"Member Since 2001" Appreciation thread!

[Chico Man]

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Avoiding the tombstone for 13 years!

7 years to blame it on Bush.. while he was still in office (in fact, more Bush years than Obama years while on DU!)

Predating Facebook by 5 years!

Untold amounts of data collected by the NSA about us!

[Boudica the Lyoness]

1. I'm still here

I think the secret to being here for so long is either not posting often or being totally none controversial.

[Chico Man]

54. Honestly

I'm surprised I'm not banned. Maybe it's because I donated a long time ago? This place just brings our a serious case of devils advocacy in me.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

67. Me to.

[kentuck]

2. I've been here since day one....

But did not sign on until March 2001....

I guess I have made a few friends and enemies along the way?

We were fighting to save our country after the election of 2000 was stolen. We did not want and did not need any more conservative talking points. We had had enough.

(on edit: I had originally contributed under my real name after an unsuccessful run for Congress)

[Chico Man]

40. Day 1...

Impressive. How did you become aware of the site so early on?

[kentuck]

49. My wife saw the sign on TV...

and checked it out. When she told me that DU needed some writers, I started writing editorials (or posts) around the end of March and first of April of 2001 under my real name. Later, I decided to write anonymously as "kentuck". I have taken hiatuses 3 or 4 times. It just got to heavy to carry. And the site has gone thru several changes, maybe not all for the best, but has continued to be an open forum for progressive thinkers for a long time.

[librechik]

3. me too!

heh--I wonder who has me on ignore?

[snooper2]

4. I'm 2002, left out again I see

nobody loves me everybody hates me I just want a white castle!

[TeeYiYi]

12. You were lurking...

... That counts.

TYY

[snooper2]

18. Even worse back then I bought into the twoofer crap LOL

Figured out it was stupid about a year and a half later- I guess some of us do grow up

[TeeYiYi]

19. "Twoofer?"...

9/11 brought me here. I guess I must have had some burning desire to say something, so I was forced to make an account in early 2002.

Remind me, what is the :twoofer crap?"...

TYY

[snooper2]

36. CGI planes, thermite wired in the towers by construction crews before hand, stand down orders

nobody on the planes,

Truthers, or Twoofers


Oh, and if you don't buy into any of that you are automatically called a Bush crony who believes everything 100% that the government says LOL

[TeeYiYi]

39. Aaahhhh...

I read it as the number '2'fers.

I'll confess, I'm a bit of a 2fer. I just don't discuss it anymore.

2fers are so 'last decade.' I'm busy trying to figure out if the 'troll bridge' thread is ever going to get legs...

TYY

[haele]

5. Oye. Time flies.

Bit more snow on the peaks, and a few landslides at the foothills over the years.

Haele

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. I wish I found it in 2001...2004 for me...could have used those 3 extra years!

[Hissyspit]

56. Same here.

Although I had been reading Will Pitt since 2002, and found DU in late 2003, I didn't join until 2004.

[d_r]

77. I am 2004 also

I lurked a while before but not sure how long

[KansDem]

7. Been here since 2001...

Started out with another screen name, though.

[calikid]

45. Me too...

I wish I new how to find out what my old name was, if anyone does will they please let me know.

[Blue_Adept]

8. Glad to be a part of the club.

Though not "consistently" across the DU incarnations.

[unblock]

9. yay us!

[The Magistrate]

10. Only Came On At The End Of October, '01, Sir: Still Feel Distinctly Junior....

And there are number who were here before me and are now gone I miss.

[bobthedrummer]

11. Hello all!

[hfojvt]

13. nice to meet the old-timers

but with less than 3,000 posts, you have not been that active of a member. Do you even have any purple hearts or skin grafts from any of the thousands of flame wars of GD? Did you duke it out with Carlos, Mr. Benchley or OMC? Or even NSMA?

Hard to believe I have been here for almost ten years.

Must be because they keep running out of the anchovies I request for my tombstone.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/10/us/la-jolla-anchovies/

ruh roh. Time for me to shut my trap.

[kentuck]

17. I had some battles with Mr Benchley.

And Carlos Jiacinto. You had to prove your bonafides back in those days.

[TeeYiYi]

21. So much truth in that statement...

"You had to prove your bonafides back in those days."

It wasn't for the faint of heart.

TYY

[Samantha]

24. Didn't Carlos get tombstoned as a troll?

Do you remember?

