# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/161 "2004-08-22T14:57:23Z")
I joined up the first time I was interested in the Straight Dope… but, after I’d read most of what was available on the site at the time, I lost interest. **ShadiRoxan** would occassionally send me links to threads over the years, and eventually I came back. So, though I have a '99 join date, I haven’t really been here the whole time. ---
**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 22, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/162 "2004-08-22T20:31:22Z")
Um. Hi. I haven’t posted in quite a while. New job, getting married in less than a month, building a house…let’s just say I’ve been busy. Anyway. I still lurk, at the very least, but there’s no telling if I’ll ever make it to 5K. ---
**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 25, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/163 "2004-08-25T05:54:57Z")
> [@Demo](#): > > PCW has an LJ now. She’s still kickin’. I miss the heck out of neuro. She could flame better than any of 'em! Paging Dr. Clueless, Paging Dr. Clueless uh, what’s “LJ”? 😕 E3 (Hey, that’s #157 to you!) ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/164 "2004-08-25T12:20:45Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > uh, what’s “LJ”? :confused > **[LiveJournal: Discover global communities of bloggers who share your unique...](https://www.livejournal.com)** > > Your life is the best story! Just start your blog today! I think that a fair number of retired / long gone dopers have taken up residence there. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/165 "2024-01-03T01:31:58Z")
I’m an original 99er from AOL. Just adding my name to this 19 year old thread! ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/166 "2024-01-03T14:01:43Z")
I’m a relative newcomer from '01. But I’m not a zombie yet… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/167 "2024-01-03T14:45:36Z")
We sound so cute discussing the long long years we’d been a message board and looking way back to 1996 and 1997, the AOL days. We were old-timers, kids, our message board community was eight freaking years old! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/168 "2024-01-03T15:15:24Z")
Dad, what was AOL? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/169 "2024-01-03T15:18:27Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Dad, what was AOL? - Something you accessed through a dial-up modem. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/170 "2024-01-03T16:12:33Z")
I was an AOL member in '96 or so. Since my membership isn’t continuous, I gets no respect! ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/171 "2024-01-03T18:09:25Z")
Yeesh! I know that I’ve been on this board for a while, but I checked my profile and it shows that I joined November 11, 1999. Time flies when you mostly lurk, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Saffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saffer/32/6440_2.png) [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587/172 "2024-01-05T09:15:42Z")
What’s the threshold to be considered an old timer these days? I joined Feb 2009. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-99ers-a-straight-dope-longtimers-poll-scrapbook/236587.md?page=8)