TST is 1 Year Old Today! Happy Birthday!

[TROLL]

TriStateTuners.com was started one year ago today, on Dec 22nd, 2004.
The forum was started because I was fortunate enough to be a part of a great local forum when I was away at school in Colorado, and when I came home I missed it. We had a small local scene going on here, but I wanted to really organize things and get everyone together for some kickass events, to trade information, make new friends, and just waste some time. Coincidence or maybe not, after the forum was created the local meets grew a lot, and things just went from there.
Before TST.com was created I couldnt have possibly imagined what the past year would have involved. This forum takes a LOT of time and effort, and I absolutely love [hate] it. Yeah I'd definitely describe it as a love/hate kind of thing. I'd also go as far as saying its probably the biggest reason I'm still waiting tables instead of scoring a real job. Anyways, enough about the boring forum owner...
TriStateTuners.com would be nothing without the great member base it has acquired in the past year. Its great to see so many people take so much pride in the group they are a part of. Its not common to have a forum with a friendly helpful atmosphere, but its awfully refreshing, isnt it?
Gotta give a shout out to Pete (teh dirt) who has been my right hand man since the start. We combined our ideas to create the forum and make it what is is today. He's a damn nice guy and you should introduce yourself and shake his hand the next time you see him. Also consider handing him $5 to go towards his engine swap :wink:
And also thanks to the rest of the mods who try to help me keep my sanity. Believe me when I say its not all fun and games. It can be incredibly rewarding, but please give a big thumbs up to all the mods on here.
Hopefully this is a nice reminder of where we've come from for those who have been here since the beginning, and its a nice history lesson for our newer members. Here's to another year or ten. :partyman: :supz:
Bryan
edit: a photo of the huge cake we all ate at the meet :)

http://www.bryantroll.com/other/TSTbdaycake.jpg

[SilverTurboRidin]

happy birthday tst

[Gohan]

excellent post, bryan! :thumbup:

feliz cumpleanos, TST! :supz:

[WRX27]

Happy b-day TST!

[S4toSTI]

http://www.nedbatchelder.com/pix/carcake.jpg how about a ricer birthday cake for tst.

[WhiteXFire]

:eek: :eek:
That's GREAT!!

Why wasn't I notified at the bottom of the forum in Today's Birthday's?? Is the forum too cool to announce it's birthday in the regular fashion?? :rolleyes:

[TehWagon]

haha HAPPY BDAY!! :partyman:

gosh it seems like its been more than a year! *sigh* i want some RR zucchini stix :rolleyes:

[WhiteXFire]

GREAT IDEA!!
Who wants to have a celebratory Red Robin after-party dinner tonight after the meet??!!?? If 10pm is too late, we can head over around 9-9:30. Any takers??

[TehWagon]

OW! do it on a night i can go, dangit! :furious:

[S4toSTI]

Yeah her parents are in town.... she has a good excuse.

[DropTopChevy]

1 year WOOHOO even though I have only been here for about 9 months. :thumbup:

[MuddyREX]

This calls for the famed large banana.

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[teh DIRT]

Yeah its been a long interesting year. I dont think ive met as many cool people in my entire life as i did these past 2 years. When Bryan and I first started the forum after I met him at the Red Robin meet, I knew it would be quite popular, but I never imagined it would grow to be this popular (so to speak). We've had our bumps in the road, but like any large "family", we got past them and became better.

Id like everyone to take a minute tonite and thank bryan. Thiis man put countless hours into making this forum better and more efficient for all the members. Almost everyday he comes up with new ways to improve the overall experience of this forum. I know that we both LOVE our forum and will never stop working on it to make it better for the users. See you all tonite!
-pete

[LadyTSi]

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[S4toSTI]

Oh god get the sparkly myspace things awayyyyy

[xEJ20x]

http://www.nedbatchelder.com/pix/carcake.jpg how about a ricer birthday cake for tst.

My cake is fastAr and bettAr tasting that yours. :mrgreen:


I wonder how many times I've used the :roll: icon over the past year. :mrgreen:

[S4toSTI]

Well you have 2,402 posts i would say 2000 times.

[xEJ20x]

Well you have 2,402 posts i would say 2000 times.

I actually wouldn't be that surprised if I had.

[S4toSTI]

oh you just missed that oppurtunity.

[OutOfStock]

:round of applause:

[xEJ20x]

oh you just missed that oppurtunity.

