Hey, do you guys realize how much time Pene and I spend on cookie resets? If cookies were requeired, you guys would drive us crazier than we are already!
But the main reason I'd hate to see required membership is that it would make visitors hesitate to post a question, and posting questions and posting lyrics are the original purposes of this Forum. All the other stuff is nice, but it came later.

Hmmm. I see that I am Member Number 62. Made me wonder how 61 people got here before me. Then I figured out that most of the numbers are blank before Peter T's #58. I didn't check ALL the numbers, but the only number I could find earlier than Peter's is Max. Heck, even Dick & Susan registered after Peter and I did.
As far as I can determine, Max didn't institute cookies until August, 1997. Many of us regulars were here long before that, including Dick & Susan, BillD, PeterT, and Gargoyle. The Forum began October 1, 1996, I believe.
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-Joe Offer-