02-03-2014, 09:12 PM
We bought our first home computer in 2002. One of the first things I did online was to look up "model railroading" which led me to the forums associated with TRAINS, Model Railroader magazine, etc. Not long after I started reading that forum I saw a thread with the title "Welcome _____ from The Gauge". As it turned out the thread was a snarky shot at an early member here (I forget what the whole context or conflict was) but it made me curious to see what The Gauge was all about. In a short time I was a member of The Gauge and left the other forums behind.