Sam

[greatauntoftriplets]

46. He certainly did.

Carlos was comedy gold!

[Chico Man]

26. Averaging a post every other day...

I may get 10000 in my lifetime!

cheers..

(Yes, this may date me.. I was 24 when I joined DU (and my son was 1.. he is now entering High School!)

came here because of 9/11.

[Blaukraut]

14. Not many of us are left

We either died, rage quit, or boredom quit. I see a few familiar names once in a while.

[hfojvt]

51. from this thread

there are at least 40

Although there were what, 10,000 registrations in the first year? Or 5,000?

Some long timers got the axe. Was Carlos "one of us"? Or Mr. Benchley?

Not sure if either of them joined in 2001, and of course, I did not join then either.

I remember in 2006 searching archives and would read a post and think "what a great post, wonder what happened to that person" and would find them tombstoned.

Usually though, when I tried to discover why somebody I thought was a great DUer was tombstoned, I would find a good solid reason for it. That, for one reason or other, they lost it and crossed the line. But some of them did come back under different names.

[wyldwolf]

78. Mr. Benchley used to give them hell in the gungeon

His retorts were quite comical but I always imagined a deadpan delivery.

[Blaukraut]

79. A lot of us changed our user names during the amnesty period, too

So unless we all paid attention who changed names from what to what, we lose track of old members.

[hfojvt]

85. this might help

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4970873

[QC]

15. Still here.

Not many of us left.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Yep. Still here, but participate less.

[Tetris_Iguana]

20. It's quite an accomplishment

Considering all the egg shells lying around nowadays.

[Archae]

22. Been here since 2001...

Latest row I have with a few people here is my insistence on woo being woo.

But, with this many people, I guess it is inevitable.

[Samantha]

23. Lurked for months in early 2001, then jumped in one day

and have never looked back. I probably could not have remained sane if I had not found DU.

Sam

[ieoeja]

25. Thank you. n/t

[DrDan]

27. 2001 here

[DisgustipatedinCA]

28. Thanks. I knew no one would start an appreciation thread for me.

So it's nice to be included in the 2001 group.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

29. And on that note, cheers to Farmboxer & Jiacinto, wherever they are.

I never much agreed with Jiacinto, but he is representative of the way disagreements used to be handled at DU. It was a better place then.

[jaysunb]

30. He post over at DK regularly

"Carlos" , what a character

[Armstead]

47. I kinda miss ol' Carlos

[alterfurz]

31. congratulations, one and all!

[Uben]

32. Don't post a lot, but I have read hereevery day since 2001

I quit arguing, which you basically have to do if you post a lot. I just mellowed out and am trying to enjoy the days I have left.

[Blaukraut]

33. Does anyone remember Lonster, our pet conservative?

Jiacinto was a liberal compared to him.

[greatauntoftriplets]

50. LOL, remembering Lonster.

I wish the DU archives were still available. Used to be a lot of fun to read through those.

[Paladin]

34. I'm pleased to still be around. (nt)

[SoCalDem]

35. June 2001, here

[cally]

37. Still here

But I don't post all that much

[Oilwellian]

38. Still here and kicking

I was originally Oaf of Office. Guess who that was referring to.

[KoKo]

41. Still here...think it was in late April, 2001

My handle is the name of my Siamese cat who loved to sit on lap in front of computer. I was new to the internet and didn't think of a clever name. I was joked about for long time in the early days on DU for being mistaken for KoKo the "signing" gorilla or being a troll who signed up as a signing gorilla to post nonsense. Also, I made the mistake of not going to the "DU Lounge" to introduce properly introduce myself. That was a big "no..no." That was probably part of the "KoKo" problem in those early days.

[On the Road]

42. I Have Been Here Since February 01

and even organized a forgotten get-together in October of that year at Union Station in DC.

Have dialed back the comments a bit the last year or two. Feels better to argue with right-wingers on a site with a different range of opinion than against people who really should be your allies on the most important issues.

[urbanhermit]

43. Lurking since 2001

Visit almost daily but so glad I found this site.

[Chico Man]

53. all time greatest lurker!

Thanks for revealing your presence today.

[greatauntoftriplets]

44. Woo hoo!!!

Finally an appreciation thread for me!!!!!11

[Skidmore]

63. It is kind of nice to be recognized for being

an oldtimer, isn't it?

[greatauntoftriplets]

64. Yeah, it is.

Either we're in it for the long haul or we're gluttons for punishment. I think the former.

