old timer roll call

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Shadowchaser, Jan 8, 2014.

  1. Shadowchaser

    Shadowchaser A Really Great Guy

    Ok folks I guess I'm calling anyone who is an "old timer" here on MG. I'll define an "old timer" as anyone who has been a part of MG in the time span of when Tim and Jim opened the doors of MG until say around 2009 or so. With that being said, please feel free to post that you are here even if you are not here very often any more. It's just great to hear from some of our older friends!

    Thanks for participating!

    Jack
     
  2. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    /me raises hand
     
  3. ASUS

    ASUS MajorGeek

    I guess I qualify...

    MajorGeeks will always be a special place for me.:major

    I've learned a lot around here
     
  4. Sgt. Tibbs

    Sgt. Tibbs Ultra Geek

    I guess I count too, then, although I wasn't here at the very beginning. I will always miss Grubblebump (who I knew as Ralf_Kramden from other sites), and appreciate his suggesting I come here when our former place started to go downhill.
     
  5. Colemanguy

    Colemanguy MajorGeek

    Oh i guess 2004 qualifies me!
     
  6. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    I lurked for a while and joined in 2002.

    I do not consider 49 as old.....
     
    Last edited: Jan 9, 2014
  7. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    I resent being called old, but by your dates, I suppose I am one. LOL

    I miss a lot of the people who were here when I joined. :(
     
  8. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    Get off my lawn! :-D
     
  9. Ken3

    Ken3 MajorGeek

    :wave Since Nov 2002
     
  10. Gensuknives

    Gensuknives Grand pooty-meister

    Joined and been lurking since March, 2002
     
  11. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Don't know if I qualify but I been here some time! :p
     
  12. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    I didn't join until 2006. Does that make me the baby in the group? :p
     
  13. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    Rollin' in and Pimpin' my Jan 7th, 2002 join date :)
     
  14. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Pfffft!


    You aren't the only one :p
     
  15. Anon-b946935a51

    Anon-b946935a51 Anonymized

    I pop in and out all the time since around 2004 at least.
     
  16. Shadowchaser

    Shadowchaser A Really Great Guy

    Kodo, you ain't that far ahead of me, quit showing off! :D

    I do hope Abbey shows up sometime, miss that girl and the starman too! Not to mention Eric and Cindy!

    Lot's have come and gone but I know lots pop in from time to time.
     
  17. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest



    Don't talk to your elders like that!


    /me runs off :-D
     
  18. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hand goes up slowly, you know I'm old!

    So when did I join again.... what is this forum for... who the hell am I :)
     
  19. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    6th Jan beat Yah! ;)

    Its still great that many who moved from 3D Files and Tweakfiles are still on the forum, pays a good testament to the draw that Tim and Jim have on the internet scene, I do think this is a great forum with no frills and plane great tech advice, with no suffering of fools and idiots.
     
  20. Gensuknives

    Gensuknives Grand pooty-meister

    Well............maybe a couple fools and idiots. Me for one.
     
  21. mag00

    mag00 Sergeant

    I was the quiet one, laughing in the corner.

    Canoles, chess, games, weddings, tractors :cry and a whiney little girl.
     
  22. lbmest

    lbmest MajorGeek

    Old timer me?
    Nah, I came in for some malware originally, stuck around and managed not to get banned while I learned.
    Been lurking the past couple of years more than anything but I never was a big poster anyway. :-o
    Definitely miss some of the original and second wave members.
     
  23. Anon-9aee479f8f

    Anon-9aee479f8f Anonymized

    I guess by your description of "old timer" I technically qualify since I have been a member since 2006. I came here for help and kept coming back because of all the knowledgeable helpful people here at Major Geeks. I want to thank everyone who has replied to my questions in the forums and helped me solve several computer problems with WinXP, Win7 and now Win8 operating systems. I have learned so much just by reading the forums. You Guy are the BEST!
     
  24. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    I beat ya by 1 day :) slow poke! :major
     
  25. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    Unfair advantage.. I move to strike your participation :)
     
  26. kench

    kench Private First Class

    guess I'm just an old newbie...lol...
     
  27. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Depends on what I am poking. Zing!
     
  28. Triaxx2

    Triaxx2 MajorGeek

    2004? I've been here for ten years? Wow.
     
