# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/101 "2017-10-24T19:46:11Z")
_two thousand zero zero party over, oops, out of time gonna party 'cause my join date’s nineteen ninety-nine_ ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/102 "2017-10-24T20:17:58Z")
1999 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vtxrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d26b3c/32.png) [@vtxrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vtxrider)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/103 "2017-10-24T21:43:49Z")
Started with the AOL boards and was quite active there (not sure when I started there). Then joined here in May of 1999. My old user name was #909 apparently. Due to some issues with the firewall at work, I took several years off. When I came back, I could not remember my password and no longer had access to the email I had used to sign up, so I had to create a new user name. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/104 "2017-10-24T21:56:25Z")
I managed to join before Y2K destroyed all this. Real shame how our civilization completely folded just a few minutes after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/105 "2017-10-24T22:10:24Z")
> [@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. Me. 05-24-2000. GET OFF MY LAWN!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/106 "2017-10-24T22:48:48Z")
I’m going on 14 years . . . wow, time flies when yer having fun! ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/107 "2017-10-24T23:50:39Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Proud 99er checking in! Was so long ago that I don’t even remember signing up… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/108 "2017-10-25T01:44:11Z")
All you newbies who joined in years starting with 2… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/109 "2017-10-25T02:05:17Z")
I’m another who lost their first handle in TWOOMC and while I continued to read I didn’t sign up again until 2002. It’s been a crazy 18 years. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/110 "2017-10-25T02:16:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Yo. I began lurking in 1999, but didn’t join until 2000… Same time frame – I lurked for years (even after I joined… probably almost a decade, but who’s counting). I learned a lot while lurking. About the world, and about this community, which is probably why I didn’t say anything stupid at first. I really miss some of the oldsters (for instance, I still read some of **Otto** ’s posts that I saved, and I occasionally relive his meltdown and suicide-by-mod). ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/111 "2017-10-25T02:31:39Z")
I signed up when I was 4. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/112 "2017-10-25T02:41:30Z")
I discovered the board in 2001 and lurked for years before signing up. It’s been a fun ride. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/113 "2017-10-25T03:36:17Z")
First found the Dope on AOL. I was the a host for the chat when Opal made her first appearance. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/114 "2017-10-25T03:57:45Z")
I’m not a 99er, but I have known y’all longer than I’ve known my husband or my kids. Also, I’ve been away for a while. Nice to be back. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/115 "2017-10-25T06:13:39Z")
Great to have you back! Also, note that with a join date of September, 2000, you are a member of a very exclusive club. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/116 "2017-10-25T14:32:37Z")
Hard to believe I rank among the oldest members, but it speaks to the depth and continual challenge to the mind this board provides. I used to be active on LJ, but I became gun-shy after losing my job over my blog. FB has since lost its worth to me and I hardly post there anymore. At least here, I don’t have to use my real name, but I can use my real voice among the nerds, smarties, and skeptics. SDMB is and has always been my Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/117 "2017-10-25T23:58:10Z")
> [@brachyrhynchos](#): > > Came here from alt.fan.cecil-adams. > > _waves_ Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/118 "2017-10-27T20:05:27Z")
I find it amazing that there are a few folks who have been here for 18 years, have very few posts yet still managed to find this thread and post to it. How does that happen? ---
**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 27, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/119 "2017-10-27T20:27:53Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I find it amazing that there are a few folks who have been here for 18 years, have very few posts yet still managed to find this thread and post to it. > > How does that happen? It was the phrase “old geezers” and the promise of a free puppy if you posted. It was a limited time offer only though; once the ball got rolling, I realized we ran out of puppies, and halted the offer. Tripler We’d considered offering free hugs, but soon realized that we hadn’t invented trans-monitor-teleportation just yet. ---
**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 27, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/120 "2017-10-27T20:31:31Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I find it amazing that there are a few folks who have been here for 18 years, have very few posts yet still managed to find this thread and post to it. > > How does that happen? Lurkers, Lurkers everywhere… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549.md?page=7)