# I remembered my SDMB password after nearly eight years **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974 "2012-07-12T05:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/21 "2012-07-13T20:43:48Z")
Welcome back **goonhead**. Are you related to or familiar with **Alice the Goon**? Obviously I am not from the 2001-04 period, but I welcome you anyway. EDIT: Removing a Freudian Slip that I hope no one saw. ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/22 "2012-07-14T00:08:18Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Welcome back **goonhead**. Are you related to or familiar with **Alice the Goon**? > > Obviously I am not from the 2001-04 period, but I welcome you anyway. > > EDIT: Removing a Freudian Slip that I hope no one saw. I don’t know Alice the Goon, but I think I have seen her nick on a few of the threads I was browsing. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/23 "2012-07-14T00:47:42Z")
Interesting that I should stumble upon this thread. It has been over two years since I have posted. And probably almost that long since I even logged in (except to renew my paid subscription). And I remembered my password too. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/24 "2012-07-14T01:43:42Z")
Do we bring out the goat for new old members? 😉 Hey hey! Of course I remember you (and periodically see you stream across my facebook feed as well)! Things are very different around here these days, but totally the same. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/25 "2012-07-14T01:49:21Z")
What kept you away, and… What brought you back? ---
**Author:** ![Casey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Casey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/26 "2012-07-14T01:49:51Z")
I was inspired by your memory and gave my long-forgotten password a shot, too - hey, it worked! I haven’t logged in since 2004 and will have to check my post to see when I registered. I’ve been a very happy lurker for a very long time, but it’s nice to be able to post. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/27 "2012-07-14T03:21:21Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Welcome back, **goonhead** , long time no see. > > But why would I know? I go way back to May 2012. I feel old already. 😃 Or, if you believe the database, April 2012. Even older. 🙂 -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/28 "2012-07-14T08:36:02Z")
My mind isn’t what it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/29 "2012-07-15T19:09:55Z")
Nice to see you again, **goon**. I used to be **Aesiron**. Hi to you as well, **Eonwe**. ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/30 "2012-07-17T23:23:06Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > What kept you away, and… > > What brought you back? I stopped posting around the time the SDMB went to requiring a paid membership to do so. I lurked for a bit and continued to chat on the #straightdope undernet channel until sometime in 2005 or so. A week or so ago I remembered that I still had a Livejournal page (which I’ve also neglected for years and years) and sent a few messages out to contacts to ask if the SDMB was still going. I found out it no longer required a paid subscription, and since I’m a cheapskate and used to seeing banner ads anyway, decided to see if I could reactivate myself. ---
**Author:** ![gvozd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gvozd/32/7301_2.png) [@gvozd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gvozd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/31 "2012-07-17T23:43:12Z")
Why didn’t you try to reset your password? ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/32 "2012-07-17T23:59:44Z")
> [@gvozd](#): > > Why didn’t you try to reset your password? I actually did reset it after I logged in, I just happened to remember what password I last ued. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/33 "2012-07-18T00:06:19Z")
> [@goonhead](#): > > I stopped posting around the time the SDMB went to requiring a paid membership to do so. I lurked for a bit and continued to chat on the #straightdope undernet channel until sometime in 2005 or so. > > A week or so ago I remembered that I still had a Livejournal page (which I’ve also neglected for years and years) and sent a few messages out to contacts to ask if the SDMB was still going. I found out it no longer required a paid subscription, and since I’m a cheapskate and used to seeing banner ads anyway, decided to see if I could reactivate myself. _waves_ Welcome back! Who posts on LJ anymore? It’s a dumping ground for my twitter feed nowadays.. Glad I got emailed updates to be able to reply to you! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/34 "2012-07-18T00:14:29Z")
_Poke_ Hey, you! I think I remember you. And I didn’t know **Cazzle** had changed her name, either. ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/35 "2012-07-18T01:36:10Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > _waves_ Welcome back! Who posts on LJ anymore? It’s a dumping ground for my twitter feed nowadays.. Glad I got emailed updates to be able to reply to you! Thanks for the reply, Flutterby! I had actually forgotten what your SDMB nick was, but I remembered your Livejournal nick. And hey, Karlgrenze. I remember that you went to veterinary school in Florida or Louisiana, but you’re probably through by now. Lessee, Ephemera, formerly Aesiron, you were from Tennessee but took a bus to Washington state some years back. And Eonwe/Blumunk/Professor Plum I definitely remember being from Vermont. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/36 "2012-07-18T02:45:47Z")
> [@Ephemera](#): > > Nice to see you again, **goon**. I used to be **Aesiron**. > > Hi to you as well, **Eonwe**. Aes! Hey hey! I missed that name change completely. Wow, it’s kind of old home #IRC week here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/37 "2012-07-18T02:56:48Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Aes! Hey hey! I missed that name change completely. > > Wow, it’s kind of old home #IRC week here. 🙂 And I missed that one too! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/38 "2012-07-18T02:57:56Z")
> [@goonhead](#): > > Thanks for the reply, Flutterby! I had actually forgotten what your SDMB nick was, but I remembered your Livejournal nick. > > And hey, Karlgrenze. I remember that you went to veterinary school in Florida or Louisiana, but you’re probably through by now. > > Lessee, Ephemera, formerly Aesiron, you were from Tennessee but took a bus to Washington state some years back. > > And Eonwe/Blumunk/Professor Plum I definitely remember being from Vermont. Louisiana, but no, I’m still in school. This time in GA. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/39 "2012-07-18T17:01:06Z")
Where in Georgia are you, **KG**? > [@goonhead](#): > > Lessee, Ephemera, formerly Aesiron, you were from Tennessee but took a bus to Washington state some years back. Oregon, but I did go to a Dopefest in Washington while there. I’ve been back in Tennessee for six years now. I miss the West Coast. > [@Eonwe](#): > > Aes! Hey hey! I missed that name change completely. > > Wow, it’s kind of old home #IRC week here. 🙂 I’m nowhere near as active as I used to be. I now post once every three or four days, instead as twice as often every hour. I’m still around a fair bit, though, and still see people like **Silver** and \*\*Number \*\*around. Funny how most of us (the ones I remember, anyway) still seem to be here. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remembered-my-sdmb-password-after-nearly-eight-years/627974/40 "2012-07-18T19:48:30Z")
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