# dear god, i've been here since 1999 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388 "2015-08-30T13:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/21 "2015-08-31T19:15:55Z")
Time **March** es on, but I don’t brag… ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/22 "2015-08-31T19:21:16Z")
[QUOTE=DrFidelius] And get off of my lawn. [/QUOTE] I think I helped schlep the first server up the stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/23 "2015-08-31T19:22:46Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Time **March** es on, but I don’t brag… Bragging’s for the double digit members, not for the likes of me or thee. 😉 ---
**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 31, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/24 "2015-08-31T20:57:27Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > And get off of my lawn. I have to get off your lawn, but not many more! March, 1999 here. I’m OK being in the 3 digit club, and since I just made it up… the 100’s club. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/25 "2015-08-31T22:31:50Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Got a link to that? I’m not doubting, just wanting to ooh and aah at it. Correction: It was '97, not '94. I’m one of the letters on this page (won’t say which because it has my real name): > **[Has anyone ever had sex in space?](https://www.straightdope.com/21342196/has-anyone-ever-had-sex-in-space)** ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/26 "2015-08-31T22:36:18Z")
Dear god, I’ve been here since 1938 - unless you believe life begins at conception in which case there is a slight chance I’ve been here since 1937. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/27 "2015-08-31T23:00:35Z")
The stories we could tell… Back in my day, we bought Straight Dope books at a bookstore. Heck I even remember that article in a magazine which mentioned “If ignorance was cornflakes, you’d be General Mills”. But too old to remember the magazine, Readers Digest? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/28 "2015-09-01T00:11:51Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > It’s not unique. Good lord, **Bosda** and I registered on the same day.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/29 "2015-09-01T01:58:14Z")
I’ve been reading since 1999 although I lurked a looonnng time before posting. I remember the pulsing brain logo on AOL. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/30 "2015-09-01T02:11:20Z")
What took you so long to register? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/31 "2015-09-01T02:36:43Z")
Crosstown traffic is a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388/32 "2015-09-01T02:38:55Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I met Ed Zotti at an orgy in Chicago in 1979. Pffft! Me to Zotti, “Ed, I am your Father.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-ive-been-here-since-1999/729388.md?page=1)