# Anyone been here longer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048 "2012-08-01T12:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/1 "2012-08-01T12:20:53Z")
Well, I’m sure you have, but at another message board I belong to, a few of us noticed that we were coming up on our 10th anniversary as members. That caused me to check here and I noticed that it will be my 12th anniversary this Friday. I’m sure others have been here longer, I still recognize a lot of names, but who, beyond the might Cecil himself, has been here longer? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/2 "2012-08-01T12:22:58Z")
Too damn long, if I may say so myself. I can’t beleive I haven’t found something more useful to do with my time after all these years. I was here before “here” was _here_. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/3 "2012-08-01T12:32:56Z")
I was on the old AOL site. Mostly for the columns. I know I checked out the forum on a few occasions. Took me a little while to find the new site and a little longer to join. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/4 "2012-08-01T13:10:18Z")
Wow - today is my 12th anniversary here. Apart from my marriage, I think it may be my longest-lasting relationship!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/5 "2012-08-01T13:14:48Z")
Only 11.5 years as of Saturday. A mere infant among senior citizens. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/6 "2012-08-01T13:24:15Z")
Tenure and experience, count for shit. It’s the quality of your post that matter most. _Bonus points if you can throw in a rhyme or two. 😃_ ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/7 "2012-08-01T13:26:26Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Only 11.5 years as of Saturday. A mere infant among senior citizens. Me too! I lurked for a good 8 months or so before I signed up; I’d be in the '00 crowd if I hadn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/8 "2012-08-01T13:26:48Z")
I’m not sure of my exact join date, but I’m one of the many '99ers around here, that puts us at 13 years. Plus, as Loach said, I was on the AOL boards for quite a while as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/9 "2012-08-01T13:28:38Z")
I hit 12 years in June. I was absent from the board entirely for about 2 years, but I got the stamina working for me. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/10 "2012-08-01T13:40:52Z")
There are piles of 99ers still around, not to mention people who came over from the AOL board. ---
**Author:** ![Woeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/11 "2012-08-01T13:44:52Z")
Coming up on a decade of Dope in October - though to be fair, I lurked for almost a year before signing up. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/12 "2012-08-01T13:49:25Z")
I’m a 99er. A 9-28-99er. So a long darn time. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/13 "2012-08-01T13:50:45Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Too damn long, if I may say so myself. I can’t beleive I haven’t found something more useful to do with my time after all these years. > > I was here before “here” was _here_. Wow. Not a lot of active members here in the ‘2 digit’ club. My join date was 03-14-1999 (member number 157). ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/14 "2012-08-01T13:51:16Z")
Generation of '99 here too, although there was a break from activity for a couple years after a burnout. 29 March 1999, member #402. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/15 "2012-08-01T13:55:21Z")
And for shits and giggles, **Lynn Bodoni** is #2. Wait, that didn’t sound right… ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/16 "2012-08-01T14:00:08Z")
> [@TommyTutone](#): > > Well, I’m sure you have, but at another message board I belong to, a few of us noticed that we were coming up on our 10th anniversary as members. That caused me to check here and I noticed that it will be my 12th anniversary this Friday. > > I’m sure others have been here longer, I still recognize a lot of names, but who, beyond the might Cecil himself, has been here longer? 99’er here! 😃 3-15-99 ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/17 "2012-08-01T14:01:56Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > Generation of '99 here too, although there was a break from activity for a couple years after a burnout. 29 March 1999, member #402. Yeah, me too. I dropped off the radar for almost 10 years. How do I find my member number? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/18 "2012-08-01T14:02:59Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > And for shits and giggles, **Lynn Bodoni** is #2. > > Wait, that didn’t sound right… Actually it sounded _exactly_ right! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/19 "2012-08-01T14:04:26Z")
> [@Rich\_G7subs](#): > > Yeah, me too. I dropped off the radar for almost 10 years. How do I find my member number? You’re #200, hover over your (or anyone else to see their’s) user name and check the URL that pops up at the bottom of the screen. How do I find my exact join date? ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048/20 "2012-08-01T14:19:22Z")
Haven’t been here as long as some, but longer than others… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-here-longer/630048.md?page=2)