Any old timers still around?

[TorontoTrekker]

The way I see it, if you joined the board when Bill Clinton was still President or at the very least before 9/11 then you're older than dirt. We probably made our first posts using a Tandy computer powered by a hamster in a wheel.

Nah, we had electricity... but whatever I was using, its main function was to serve as a 3278 terminal emulator. (So it may as well have been a Tandy powered by a hamster, by today's standards...)

 

[MacLeod]

The way I see it, if you joined the board when Bill Clinton was still President or at the very least before 9/11 then you're older than dirt. We probably made our first posts using a Tandy computer powered by a hamster in a wheel.

Close.

I joined in November of 2001, using AOL Dial-Up...

Ah the days of dial-up. However did we manage?

But back to tying down the definitions.

Newb=Anyone who hasn't been here as long as you.
Old Timer=Anyone who has been here longer than you.

 

[1001001]

The way I see it, if you joined the board when Bill Clinton was still President or at the very least before 9/11 then you're older than dirt. We probably made our first posts using a Tandy computer powered by a hamster in a wheel.

Close.

I joined in November of 2001, using AOL Dial-Up...

Ah the days of dial-up. However did we manage?

"Back in my day, you had to post quick...before the phone rang..."

 

[HaventGotALife]

I was late to the party. I have only been around for a year and 11 months.

 

[MacLeod]

Fortunantly we are very tolerate of party crashers around here.

 

[Danoz]

I used to post several times a day, but not really anymore. I got board with the BBS and found it to be too crowded a place to really have any meaningful discussions.

 

[cooleddie74]

At some point in the future we should rename a forum in honor of Mallory.

 

[CorporalClegg]

It would have to be the Awesome Forum.

 

[Captain Ice]

How about this criteria for an old timer, if you've been around since the forums first year.

How about making one of the definitions something like "You have been a former staff member longer than you were a staff member"?

 

[MacLeod]

Whatever works for you.

 

[Sector 7]

March or April of 2000 (actual date lost in one of the many server crashes). I remember when my group was considered n00bs and we were less than a year newer than those who were on board at the beginning of the place.

That makes me feel a little better. I still remember when I was a newbie, but I am also proud to see a few I welcomed here reaching Rear Admiral, too.

 

[MacLeod]

^If it helps, you are still a newbie to some of us. (12.25yrs or so for me). Were does the time goto?

 

[Finn]

How should we call those who have been here longer than TNG had been on the air?

 

[MacLeod]

^Learned Elders, works for me.

 

[Neroon]

Member for 13 yrs (March 2000), mod for 12 I think?

 

[TheSeeker]

I was 29 when I registered and I am now 41.

 

[T'Bonz]

Member for 13 yrs (March 2000), mod for 12 I think?

You're the longest-serving mod. I'm 1 month behind you. *grin*

 

[MacLeod]

And just think how much has changed in all those years, some of us have been around.

 

[cooleddie74]

I've got it.

If you were around when Enterpriser was pulling his antics, you're a Grade-A Platinum Old Timer. Seems like a pretty good and reliable metric.

 

[1001001]

I've got it.

If you were around when Enterpriser was pulling his antics, you're a Grade-A Platinum Old Timer. Seems like a pretty good and reliable metric.