# For the old Geezers of the Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549 "2017-10-22T15:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/81 "2017-10-23T17:23:18Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > I think he was talking about the fact that the other poster mentioned the year, and there’s no way that particular date is coming around again, ever. Having said that, I’m not sure where you’re getting four hundred years from, even if you missed the year. Doesn’t Feb. 29 come around every _four_ years? Feb 29th comes around almost every 4 years. However years that end in “00” are not leap years unless they also are divisible by 400 - so 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, while 2000 was. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/82 "2017-10-23T17:24:15Z")
I joined in September 2001, but there is no way that was 16 years ago, I must have passed through some kinda time portal or something… No way I tell you. (damn, I’m _old_) ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/83 "2017-10-23T18:21:14Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Feb 29th comes around almost every 4 years. However years that end in “00” are not leap years unless they also are divisible by 400 - so 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, while 2000 was. Huh, there you go. And I’ve even been here longer than you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/84 "2017-10-23T19:19:05Z")
Lurking since late 90’s, originally with a different username that I’ve long forgotten; reenlisted as TC in October 2008. And don’t call me a “geezer”! I’m 67, and by god I’ll wear a red blazer to your funeral and dance on your grave. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/85 "2017-10-23T20:19:45Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Feb 29th comes around almost every 4 years. However years that end in “00” are not leap years unless they also are divisible by 400 - so 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, while 2000 was. It’s the exception to the exception to the exception. I guess the rule is well-proved! Been here since 1999, before that it was the a.f.c-a usenet group. My thought about a web-based message system was that it’s a stupid way to manage messages, since that’s exactly what usenet worked perfectly for. Why do we need this newfangled web thingy? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/86 "2017-10-23T20:51:25Z")
I joined in May, 2000. I have visited almost every day since. My experience of both the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the election of President Obama took place primarily on this board. I remember when the board went to pay, I started signing up years in advance, and wondering if we would even still be around in far-off dates like 2017. I am currently subscribed until 2021. On the internet, this is my home. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/87 "2017-10-23T20:56:26Z")
2001 for me. Being a fan of the books, I would have joined earlier had I known it existed (even had an AOL account at the time). ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/88 "2017-10-23T21:30:40Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > May, 2000. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/89 "2017-10-23T21:55:53Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > It’s the exception to the exception to the exception. I guess the rule is well-proved! > Been here since 1999, before that it was the a.f.c-a usenet group. My thought about a web-based message system was that it’s a stupid way to manage messages, since that’s exactly what usenet worked perfectly for. Why do we need this newfangled web thingy? My thought too, until they let the riffraff in and the volume on interesting Usenet groups got too high. We’re more exclusive here. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/90 "2017-10-24T01:01:28Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Hello my friend who has been mistaken for me as well as I for you! I’m a mere babe having only found the place 10 years ago. Not much solace for my advancing geezerhood in real life though. Hello there verbal doppelganger! Believe me, if they put us side-by-side in white Miami-style business suits, they’d tell us apart quickly, and permanently. > [@GargoyleWB](#): > > 2001 for me. Being a fan of the books, I would have joined earlier had I known it existed (even had an AOL account at the time). When the show was on cable TV (A&E?), I would have signed up for the AOL pages in a heartbeat, had I known about them. Oh, that and as a starving college student, I couldn’t swing the AOL fees. Tripler I’ll be the short bald one from Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/91 "2017-10-24T02:41:08Z")
6/21/2000 according to my profile page. I think I lurked for a good while before that. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/92 "2017-10-24T05:24:52Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Sorry, but **Monty** holds that honour. He’s User 14: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Nope, he is/was staff. I have never been any sort of staff. Check with Tuba or C Dex. this has come up before . I am the oldest continuous member who never left or held any position when this board was started as they left AOL. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/93 "2017-10-24T05:28:38Z")
You go dude! ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/94 "2017-10-24T09:41:55Z")
14 years here. Not quite a geezer, but close. Followed the Master since the mid-eighties. My wife and I read his books to each other on long trips (before discovering books on tape). I got curious at work and typed “[straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com)” into the url bar to see what would happen. Lurked a bit and joined in late 2003. It was my first “online” presence. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/95 "2017-10-24T10:59:59Z")
April of 2000. Just barely 60 years old then, now just barely alive. Maybe just barely sentient. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/96 "2017-10-24T11:59:31Z")
Yup my join date starts with a one. I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/97 "2017-10-24T13:57:22Z")
I remember when we were on the AOL Watercooler. I don’t think I signed up here on the forum at first because I was intimidated by all the brainiacs. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 24, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/98 "2017-10-24T15:01:18Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I just realized I’d been here for over seventeen years. Then I saw a post from a '99er, and felt like a kid again. > > I’m a 2000-er. Who’s with me? > > Tripler > Gotta keep these youngin’s in line, ya know. I’m one of the oldies too. Joined in 1999, user number 157; so I have that going for me too. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/99 "2017-10-24T15:14:50Z")
Came here from alt.fan.cecil-adams. _waves_ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/100 "2017-10-24T15:22:25Z")
September 26, 1999. You whippersnappers get off my lawn! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549.md?page=6)