Originally Posted by
Craig6z
"Original Member" IIRC is anyone who registered prior to December 1998. There was some sort of software update a number of years ago, that made it difficult to track exact enrollment dates prior to 1999. Even though my profile shows that I joined in May 1998, my recollection is that I really joined in October (and made my first post in November) 2008.
What I've never been able to reconcile is how I am member #71. While there was not a heck of a lot of members in those days, as Koko would possibly attest to, there were certainly well more than 70 by October.
I didn't realize I am in the same boat as koko. I registered using my first and last name sometime in 1999. I realized a bit later (4 years later) that I really didn't want to do that and started a new account and had my old account disabled. I should've asked for a name change and I would've kept my original FT member number and start date.