I joined in July '02, and it's funny, but I don't remember the pre-vB board ...
Somewhat like stolzyboy, I only asked a few ?? and then at some point decided I should share my "wisdom" ...
Of course, I'm the klugemaster and at least half my posts are EL cruft ... but occasionally I get one right out in the forums, and my memory's OK, so I can usually point folks in the right direction ... besides, how hard is it to say "RTFM, n00b!!"?? š