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When did this forum begin? Because I'd like to know the experience of a bander who has had their band for years and years.

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The owner of this board has been banded for at least 2 years I know of for sure, but he doesn't post that often. He has a day job! LOL!!

There are bandsters on here that have been banded for 3 years that post often. I was banded for 18 months.

So there are lots of good reference people on this board in various stages of banding.

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Mae's a great site to read, if you're just looking for a long-term success story: http://www.myagb.homestead.com/index.html -- she makes me excited!

If you want advice from someone banded for a long time, perhaps start a thread "Looking for advice from someone banded 2+ years ago" or "Experienced bandster advice needed". They're out there, you just have to find 'em! :confused: I've seen some that are 5+ years, I think one was 10 (don't quote me on that). There's a bunch that are 2+ years.

When you're looking at someone's post, check out their signature... it often has their band date (mine is 10 days ago, lol). :confused: And in the top right corner of the name portion of their post is their join date... some have been hanging out here a LONG time! :)

Good luck!

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