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08-07-2009 7:00pm

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**Timbuk2**

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Wow, look how different boards looked over the years

2000
2001
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2003
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2005
2006
2007

No data for 08/09 - use your imagination.

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#2 08-07-2009 7:02pm
Plug

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Its called evolution, even apes do it!

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#3 08-07-2009 7:04pm
Dord

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I blame the cake.

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#4 08-07-2009 7:09pm
thomond2006

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Oh, how I do love boards!

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#5 08-07-2009 7:12pm
Poor Uncle Tom

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Bulmers Pear....:p

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#6 08-07-2009 7:13pm
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anybody else just look at the last and the first pick to get the average of what the rest looked like?

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#7 08-07-2009 7:15pm
Plug

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ToTheSea: wrote: »

anybody else just look at the last and the first pick to get the average of what the rest looked like?

no

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#8 08-07-2009 7:17pm
davyjose

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ToTheSea: wrote: »

anybody else just look at the last and the first pick to get the average of what the rest looked like?

Lol, that's exactly what I did.

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#9 08-07-2009 7:20pm
dsmythy

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Hasn't changed much recently really.

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#10 08-07-2009 7:25pm
TomCo

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2005 was a vintage year.

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#11 08-07-2009 7:28pm
phasers

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Comps 4 kids

wow the internet has changed

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#12 08-07-2009 8:07pm
whadabouchasir

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Dord wrote: »

I blame the cake.

The cake is a lie.

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#13 08-07-2009 8:11pm
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TomCo wrote: »

2005 was a vintage year.

Fantastic year for Valpolicella Amarone.:cool:

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#14 08-07-2009 8:15pm
Terry

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AH hasn't changed much: http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084154/boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=7

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#15 08-07-2009 8:16pm
Dartz

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When will she be out of nappies? Is she walking or talking yet? Aw Jaysus isn't she cute. Loomk what she looked like when she came out. Aw **** it, the little **** just sicked on me.

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#16 08-07-2009 8:19pm
TomCo

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galwayrush wrote: »

Fantastic year for Valpolicella Amarone.:cool:

I mean in the manner that in 2005 all the best members were plucked from the interwebs and have now matured into nietzschean supermen.

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#17 08-07-2009 8:22pm
Terry

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Holy crap. Victor only had 546 posts. http://web.archive.org/web/20010619211403/www.boards.ie/bulletin/Forum1/HTML/001851.html

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#18 08-07-2009 8:24pm
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TomCo wrote: »

I mean in the manner that in 2005 all the best members were plucked from the interwebs and have now matured into nietzschean supermen.

I only meant a typical off topic AH reply.;)

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#19 08-07-2009 8:26pm
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phasers wrote: »

Comps 4 kids

wow the internet has changed

"Weird World Web" made me chuckle.

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#20 08-07-2009 8:28pm
phasers

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TomCo wrote: »

I mean in the manner that in 2005 all the best members were plucked from the interwebs and have now matured into nietzschean supermen.

That year would actually be '06 sir

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#21 08-07-2009 8:39pm
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When I joined, Boards was a twig.:eek:

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#22 08-07-2009 8:54pm
TomCo

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phasers wrote: »

That year would actually be '06 sir

I think you'll find you're quite mistaken.

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#23 08-07-2009 9:07pm
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Bring back the boards shop I say.

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#24 08-07-2009 9:08pm
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Terry wrote: »

AH hasn't changed much: http://web.archive.org/web/20030604084154/boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?forumid=7

I want to read the 'Are you gay' thread. Its at the bottom, looks like a larf

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#25 08-07-2009 9:35pm
TomCo

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super-rush wrote: »

I want to read the 'Are you gay' thread. Its at the bottom, looks like a larf

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=98717

There you go.

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#26 08-07-2009 9:43pm
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Terry wrote: »

Holy crap. Victor only had 546 posts. http://web.archive.org/web/20010619211403/www.boards.ie/bulletin/Forum1/HTML/001851.html

Is it just me or does anyone else like that version of boards more than this one? This one is cold and blue...

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#27 08-07-2009 9:54pm
phasers

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jumpguy wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else like that version of boards more than this one? This one is cold and blue...

Mine's black

...like my soul

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#28 08-07-2009 9:59pm
Terry

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jumpguy wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else like that version of boards more than this one? This one is cold and blue...

Dropdown at the top.
Boards.ie > Change Styles > Lots of options.

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#29 08-07-2009 10:18pm
Tyler MacDurden

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whadabouchasir wrote: »

The cake is a lie.

Quit now and cake will be served immediately.

Also, the Award for Ugliest Interface goes to.... 2003!

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#30 08-07-2009 10:23pm
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phasers wrote: »

Mine's black

...like my soul

I prefer it when it's blue. Like my soul.

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#31 08-07-2009 10:30pm
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Terry wrote: »

Dropdown at the top.
Boards.ie > Change Styles > Lots of options.

Damn you!!! I of course clicked on the one with the longest name "boards.ie beta" and now when I hover over "boards.ie", "change styles" doesn't come up.

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