SUBSIM: 20 years on the web & still no gold watch! - Page 3

nosferato · 01-27-17, 01:33 AM

97' I turned 22 kicked out of my parents home, into a place of my own and had my first child, with my then girlfriend and now wife.I didn't find Subsim for another couple of years with the release of SH2/DC, which brought me into a whole new world and introduced me to a bunch of strange characters. Its thanks to Neal and his vision for a meeting place of like minded people that has enabled me to become the person i am today and in the place where I will never see snow (unless i go on vacation).
So my hat of to Mr Stevens and to the community he created

blkdimnd · 01-27-17, 01:32 AM

I graduated from college, and started my flight instruction career.

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

andurilmat · 01-27-17, 04:19 AM

In 1997 i was an extremely curious 7 year old - most memorbal thing that year was visiting an airshow at RAF fairford - one of thr main guest there giving talks was buzz aldrin i was massively in to anythung spacr themed at the time - its what happened at the end of the day that is memorable - at the end of the day when buzz was leavig the base and drriving through the poorly directed crouds and i wanted to wave at him so 7 year old me gets the bright idea to run out in front of the car and wave at him. This makes him slam down on the breaks narrowly avoiding me and shout something to the effect of get that damn kid out out of the way. - i got a good trlling off for that but i didnt realise what id done was wrong.

Tldr 7 year me nearly got run over by the second man on the moon

Gunthar · 01-27-17, 05:12 AM

Back in 1997 i was still on my second year of tour of duty for the Greek Army, assigned to signal core and stationed in a remote island. Still on high alert due to last years problems, day in and day out routine posts, maintenance, reports. Best thing of it was the fresh fish out of the sea

THEBERBSTER · 01-27-17, 05:26 AM

At my age I have difficulty remembering what I did yesterday let alone 20 years ago.

On a serious note, it was the Year Princess Diana was killed which had a profound affect not just in the U.K but around the world.

Peter

Mischa · 01-27-17, 05:39 AM

Congratulations for 20 years SubSim !

In 1997 I was just in the trouble to replace big watercooled mainframes in our data center. One of the main problem were the belt driven external discs that were as big as a washing machine (30 GB capacity

) and need so many power that we only can start it disc by disc not to crash the power supplies.

Real "heavy metal" ...

Tycho · 01-27-17, 05:57 AM

17 years old.
Back then lived in Varna, on the Black Sea.
I do not have specific memories from that particular year.
Let's see, the year before that, I left school, because my parents was incapable of withstand the family, so I started to work.
What else, I spend all my free time during the summer on the beaches.

I had an old computer, without internet.
The games, I was playing Master of Orion and Fallout.
At that time I had no interest on simulation games.
It came two years later, after my military service in naval forces.

Specbass · 01-27-17, 07:00 AM

First of all:

Congratulations subsim! Here's to 20 years more!

Back in 97, I was 10 years old at the time. Because of a divorce, I went on holiday twice that year. To Ameland and to Texel. They're both small islands on the north and northwest coast of the Netherlands. Both holidays were extremely boring, because beaches and sunshine are overrated in my honest opinion. The holiday at Texel had a nice touch though. My mom took me and my sister to the Vlootdagen (Fleet Days), the Navy parade at the Navy port of Den Helder. We went aboard on a couple of frigates and stuff, and in a helicopter, all good fun.
Suddenly there she was, Zr Ms Dolfijn. One of the 4 Walrus Class submarines. I was immediately intrigued by it's shape and size (looks a lot like a Barbel class), and wanted to join the tour. Here's the bad part. There were 30 minute tours for 15 people, and over 200 people were standing in line. My mom didn't share my patience, and I never made it aboard

After submarines got my real attention a couple years I started to regret the fact I never did the tour. Walrus class submarines are one of the few blue water diesel-electrics still in service, and performed well in Bosnia and Somalia. I had some sort of personal redemption when I visited the navy museum and took a tour of the Potvis class Hr MS Tonijn 2 years ago, the diesel smell was still around after it's decommissioning 25 +- years ago.

Recap: 1997 started my interest in submarines.

Rhodes · 01-27-17, 07:18 AM

20 years...

