# Who are the oldest members of this board? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384 "2006-10-05T15:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/1 "2006-10-05T15:17:43Z")
No no no, I’m not looking for a list of names. I realize that on this board we value personal information about members more than anything. So listing the oldest members _may_ in some way violate that, even though I don’t know how personally. I just mean in general. I know this board had a previous life on some AOL board, and maybe even before that. But how many real old-timers are here. I was just raised to respect my elders. ps: I did a search (took \>5 minutes, and came up with a lot of posts regarding regaining charter memberships), and browsed the stickys… nothing seemed to mention the subject. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/2 "2006-10-05T15:46:13Z")
This is really more of a MPSIMS question than About This Message Board; it’s about the members. So . . . moving. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/3 "2006-10-05T15:57:36Z")
Well… I thought I was in the right forum for the subject, but hey, at least I’ll get a lot more looks here. So thanks! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/4 "2006-10-05T17:08:53Z")
David Simmons, I believe, is the patriarch around here. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/5 "2006-10-05T17:10:37Z")
Do you mean who is physically the oldest person here who is a member, or people who have been members the longest? We had a poll a while back (and I’m sure several times before that) that found KlondikeGeoff was our “highest-aged” member, at 79. If you mean who’s been a member the longest…you might want to rephrase your subject… ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/6 "2006-10-05T17:18:30Z")
I believe elucidator was a liberal and posting on this board when the raging liberal/conservative issue was unicellular/multicellular. Elucidator was of course foursquare on the multicellular side, and of course he had the last laugh on that one: some of his severest detractors actually downgraded to mitochondria! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/7 "2006-10-05T17:26:35Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] If you mean who’s been a member the longest…you might want to rephrase your subject… [/QUOTE] Yeah – start a “longest member” thread! ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/8 "2006-10-05T17:28:57Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Yeah – start a “longest member” thread! [/QUOTE] Who would detemine the accuracy of the reporting? ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/9 "2006-10-05T17:56:47Z")
Looks like [Monty](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=14) is the elder statesman of the board. He was the 12th member to join, and the only one still active. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/10 "2006-10-05T17:57:53Z")
Err, I mean that he is the only one still active of the first 12. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/11 "2006-10-05T18:01:10Z")
[QUOTE=treis] Err, I mean that he is the only one still active of the first 12. [/QUOTE] Maybe you were right the first time. Be careful **Monty** and don’t watch any of the Final Destination movies, they’ll just make you worry more. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/12 "2006-10-05T18:05:45Z")
How can you tell he was the 12th member to join? Is there a membership number somewhere that’s viewable? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/13 "2006-10-05T18:08:16Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Yeah – start a “longest member” thread! [/QUOTE] **Coldfire** wins that one, but I can’t find the thread that proved it… ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/14 "2006-10-05T18:09:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] How can you tell he was the 12th member to join? Is there a membership number somewhere that’s viewable? [/QUOTE] Click on your own name and pull up your public profile, the #'s at the end of the url are your member #. **Monty** has been around longer than the perfect master, who holds member # 31. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/15 "2006-10-05T18:10:08Z")
Click the link to **Monty** ’s name. His userid is 14. **Lynn** ’s is 2, but she joined a month after **Monty** did. Puzzling, that. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/16 "2006-10-05T18:13:40Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Click the link to **Monty** ’s name. His userid is 14. **Lynn** ’s is 2, but she joined a month after **Monty** did. Puzzling, that. [/QUOTE] The benefits of power. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/17 "2006-10-05T19:23:52Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Click the link to **Monty** ’s name. His userid is 14. **Lynn** ’s is 2, but she joined a month after **Monty** did. Puzzling, that. [/QUOTE] It might be the same reason that my number is so high - I joined here under a different name, used that for a year or two, then wanted to change it. So I created a new account, and the mods moved my startup date to match my orignal account. But my member number is the one for the newer account. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/18 "2006-10-06T01:32:19Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Click on your own name and pull up your public profile, the #'s at the end of the url are your member #. **Monty** has been around longer than the perfect master, who holds member # 31. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but that ignores the AOL years. Manny of us were at least semi-active on AOL. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/19 "2006-10-06T07:43:21Z")
[QUOTE=Random] Manny of us were at least semi-active on AOL. [/QUOTE] Who’s Manny? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384/20 "2006-10-06T09:46:29Z")
I am 63 I am # 33 on the present board. I joined the AOHell SDMB community in 96. As I understand it, I am the oldest _ **continuos** _member of the present board, ( with no breaks of any kind) who is not an Admin. TUBADIVA and Lynn B or other mods are free to correct me if I have this wrong. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-members-of-this-board/375384.md?page=2)