Andy, Thanks for the post and I agree with everything you say. My fist post on TCB was 5/13/98.
Back in the day we had a chatroom on AOL that got together every Thurs. night. Michael Knapp hosted it and one week he couldn't make it and asked me to moderate the chat. He sent me the list below of the members in the group. There were others as well. Many members are no longer with us and I miss them all.