# Proud Member of the SDMB "99'ers"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806 "2004-08-21T01:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/41 "2004-08-22T20:29:37Z")
Can you search by user id? Is Cecil number 1? ---
**Author:** ![AmyG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@AmyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmyG)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/42 "2004-08-22T22:07:55Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > Here I is. Nice to see that I’m not the only 99er with a relatiely low post count, though I think I’d be closer to 3k without the winter of our lost content. Over 2k posts is low? :eek: Really, I’ve just always wanted an excuse to use the horrified smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/43 "2004-08-22T22:50:23Z")
This November will mark my 7th year on the SDMB. :eek: This, of course, means I started on the AOL boards…IIRC, with an inane (and archive-able) question of “Why are Grapenuts called such when they are neither grapes nor nuts?” My screenname was just my first and middle name–LauraRae. This was also the case with the SDMB moved off AOL; however, in December of '99, I felt the need to be at least a teeny bit more creative. Voila! Ruffian I became. I’ve seen quite a few people come and go and change screennames…so much so that nowadays, there are very few people I recognize (and likely, who recognize me). I remember Melin-gate, the loss of Wally, Satan and Drainbead, and even the “Who was Mr Ruda Duda” monster thread from AOL. I also remember the post that eventually inspired MPSIMS as a forum–someone posted a link where one could get Titanic wallpaper (computer-type, that is). The mockery that followed was priceless. Meanwhile, I’m trying to figure out what member number I am…nothing like the SDMB for distraction… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/44 "2004-08-22T23:08:40Z")
Dammit, so near, and yet so far… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/45 "2004-08-22T23:10:15Z")
Oh yeah, I meant to comment on what a bunch of geezers there are in this thread… (no need to duck and run - with all these old-timers, I’m sure none of you could lift anything to throw at me, or catch me :D) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/46 "2004-08-22T23:20:17Z")
I may have missed the dead line by a few months(I had been a lurker for a long time though). But how many of you were cool enough to register on leap day? Oh yeah, that’s right, '99 was just a boring old year not cool enough to have a leap day. 😉 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/47 "2004-08-23T00:35:52Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > You’re not going to find older, unfortunately. > > This board started in March 1999. > > My member number is 207. It seems a silly question to ask, but how does one find out what one’s member number is? I don’t see mine in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/48 "2004-08-23T00:39:54Z")
It’s in the URL when you go to your user profile ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/49 "2004-08-23T00:58:46Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > (no need to duck and run - with all these old-timers, I’m sure none of you could lift anything to throw at me, or catch me :D) Why, you… Get off my lawn! ::shakes cane:: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/50 "2004-08-23T01:56:59Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > If I’d known there was going to be a club, I’d have registered when I started _lurking_ in the fall of '99! Ah well. Ditto! ---
**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/51 "2004-08-23T03:28:00Z")
Member #1980 checking in. My post count is quite low, considering that I at least skim the boards pretty much every day. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/52 "2004-08-23T03:33:26Z")
Joined in 99. Loved the books, loved the show on A&E, never had AOL, though my sister did, so whenever I visited her I’d visit the site. Read the website (archives, etc.) when it left AOL, got bored one night and decided to start reading the message board. Signed up and loved it, left for a bit, and have found myself reading more and more these days. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/53 "2004-08-23T05:44:39Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Oh yeah, I meant to comment on what a bunch of geezers there are in this thread… > (no need to duck and run - with all these old-timers, I’m sure none of you could lift anything to throw at me, or catch me :D) Yeah, sure, another arrogant lightweight. You’re just a flashing in the overall universe. If you choose to really get on our nerves, though, keep in mind that we’re friends of Og (FOO.) And. Og. Smash. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/54 "2004-08-23T14:26:30Z")
Member # 366, signed up on March 25, 1999, checking in. And unable to believe that I didn’t see any of those earlier 99 club threads. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/55 "2004-08-23T15:13:39Z")
I’ve been threadkilling and me-tooing since November 13, 1999. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/56 "2004-08-23T15:42:59Z")
I’m another Juner 99er. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/57 "2004-08-23T16:10:35Z")
09-28-1999 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/58 "2004-08-23T17:16:30Z")
#66, March 1999. (if I can include AOL days, my debut as an SDMBer was August '97) ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/59 "2004-08-23T18:17:38Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > Geez, I even remember the Readers Digest article on Cecil with the quote “If brains were cornflakes, you’d be General Mills” Did the article actually say that about Cecil, or did they reprint [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_062a.html)? If the latter, you’ve misquoted. Cecil says, “If ignorance were cornflakes, John, you’d be General Mills.” By the way, I’m a 99’er. Don’t recall my member number, but it’s nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/60 "2004-08-23T18:19:26Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > Here I is. Nice to see that I’m not the only 99er with a relatiely low post count, though I think I’d be closer to 3k without the winter of our lost content. I didn’t lurk, when I first saw the site I felt I needed to ask a question, no matter how silly it was (IIRC it was about hollywood actors holding guns sideways 🙂 ) But I post infrequently too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806.md?page=4)