In 1997 was 15 years old, 9th grade and seeing Dragon Ball Z on TV for the first time. Playing rst and of course, 688 (I) hunter killer!
Young, felling in love for the first time, a few stupid things and began to go out at night with friends.
Ah, went to London in a high-school trip, and mad great friendships for life.

rtp89 · 01-27-17, 08:03 AM

I bought my first computer, a HP Pavilion and used Prodigy dial-up. Discovered Subsim years later after buying Silent Hunter 3. Thank you for your hard work guys.

donath · 01-27-17, 08:06 AM

In 1997 my wife and I got married. We celebrated our 20th anniversary this year (of course).
I was playing Sub Battle Simulator and Silent Service on my Apple IIGS.

Happy Anniversary Subsim!!!

01-27-17, 07:19 AM

I started going to High School and got my first own PC (IBM 486 DX 66Mhz) and had the pleasure to experience all the classic DOS games. Windows 95 arrived much later for me and on my 130 MB drive it was taking too much space (version without Internet Explorer which had 54 MB

).
I remember listening to "Scooter - Wicked" album.
Oh, the memories.

codefool · 01-27-17, 10:05 AM

The first half of the year was preparing for my second wedding. The second half of the year was spent celebrating my second wedding <wink-wink><gnudge-gnudge>

Aktungbby · 01-27-17, 10:09 AM

Granger44!

& Evans1492!

& Cyberange!l

and Gunther!

THEWISON!

+ Andurilmat!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evans

So I signed up to do security work and the rest is history

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Devil

after 17 years, and doing a job I swore I would never do - Security. But I enjoyed it so much, I eventually retired after 20+ years in Security !!!!

Geeze! '97! I was doing something in security too....I think

...but even with my Aricept prescription I can't recall what!

AllenZ1Sgt · 01-27-17, 10:13 AM

Just retired from US Air force after 25 years of moving here, there, and everywhere, wife and I bought our first house (instead of quarters or renting!). Finally enough room for computer room and free time to use it!

Happy birthday Subsim!

01-27-17, 01:32 AM	#2
blkdimnd Planesman Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vermont, USA Posts: 186 Downloads: 492 Uploads: 0	I graduated from college, and started my flight instruction career. Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk __________________ My Mod Soup and System Specs. "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 AB1TA

01-27-17, 05:12 AM	#4
Gunthar Bilge Rat Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Posts: 1 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	1997 Back in 1997 i was still on my second year of tour of duty for the Greek Army, assigned to signal core and stationed in a remote island. Still on high alert due to last years problems, day in and day out routine posts, maintenance, reports. Best thing of it was the fresh fish out of the sea

01-27-17, 05:26 AM	#5
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Hythe - Southampton Posts: 9,609 Downloads: 1133 Uploads: 0	At my age I have difficulty remembering what I did yesterday let alone 20 years ago. On a serious note, it was the Year Princess Diana was killed which had a profound affect not just in the U.K but around the world. Peter __________________ LSH3-2015 <> TUTORIALS <> ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW <> ALL IN ONE PLACE SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS SH5 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS Always Here To Help A Fellow 'Subber' \| Need An Answer to A Question Just Send Me A PM Last edited by THEBERBSTER; 01-29-17 at 06:28 AM.

01-27-17, 05:57 AM	#7
Tycho Sonar Guy Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sofia, Bg Posts: 384 Downloads: 264 Uploads: 1	17 years old. Back then lived in Varna, on the Black Sea. I do not have specific memories from that particular year. Let's see, the year before that, I left school, because my parents was incapable of withstand the family, so I started to work. What else, I spend all my free time during the summer on the beaches. I had an old computer, without internet. The games, I was playing Master of Orion and Fallout. At that time I had no interest on simulation games. It came two years later, after my military service in naval forces. __________________ If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder.