[Armstead]

48. God, that's a long time..Includes me on-and-off

13 years...Kriparoney

[mrsadm]

52. I joined in 2002, pretty close!

[xiamiam]

55. found DU in 04 and it saved my sanity and helped me wake up

Once awake, its impossible to go back to sleep. I still read everyday but I have little patience with cheerleaders and willful ignorance..so I post less and recognize that both democrats and republicans are bought and paid for with very few exceptions. I am deeply appreciative of those duers who keep justice and truth at the front. I would have left long ago but then someone like Koko, Marmar, DeSwiss, Willy T, Catherina and MANY others posts something that knocks me out and I stay. I have huge appreciation for your fortitude and am inspired always to be and do more than I ever thought possible.

[Aristus]

57. Started lurking: March, 2001. Registered: September 19, 2001.

Drawn to DU due to sElection 2000; stayed because of 9/11.

[neverforget]

58. still here and kicking since July 2001

[underpants]

59. Oct/Nov 2011

[Boudica the Lyoness]

69. I remember when you first posted

Loved your name.

[underpants]

87. :-)

[SteveG]

60. Still here.

nt

[bmbmd]

61. My profile says 2002, but I

Was here prior to that. There was some kind of reshuffling at the end of the nineties, and I got soy lent-greened. I still check a couple of times daily, but only as an information source. Too much bickering for my tastes. Came from the much missed and mourned MWO.

[Skidmore]

62. Here since the beginning too.

Get frustrated sometimes and have watched good people come and go. My take is the same on both Bush and the NSA--to hell with the lot. Not frightened of either and firmly hold that no one on earth can force you to change the ideas that you hold. Only you can do that, which is I why I find the browbeating so tedious.

PS. Have never changed my user name either in any iteration of DU.

[greatauntoftriplets]

65. +1,000,000,000

I could say the exact same thing that you did.

[Bandit]

66. Still here after all these years

Who would a thunk it....

[onethatcares]

68. hangin in and

still hangin out.

ain't no finer place to keep up with murica and the news.


Peace to all of you guys.

[Suziq]

70. I'm Here!

Proud member since 2002.

Obviously, I do a lot more reading than posting.

[Chico Man]

73. Awesome

And congrats on 1000 posts!

[Suziq]

84. Awww - Thanks!

Only took 12 years to get there.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

71. Have any of the old timers changed their views over the years?

I used to be very anti-gun, but have since changed my mind for various reason. I even own a S&W .38 now.

I'm still hate morans, I'm pro-choice, pro-Union...all that, and of-course a Democrat through and through.

Best of all I 'Stay out the Bushes'.

[KoKo]

81. IMHO we had Way More Diversity back then....Lately we've become an Armed Camp

With different groups attacking inside the Big Ten and some in the Tent drifting off to join them and then back and forth with "Who is Inside the Tent" on a issue and "Who is Outside.'

I miss the diversity...But, it's said, some were just Trolls....so who knows.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

72. Came in February or March of 2001

My membership number is in the 1600s, I think.

And no, I have not changed my views. If anything, I am "lefter" than before.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

80. 13 years on DU has certainly been an education.

I, too, have moved left -- so much so that the Party is no longer a good fit for me. Since I was 8 years old I loudly identified myself as a Democrat. These days, I have found my true home -- Liberal.

[Solly Mack]

74. Me! :)

[countryjake]

75. This thread needs music...

Been here since the beginning, too, and your observation about the NSA creeped me out even then (Agent Mike, anyone?).

There are untold members no longer here who I miss from those first years of DU, they were the best!

[Peacetrain]

76. Thats pretty good!!!

[WillyT]

82. Found It In 2001... Started Posting In 2002...

& Rec !!!

[scarletwoman]

83. Another oldie checking in.

I found my way here sometime in the spring of 2001, via a link to "Top Ten Conservative Idiots" someone posted in an obscure discussion group I used to frequent. I registered a couple months later, but I don't remember exactly when.

I had one post deleted in DU1, for calling Carlos Jiacinto an asshole and telling him to fuck off.

I've survived all these years by being more careful ever since.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

86. I found DU the a day or two after after the inauguration

This is my third handle on DU (long story), but I found here the detailed account of the Dubya Inaugural Parade (complete with trash being hurled at the motorcade). I believe Skinner wrote it himself. I've been here ever since.