# Long time Chicago Lurker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017 "2003-09-11T18:42:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hellboy37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hellboy37](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellboy37)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/1 "2003-09-11T18:42:50Z")
Hey all…been roaming around the shadows reading the boards for quite a while. Figured it was time to officially say Hello. So…ummm…Hi! I ,too, am a Chicago Doper…Northside for about 10yrs now and work in the Loop. I figured today was a good day to connect and say hello and maybe celebrate the good things about life and living. More to come… ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/2 "2003-09-11T19:26:16Z")
Glad to meet you. You’ve already done the board a great service by lurking to get a feel for the place before jumping right in, offending the whole damn place and then whining that everyone just “pickin’ on the newbie”. Welome aboard! ---
**Author:** ![Hellboy37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hellboy37](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellboy37)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/3 "2003-09-11T19:48:49Z")
Zoid…what is that supposed to mean?? How dare you!!..what did I ever do to you!..must you “pick”!..heh… just kidding…Thanks for the welcome!! ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/4 "2003-09-11T19:49:01Z")
Hiya, fellow Chi-doper here! ::looks around:: Nice debutante ball. You know, whenever I see a Chicagoan on here I wonder if I know them. I don’t know you in real life, do I? ---
**Author:** ![Hellboy37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hellboy37](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellboy37)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/5 "2003-09-11T19:50:20Z")
Gundy…turn around…that’s me waving! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/6 "2003-09-11T20:43:53Z")
Hi. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/7 "2003-09-11T21:59:46Z")
**Hellboy** NWSider here. Welcome. Enjoy. It’s a great place we’ve got here. ---
**Author:** ![jaykr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jaykr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaykr)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/8 "2003-09-11T23:38:18Z")
Hello there, **Hellboy** fellow Illinois lurker, although I’m 2 hours from Chi-town in the QC. ---
**Author:** ![Rayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rayn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/9 "2003-09-11T23:42:26Z")
Hey, my first post. Also a Chicagoan. South side though, going to U of C. Hello all. Go Sox! ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/10 "2003-09-11T23:45:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hellboy37 \* > \*\*Gundy…turn around…that’s me waving! \*\* Quit waving that at me! ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/11 "2003-09-11T23:47:41Z")
Oh, and alla y’all Chicagoland area lurkers need to come to a dopefest of some sort. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/12 "2003-09-11T23:57:36Z")
I’m a Chicago suburbanite originally from the QCA. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/13 "2003-09-12T00:37:50Z")
There’s quite a few ex-Illinoians around here too. I grew up close enough to Chicago to pick up their broadcast TV. Cubs on WGN, White Sox on UHF (32?), Sesame Street, Electric Company, and Mr. Rogers on WTTW. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/14 "2003-09-12T00:38:22Z")
Hello! Nort’ suburbanite. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/15 "2003-09-12T02:29:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gundy \* > \*\*Oh, and alla y’all Chicagoland area lurkers need to come to a dopefest of some sort. Just sayin’. \*\* Or a [ChiDope Lunch Bunch](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207275). We’ll probably be having another one sometime next month. It won’t hurt. Well, not _too_ much, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/16 "2003-09-12T02:52:44Z")
Welcome to the neighborhood. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/17 "2003-09-12T03:07:37Z")
Welcome to the boards. I can relate. I’ve been lurking for a long time too. Glad you could join us. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/18 "2003-09-12T03:12:06Z")
Hi Chicagoans! :: waves :: ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/19 "2003-09-12T03:38:08Z")
Used to pick up the L at Clark/Division. Grew up watching Ray Rainer in the morning. Had seasons for the Blackhawks. Is that Chicago enough? I’m a gator nowadays. Maybe a subway series this year eh? ---
**Author:** ![Hellboy37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hellboy37](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellboy37)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017/20 "2003-09-12T15:39:30Z")
Thanks all for the kind welcome. What a swell bunch of Dopers! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-chicago-lurker/201017.md?page=2)