Oh really?
I hadn't noticed. :roll:

[CarbonIS]

this site has given me something to use to procrastinate, look at when i'm bored,
look at when i don't have time to be bored, and meet some awesome people...
oh and show off that even a little guy can tackle people in a football game on Thanksgiving


thanks bryan, and pete, and the rest of the mods

and ryan (rayn4eleven) for turning me onto it.

[WhiteXFire]

this site has given me something to use to procrastinate, look at when i'm bored,
look at when i don't have time to be bored, and meet some awesome people...
oh and show off that even a little guy can tackle people in a football game on Thanksgiving


thanks bryan, and pete, and the rest of the mods

and ryan (rayn4eleven) for turning me onto it.
And thank you Ryan for forcing Bill to join, and Bill in turn forcing me to join.

[sisforsurfing]

Congrats and thanks to Bryan and everyone involved. I would have way more free time on my hands without this site, but I wouldn't enjoy it quite as much, haha.

[hummerman88]

Happy B-day TST!!!! I'll take this time as well to thank all the mods especially Brian for all their hard work on the forums. This site has been really helpful, and informing. Havent been around TST that long, and it seems like everyone is still there for me when i need the help/advice. thanks again and have a merry Christmas!

[BlackBulletTSi]

Happy Birthday TST!!!!! I've been apart of this forum since 03-07-2005. It's been awesome to meet all you the people. Also would like to thank Bryan for letting me be apart of the forum in the way that I am. Also thank you guys for putting up with the site being down when I ran into problems!!! You guys are awesome!! Don't forget any web problems that are tech related and the like feel free to contact me or let a mod know as they can get a hold of me. THANKS AGAIN AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

[TROLL]

yeah i forgot a big thanks to rob (blackbullettsi)... he's the web guy and has helped make all of the ideas in my head a reality on the site. thanks for going above and beyond on a regular basis...
bryan

[themadhatter]

happy bday fellas! hoping for many more to come.

[BlackBulletTSi]

yeah i forgot a big thanks to rob (blackbullettsi)... he's the web guy and has helped make all of the ideas in my head a reality on the site. thanks for going above and beyond on a regular basis...
bryan

Awww I feel loved hahaha. More beer givin the more work doneth :)

[D Money]

Happy Belated b-day TST!!

[silver05bullet]

Yeah happy birthday

[On Sale]

Happy b-day. i remember back when i had my s13 240sx , at red robins.. lol. those were the days. If i didnt change my username, i would be in the first 20-40 people signed up on here. I joined somewhere around Jan 1. - Jan 15. BEFORE it was popular. All of you guys are posers for joining :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

hahaha... well i hope TST has another good year.

[OutOfStock]

Happy b-day. i remember back when i had my s13 240sx , at red robins.. lol. those were the days. If i didnt change my username, i would be in the first 20-40 people signed up on here. I joined somewhere around Jan 1. - Jan 15. BEFORE it was popular. All of you guys are posers for joining :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
hahaha... well i hope TST has another good year.
Im memeber 15 :-D

[07BlackSS]

Damn Bryan, This forum has been one of the greatest ones I have been apart of. I have been here for the past 6-7 months and it has been one of the best. the meets are great and everyone seems to be really cool which is really unusual like you said. Here is to hopefully ten more years, not one!

By the way, thanks to Pete, Bryan and all the other mods for thier hard work. :thumbup:

[jspek]

id give pete a $5 but not for the swap...for somethign else haha. but yea i love this forum. made some great new friends outta it and good times every thursday and event days. ill be here till the end.

[SilverTurboRidin]

id give pete a $5 but not for the swap...for somethign else haha. but yea i love this forum. made some great new friends outta it and good times every thursday and event days. ill be here till the end.


Chaz is my new bestttest friend because he is a pimp. :inlove:

[9 Ball]

I remember my first encounter with this crew was with a caravan to the Atlantic City Convention Center in the spring of 2004. Then I decided to check out the local meet at Red Robin back in October 2004. It was the most mellow and mature group (no knuckleheads) I had come across before.

Next thing you know, the website pops up in December. Well, the year has come and gone and I get the feeling this site will be around for sometime to come.

It's a day or two late however...

Congrats to everyone, and Happy Birthday! :thumbup:

[Crzyguy972]

although i spent many hours on here i had fun

[JTunedMotorsports]

Good job Brian on the site and how everyone has made is grow. Keep up the good work.

[RisR32]

Happy Birthday!!!!! :thumbup:

[Orbit]

don't know how I missed this thread.. wow , only a year . so much has happened since then . lots of meets, face's and race's. good times ! I am sure this will be here for a long time. :thumbup:

[silver05bullet]

definitely a cool place ive already became hooked to it like crazy