# Somehow feeling old... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735 "2001-01-06T15:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/1 "2001-01-06T15:21:04Z")
I just went and checked out the moderators’ profiles…and discovered just what I thought I’d discover. I _do_ remember 10 of the mods when they were newbies! And now they’re _moderators_ of this lovely message board, for pete’s sake! What ambition! Not trying to suck up here, I’m just a little surprised. It really doesn’t feel like I’ve been here that long. I’ve actually witnessed 10 people rise to power! And I never realized John Corrado registered on my 17th birthday… Well. You learn something new every day. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/2 "2001-01-06T15:27:49Z")
You’re 17 (or maybe 18 or 19… you didn’t specify) and you feel OLD??? Man! Wait until you’re 34 and wake up with a hangover! At that time you will realize that probably 1/2 of you’re life is over, and the rest of it can go hang! THEN you’ll feel old!! _Astro hawks, spits on the floor, and wheels his ass down the corridor of the nursing home in search of a cute young nurse to whack with his cane…_ ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/3 "2001-01-06T17:11:58Z")
Eh? What was that? Refrigerators when they had boobies? _…adjusts tin ear horn…_ Oh! Moderators when they were newbies! Silly me. Yeah, I remember those days, too. Been here so long I remember when the moderator/poster ratio was about 1:1. None of this thread-locking crap if you were a jerk, either. They’d just come to your house and poke you in the eye with a sharp stick. Learned our lessons, we did! Had some _respect_ back then! _…Persephone hangs purse off walker handle & toddles off…_ ---
**Author:** ![Dylan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dylan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/4 "2001-01-06T17:44:08Z")
Have I told you lately that **I love you**? I lay myself at your feet in adoration… ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/5 "2001-01-06T19:42:13Z")
Uh, thanks, Dylan! But I’m so old it’s probably going to take me a little while to figure out what I’ve done to earn your worship… _…Persephone toddles off again, wondering if it was the sagging breasts or the varicose veins that got Dylan all hot & bothered…_ ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/6 "2001-01-07T00:49:35Z")
Why, I remember when we didn’t have “preview” on this board, we had to get it right the first time! Sink or swim! You young punks don’t know how good you got it! [sub][sup]mumble mumble goddam lazy spoiled brat punks always whining can’t spell don’t learn anything in school mutter mutter…[/sup][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/7 "2001-01-07T00:54:22Z")
Why I remember when Handy had NEGATIVE posts!!! ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/8 "2001-01-07T01:03:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whammo \* > \*\*Why I remember when Handy had NEGATIVE posts!!! \*\* I remember when concrete was slurry. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somehow-feeling-old/48735/9 "2001-01-07T01:09:41Z")
> [@](#): > > I remember when concrete was slurry. Wow. I thought _I_ was old. _…tosses walker to the side, begins break dancing…_