Happy 16th birthday Melting Pot!!

[PyroChixRock]

Today marks the day we have been gathering to talk about glass for 16 years! Happy birthday Melting Pot!




Happy Sweet 16!


Thank you all for being here and making this community amazing.


Birthday celebrations will take place in late summer when it's too hot to blow much glass. If you want to make something for the party, hit me up!

Let's have a killer year, TMP!

[Jackass Glass]

the internet has been around that long? who knew.

[BlairArtGlass]

Woo hoo, congrats TMP Happy Birthday! I know I've only been here for a few years now, but I wanna take this chance to thank Misha, the staff and all the contributers for making this place so great!!

[STROKER]

Damn old enough to drive....
Here's to the next 16

[JayBoogie]

Happy birthday! Thank you to everyone past and present who have helped this place become what it is!

[istandalone24/7]

so my question is, who started talkglass? didn't it used to be called something else besides talkglass/tmp?

[harpentuan]

Happy birthday!!! And that you for providing a place where we can be ourselves. I really f-ing mean that in any possible interpretation.
Please continue to feed our heads!

[PyroChixRock]

so my question is, who started talkglass? didn't it used to be called something else besides talkglass/tmp?

Kristian Turley founded us and we used to be called THE GLDG for glass lampworkers discussion group. Try saying that one on the phone

Kristian got really busy with his distribution company and passed the forum to Mr. Wonka who shortly after passed it to me in 2003. In 2005 I moved us off the premade ezboard software to what we are now. The old ezbaord had put an F before the URL which made artglassforum into fartglassforum so sometimes we were also called that, or the blackboard as the color back then was black.

I still keep thegldg.com just in case.

[jusbag]

Happy birthday!

[harpentuan]

Yes, I have been here since KT founded it. I still have some things from his distribution company.

[Cosmo]

I still keep thegldg.com just in case.

Until the last month or so that's what I still typed in the browser bar...

[oG Glocc Coma]

Happy Birthday Melting Pot!

Thank you for all thew knowledge you keep, the funnies you harbor, and the countless threads you hide for me to search through! You truly are the best place in my Life to feed the passion burning inside!




PS- I rep my GLDG Badge Strong! Think I donated like 4 years before I even thought about having a torch, lol

[GlassBBQ]

B-day TMP! Without you, I would not know where to send newbies to get their info.

Thanks for providing my head with knowledge as well.

[glassdocnc]

Happy Birthday and sweet 16!

Thanks for everyone here who contributes to this great community.

[AxisWolf]

Happy birthday website! More glory to the people behind it!!!

[Mr.P0rn]

Happy Birthday TMP! my life has been forever changed because of the existence of this place.

[Riley]

Couldn't enjoy the wine without the cheese, so I say Happy Birthday to the greatest fondue place on Earth!!

[9ENIUS]

Happy Birthday from a member who never even got started melting and just found their old login details from like 9 years ago!

[bluto]

Happy Birthday TMP

[Mac Maestro]

16 years, wow.

Yes, some of us used to wait through dial up to see the old forum.

"Eeeeeeeeooooiiooopppphhhhhsssshhhhheerrrrrreeeeoo ooeeeepp"

10 minutes later it was time to talk glass!

Thanks for all the memories and friendships, forum. And thanks to all the members past and present for building each other up with knowledge and humor.