# Some members are from 1999?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560 "2011-12-27T20:46:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/82 "2011-12-30T02:21:08Z")
Somebody call for a 99er? ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/83 "2011-12-30T23:56:26Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > Somebody call for a 99er? Yep. Spillage in aisle 11. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/84 "2012-01-02T10:34:25Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Yep. Spillage in aisle 11. I’ll get right on that! :rolleyes: (Asked for _ **that** _, I did.:smack:) ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/85 "2012-01-02T20:35:38Z")
> [@Tamex](#): > > Gee, if 24 is old, I was old when I came here. But at least I’m not a 99er, that would make me REALLY old ;). > > I’d be a little surprised if there are any 99ers who are only 24 or 25 now. Interests change so much when you are a teenager, and the internet is so different now than it was back then. There is a huge difference between 13 and 25. There is much less difference between 24 and 36. Something the OP may not yet appreciate is that adulthood lasts a very, very long time. Even so, I sometimes marvel at the fact that I am still around 12 years later. > > Happy New Year, everyone! I love how we have members who have gone through whole epochs of their lives. I remember when the “Doctor” in DoctorJ was brand new, or when Irishgirl would talk about what she was learning in Med school: I remember when Ender started a “So tell me about applying to Law School” thread. It’s just neat to have seen lives progress over time. And 1784, if anyone is keeping score. My sister, amusingly enough, is a 99er with a post count of 0, and she reads every day. There are serious lurkers out there! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/86 "2012-01-03T17:07:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Except for your language when you saw the bill, right? 😃 My AOL addiction was horrific. I was calling inside my area code but- dumbly- outside of the local area covered by my tiny boutique phone company. ( Frontier Communications :rolleyes: ). A phone bill for over 1,200.00 arrived. After a long and heartfelt ( frantic..... ) call to Billing, they reduced it to about 300.00. Man, until it was cheaper to dial in, AOL was rough. Getting DSL was a boon. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/87 "2012-01-03T17:09:44Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > It’s just neat to have seen lives progress over time. Couldn’t agree more ! 🙂 I’m 2934. Proud to be a 99er, sad not to be in the first 1K. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/88 "2012-01-03T18:21:04Z")
Enright3: Join Date 03-14-1999 Total Posts 4,367 I have to be in the running for the combo of longest active poster / with the least posts. I see above that [JBDivMstr](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) kicks my ass on that one though. That’s OK, there are not a lot of active members with a lower user/member number (157 here). ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/89 "2012-01-03T18:48:46Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Couldn’t agree more ! 🙂 > > I’m 2934. Proud to be a 99er, sad not to be in the first 1K. Howdy brother, We joined the same month, we’re within 100 numbers, and we both have under 10K posts. Plus, we both scrub floors, we’re both swell lookers, and neither one of us is Chinese. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/90 "2012-01-03T19:00:41Z")
😃 > [@Enright3](#): > > Enright3: > Join Date > 03-14-1999 > Total Posts > 4,367 > > I have to be in the running for the combo of longest active poster / with the least posts. I see above that [JBDivMstr](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) kicks my ass on that one though. That’s OK, there are not a lot of active members with a lower user/member number (157 here). And wouldn’t you know it, apparently there’s someone that kicks _ **my** _ ass, in the longest active/least posts category! 😉 “There are serious lurkers out there!” Sure 'nuff, I was one of 'em for over 10 years. Finally ‘came out of my shell’.😃 * * * (See post #84.) Hmmm… Wait a second… Even if she ‘reads every day’ but has a 0 post count, is that considered ‘active’? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/91 "2012-01-04T18:45:05Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > I love how we have members who have gone through whole epochs of their lives. I remember when the “Doctor” in DoctorJ was brand new, or when Irishgirl would talk about what she was learning in Med school: I remember when Ender started a “So tell me about applying to Law School” thread. It’s just neat to have seen lives progress over time. And here I am, a full blown legal type law lawyer! Ta da. ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/92 "2012-01-04T18:54:41Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I have to be in the running for the combo of longest active poster / with the least posts. I see above that [JBDivMstr](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) kicks my ass on that one though. That’s OK, there are not a lot of active members with a lower user/member number (157 here). Beat ya on all counts: Member number 47 Join Date: 03-11-1999 Total Posts: 731 I bring lurking to a whole new art form. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/93 "2012-01-04T21:28:35Z")
> [@KCB615](#): > > Beat ya on all counts: > > Member number 47 > Join Date: 03-11-1999 > Total Posts: 731 > > I bring lurking to a whole new art form. You, Sir, are a taciturn tautology. ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/94 "2012-01-04T22:30:14Z")
pffft Join Date 08-16-2000 Total Posts 113 posts/day - 0.03 take that ---
**Author:** ![Chrome\_Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Chrome\_Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrome_Toaster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/95 "2012-01-04T23:24:17Z")
I’m ageless and timeless, but I have been (mostly) lurking about since the good old days. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/96 "2012-01-05T01:54:43Z")
> [@Chrome\_Toaster](#): > > I’m ageless and timeless, but I have been (mostly) lurking about since the good old days. I remember you! The guy in the corner! Shiny, and with browned bread popping out of your head! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/97 "2012-01-05T03:24:05Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Any more bids? Well, I’m a pre-9/11er. Does that count? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560/98 "2012-01-05T05:17:09Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There a Straight Dope AOL group for several years before the message board came into existence, and like the masthead says, the column has been around since 1973. Oh…the good old days of the SD with my 486, Windows 95, a dial-up modem, and AOL. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560.md?page=4)