#346 "Mar Del Plata", the boat in TLW, means "sea of the silver". It's also the name of a popular fishing city near Buenos Aries, with a population of about 500,000. (From: SeanArcher) Prev - Next
"I'm less than a week from my 28th birthday" On 6/19/2016 at 3:15:47 AM, Colin started the thread: ...And I've been coming to this site since I was 12 years old.
I've lived in twelve apartments/houses in that time.
I've made and fallen out of touch with many, many friends in real life. And yet I've never met any of you in person... Perhaps one day still.
I once posted comics here of Gubaflunk, a monster I created that commented on threads. I also posted a series of comics in which a blue tube thing attacked me, then went down my throat and emerged from my anus.
I was there for the UFX/Dan's war. To this day, I have no idea what incited such a hilarious incident. (Seriously, guys. It's a website where we geek out about movies. Chill.)
My first fan fiction I wrote here was called Demented Dinosaurs in which scientists took the dinosaurs on the island and spliced their genes to create hybrid dinosaurs. That's right. I came up with Jurassic World before I'd even seen Jurassic Park III. So if you thought when leaving JW, "That movie sucked! A twelve-year old could have written that script," you were right.
I dreamed (and spoke of those dreams) of being in the film industry and now I work with the screenwriter of Gladiator and Skyfall in Los Angeles.
Man... Life is fucking weird. I'm glad you guys were here when you were here.
What about you? What are your Dan's memories and how has your life transformed since you began visiting this page?
We're pathetic.
Msg #3: On 6/25/2016 at 5:14:46 AM, fordprefect replied, saying: I'm 19 and I've been here since early 2002 so I've been here for 75% of my life Replies: 5
Msg #4: On 6/25/2016 at 4:29:56 PM, Trainwreck replied, saying: Started visiting here around Christmas 1996, shortly after I got a computer and after I'd been hanging around the official TLW message boards for a while. I became a heavy TLW-Chat user for many years until I took something of a hiatus from around 1999-2002 or so. This year marks the 20th anniversary of contact with this page and its people, and as I'm turning 34 next month, the majority of my life has happened after coming into contact with Dan Finkelstein and his magical website.
Here is a picture of me and Rez enjoying boba tea together in California last month:
Holy shit, that's big. Sorry, not resizing - the world needs to see this.
Msg #5: On 6/26/2016 at 12:38:34 AM, Raptor Vinny replied to Msg #3, saying: Nice try but everyone knows you're 15
Msg #6: On 7/2/2016 at 7:49:17 PM, QuickComment replied, saying: I'll be 31 in a few weeks and I've been coming here for about half that. I remember stumbling across TLW page before JP3 came out, but I never posted there. I remember being here in the wake of 9/11. This has been a weirdly comforting constant, even if I don't always post.
Msg #7: On 7/4/2016 at 2:58:51 PM, PaulSF replied, saying:
(+"I'D BUY THE QUICKSTOP AND RE-OPEN IT MYSELF.")
Msg #8: On 7/12/2016 at 10:16:48 PM, Pteranadon2003 replied, saying: I'll be 28 in September and I've been coming here since December 2000 (formerly Pteranadon2000). I sometimes cant believe how lonng its been and I STILL sometimes stop by. I love this place.
Msg #9: On 8/18/2016 at 4:15:15 AM, Dac replied, saying: 27 and a half now. Been here since 2001. There used to be times I would post in random threads purely so every thread on the front page had my name on it. Damn, but I was a petulant little shit sometimes.
Ah, who am I kidding "was"?
Msg #10: On 8/30/2016 at 2:24:08 PM, RaptorHiss replied, saying: I'll also be turning 28 in just a couple of weeks! I started coming here in April 2001, and I'm still lurking around. My laptop was broken for a few months there, but now I'm back. I'm glad this thread is here, it's good to see all the familiar faces :)
I regret not posting in the last few years...In fact the last post that I did was in 2014 to apologise on behalf of all Australians for voting in our (then) shitty Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Now look at the world. America I feel you need to give the same apology :P
Anyway, I'm writing on a show now! Replies: 13
Msg #13: On 9/25/2018 at 6:44:20 PM, Pteranadon2003 replied to Msg #12, saying: I'm 5 days away from 30 myself. It's unreal and I'm kind of freaking out. Replies: 14
Msg #14: On 9/25/2018 at 7:31:25 PM, Colin replied to Msg #13, saying: It's a weird thing to say out loud. And though this is completely unsurprising, nothing really feels that different with exception to the fact that I have a sudden, much stronger urge to have a wife and children. Replies: 15
Msg #15: On 9/29/2018 at 2:12:12 AM, Pteranadon2003 replied to Msg #14, saying: It's almost here. That's awesome about he show man. Been keeping up your stuff for years now and it's been cool seeing you break into the industry. I'm on the crew of and helping with the editing on a movie currently and actually have an iMDb page now!
I feel 30 though, so there's that. :)
Msg #25: On 5/15/2020 at 9:23:10 PM, trex54 replied, saying: 30 now, I was 10 or 11 the first time I posted here? Pretty shocked it’s still around.
