Wow, I didn't even think the site was that old.

I only came over begrudgingly after the mass R-G-P exodus in 2012 once the google newsgroup reader had it's final fatal glitch that made it too annoying to access, but even then i though Pinside was only a few years old. Avoided it early on as it had very little tech info (alot of the tech posters on RGP seemed like the final hold-outs) and the running jokes was so many "will it fit into...." posts about which cars can hold which pins.

also looks like I have nearly the same amount of posts as you in half the time, but I don't post that often anymore.