What was the first thread and post on the HUBB ? And is it still live ?

[*Touring Ted*]

After randomly finding a twenty year old post on the hubb; it made me wonder.

Is the first ever hubb post still knocking around in cyberspace ?

And what was it ?

[Jay_Benson]

Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*

After randomly finding a twenty year old post on the hubb; it made me wonder.

Is the first ever hubb post still knocking around in cyberspace ?

And what was it ?

I don‘t know but there has to be a fair chance that it would have been which is the best oil / tyre / bike and a ruck ensued.

Which reminds me, can anyone tell me what was agreed on those bests?

[TheWarden]

Poor old Tim has been waiting since 1999 for some information about Albania.

He only posted once so who knows if he made the trip or not

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...otorcycle-1556

[*Touring Ted*]

Jeeez. Maybe they're still awaiting a reply before they set off.

[Grant Johnson]

Post #1:

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...-on-rtw-trip-1
You can find a post number by changing the number only at the end of any /hubb url, and ignore the text.

[brclarke]

Those posts are dated March 2000 - yet my join date for the HUBB is 15 Aug 1999. How is this possible..?

[Grant Johnson]

Yeah I have no idea what’s up there, it’s all lost in the mists of time. BUT. I suspect I know… we were on UBB forum software then, and obviously something got messed up in the conversion to vB. So, where’s the real first post? Hmmmm….

[shu...]

Y2K!

Messed up all computers, and made airplanes fall out of the sky, as I recall.



..............shu

[Grant Johnson]

Found one by brclarke, dated 15 Aug 1999 - the day after he first registered!
https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...uth-america-11
And, I BELIEVE Bruce is the FIRST user signed up, after myself and Susan, so big kudos to him for still being here and posting!

[Grant Johnson]

And another by Werner Bausenhart, 27 July 1999:
https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...nos-aires-2330


BUT apparently Werner signed up 28 April 2002 - so something definitely got screwed up somewhere in the conversion/update. sigh, I thought we had it 100%. Conversion probably went alphabetical at some point and assigned numbering, but who knows, anyway, there's some good early ones for you!

[Grant Johnson]

Ok, found PROBABLY the oldest one still alive, 5 July 1999, and it has 8 pages, with the last post in 2020!

What are the top 5 items on your pack list?

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...-items-your-13

Still timely, and posted by Susan. Check it out!

[*Touring Ted*]

I remember it well

[sushi2831]

Originally Posted by Grant Johnson

Ok, found PROBABLY the oldest one still alive, 5 July 1999, and it has 8 pages, with the last post in 2020!

What are the top 5 items on your pack list?

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...-items-your-13

Still timely, and posted by Susan. Check it out!

Hello Grant

In your profile it says "Join Date: Dec 1997".
What was going on in the first year of 1998?
Just curious...

sushi

[Grant Johnson]

Originally Posted by sushi2831

Hello Grant

In your profile it says "Join Date: Dec 1997".
What was going on in the first year of 1998?
Just curious...

sushi

Sushi, CompuServe sent us an email that said in essence "You can have a website" - and we said "what's a website?"

That was around December 20, 1997. So we uploaded a few pages, and the WEBSITE started December 27, 1997, when we uploaded a few pages to CompuServe, from Ushuaia, while we waited for our ship to Antarctica. The pages were just extracts from our emails home!

By the time we got back from Antarctica, there were emails waiting for us asking how we got into Tunisia and others. We started answering them, and discovered that people were asking the same questions often, like "what's a carnet?" Eventually it dawned on us that it would be sensible to start a forum where people could ask and get answers by other travellers. But of course that took a while to penetrate my thick skull! And to find decent software that would do the job, not so easy then.

So to answer your question, MY start date is the day the website first existed - and yes it was "Horizons Unlimited."

[Grant Johnson]

If you want some archival history, see here:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990125...unlimited.com/