies . COVID was 6 years ago when
Toilet rolls was worth more than gold.
Brexit happened and we all realized that taking bait over
To France was a nightmare and tomorrow is the 6th of June
D-day for anyone who has a passion for history 82 years ago
How the UK has changed and Europe to that end.
I'm still fishing a little more now than I ever did I suppose getting older
Has it's advantages as you realize time is more important than
Anything else. The clock is ticking if you want to do something
Do it now. Not everyone gets to see tomorrow
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The funny thing about this thread, when you've been on here a while, you see people saying they haven't posted for YEARS....and you think hold on...you posted yesterday  
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Registered : 20 Jun 2008 at 2.58pm
18 years, found this forum googling bait stuff, still check in most days!
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In reply to Post #83
Good to see you posting Andy
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In reply to Post #84
NeoGeo.. was that it?
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February 2007 for me 
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Will be 24yrs for me come July. I only post occasionally but flick through quite often. Has been a great resource over the years
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Registered - 27 Jan 2004 at 12.25pm
22yrs……..WOW
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Glad to see this Forum is still alive, hardly come on here now but I'm still alive and still getting the rods out but not quite as often as I used too.
Thought I would copy and paste my 'Time' here.
Registered : 20 Feb 2002 at 11.25pm - 12+ years ago
Last posted : 3 Oct 2024 at 8.56pm - 9+ months ago
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In reply to Post #81
25th March 2004
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In reply to Post #1
8th May 2003
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In reply to Post #1
August 2004 21 years, doesn't time fly.
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In reply to Post #1
Aug 2004 for me so 21yrs odd.
Low post count, I?ve seen some people post more than my total in a day on here 😂
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In reply to Post #1
joined 2008 so around 18 years
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theres an awful lot between 18 and 24 years on here, around that time carp fishing was going through a massive transition, becoming alot more comercialised.
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Oct 2004 - (22 years so far)
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Aug 2006, nearly 20 years
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18 yrs & still only in triple figure posts…
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In reply to Post #1
6th November 2004, and only about 880 posts!
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In reply to Post #70
1st sept 2002, nearly 24 yrs here.
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In reply to Post #69
June 2006 … near 20 years 😂
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In reply to Post #68
2007.for me
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In reply to Post #1
14 year stretch for me so far with no chance of parole
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17yrs and counting, I think I will get a hoody to commemorate the achievement ðŸ˜
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Almost 24 years and counting down
18 Jul 2002 at 11.41am
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In reply to Post #59
Take some pre orders for some new ones Karl? Safely say mine doesn’t fit anymore!
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23+ years for me  Great to see the forum still ticking over in this social media driven world.
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In reply to Post #62
15 years for me still loving it .😊
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In reply to Post #61
im 20+ and still have the enamel badge and hoodie
bring back the socials - had some great ones over the years in the early days
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In reply to Post #60
That's extremely unkind on the poor snail population.
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In reply to Post #50
Quote.... Most are probably to old to get there heads around Insta or Tiktok or any other forms of social media the kids use these days
The dumbing down of humanity you mean?
Instagram = Look at the pretty photo's, because you can't spell four letter words.
TikTok = Watch the retarded videos that last no longer that 10 seconds, because you can't spell four letter words & you also now have the attention span of a snail.
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In reply to Post #56
I have a few left in a box in the wardrobe (I don't advertise them)
Hoody (£20 posted)
Black: 3 x Large
Black 2XL (Sold)
Green: 4 x Large
T-Shirt (£12 posted)
Khaki: 2 x XL (Sold)
Black: 1 x Medium
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Just looked and it shows
11 Sept 2003 at 9.04pm
Where has that time gone 
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Got a pin badge and my hoody must be nearly 20 years old and still going strong 
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In reply to Post #55
Have you got any hoodies?
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I've been here a while too.
I think I do have some little enamel badges left, happy to send some out to long suffering members...if the price of the stamp is covered (they're so flipping expensive nowadays and I already run the site at a financial loss to myself each month )
With care, the pin part on the back of the enamel can be prized off, you then just get a nice flat metal Carp with can be glued onto stuff (I used to have one on my monitor bevel in ye olde days)
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In reply to Post #52
Make you right.. 
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In reply to Post #1
Sept 2003 = 22 year 8 month stretch - ouch! Still a noddy . . 
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In reply to Post #50
Most are probably to old to get there heads around Insta or Tiktok or any other forms of social media the kids use these days...
How very dare you 
More a case of we dont give a sheet what others are doing, and are happy in our own little world without any need or want of adulation from others, or giving it to 'today's stars/ tomorrows has beens'.
