In June 2003 I bought my first Sirius radio. If I remember right it was the PNP2. Boy was that thing huge in comparison to my XM SkyFI! When not being used as a radio, it made for a fantastic self defense device! Just one toss to the head would knock them unconscious for weeks!! And if not being used as a radio or self defense device, it made for a great toaster! Just toss a slice of bread on that puppy and the natural heating action would roast your toast to a tasty golden brown in minutes!
Anyway, now that I've regrouped, I discovered SBS after yahooing or googleing these very words, "sirius forum". That was July 2003. I originally joined under the nickname "NHTrac", however, I later abandoned that nickname after I came home drunk one night and couldn't log onto the site. The reason being that I was trying to log on as "NHTracker", not "NHTrac". NHTracker is a nick I'd been using for years and for some reason SBS was the only site that I had decided to switch it up. Obviously the combination of liquor and the fact that I was riled up about the channel changes in February 2004 (Vortex rest in peace), threw my brain into a stupor. Needless to say I created a new nick using my old trusty NHTracker nick and the rest is history.
Until SBS I was an XMFAN.... literally. But shortly after getting Sirius, XM decided to go into this whole deep obscure tracks thing on my favorite channel, Ethel. Naturally, I gravitated more towards hits based Sirius. At the same time my interest in SBS grew. I found the folks at SBS significantly more civil and inviting. XMFAN on the other hand was getting quite hostile. I mean it had always been hostile, but it was gradually getting worse. SBS quickly became the forum I looked at every chance I could. Even if I didn't post much, I was always lurking. Most likely if I posted as much as I lurked, my post count would probably be right on par with the great and mighty DAB! But all in all, I'm lazy and would rather read.
One of the funniest post I had ever read on SBS came about year or so ago and I'll never forget it. It involved a few posters that were rambling on about some commercial that for the life of me I could not figure out. So as I was scrolling down through the thread I saw a post from Rustytrombone that summed up exactly what I was thinking.. "What the hell are you people talking about?" Perhaps it was my mood at the time and the way he put it, but it nearly knocked me off my chair laughing.
I will also never forget how the 2005 flood of new subs changed the whole dynamic of the forum. In a very short period of time our little forum grew by leaps and bounds with a whole new crew of people. Some stayed with us and some never came back. But ultimately, it was good times all around!