# We 99ers--a Straight Dope Longtimers Poll & Scrapbook. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587 "2004-03-26T16:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/41 "2004-03-27T03:27:43Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > **matt’s** attempt to be **matt, M.P.** He’s still trying. Can’t find the thread, but he announced that he’s running again in a Canadian politics thread in GD, started by some fat weirdo. Go, **matt** , go! ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/42 "2004-03-27T03:28:32Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > Member Arg? Why yes, vividly. The God Wars were what brought me in here, and after looking over some of the threads, you were in them pretty thick too. So was were some other people whom, frankly, I’m glad I don’t see anymore. I remember snapping on Adam once, and him saying that I had made a big impact on him, and he emailed me saying the same thing … but then he kept on getting in theological knife fights. Wonder where he is. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/43 "2004-03-27T03:50:41Z")
I just passed my 5 year anniversary, member #207 here. And I did a search last night. I have the _oldest_ OP that can be verified by a signature. I am the OP of [Thread Number 8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=8). Threads 1 through 7 do not have any identifying names attached to the OP. I was such a newbie, I signed mine. I’m glad I did now. And I even got a response from **Cecil**! Yep, I’m an old AOHell refugee. I remember the pushpin background and the AOL boards. When they moved the board over here my thought was that I was done with the board - that I would not take the time to go to the web to post on the board. Speaking of old time posters, I miss **Monty**. We were on opposite sides of most religious issues, but when it came down to it, he had a great sense of humor and we had fun in some of the threads. Anyone know what happened to him or where he is now? If you know where he is, tell him his “post-Mormon” buddy and **cadolphin** say hi. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/44 "2004-03-27T04:28:22Z")
It’s been a long, strange ride. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/45 "2004-03-27T04:37:49Z")
PLDennison was a great doper. Even though he was more of a Pit/GD person, he was smurt. Whatever happened to him? Burn out? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/46 "2004-03-27T06:02:22Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > Member Arg? _God_ yes. It greives me to think about how Arg would be received around here today. I think Arg’s presence on the SDMB caused much mutual growth. What about **TNHIPPIE**? Or **IMTHECOWGODMOO**? Any word from them? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/47 "2004-03-27T08:26:06Z")
Oo, oo! I am a genuine member of an elite group! **I am a Neener Neener!** We should get tee shirts. Or hats. I remember the three consecutive long assed Theism vs Atheism threads. Really good ones, too. And I remember the pit thread on geometry. Great stuff! And the brief, but poignant ninja haiku thread. The great God Invasion, and those who were left behind, to become actual dopers. Thanks, folks. And the same three objects are under my current monitor that were there when I offered them up for remote viewing, although there are some double A batteries, and a clock there now too. No takers, so far. Tris ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/48 "2004-03-27T08:47:05Z")
I remember people like **Kellibelli** and **Officegirl** , **Canthearya** , **Auraseer** , and **SwimmingRiddles** (known to us as Swiddles). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/49 "2004-03-27T15:43:03Z")
I joined while on AOL, but changed to this name later. I remember Satan, and I mostly remember the big brain graphic that came up when you used the keyword “straight dope”. I really liked how the archives were categorized. Mahaloth ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/50 "2004-03-27T16:09:06Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > He’s still trying. Can’t find the thread, but he announced that he’s running again in a Canadian politics thread in GD, started by some fat weirdo. Actually, I probably won’t be. We’re holding a full nomination process in the riding, and unless the party needs me to do so, I won’t be standing for nomination. But I will stay on as president of the riding association, and I may stand for office again in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/51 "2004-03-27T16:55:57Z")
The Great Name Change(where I learned not to drink and post at the same time) Contestant #3(aka Krispy Original) Left Behind Mr. Ruda Duda Thanks for the wonderful reminders, ya bozos and bozoettes-over three freakin’ years of psychotherapy down the drain, because y’all want to stumble down memory lane. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/52 "2004-03-27T18:35:14Z")
- - - Well I am posting because I don’t remember a lot of people, but that don’t matter. **Because I can.** …And I was always kinda bummed that some people from the AOL bard never moved to the web board. And I don’t remember more than a couple of them now, and refuse to re-install AOL to go looking for them. ~ ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/53 "2004-03-27T18:49:25Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Even though he was more of a Pit/GD person, he was smart. And just what the hell is that supposed to mean? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/54 "2004-03-27T19:59:10Z")