But if you like social media good on you, enjoy, each to their own
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In reply to Post #50
Maybe Karl’s can Send some branded CF tops or pin badges (if any left) to some sponsored anglers for them to promote the site 
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Lot of people on here still with 20 odd years of posting behind them.. which is good to see.
Most are probably to old to get there heads around Insta or Tiktok or any other forms of social media the kids use these days... 
Though I do use Insta and Facebook for a Carpy chat from time to time. I find the forums far less clutted. To much noise on the Socials at times. We all know what we're on here for. It's a shame some more won't join us..Maybe a recriutment drive is in order
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23 Jan 2003 !
Blimey time flies.
Kudos to Karlos and all involved with admin for sticking with it !
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11 May 2004 so 22 years and 11 days
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Just checked my original profile which was registered in aug 2002 
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In reply to Post #1
A few days short of 19 years.
Ouch. Thats gone by too quickly.
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I am a mere pupkins @ 8 years
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18 years for me - Doesn't time fly?
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In reply to Post #1
2012 me so I joined when I wqs about 20 35 now lol 😆
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Am i the only one who joined, rather than just looking in, because the mags. Became too full of the same cycle of rehashed articles, and increased prices I've been catching carp since 1975. Most of what has been published since the hair has been irrelevant. Rig evolution is fine, but it requires a knowledge of the lake you are fishing at the time. Even the swim on that lake, or the half of that swim that the fish will pick up from. The buggers that catch the bigguns on a regular basis are not geniuses. They are the people who can be on the bank at the right time and in right place at the right time a modicum of understanding of animal behavior helps. We don't all have to do a Rod Hutchinson and push peas around the carpet with our noses to understand carp feeding behavior. It's all out there the big benefit of being a human is , we learn from the experience of our forebears.
More original thought and less sheepism is what we need.
God bless the original thinkers. If you are one, don't sell out keep it to yourselves
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Jeez 20 years 
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In reply to Post #33
2007 me
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In reply to Post #32
13 years for me.
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27th October 2003 Ÿ˜³Ÿ˜³
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16 yrs
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Registered : 24 Sept 2003 at 10.21am
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In reply to Post #1
14 Nov 2002 at 6.46pm
24 years for me this year.
Daz
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In reply to Post #24
Great post love to hear the early history of the Forum .
Well done to Karl and Mods for keeping it going .
The bait thread alone could have destroyed many a good man .
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In reply to Post #24
I can tell you that Karlos registered 29 Apr 2001 and his user ID is 5000 (must of started at 5000?)
I registered 16 Feb 2002 24+ yrs ago and my user ID is 5051.
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When did the Forum start? Any OG,s on here still from day dot.??
Maybe Karlos can come on here and give us a brief history of the Forum. Why he started it, what kind of traffic was it getting at its peak. Famous members etc. Correct me if I'm mistaken. This Forum has to be the last of its kind. Or the only one that gets regular traffic still. Lot of History here. Plenty of knowledge passed on over the years, that's for sure.
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In reply to Post #1
9th March 2003!
What do I win ? 🏆 😆
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21 years for me. I don't log in all that often, but have browsed the forum a couple of times a day for most of the last 20 years.
I wonder who's been registered the longest? Karlos, I suppose.
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Hell it's 23 years ago I joined
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My old account was Nov 2005. I remember writing a post in the catch results about my first 20 around that time which is now long gone - would love to read that back.
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23 Nov 2005.
Just a tad under 21 years.
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26th April 2006. Just over 20 years
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In reply to Post #1
4th Dec 2006 for me so 6 months off 20 years.
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20 years since I first registered
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Some whipper snappers about then, it's not all pipe smoking grey heads
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In reply to Post #1
21yrs!
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In reply to Post #1
13 years last weekend looking at my profile
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In reply to Post #1
18 years for me.
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I have done a 24 year stretch..
Time goes way to fast.
2002
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In reply to Post #2
Exactly 1 month before me, 22 years here too then.
I have a feeling I was registered before then, but lost my e-mail when leaving NTL, so re registered...hmm
Edit, found it, 15/11/03 as vossy, @ 22.5 years!
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I've done a 20 stretch.of a life sentence. No time of for good behaviour for me..
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Only 14 years for me. Doesn't seem that long. Life's chsnged a lot since then though.
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In reply to Post #2
I beat you by 2 days, 15th Feb 2004
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17 Feb 2004 it says I joined, 22 years ago. Might have been the first website forum I ever registered to when my parents first decided to get internet, mental how long ago it was.
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Are per title how long u been on for I'm at 18 years now
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