Novice PH lesson

[HowMuchLonger]

Could you please give me some history of PH. With the recent grumblings that PH is not what it used to be, I was wondering how it started and when.

Who is Ted, and is he still here?

When was the first PH hoon?

Any other info appreciated.

[lazyitus]

PH started in 1967. It was invented before the internet and was available to only a select band of people.

Back in the glory days, the site was that good that it actually sent you money by paypal everytime you logged on.

Ted is still going strong but retired on his earnings and now lives in cleethorpes with a poodle and spends his cash on narcotics and lapdancers.

The first official hoon was in 1969. It started in Folkstone and stretched as far a field as Maidstone and Hythe. It took 7 weeks to complete and was hailed a success, earning Ted the freedom of Kent.

Edited by lazyitus on Monday 19th May 10:48

[Pooh]

IIRC
It started with the S Files, a site dedicated to the TVR S, I used to visit it when I had my S about 13 years ago.
Then there was Petrolheads which only ran for a fairly short time.
Then there was PH which I joined soon after it started,9 years ago ish.(I accidentally zeroed my membership time a few years ago)

Edited by Pooh on Monday 19th May 10:54

[evenflow]

I remember, before the internet became commonplace in the home, I used to receive a monthly newsletter through the post, summarising everything that had happened in PH land. The forums only really took off in 1996 - and that was mainly scientists and researchers with access to laboratory computers.

[JayKaybi]

lazyitus said:

The first official hoon was in 1969. It started in Folkstone and stretched as far a field as Maidstone and Hythe. It took 7 weeks to complete and was hailed a success...

You jest, but I can match that

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Did about 170 miles last year.

[Podie]

There was pie.

[Justayellowbadge]

And fields. It were all fields.

[TheCarpetCleaner]

Not much has changed really

Just greater numbers of people


You still have a small amount pathetic pedantic people

You have a very large group of really cool people

You have some very bitter / angry people

You still have some very depressed and needy people

And you still have Rich123980153598235 and his personality disorder.


These are all constants, always have been and always will be

[Timmy33]

Justayellowbadge said:

And fields. It were all fields.

Aye it were that, of course that were long before the Oxo Tower was even built.

[BoRED S2upid]

Timmy33 said:

Justayellowbadge said:

And fields. It were all fields.

Aye it were that, of course that were long before the Oxo Tower was even built.

Is it true that Ted was the first man up the Oxo Tower?

[Munter]

Justayellowbadge said:

And fields. It were all fields.

[crofty1984]

Pooh said:

IIRC
It started with the S Files, a site dedicated to the TVR S, I used to visit it when I had my S about 13 years ago.
Then there was Petrolheads which only ran for a fairly short time.
Then there was PH which I joined soon after it started,9 years ago ish.(I accidentally zeroed my membership time a few years ago)

Edited by Pooh on Monday 19th May 10:54

Petrolheads is still working fine. Pistonheads is banned from work.

[bint]

crofty1984 said:

Petrolheads is still working fine. Pistonheads is banned from work.

Isn't it just

Shame Petrolheads gets the danmed adverts too - for a while there it was only Piston. And they won't let us use Firefox at work

[The jiffle king]

Important information is missing from this:

If you find a TVR Sagaris or similar dumped in a field that you own, you must tell us about it on PH. Also at this time, introduce your wife and son to the forum and indulge us in your exotic car stories.... Then suddenly pass away when people actually want to see your car, get your son banned from the forum and then your Mrs to be found out to be you all the time.....

Note, if you've not been here for more than 4 years, the above won't make any sense... if you have

T-J-K

[sleep envy]

take your mrs to the local rugby club to be filled in by the 1st XV

[john_r]

lazyitus said:

Back in the glory days, the site was that good that it actually sent you money by paypal everytime you logged on.

Are you saying you don't get paid anymore? Wow, that sucks... I just brought my RS6 on last years PH payments!

[JohnLatham]

TheCarpetCleaner said:

You still have a small amount pathetic pedantic people

That should read "You still have a small amount of pathetic pedantic people".

HTH.

John

[Justayellowbadge]

JohnLatham said:

TheCarpetCleaner said:

You still have a small amount pathetic pedantic people

That should read "You still have a small amount of pathetic pedantic people".

HTH.

John

That should read "You still have a small number of pathetic pedantic people".

You cannot have an amount of people.

[JohnLatham]

Justayellowbadge said:

JohnLatham said:

TheCarpetCleaner said:

You still have a small amount pathetic pedantic people

That should read "You still have a small amount of pathetic pedantic people".

HTH.

John

That should read "You still have a small number of pathetic pedantic people".

You cannot have an amount of people.

Well spotted. I thought I'd restrict my pedantry to avoid CC hunting me down and killing me.

John

[theboymoon]

<<<bump>>>

there's so much more to this one, i mean not even a mention of flasher and mungo, lightweight T350s, Jigs, matchless, the winged horse of chav tat, RAF doug, Karen 182, Carzee, cadence clutching, making overtaking noises in your head while walking down the street past slow people, that guy with the 944 (what was his name?)...

come on people...