# Link me to the first topic you made on here, if you can't find it. Anyone who replied still around? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449 "2016-10-02T06:59:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/21 "2016-10-03T02:18:25Z")
A [colossal thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=15161) from 2000. The still-actives appear to be **Ukulele Ike** , **tomndebb** , and **KCB615**. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/22 "2016-10-03T02:48:17Z")
Here’s mine: > **[Couple beat and burn infant son...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=126612)** > > In the fireplace no less. I’m pretty much a lurker here (I came across this on the snopes MB) and haven’t a very good ability at ranting, but this made me cry out loud, along with all the other various horrible attacks on innocents of late. Here’s... Looks like I was all about the RO, with a particularly angsty OP to boot. I’m surprised I didn’t faint while writing that. :dubious: There were at least four people posting that are still active, one that has died (RIP, Opal) and another I could’ve sworn was banned, but apparently not. What’s so interesting to me is to see names of once prolific members who stopped posting for whatever reason, but apparently still read here. I mean, like the last time they had anything was '06, yet they were here yesterday. We need a thread to get them to de-lurk and maybe tell us why. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/23 "2016-10-03T03:45:50Z")
My first topic was the Firesign Theatre: [Don't Crush That Dwarf... - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=60671) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/24 "2016-10-03T03:49:25Z")
I’ve only been here since 2010 and my posting average is just 1.2 posts per day so I doubt that anyone here recognizes me but here goes… My first thread:[**Calling 911 from an unregistered cell phone?**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574781) garnered just one, correct response. The second one:[\*\* Fencepost problem or ‘off by one error’ raises its ugly head in poker\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576643) did better. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/25 "2016-10-03T05:20:42Z")
Here’s my first thread from back in 2001 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91533](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91533) and I believe **Squink** , **scr4** and **ftg** are still active posters after all those years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/26 "2016-10-03T05:30:47Z")
Not the most auspicious beginning for me on the Boards. [Foreign service exam (yank sd'ers only) - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=12048) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/27 "2016-10-03T16:26:34Z")
Posted in General Questions on July 19, 2004: [_How long does it take the newly blind to develop an unfocused stare?_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267291) Only two other posters, both still active: **MLS** and **Boyo Jim**. (I never did get an answer…) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/28 "2016-10-03T16:53:08Z")
[Ossuary of James, brother of Jesus found… maybe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=140584) - Nov. 6, 2002. Only 13 posters participated, but half are still active: **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor CalMeacham Revtim rocking chair Pabitel NurseCarmen (last active in August) Diceman (last active in July)** Formerly high profile posters in that thread included Arnold Winkelried and Tuckerfan. Tuckerfan’s CP doesn’t list a ‘last active’ date but I remember him leaving, though not exactly when. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/29 "2016-10-03T17:07:26Z")
Mine was a [fairly stupid question about making CDs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347237) that got replies from three helpful dopers back in November 2005. **Mangetout** and \*\*Thudlow Boink \*\*are still quite active. **c\_goat** ’s last activity was a couple of years ago. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/30 "2016-10-03T17:15:24Z")
Mine was in an [atheism thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=131067) from August 2002. Mangetout, Dangerosa and LHoD all were in it. Some lost Dopers were in it too. Only two posters have been banned, which seems kind of low. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/31 "2016-10-03T17:20:09Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Link me to the first topic you made on here, **if you can’t find it**. Bolding mine. If I can’t find it, how can I link to it? Fix your thread title, IT. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/32 "2016-10-03T17:22:18Z")
Of my first year’s threads, I get into 2000 before **IkeWitt** shows up as a poster on one that I didn’t originate. A little later in 2000, **samclem** comments on one of my posts. Lotsa lotsa names I haven’t seen for… a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/33 "2016-10-03T17:26:01Z")
Not a particularly buzzy thread, but a few who responded are still around. > **[Glurge deconstructed](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633794)** > > I actually don’t encounter all that much glurge. I mean I might get an occasional heartwarming tale forwarded to me from a well-intentioned aunt this time of year, but for the most part I live a relatively glurge-free existence. So when I do come... ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/34 "2016-10-03T17:29:09Z")
[This is my first one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33727) A spelling thread. Who woulda thunk? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/35 "2016-10-03T17:48:30Z")
My first thread was about [domestication](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=330331). John Mace, SnakesCatLady, Blake and Hello Again all replied and all are active now with the exception of SCL, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/36 "2016-10-03T17:56:12Z")
Mine was asking about [the meaning](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=201511) of the man who sold the world by David Bowie in July 2003. Not many replies, folks still active are **emmaliminal** and **xash** (though he just moved the thread). It did get re-animated in 2011 which was kind of cool. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/37 "2016-10-03T17:59:59Z")
[Caucasian “Washington’s”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553378) Wasn’t really that long ago, and all 4 respondents are still around active on the board today. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/38 "2016-10-03T18:08:39Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > The [first one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340776) which I could fine only had one reply by ZipperJJ who is still active. I had been a member for two years, but didn’t start a lot of threads myself. Highfive!! You never answered me but I managed not to kill any cell phones in the 11 years since. My first thread was shortly after 9/11 and it was about[giving blood](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=87170) in response to 9/11. I had just joined a month prior. Just 5 replies - two from current active members **friedo and bibliophage. Two from no-longer-active members I recognize Duck Duck Goose** and **Dijon Warlock**. Then one from a guy who hasn’t posted since December of that year. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/39 "2016-10-03T18:38:46Z")
My first was one [calling on Bush to concede the 2000 election](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=46412). **Sam Stone** is still here, **RickJay** , **Stoid** (I think she was **stoidela** then). I don’t think **wring** or **jshore** post here anymore. **Guinastasia** remains as much of a board icon as ever. “Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449/40 "2016-10-03T19:09:07Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > OK, so I’m going to show my age. > > My first thread was thread number 8 on this board. It’s so old that my name doesn’t show at the top (it just says “guest” - that is due to the Winter of Missed Content and a backup copy of the board at the time being restored. > > It’s dated 3/16/1999. Fortunately I thought to sign my name to it - and I got a response from the Master himself on it! > > And being so old and everyone listed as a “guest” I couldn’t tell you if any posters are still active - besides **Cecil Adams** , of course. > > [Ni-Cad Battery Answer - Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=8) wow. My first is here: > **[Why isn't Tobacco more heavily regulated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=150823)** > > Ok, Tobacco kills more people in the USA than guns do- but it is not regulated anywhere near as much as Guns are. Now, true- most of the deaths are caused by voluntary use of the demon weed- but then many gun deaths are suicides- and anitgunners... Of whom two are quite active, one is semi-active, and the rest havent posted in years. Surprising none have been banned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-to-the-first-topic-you-made-on-here-if-you-cant-find-it-anyone-who-replied-still-around/767449.md?page=3)