# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:15pm 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/767449/41 "2016-10-03T19:15:10Z")
Humour me folks. I’ve tried the board’s search function but can’t find my first thread. I imagine it’s terrible but is there a Google way to find it? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:19pm 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/767449/42 "2016-10-03T19:19:02Z")
both from 2001 my first was a problem with the board and tuba diva is still here but Larry Griffin-Kentzel hasn’t posted since august my second was me bitching about my favorite arcade dying and giving reasons why … theres a few names around still but a lot of people I never seen since … ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:20pm 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/767449/43 "2016-10-03T19:20:51Z")
Way back in August of 1999 I started a thread in Great Debates about religious expression in public schools. Boy, have I learned a lot since then! Like, mainly, don’t start a thread in Great Debates about religious expression in public schools. Ah, memories! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:28pm 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/767449/44 "2016-10-03T19:28:32Z")
I guess I’ve started more than 500 threads, so I can only go back to 2007. (Joined in 2005.) ---
**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, 7:31pm 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/767449/45 "2016-10-03T19:31:58Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Humour me folks. I’ve tried the board’s search function but can’t find my first thread. I imagine it’s terrible but is there a Google way to find it? > **[How does this work? (Photino)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=166128)** > > OK. First OP and let’s see how I do. 🙂 Would someone be good enough to explain how we get from fermions and bosons to supersymetry particles like the photino? I’ve read references to them and still don’t quite understand how they emerge out of our... Dont search- use your profile and statistics. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:45pm 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/767449/46 "2016-10-03T19:45:44Z")
This is the oldest thread I can link to, but a lot of earlier ones were lost in The Winter of Our Missed Content. Older threads have missing pages and poster’s names. [GOT (breast) MILK?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=4596) **Lumpy, Jophiel, dasmoocher, dougie\_monty, Czarcasm** Five current posters out of 22 who posted in the original thread. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:54pm 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/767449/47 "2016-10-03T19:54:49Z")
My [first thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481667)\* about a Cecil column in 2008, and 21 of the respondents are still active: **Musicat** , **Jragon** , **zut** , **Mangetout** , **Crafter\_Man** , **Telemark** , **Irishman** , **John W. Kennedy** , **Chronos** , **aerodave** , **Askance** , **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker** , **Stranger On A Train** , **USCDiver** , **Airman Doors, USAF** , **fachverwirrt** , **Princhester** , **Quercus** , **Elendil’s Heir** , **BigT** , **Hampshire** Do I win? \*Posted as my original incarnation before I changed my email address and created a new account without knowing the rules. I’m older and wiser now. I notified a mod long ago to merge the accounts, but it hasn’t been a priority for them (or me). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 8:00pm 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/767449/48 "2016-10-03T20:00:47Z")
The first thread it looks like I started was [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=241352). Not only did I stump the Dope with an “Identify this SF short story” thread it only had 5 replies. Two other posters involved but only **Little Nemo** survives. 2-23-2004. Unofficially I know I asked at least one stupid question back in the AOL days but I did not frequent that board. ---
**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, 8:15pm 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/767449/49 "2016-10-03T20:15:06Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Humour me folks. I’ve tried the board’s search function but can’t find my first thread. I imagine it’s terrible but is there a Google way to find it? The way I did it was to change the parameters to search for posts “and older/est” and then have it give the results in ascending order. Took me all the way back to the beginning. Oh, and I requested it in thread format (rather than post), going through my username. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 8:19pm 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/767449/50 "2016-10-03T20:19:29Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > [How does this work? (Photino) - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=166128) > > Dont search- use your profile and statistics. You see, that’s far too simple. :smack: Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 8:28pm 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/767449/51 "2016-10-03T20:28:40Z")
[Why are Dinosaurs so Popular?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=85842) Looks like **Colibri** was the main poster still active. Started the thread on 9/6/2001. Got a few replies over the next few days, and then I guess people had other stuff to post about. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:42pm 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/767449/52 "2016-10-03T21:42:41Z")
[Year Zero](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545658). Everyone was mean to me and kicked me and said terrible things. It was tax season and my 'rithmetic was calibrated to fill out tax forms … so **IT WASN’T MY FAULT**. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:55pm 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/767449/53 "2016-10-03T21:55:58Z")
I remember the very first post I made, back in 1999. The post itself, however, has vanished in the mists of time. The very oldest thread I started that I can find features none other than **Johnny LA** in one of the replies. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 11:01pm 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/767449/54 "2016-10-03T23:01:58Z")
My first circa 2000 question was pretty mundane and asked why some gas pumps have those little latches that allow unattended pumping removed. The answer for Massachusetts at least is that they were against the law but there has been a major development in this story. They were legalized about a year ago even though many stations still haven’t put them back on yet. Free fact - those things are called “latch open devices” and their legality varies across the country but they are mostly legal because lawmakers realized that they rarely fail, improvised solutions are more dangerous and you shouldn’t have to look like a fool standing there on a zero degree day with your hand freezing to the handle when you could be inside buying junk food like a proper American. Reversal of this asinine law has been one of my most exciting life events this year. > **[Gasoline Pump Mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=24356)** > > Why do so many gas stations remove those little latches that allow you to pump gas without squeezing the handle the whole time? Some gas stations in rural areas still have them in place but you hardly ever see them on city gas pumps. I have asked... ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 11:44pm 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/767449/55 "2016-10-03T23:44:06Z")
2-2-2001: [What is this movie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=58364). One person replied…me. /Sad Keanu ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 11:58pm 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/767449/56 "2016-10-03T23:58:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > [How does this work? (Photino) - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=166128) > > Dont search- use your profile and statistics. In my case, that only goes back to 2004, while using search goes back to 1999. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:37am 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/767449/57 "2016-10-04T06:37:13Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Do I win? Yep, you’re the new leader. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 9:07am 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/767449/58 "2016-10-04T09:07:57Z")
I’ve been here since 2004 but it seems the first topic I started was in 2014. Obviously, it was something pretty important: [**"Which side of the tracks?**" (do you live on).](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740564) Replying over the next two-and-a-half days were _panache45, Nametag, GreasyJack, Scumpup_, Ranger Jeff\*, Becky2844\*, kopek, DinoR, campp, robert\_columbia, GrumpyBunny, cher3, Chefguy, Octarine\*, johnpost\*, JpnDude, The Holdsworth Effect\*, Living Well Is Best Revenge, buddha\_david,\*\* and **Hari Seldon**. - Inactive, though perhaps recent enough we may not have seen the last of them. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 2:32pm 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/767449/59 "2016-10-04T14:32:48Z")
Just realized I never linked [How does this work? (Photino)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=166128). **mhendo** , **Exapno Mapcase** and **bonzer** are all still here and active. **RedDawgEsq** has been gone for years though. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:32pm 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/767449/60 "2016-10-04T18:32:36Z")
[Once I had a Secret Love . . .](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=64533) I Guess. I have no idea what prompted that that question back on March 22nd 2001 at 1:26 in the afternoon. It was a Thursday. [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=2) [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=4)