01-27-17, 07:18 AM	#9
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,515 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	20 years... In 1997 was 15 years old, 9th grade and seeing Dragon Ball Z on TV for the first time. Playing rst and of course, 688 (I) hunter killer! Young, felling in love for the first time, a few stupid things and began to go out at night with friends. Ah, went to London in a high-school trip, and mad great friendships for life. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

01-27-17, 01:33 AM	#1
nosferato Nub Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: center of hurricane alley Posts: 2 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	97' I turned 22 kicked out of my parents home, into a place of my own and had my first child, with my then girlfriend and now wife.I didn't find Subsim for another couple of years with the release of SH2/DC, which brought me into a whole new world and introduced me to a bunch of strange characters. Its thanks to Neal and his vision for a meeting place of like minded people that has enabled me to become the person i am today and in the place where I will never see snow (unless i go on vacation). So my hat of to Mr Stevens and to the community he created

01-27-17, 04:19 AM	#3
andurilmat Bilge Rat Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	In 1997 i was an extremely curious 7 year old - most memorbal thing that year was visiting an airshow at RAF fairford - one of thr main guest there giving talks was buzz aldrin i was massively in to anythung spacr themed at the time - its what happened at the end of the day that is memorable - at the end of the day when buzz was leavig the base and drriving through the poorly directed crouds and i wanted to wave at him so 7 year old me gets the bright idea to run out in front of the car and wave at him. This makes him slam down on the breaks narrowly avoiding me and shout something to the effect of get that damn kid out out of the way. - i got a good trlling off for that but i didnt realise what id done was wrong. Tldr 7 year me nearly got run over by the second man on the moon

01-27-17, 05:39 AM	#6
Mischa Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Aachen / Germany Posts: 7 Downloads: 309 Uploads: 0	Congratulations for 20 years SubSim ! In 1997 I was just in the trouble to replace big watercooled mainframes in our data center. One of the main problem were the belt driven external discs that were as big as a washing machine (30 GB capacity ) and need so many power that we only can start it disc by disc not to crash the power supplies. Real "heavy metal" ...

01-27-17, 07:00 AM	#8
Specbass Watch Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 23 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 0	First of all: Congratulations subsim! Here's to 20 years more! Back in 97, I was 10 years old at the time. Because of a divorce, I went on holiday twice that year. To Ameland and to Texel. They're both small islands on the north and northwest coast of the Netherlands. Both holidays were extremely boring, because beaches and sunshine are overrated in my honest opinion. The holiday at Texel had a nice touch though. My mom took me and my sister to the Vlootdagen (Fleet Days), the Navy parade at the Navy port of Den Helder. We went aboard on a couple of frigates and stuff, and in a helicopter, all good fun. Suddenly there she was, Zr Ms Dolfijn. One of the 4 Walrus Class submarines. I was immediately intrigued by it's shape and size (looks a lot like a Barbel class), and wanted to join the tour. Here's the bad part. There were 30 minute tours for 15 people, and over 200 people were standing in line. My mom didn't share my patience, and I never made it aboard After submarines got my real attention a couple years I started to regret the fact I never did the tour. Walrus class submarines are one of the few blue water diesel-electrics still in service, and performed well in Bosnia and Somalia. I had some sort of personal redemption when I visited the navy museum and took a tour of the Potvis class Hr MS Tonijn 2 years ago, the diesel smell was still around after it's decommissioning 25 +- years ago. Recap: 1997 started my interest in submarines.

01-27-17, 08:03 AM	#10
rtp89 Nub Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: boston Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I bought my first computer, a HP Pavilion and used Prodigy dial-up. Discovered Subsim years later after buying Silent Hunter 3. Thank you for your hard work guys.

01-27-17, 08:06 AM	#11
donath Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Richmond, RI Posts: 9 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Happy Anniversary In 1997 my wife and I got married. We celebrated our 20th anniversary this year (of course). I was playing Sub Battle Simulator and Silent Service on my Apple IIGS. Happy Anniversary Subsim!!!

01-27-17, 07:19 AM	#12
cyberangel Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I started going to High School and got my first own PC (IBM 486 DX 66Mhz) and had the pleasure to experience all the classic DOS games. Windows 95 arrived much later for me and on my 130 MB drive it was taking too much space (version without Internet Explorer which had 54 MB ). I remember listening to "Scooter - Wicked" album. Oh, the memories.

01-27-17, 10:05 AM	#13
codefool Nub Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: houston, texas Posts: 3 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Way back in 1997... The first half of the year was preparing for my second wedding. The second half of the year was spent celebrating my second wedding <wink-wink><gnudge-gnudge>

01-27-17, 10:13 AM	#15
AllenZ1Sgt Watch Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 17 Downloads: 462 Uploads: 0	Just retired from US Air force after 25 years of moving here, there, and everywhere, wife and I bought our first house (instead of quarters or renting!). Finally enough room for computer room and free time to use it! Happy birthday Subsim!