# Happy Doper Milestones thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442 "2012-10-11T18:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/142 "2014-05-16T15:57:39Z")
Yay Pendgwen!!! So, uh, it hurts when ever I do this. What should I do? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/143 "2014-05-17T01:13:16Z")
Yay for both **Annie** and **pendgwen**! ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/144 "2014-05-17T03:39:25Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Yay Pendgwen!!! So, uh, it hurts when ever I do this. What should I do? šŸ™‚ Donā€™t do that. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/145 "2014-05-17T04:14:02Z")
> [@pendgwen](#): > > Donā€™t do that. You are GOOD! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/146 "2014-05-17T13:45:19Z")
> [@pendgwen](#): > > Donā€™t do that. Youā€™re board-certified ER doc now. Itā€™s ā€œDonā€™t do that. Thatā€™ll be $1800.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/147 "2014-05-19T22:52:39Z")
> [@pendgwen](#): > > Donā€™t do that. You should never take medical advise from someone on the internet. In other words: Keep doing that! ---
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/148 "2014-06-19T22:52:58Z")
_ahem_ Iā€™ve been waiting for the opportunity to post to this thread. I graduated from college today! šŸ™‚ two-year program, web developmentā€¦ Now I just need to get a job. I have my passport and Iā€™m mobileā€¦ Anyone in a warm, dry, inexpensive climate need some web pages? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/149 "2014-06-20T00:39:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > _ahem_ > > Iā€™ve been waiting for the opportunity to post to this thread. > > I graduated from college today! šŸ™‚ two-year program, web developmentā€¦ Now I just need to get a job. I have my passport and Iā€™m mobileā€¦ Anyone in a warm, dry, inexpensive climate need some web pages? Congrats, and good luck! I wasnā€™t going to bump the thread just for this, butā€¦for the first time in around a decade, my A1c (basically a three month average of blood sugar) is in the normal range. The reference range tops off at 5.6. I tend to be 5.8 or 5.9, and have been tweaking my diet and exercise regime. My GP says if I get two ā€œnormalā€ tests in a row, heā€™ll take me back to once a year testing instead of every three months. Iā€™d like to be a little lower still, but Iā€™m pretty happy to have a normal reading. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/150 "2014-07-13T17:37:02Z")
Former poster Crusoe and I have been together for ten years this year since meeting at a Londope Fest. Yesterday we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary, and our second child is due in two weeks šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/151 "2014-07-17T11:45:00Z")
Second child actually arrived yesterday - a beautiful little brother for our gorgeous girl šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/152 "2014-07-17T14:00:51Z")
Congrats on both happy occasions! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/153 "2014-07-19T19:42:33Z")
Wonderful!! More Doper babies!! Have you registered this child yet with the SDMB?? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/155 "2014-08-07T20:50:03Z")
reported. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/156 "2014-08-24T10:48:43Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > Second child actually arrived yesterday - a beautiful little brother for our gorgeous girl šŸ™‚ Late acknowledging this but all the best from the other side of the world. Long tme together and a couple of billy tin lids! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/157 "2014-09-02T14:50:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I missed this before. Iā€™m majoring in information systems. . And now I can say - Friday was officially my last day! I am finished with school! I am anxiously awaiting the letter confirming my graduation and then, my diploma. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/158 "2014-09-02T16:24:29Z")
Way to go !!! May this be the first step on a gratifying path. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/159 "2014-09-17T13:15:20Z")
WOOT! WOOT! Itā€™s my FOURTH wedding anniversary today! My wonderful spouse ChuckTheMonster surprised me with hidden chocolates: on my computer keyboard; in my bathrobe pocket; on my reading stand next to ā€œmy chairā€; underneath the romantic card on the breakfast table; and hidden in the folds of the newspaper! Actually, one item was NOT chocolate / it was (chocolate-covered) toffe sprinkled with sea salt šŸ˜ƒ Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd ā€¦ breakfast itself was buckwheat blueberry pancakes with bourbon barrel Vermont maple syrup ā€¦ mmm Mmm MMM yum Yum YUM šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ Yes, weā€™re going out to dinner tonight, too! šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/160 "2014-09-22T04:25:39Z")
Happy Birthday to me! Had fun at the company picnic, followed by a nice cookout at my sister-in-lawā€™s place, and ending with some Glenmorangie followed by Fishtale Aleā€™s [Smaug Stout.](http://beerpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-Hobbit-Smaug-Stout.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/161 "2014-09-22T04:31:06Z")
I posted this in The Great Ongoing General Aviation Thread, but what the heck. Iā€™ll post it here. I had my Biennial Flight Review this evening. Got signed off, and Iā€™m current. Iā€™m officially a Threat From Above. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 8, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/162 "2014-10-08T21:31:06Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > 2001: I join the Dope > 2003: I graduate with a B.A. and a B.S. > 2004: I graduate with an M.A. > 2006: I graduate with a Ph.D. > 2008: I get engaged > 2009: I get married > 2011: Our daughter is born > > The dope sure has seen a lot of my life. I like the way you think, Sattua! 1999: I joined the Dope. 2003: Wife Passed ā˜¹ 2004: I graduated with a B.S. 2006: Engaged (January) and Married (August) my wife. 2008: I graduated with a M.S. 2008: Granddaughter #1 born 2011: Granddaughter #2 born 2014: At current company for 10 years! (this is quite an accomplishment, Iā€™ve been laid off 5 times in my career. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442.md?page=9)