# The AOL SDMB is still going! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2000, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670 "2000-01-09T08:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/1 "2000-01-09T08:01:00Z")
Hey, all you former AOL SDMBers, I checked back today to see if the AOL board is still there, and lo and behold! it is. If you have AOL, here’s a link to it for you to copy and paste: aol://5863:126/mB:59300 They’re desperate for new posts, so drop on by if you like. 🙂 * * * “God would never let me be happy. He’d kill me first.” “I thought you didn’t believe in God.” “I do for the bad things.” - George Costanza ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/2 "2000-01-09T19:45:00Z")
Isn’t that bizarre? I don’t have an AOL account anymore or I’d pitch in with the great brain teaser I have: “There are three words…” 😉 * * * Marge: “You know, Homer, it’s very easy to criticize.” Homer: “Fun, too!” ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/3 "2000-01-09T20:33:00Z")
vv, Don’t bother, I found this at the start of one of the longer threads: > [@](#): > > Subject: Hello everyone > Date: Mon, 20 December 1999 01:04 PM EST > From: TheUltraSexyHero > Message-id: \<[19991220130411.09605.00000462@ng-fg1.aol.com](mailto:19991220130411.09605.00000462@ng-fg1.aol.com)\> > > hi, i was looking around, and stuff, and i came to see this message board, and i thought it looked pretty cool. so i have some questions for you peple. > > 1st, why in the world do people drive in a parkway and drive in a driveway? this question has been a great interest to me ever since i was a little boy driving with my parents around america, can you people help me here? > > 2nd there are 3 words that end in “gry”, i know that angry and hungry are two of them, but i’ve had many sleepless nights trying to find the third word, and i’m still unable to say that i’ve found my answer. > > that’s all the questions i have for now, but i think that i will post some more stuff later, thanks > The Ultra Sexy Hero > 33 That board sure makes me appreciate UBB. ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/4 "2000-01-09T22:21:00Z")
Beatle, I suspect that that quote is from a board reg in disguise, as the AOL board’s address is kind of hard to come by. Basically, no one can find it except those who know about it already. It’s someone “in the know,” I bet. * * * “God would never let me be happy. He’d kill me first.” “I thought you didn’t believe in God.” “I do for the bad things.” - George Costanza ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/5 "2000-01-10T00:12:00Z")
that question is a great interest to him? Man! Someone needs to get out more! * * * Marge: “You know, Homer, it’s very easy to criticize.” Homer: “Fun, too!” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/6 "2000-01-10T16:54:00Z")
Or don’t go out at all. * * * What do I believe in? Not much that isn’t explained by logic and scientific experiment. And, you better believe, I want to see the logic and the laboratory equipment. –P.J. O’Rourke– ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/7 "2000-01-10T19:02:00Z")
- - - Well they can damn well go without me. It seems that AOL has “automatically updated” their system to kick ya off more often if you don’t use the AOL browser. It does this all the time now, anytime of the day or night. The last month or so has been especially bad - if you are using any other browser it used to show a pop-up window asking if you wanted to stay online but now it often doesn’t show anything at all: it just says “Goodbye!” and shows “your connection has been lost”. Often it “hangs” and you have to ctrl-alt-del to exit your AOL program, and then you can’t log back on for 15 or 20 minutes because the network still has your user ID as already active. That, coupled with the fact that complaints never get answered, and I can’t get on at all during prime time. Local ISP’s have better service and are five bucks cheaper a month, besides. I kinda doubt the merger is gonna fix all that. - MC ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/8 "2000-01-11T06:38:00Z")
MC, type in Keyword: Quick Menu when you’re on AOL, and you’ll never get kicked off again. The Quick Menu reloads its news ticker every minute or so, so AOL doesn’t log you off while the ticker is on. * * * “God would never let me be happy. He’d kill me first.” “I thought you didn’t believe in God.” “I do for the bad things.” - George Costanza ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/9 "2000-01-11T14:59:00Z")
I’d like to visit the old site…but alas! Banned from AOL for life–woe is me! But if there’s anything good there that y’all care to drag over here… -David ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/10 "2000-01-11T15:06:00Z")
I really miss the old board. ☹ This place is okay, but it will never be the same as it was in the old days. :::sigh::: * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN Fluff yer hair Beula, I’s feelin frisky - M.S. ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aol-sdmb-is-still-going/12670/11 "2000-01-11T20:28:00Z")
Ya know, Diane? Nostalgia just isn’t what it used to be…