I remember (I’m actually a little scared to mention his name) Mark Serlin, Sentinel, and whatever the hell the rest of his socks were named, his fascination with poofy hair, his phobia of fat chicks, and the great social experiment (which I understand is still going on, which is why I was reticent to mention him by name, lest I summon him like the devil). I remember the banning of C#3 and his returns as Martyr#7, Cheiflaffitup, and finally Krispy Original (which, for some reason, was never banned). I remember the board before the addition of the Great Debates, Cafe Society, and IMHO forums. I actually kinda miss how a question in GQ could evolve into a debate without having to be shuffled hither and yon. I also remember how HTML and images were allowed before some jerks took advantage of it (for example the person who hacked the board to black out the banner ads at the top of the page). Finally, I remember the secret agents (FORMERAGENT, The Finder, et al)–definitely my favorite invasion. Not only were they fun to ferret out, they added a little surreality to the boards. There aren’t enough guys in tinfoil hats hanging around these days. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/55 "2004-03-27T22:23:12Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > Howdy! It seems I have a lot fewer posts than my other colleagues in the class of 99, but rest assured I am a regular here. I am actually a '98-er because I was part of the SDMB on AOL, along with other luminaries such as OpalCat \>^,^\< . > > I think those of us from '99 should be referred to not just as “Charter Member” but “Founding Father”. Who is with me? 🆒 Glad to see I’m not the only veteran with an absurdly low post-count (although even you aren’t quite down to my level.) Amen to your “Founding Father” idea! The whole Phaedrus debacle is what sticks out in my mind from those early days. Also I came in at the tail-end of Melin-gate, so I had quite a time figuring out what was going on with that. David B was also a major voice on the board back then, and I miss his comments. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/56 "2004-03-28T01:07:00Z")
All the memories. I put my first thread in the wrong forum. Lynn moved it immediately. I felt special. Then when I realized I wasn’t I felt like an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/57 "2004-03-28T02:10:39Z")
I didn’t realize that there were so many of us '99ers! I still sometimes feel like a newcomer, even though I’ve got plenty of posts and have been here for what? 4-1/2 years? The first thread I participated in was a (guess ;)) vegetarian thread. (Some vegetarian basher started a rant, I asked him why the hell he cared what the hell the rest of us ate.) I remember my first impressions of this board were that—damn!—people correct each other’s spelling a lot, don’t they? It took me a while to settle into this board, but once I did, I was hooked. I also remember greeting **Libertarian** (when he first got here) with great enthusiasm because I (stupidly) thought he must have been the same Libertarian of another board that I’d just left (it was closed down). Our Lib said, no, he wasn’t the same guy, but he thanked me for the welcome. I remember the M. Serlin thing too, and all his incarnations. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/58 "2004-03-28T05:53:01Z")
Hmm. Well, I’m more of a professional lurker, I guess, and there’ve been times when I’ve taken a hiatus from the SDMB for various lengths (and reasons), but I remember a few things. I remember being drawn to the atheism debates in GD and participating (hesitantly), coming away with a great deal of respect for many. I remember the short-lived television show, and finding the Dope on AOL using my sister’s computer (before I got my own). I missed Melingate, but was here for the Left Behind debacle; I remember the inception of the IMHO and Cafe Society fora. Luckily enough, I returned from my most recent sojourn away just in time to realize how much I like this place, so the pay to post decision was a nobrainer for me. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/59 "2004-03-28T06:50:23Z")
I remember PapaBear dominating things when I first joined. Not only did he know everything about everything, but he was the first (IIRC) to reach 1,000 posts. After almost five years I’m _still_ chasing that record. I also miss Eris, the first doper I met in person. She disappeared from the boards years ago, but I still hear from her from time to time. I’ve seen people mention Satan, but what about DrainBead? Are they still together? I still rank her revelation that most of Emily Dickinson’s poems can be sung to the theme from Gilligan’s Isle to be the best thing I have learned here. What about Michelle. later Cyndar, the vet tech from Florida? And SqrlCub? We should have another thread for “Old Dopers: Where are they now?”. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/60 "2004-03-28T07:45:42Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > Howdy! It seems I have a lot fewer posts than my other colleagues in the class of 99, but rest assured I am a regular here. I am actually a '98-er because I was part of the SDMB on AOL, along with other luminaries such as OpalCat \>^,^\< . > > I think those of us from '99 should be referred to not just as “Charter Member” but “Founding Father”. Who is with me? 🆒 As holder of user ID# 41, I support that idea! (I’m still waiting to hear if it’s possible to properly ressurect it!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587.md?page=4)