Only a handful of people are around that will remember this... thought some might enjoy it.
Imagine the horror... there was once a time when this message board was JUST a message board. JUST text! No photos. No random banter. No off topic posts. No goofy talk.
Years and years ago, Network 54 integrated the ability to add photos. If you can believe it, it created an ENORMOUS ruckus. People were annoyed by all the pictures. Hard to imagine now, right?
It was the first "clash" I really remember on BDW. And it was big. People left and never came back because they felt there wasn't enough "substance." We had to create the new rule of ALWAYS using " (pics) " so that people could bypass posts that had no "substance." There was the fear that important things would get overlooked. Thus, the introduction of the designated medical board.
It's always something. It ebbs and flows. People come and go. Happy, discontent... you can't please everyone. Opinions should always be welcome, good, bad, and ugly.
Just thought some might enjoy that little bit of history. We're a pretty easy-going bunch and we're lucky we don't need a ton of moderation, and I like it that way.
Julia
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yep, well David was a AOL member
and on the aol pet bulldog board and then went forward to bulldogsworld
Vicky,
Bosco, Bella, Breve' & Holly
www.LangagerBulldogs.com
PHOTOS ARE PROPERTY OF LANGAGER BULLDOGS, YOU MUST HAVE WRITTEN PERMISSION FOR ANY USE OF THESE PHOTOS FROM LANGAGERBULLDOG.
GASP!!
No pictures?? lol
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While I haven't been around here as long as you, I've seen some change (and high drama) played out, too. Bottom line - this board has a lot of wonderful caring people who share the passion of bulldogs. Thank goodness for that! AND PICTURES!!!
Olivia/Kano/Q-Ball
Yeah well - I've been meaning to tell you to QUIT posting pic's
NOT!!! Just kidding.
Gretl is such a crack up... I'm glad you're getting experience puppyhood full force. Sanford was a TERROR and I really many days didn't know what I was going to do with him, but looking back now I realize how much I miss his antics. He's pretty mellow now but still has his occasional "zoomie" episodes and crazed actions I just wish there were more of them.
Hugs to the G-Woman.
Re: Here's a funny bit of history for you guys... =)
Wow!! I couldn't imagine a BDW w/o photos!! I LOVE to look at all the photos and I love to post pics!! Some people here are so creative and I always look forward to seeing their pics. My 7 year old boys in particular love to see Cheryls story pic post.

Lol, maybe Ingrid was Warren's sister
wish I had seen her posts.



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And click here for puppy photos of Boo & Clovis:
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Yeah, and remember how pissy everyone got about Warren
I laughed my butt off reading his posts. They were hilarious but some people were very offended and blasted him. I thought he was hilarious.
Gary - a funny WWB thing from forever ago
ah yes, Warren and the bullcats.
Old WWB posters will/should all remember Ingrid. This goes way back to around 1997. She was on some kind of medication, don't remember what, and sometimes when she would type, her fingers were not in the right spot and she would type paragraphs of nothing but gibberish and not even realize she was doing it. It was hysterical - we all got a laugh when that happened and tried to figure out what she was saying. 1/2 the time she didn't even remember. Helen, Ela1ne, Vicky, Gail, Stephanie, Sue B and others should all remember her.
Sue
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Of course!
Sounds like it was a lot of good conversation going on! Maybe we should get back to more of it like that!
Amy and Sophia
Yes, and where is said pic?
And then came Warren the Great . . .
he wasn't around for long, but y'all would have loved reading his posts. He popped up out of nowhere one day and swore that someone had bred a cat and an English Bulldog, which set off a lot of humorous posts about what such offspring should be called. I'm starting to forget some of his other entertaining posts, tho I do remember that he once posted he went for a walk in the snow by strapping tennis rackets to the bottom of his shoes.



And then he was gone. No one ever heard from him again, or found out who he was (of, if they did, they haven't said so). We sure enjoyed his time him, tho.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY ME ARE MY PROPERTY, ARE COPYRIGHTED UNDER FEDERAL LAW, AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT MY WRITTEN PERMISSION. ANY INCOME MADE OFF OF MY PHOTOS AT ANY TIME MUST BE IMMEDIATELY REMITTED TO ME.
And click here for puppy photos of Boo & Clovis:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glandry113
Yep using the "pic" was very important
i had forgot about that and often wonder if I still need to use the pic in my post. Most posts now just seem to be required to include a pic
Nope
It had no name, just something like rec/pets/bulldogs..
Was that "The Wonderful World of Bulldogs"???
That's where I first met Sue N, Helen D, and a few others...and gosh that does go back several years! That site owner/moderator just closed shop one day with no real explanation, no offer to someone else to purchase the site/group, or anything. I, for one, was rather lost without my daily fix of bulldog chat.
Does anyone remember...
Does anyone remember the AOL group that this board spun off of??
you're really dating yourself
and me, Helen, Ela1ne and many other really long timers. I remember for the life of me I couldn't figure out the picture thing - Liz walked me through it at least a dozen times in chats until I got it. And because of that new feature, Dave started pulling random pix to put on the home page every so often or with the change of seasons. So of course, more and more pix started to get posted and some people got more pissed over time.
Yes, the "must say . . pics" unwritten rule.
Sue
All photos are my property and cannot be used without permission !!
http://www.youtube.com/bulliemommy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bulliemommy/
We're like any big family
We scrap, we make up!
I didn't know about the early days. Funny to think of BDW without pics!
Every so often there seems to be a big blow out over something
Guess it's natural with so many different kinds of folks here. We can't really expect everyone to agree about everything.
I don't think I was here for that, it was before my time.
Thanks for posting that, it's so interesting to know. I guess any time there is a big change it will upset some.
We talked Bulldogs what else???
nm
I remember those days for sure
And I couldn't believe that people didn't want to see pics but, hey, everybody is different. I'm glad that is easier to post pics now and that almost everybody enjoys them
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Diana & Jade
YEP JULIA and I was the one who told David we needed a separate
the medical questions were getting lost and missed for those who had legitimate questions and needed answers. Thus he started forum 2.
Interesting!---I've been around for about 4 yrs...
And never knew that about the pics.LOL I have seen numerous spats on the board & really we'd been humming along for quite a while recently without one. I think we were just due...

BE MY VALENTINE
I REFUSE to believe it! LOL
Sounds like crazy talk to me.... though I can see how it would have been "controversial" when it first started!
How would we understand Gretl's maniac eyes without pictures? I guess I'll never know...
EGADS! GADZOOKS!! No pictures?? What in the world did ya'll talk
Ha ha!! Thanks for that very interesting bit of history Julia! I can't imagine no pics of your young Gretl, or no pics of any one else for that matter!
Amy and Sophia
god, i forgot about that! i was probably too wrapped up in
puppyhood at the time to have it sink in!
stacibix,ron,farcus&eliza
There was also...
a ruckus when smart little bullies would take over the computer and post messages in their own language. I always thought that was hysterical.
Kathy, Ollie and Chester
Julia, that brings back memories!!!
I guess we've both been here forever. I remember that vividly and I still, out of habit, put (Pics) whenever I post a photo lol.
Kathy, Ollie and Chester
what is so funny about that to me is
that seeing 'pics' in the title is the exact opposite for me- those are the posts i'm most likely to read! i love love love everyones pictures!
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Interesting. I always wondered about (PICS) in the title
Thanks for the background.
WOW!!!! Interesting!! Cant imagine not being able to...
get a good pick me up from great PICS!!!
{Gasp} No pictures
good lord woman! I can't imagine that. LOL
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