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Thread: How did you find the OptiBoard?

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    Question How did you find the OptiBoard?

    How did you find the OptiBoard? If "other", please describe below. Thank you for participating!!

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    Forever Liz's Dad Steve Machol's Avatar
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    I started it in 1995! ;)


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    Sorry, Steve. I guess for you I should have asked "How was it that you founded the OptiBoard!!"

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    Survival

    It's how I keep in touch with what my wife is doing, she's an Optiboardaholic

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    Forever Liz's Dad Steve Machol's Avatar
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    Sorry, I couldn't resist. :) If anyone is interested in seeing the top referring sites since November 4th, check this:

    http://www.optiboard.com/forums/vbst...ction=incoming


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    Tammy,

    You might also want to check out this previous poll on the same subject:

    http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...find+optiboard


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    Wink There goes that Bacchus guy again!

    My lab director (at the time I was with a retail chain) asked if he could post job openings there. It was very rough in those days but I was hooked none the less.

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    sub specie aeternitatis Pete Hanlin's Avatar
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    It was sometime in 1996... I was looking for the American Board of Opticianry's website (which, it turned out, didn't exist at the time) and the search engine brought up OptiBoard from the word "Opticianry."

    First post was "why can't a polarized lens be clear?" Since then, I'm sure I've tried the patience of my fellow boarders with at least a couple thousand posts (the post numbers were reset when we went to the new board format a year or so ago).
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    I was referred by hcjilson. I logged on right away...but it took me a bit before i actually started posting.

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    webmail.vsnl..

    Originally posted by Steve Machol
    Sorry, I couldn't resist. :) If anyone is interested in seeing the top referring sites since November 4th, check this:

    http://www.optiboard.com/forums/vbst...ction=incoming
    The webmail.vsnl.com is the site I use to open my mails and clik the links of OB mails to visit OB.

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    Sandeep,

    How did you find OptiBoard?


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    Big Smile First Hire from the Optical Help Wanted Page

    Back in 1995 I was the first person hired via a resume posted on the Optical Help Wanted Page. I have been with Gerber Coburn ever since.

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    Re: First Hire from the Optical Help Wanted Page

    Originally posted by Chris Farley
    Back in 1995 I was the first person hired via a resume posted on the Optical Help Wanted Page. I have been with Gerber Coburn ever since.
    Yep, I can confirm that! :)


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    Cape Codger OptiBoard Gold Supporter hcjilson's Avatar
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    Things were kind of slow....

    Things were kind of slow around the office and I couldn't resist the opportunity to see what was being offered in the "real world". I had decided I wanted to get back into the big time. Alas, it was my fate to stay on Cape Cod without finding employment on the web.....and found that this existance IS the big time after all!:D
    best from still on the cape, harry j
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