Hmmmm, I suppose I read somewhere that DT had found a home at Mudcat, and assumed that Mudcat had previously existed. And you what happens when you assume, don't you? You make and ASS out of U and ME!!!

Anyway, as promised earlier, I found my earliest postings, along with the dates that indicate my middling status as neither a true old-timer nor a newbie:

First post as a member:
16 Apr 03:
http://www.mudcat.org/detail.cfm?messages__Message_ID=934959

First post ever, as myself:
24 Dec 99:
http://www.mudcat.org/detail.cfm?messages__Message_ID=153878

(I tried to make links, but the "blue clicky" blickifier seems not to work correctly for these internal on-site references.)