# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/61 "2004-08-23T18:27:57Z")
Join Date: 03-16-1999 Member #: 251 šŸ†’ I was also on the AOL boards, though not with as much dedication as Iā€™ve given here. My first thread there was, ā€œWhy does BASF advertise on television if they donā€™t sell any products?ā€ or something to that effect. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/62 "2004-08-23T18:46:01Z")
Joined ā€“ 5/20/99 Member Number ā€“ 1163 I remember when I joined, I was wearing an onion on my belt, which was the style at the timeā€¦ ---
**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:** [August 23, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/63 "2004-08-23T20:38:52Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Thereā€™s still a few of us that predate this board and used the old AOL board. [lurch] You rang? [/lurch] Join Date: 03-27-1999 Member #: 387 First posted on the AOL board just prior to the First Semiannual SDMB Masked Chat. > [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Where has Monty been? He used to be the oldest regular poster, but has gone missing for about a year now. I know he had been displaying a bit more vitriol than usual and received a few warnings because of it. Iā€™m guessing he left voluntariliy rather than end up being banned. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/64 "2004-08-23T21:39:35Z")
#41 checking in, with .99 posts per day. Guess that means I was sitting right there when they booted the new web server on that fateful eleventh day of March. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/65 "2004-08-23T22:25:28Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > 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, youā€™ve misquoted. Cecil says, ā€œIf ignorance were cornflakes, John, youā€™d be General Mills.ā€ > > By the way, Iā€™m a 99ā€™er. Donā€™t recall my member number, but itā€™s nothing special. Evidently, I misquoted. The article just referenced that line, not the entire column. Mom showed it to me one summer on the Vineyard, so we looked for the book in the library. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/66 "2004-08-23T23:18:17Z")
Yo! Member #731, 4-20-99, although I spent a little bit of time on the AOL boards before this one existed. Who else remembers the brain from the front page of the old AOL site? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/67 "2004-08-24T00:48:01Z")
[A link to a very old thread that gives the whoā€™s-who of #1-20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=24021&highlight=LauraRae) That thread was posted back in 2000 and was authored by Satanā€¦ah, yes. He was one of my favs, too, dammit. Heh hehā€“Iā€™m amused seeing this name in the tpo 20: **Cyberian54**. Andā€¦right after thatā€¦ **Cyberian55**. Okay, which of you old-timers just choked on your ensure at the sight of that name? BTWā€¦this screenname is #3797. I have no clue what ā€œLauraRaeā€ wouldā€™ve beenā€“itā€™s apparently long since been deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/68 "2004-08-24T01:22:27Z")
Another lurker checking inā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/69 "2004-08-24T01:32:49Z")
Hi. Iā€™m number 2680. I havenā€™t been around much lately, but I still exist. That counts for something, right? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/70 "2004-08-24T04:25:22Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > _posts solely to bump **Enright3** down to #4_ > > _runs out of thread to avoid retaliation_ > > šŸ˜ƒ Damn you Kat, Damn You! (shaking fist in air) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/71 "2004-08-24T04:31:58Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Well, Iā€™m #114, so that pushes **Enright3** down to #5. (If I had known this was ā€œgang up on E3 dayā€ I would have been here sooner.) > > To expand on **ruadhā€™s** comment, in additional to the AOL message board there was the alt.fan.cecil-adams USENET group which I was active on and which still exists. When this message board started up **Deborah** posted an announcement in alt.fan.cecil-adams and I rushed over here. And a ā€œDamn You! Damn you to Hell too!ā€ (Shaking \* OTHER\* fist at Whitetho. Oh, and Iā€™m sorry, but I always mistakenly read your username as Whiteho (White Ho) until I do a double take and realize itā€™s Whitetho. Bring it on! Bring in on I say! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/72 "2004-08-24T04:34:59Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Um, 45, that is. Problem is, you have to have your own post handy to find the number. :smack: Aww Man! Not again! (E3 walks away muttering under his breath) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/73 "2004-08-24T04:39:50Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > #66, March 1999. > > (if I can include AOL days, my debut as an SDMBer was August '97) Well Crap! You guys are coming out of the woodwork now! Thatā€™s what I get for bragging about being #3. ~sigh~ E3 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/74 "2004-08-24T04:43:46Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > #41 checking in, with .99 posts per day. > > Guess that means I was sitting right there when they booted the new web server on that fateful eleventh day of March. Boy you guys just keep piling it on! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/75 "2004-08-24T13:10:41Z")
Lurker here. I do check the board most every day. Just not a lot to say. ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/76 "2004-08-24T15:32:26Z")
I was lurking the columns since Cecil answered a question by someone I knew here in Prague about [Tycho Brahe](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980717a.html) . Then I lurked the boards when it first got started, but never signed up. I, too, coulda been a contenderā€¦ Should we start a ā€˜me tooā€™ group of 1999 lurkers? the Me 2ā€¦thousanders? -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/77 "2004-08-24T17:02:33Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Boy you guys just keep piling it on! > > šŸ™‚ Arenā€™t elders supposed to be quiet and reserved? We just sit here and watch. If someone really deserves it, Iā€™ll hurl expired passwords at them. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/78 "2004-08-25T14:14:51Z")
I found the website by seeing the Straight Dope TV show on A&E. I was logging into the website to see the articles and only found the MB after a few months. A few months more of lurking and seeing the fun that everyone was having and I registered. My whopping .15 post count/day doesnā€™t really do justice to my participation here. I donā€™t feel that I contribute much when I pop in to say ā€œOh, yeah, thatā€™s odd.ā€ I have however been reading almost every weekday since I registered. Iā€™m sure my read count would be right up thereā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/79 "2004-08-25T23:47:01Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > Here I is. Nice to see that Iā€™m not the only 99er with a relatiely low post count, though I think Iā€™d be closer to 3k without the winter of our lost content. And Iā€™d be up to - geeez - 400 or so by nowā€¦ I was SO bummed when I saw that I missed out on making the ā€œless than four-digit member numberā€ clique by 2. Clearly a readheaded stepchild in these parts. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806/80 "2004-08-26T01:24:26Z")
> [@cantara](#): > > I found the website by seeing the Straight Dope TV show on A&E. I was logging into the website to see the articles and only found the MB after a few months. A few months more of lurking and seeing the fun that everyone was having and I registered. > > My whopping .15 post count/day doesnā€™t really do justice to my participation here. I donā€™t feel that I contribute much when I pop in to say ā€œOh, yeah, thatā€™s odd.ā€ I have however been reading almost every weekday since I registered. Iā€™m sure my read count would be right up thereā€¦ But youā€™re welcome. šŸ™‚ Weā€™re all friends here (mostly). Donā€™t be shy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-member-of-the-sdmb-99ers/260806.md?page=5)