Well, then, you might wanna check out this thread: When was the U.S. Navy at its most powerful? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board
Welcome back!
Thanks! With only 400ish posts and having been a member of the teeming millions for 13 years, I have some catching up to do! 
Cool. We’d threaten to re-initiate you, since you were gone so long, but the squid’s on unpaid furlough due to budget cuts.
The trampoline’s still nice and springy, though.
:: cough ::
Or so I’m told.
Oh man, Chief Scott passed! 
He was a fantastic guy and If I remember correctly was the first one to welcome me to the SDMB back in the AOL days.
Hey! No fair! You’ve been around longer than I have, if you don’t count the 10 year gap. :rolleyes:
But who’s counting? 
Than shouldn’t my Avatar say “Charter member” too? 
Interesting statistic…I wonder if I am the least frequent poster in SDMB history!?
Total Posts: 439
Posts Per Day: 0.09
Hello Rich G7subs! Would you care to send in a photo for our SDMB photo gallery?
Welcome home! Same thing happened with me. I used to love this forum back in the day. Joined at the start of 2001 made 400 odd posts then disappeared when the forum put up a pay wall. Only recently rediscovered the forum and loving it.