  29. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    9 years and 2 months, actually :p
     
  30. oldandconfusedagain

    oldandconfusedagain Private E-2 <i>emeritus</i>

    still here
    don't know why they let me still lurk
    maybe because of my rank, emeritus, they feel sorry for an old curmudgeon
     
  31. Gensuknives

    Gensuknives Grand pooty-meister

    Ditto every bit of that.:-D
     
  32. 1DietPepsiMax

    1DietPepsiMax Private E-2

    I definitely don't feel like an old-timer, but the funny thing is by the dates given in the O.P. I apparently am one!

    :strong
     
  33. cabbiinc

    cabbiinc Staff Sergeant

    I was visiting the downloads page long before I was part of the forum, does that count?
     
  34. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Never a fool would I describe you Gensu at all.

    Vote rigging cheat! :major :p
     
  35. Novice

    Novice MajorGeek

    Been around a while and have learned a lot from some of the best! :)
     
  36. Shadowchaser

    Shadowchaser A Really Great Guy

    hey think there's a chance one of the NICE moderators would make this a sticky for about 3 months to ensure our other old-timer friends and family sees it when or if they visit? That way we will all know when one of us time travelling and web roaming rogues comes back by once in a while? How about it Moderators, can we get this done on a limited time basis?

    yours,
    Jack
     
  37. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Jack great post, if we keep posting in this thread we will keep it to the top! and most of the oldtimers will read it at some point..
     
  38. gal1998

    gal1998 solo-cob

    I guess I am one of the "oldtimers"
    I haven't been around much lately, but I do come in and read the posts once in a while.
    One of these days, I'll get back in the groove.
     
  39. the mekanic

    the mekanic Major Mekanical Geek

    Feels like it's been forever...


    :-D
     
  40. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Tell me about it, I was just thinking today that on Feb 14th I have been in my current job for 9yrs (what a great day to start, never forget that one).
     
  41. cindysnoopy

    cindysnoopy Shotgun!

    I still pop in here and there. Can't believe its been so long. Eric and I still speak fondly of y'all. Met a few folks IRL over the years.

    The kids are doing well - Kolya will be going into high school next year. In Chicago that means we're spending a lot of time touring all the schools and trying to pick the best fit. She's brilliant, so she's got a good chance of getting into her first or second choice school.

    Drexel had a rough time in a traditional school setting, so we're schooling at home. He's much happier and is currently teaching himself Spanish. He's still amazing at guitar and anything else he sets his mind to learn.

    Eric is still with his band, The Crossing. In fact, they're playing a show this afternoon. He's been restoring old woodworking machinery in his spare time.

    I'm doing the Mom thing a lot. Really enjoying the kids. I make cards and jewelry and sell them. Was doing a lot of swing dancing for a while, but that fell to the wayside after I sprained my ankle. On the techie side of things, I just got an ASUS Vivobook V550C with a touchscreen. Then my phone died, so I got a Nexus 5. I feel all caught up with technology - at least for the next couple of months. ;-)

    We really miss GT. It was hard to come back and hang around the forum after he passed. It just didn't feel the same. Sorry we just disappeared like that. Where's Abbysue and Star? They still pop in?
     
  42. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Wow great to hear from you Cindy and glad Eric and kids are all ok too and doing well from the sounds of it.

    Yes GTs passing was a low point for many on the forum who conversed with him a lot. Just in case you missed it you will have known me as Halo back in the day I changed my user name to my real name a few years back.

    Good to hear from you and hope you and Eric post on occasion to touch base
     
  43. ShelaghRoyale

    ShelaghRoyale Sergeant

    Been lurkin from the very beginning until I joined.... I do miss the chat forum tho :( however, I'm still here. :wave
    Shelagh :)
     
  44. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Yeah the live chat area was good but sadly misused and started turning into a tech support area, which is what the main forums are for.
     
  45. DOA

    DOA MG's Loki

    Good to see many of the old names still here.
     
  46. Shadowchaser

    Shadowchaser A Really Great Guy

    Still hoping to catch up with you and Eric one of these days. You guys still do that big Christian concert in the spring (can't remember the name of it but my kids used to go to it all the time).

    I think AS still drops by occasionally, not so sure about Star. Miss those two almost as much as GT. Hope to see you around here more often and tell Eric to drop in too!

    Jack
     
  47. BluesMan

    BluesMan Sgt. Snot Bubble

    03-07-02

    How's it going people? :cool
     
  48. Ken3

    Ken3 MajorGeek

    Burp, what? Good to see you here Bluesy.:wave
     
  49. Shadowchaser

    Shadowchaser A Really Great Guy

    Dude! I haven't seen you in AGES man?? How's it been??
     
  50. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hey Blues, great to see you around these parts, hope all is well.
     

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