# How did all the Australian dopers find out about CA? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2002, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158 "2002-11-17T11:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/21 "2002-11-18T07:47:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > \*\*Any chance of you joining us for [Santadope](http://pub31.ezboard.com/fgdopefrm3.showMessage?topicID=483.topic) on 30 November **antechinus**? \*\* Thanks for the invite. It is in my diary. ---
**Author:** ![tigergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@tigergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tigergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/22 "2002-11-18T08:15:20Z")
My story is almost exactly the same as Narrad’s. I didn’t discover there was a message board until I’d read all the old columns on the website and accidentaly pressed the message board button. It’s been the most informative mistake I’ve made in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/23 "2002-11-18T09:05:41Z")
Another Aussie checking in here… I found out about this site via another site… Thoughtviper (don’t ask me how I found THAT site!). Didn’t really have much interest in the message boards until much later… I think I was having a particularly bored day at work when I thought… ahhhh what the hell 🙂 Max 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/24 "2002-11-18T09:08:12Z")
There’s a scary number of Brisbanites here… ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/25 "2002-11-18T12:17:36Z")
Yes, Brisbanites are pretty scary. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/26 "2002-11-18T12:26:20Z")
through a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/27 "2002-11-18T12:26:59Z")
European doper - I was aware of the site through a former boss, but not the message board, until **yojimbo** introduced me to it. ---
**Author:** ![rampisad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/858c86/32.png) [@rampisad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rampisad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/28 "2002-11-18T12:34:24Z")
another googler, and i got hooked straight away. i’m an old aussie now (literally and metaphysically) sitting a long way from home, but still watching the cricket and rugby when i can. saturday was about the the best rugby game i’ve ever seen! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/29 "2002-11-18T13:30:56Z")
Bored on nightshift one night. Asked a friend ( **micilin** ) about good sites. He said [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) was a good read. Sent Cecil a question and got directed to MB. Then told/bored my other friends about it. Some joined ala **jjimm** ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/30 "2002-11-19T02:48:26Z")
So most of us were surfing the seas of internet ignorance when washed ashore an oasis of enlightenment (complete with a few dipsticks). ---
**Author:** ![confessorknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@confessorknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/confessorknight)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158/31 "2002-11-19T13:40:03Z")
I saw a recommendation in the music magazine Q. Came back every week to check out the columns before noticing the threadspotting button. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-all-the-australian-dopers-find-out-about-ca/137158.md?page=1)