# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/121 "2017-10-27T22:44:47Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Lurkers, Lurkers everywhere… There is probably one in your closet right now. Don’t look, they are more scared of you than you are of them and generally harmless. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/122 "2017-10-28T22:00:05Z")
Doubt if anyone remembers me. But Hi everybody! ---
**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 28, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/123 "2017-10-28T22:06:58Z")
I remember you, **meek**. Nice to have you back! ---
**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:** [October 28, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/124 "2017-10-28T22:23:36Z")
Join Date 08-01-2000 And I’ve been nice since I came here, dammit. 😃 I’m also a certified geezette on the verge of grandmotherhood. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/125 "2017-10-29T00:54:26Z")
Huh. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/126 "2017-10-29T01:59:03Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > For the purposes of this thread, I propose that _Geezer_ means having signed up for the SDMB back in the 20th century, i.e. before Jan 1, 2001. 😃 [wailing] _But I don’t wanna be a geezer!!_[/wailing] Missed being a '99er by 3 days. Never read Cecil’s columns in a newspaper because the alternative paper in Portland doesn’t carry it. Saw references to Cecil on Usenet and then found his books. Don’t really remember how I came across this message board, but I know I lurked for a few months before joining. Think I’ll go play on a '99er’s yard… ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/127 "2017-10-29T04:17:22Z")
> [@meek](#): > > Doubt if anyone remembers me. But Hi everybody! Hi! Inherited anything lately? ---
**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:** [October 30, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/128 "2017-10-30T04:24:56Z")
> [@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? These threads are the only time I actually post. ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/129 "2017-10-30T14:14:18Z")
Finally after dozens of password attempts, I finally figured out what my old password was. So I am officially an old Geezer and not just pretending to be one. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/130 "2017-10-31T14:03:06Z")
Here I be. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/131 "2017-10-31T19:37:35Z")
99er reporting in. I used to get Cecil Adam’s books all the time at the library. After Nebraska football, Straight Dope was probably the third thing I looked up when I discovered the World Wide Web. “If ignorance was corn flakes, you’d be General Mills.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/132 "2017-10-31T22:23:53Z")
I joined in Aug 1999 and my membership number is 2027. Living in the UK, I get a Pensioner’s bus pass and a Winter fuel allowance. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/133 "2017-11-01T13:52:42Z")
When I registered here, I had never heard of Cecil Adams or The Straight Dope. But I think we 99ers are still looked down upon by the few remaining AOL Star-Bellied Sneetches as Johnny-Come-Latelies. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/134 "2017-11-01T17:31:25Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > When I registered here, I had never heard of Cecil Adams or The Straight Dope. But I think we 99ers are still looked down upon by the few remaining AOL Star-Bellied Sneetches as Johnny-Come-Latelies. We '97ers don’t taunt you post-AOLers all _that_ often 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/135 "2017-11-01T23:00:42Z")
Ahem…I prefer the title “codger.” ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/136 "2017-11-02T16:13:34Z")
_sigh_ Here. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/137 "2017-11-03T19:40:43Z")
> [@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? Love reading but don’t have much to add. I discovered the Straight Dope from the short-lived TV show. After that went off the air I read all of the books and started reading the new articles online. Joined up as member #173 when the boards opened in '99 ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/138 "2017-11-09T03:18:26Z")
It’s very serendipitous that I was _just thinking_ about how long I’ve been on the SDMB when I stumbled upon this recent thread. I guess I’m a latecomer, but I did participate on the AOL forum (with the same user name!). It wasn’t until activity was pretty much dead that I learnt about an actual website. The AOL forum, of course, turned me onto the books. I’d suggest that this is a good medium for converting to book sales, but given the number of books, their profit margins, and the amount of time I’ve spent here, I can imagine that no one one breaking even! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/139 "2017-11-09T03:43:16Z")
Yeah, I’m here. March of 2000. Still married to Airman Doors and the sprog is now 15 and a smartass like his mother. 😃 I went through some pix of the sprog’s birth and saw Simon, the little stuffed hippo that Max Torque lent for the occasion. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549/140 "2017-11-09T06:46:34Z")
> [@StrTrkr777](#): > > Finally after dozens of password attempts, I finally figured out what my old password was. > > So I am officially an old Geezer and not just pretending to be one. Almost exactly 17 years since you last posted. I salute you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-old-geezers-of-the-dope/799549.md?page=6)