# Wow. I've been here for 10 years. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586 "2011-03-05T16:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/21 "2011-03-06T10:34:03Z")
Wow, I missed my 10-year anniversary! I lurked here for quite a while before I eventually signed up. I too really can’t overestimate what a positive influence the SDMB has had on my life. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/22 "2011-03-07T05:08:37Z")
I’m also a 03-05-2001 joiner. It’s amazing how long I’ve hung around here, although I also think of myself as more lurker-y than anything else. I mostly just drop facts or opinions here and there, and rarely get involved in conversations. I’ve gone through periods where I was here multiple times a day, and times when I didn’t drop by for months, but I’ve always come back eventually. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/23 "2011-03-07T12:32:52Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I wasn’t invisible for the first 9 years here. Wait… who are you again? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/24 "2011-03-08T02:17:21Z")
I just passed 11 years. Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/25 "2011-03-08T03:46:16Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > You’re all noobs. 😃 Yes you are. > [@GusNSpot](#): > > Been here continuously & longer than all except admins or former admin. > > My # is 33 > > Unfortunately I am still in need of education… ::: sigh :::: > > I came over with the old AOL board members. My number is #36, with several years of the AOL board under my belt as well. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/26 "2011-03-08T04:22:18Z")
How do you tell what number you are? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/27 "2011-03-08T04:38:08Z")
[A thread I started](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441999) a few years ago that’s tangentially relevant. From 27.4% in '07, I’m up to 36.4% now. (Which is fucking crazy, but whatever.) > [@Uzi](#): > > How do you tell what number you are? Go to your profile and look at the number at the end of the URL. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/28 "2011-03-08T04:45:23Z")
I missed my 10, but I’m pretty much a lurker more than anything. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/29 "2011-03-08T08:35:08Z")
_sigh_ I’d have signed up sooner if I’d thought of a handle quicker! ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/30 "2011-03-08T10:59:02Z")
I never thought about the member numbers…Amazing that there have been over 100,000 members (checked a few new members, who have numbers over 101,000). I haven’t been a heavy poster in about 8 years, but I still visit daily. I’m number 7101. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/31 "2011-03-08T18:32:30Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > Amazing that there have been over 100,000 members (checked a few new members, who have numbers over 101,000). Currently 104,570 (it’s displayed at the bottom of the home page for the message board). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/32 "2011-03-08T18:49:35Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > How do you tell what number you are? Just hold your mouse over your name and look at the status at the bottom of your browser. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/33 "2011-03-08T19:22:12Z")
I’m #46. Been here a lonnnnng time. (It’s taking longer than we thought.) ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/34 "2011-03-08T19:50:38Z")
There are going to have to be a LOT of people dying off before I inherit the crown. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/35 "2011-03-09T00:43:48Z")
I’m #11,630. The shame will live with me forever. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/36 "2011-03-09T01:31:04Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I may not be a 99er, but at least I have a four-digit member number. 😃 > [@Knorf](#): > > I’m #11,630. > > The shame will live with me forever. 10,463 for me. Well, I’m beating a lot of the NEW noobs (and **Knorf** 😃 ). ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/37 "2011-03-09T02:58:02Z")
Hey! Today is my 75th month anniversary! (join date 12-08-2004 for those of you that are bad at math.) 0.23 post per day. . .what can I say-I’m a pudytat-we sleep a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/38 "2011-03-09T05:37:06Z")
I still measure things to some degree by pre- and post- SDMB. (My watersheds are 1977, 1990, 2001, and 2006.) I am a bit bummed that my Charter Membership lapsed, but the renewal caught me off guard and at the time I took exception to the requirement to pay two years to regain it. “Hey, Boo! You’re overdue! Give us two, or nuts to you!” Would give three today without blinking, if I could get my Charter status back. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/39 "2011-03-09T11:45:17Z")
It has been a long time, hasn’t it? I should finally get around to paying up and becoming a Member again. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/40 "2011-03-09T14:19:00Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > Word. 🆒 Double Word. 🆒 🆒 I’m number 157. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586.md?page=3)