So many have come and gone. I know some of those users are still with us. They had to chane names, usually due to the end of an election cycle. But some of the names I do miss.

He's very fussy, you know. I had to count them.

She wasn't the first to greet me but she was for a lot of other people.

j. matson. does the daily toons.

pnorman (who has since passed )

he ruled LBN

He was amazing.

Keep an eye out for her...

he was a fun, gruff poster. anyone remember

"... right the f*** now!" Skinner's reply was priceless too: "OK."



Bake

Unfortunately, he died a month or two after I arrived here. I found out because his sister emailed me through his email contact.

It was a huge loss.

As I remember, he always posted the toons

My very first post was in one of his toon threads.

He saw me, and recognized it was my first post, and welcomed me to DU!

I was thrilled.

I copied the thread so I would always remember it, and him...

Chi
Momcat


the old ERD- Election Reform and Discussion forum after Dubya stole it.

That was some good writing; I have always hoped he did well after his surgery, but it doesn't seem like it

What a neat guy-

Indeed. I hope he got his beer, and travel money, and is enjoying many experiences as I write this.

Long TSed freeper who used to flood LBN with anti-Democratic stories.

BouncyBall, and something like Jazzyjet, it has been a while. Very manic energy.

You guys go wayyyyyyyy back!

He, EarlG, Ramsey and myself attended an Emily's List function in DC. A week later I met #4 & #5 which was Khephra and WillPitt.

Along with Dastard Stepchild, Will Pitt, and a few other folks whose screen names I can't recall right now. We met up at the march and there was something at RFDs soon after? Does that ring any bells?

but not drunken sick, just real sick. Missed work on Monday from a fever.

But that was a good event - we had a wonderful turnout.

Are any of these folks still around? What about WCGreen or GreenPartyVoter (his name alone would probably get him tombstoned from DU3)?


Seems to me I had a pretty decent sized buddies list back in the day (DU2) and the only one I still talk to at all is Frylock.

I miss my old friends . . . sniff.

but I haven't seen Indiana Green for a while.

This thread is making me nostalgic for the old days when you'd have a discussion and someone you knew (from prior discussions) would jump in on your side. Nowadays, I hardly know anyone in any threads, and I seem to post a lot of threadkillers. Maybe people just don't trust me because I only have 2,500 posts. I remember when you topped out at 1,000+ and anyone who made it to that level was "in." You'd get a big celebratory thread in the lounge in your honor and everything.

Do they even do that any more or do you have to have 50,000 posts to rate?


Lots more 'troll hunting' these days too. It's not always safe outside the lounge . . .

Can't remember where though.

And MrGrumpy

seemed to be around a lot and then just stopped posting.

We hang out on new boards 'n stuff, I guess.

Still, this thread is making me nostalgic for the old days--well not for the old days of President Bush, and Vice President Cheney, and Paul Wolfowitz, and Tom DeLay, and Peeance Freeance, and Healthy Forests, and John Ashcroft, and the rest of those f*ckers!

Just for the old community we had.

We miss you, BigLargeMcHuge . . .

Babylonsister, a few others.

he posted a lot of threads, I think the schtick was I'm a bleever.

New Yawker would be another.

flakey_foont

which I think stood for "Old School Democrat".

Lydia Leftcoast is the first person I remember writing a reply to.

or something like that

Still miss him.

that name just tickled me. he used to post about music in the lounge I remember.

I made a mistake of buying his album, sometime in the late '60s. It is considered by many to be the worst ever made.

of course, his name was appropriated by this DUer.

but you're right as to the quality of the album. He was the Ed Wood of English rock.

"Screaming Lord Byron" in Julien Temple's short film "Jazzin' for Blue Jean" back in the 80s.

Naw, probably not, but really, you couldn't miss the username on his many, many posts.

Maybe Newyawker?

and, when i start to remember them, they have a post-election name change and I forget most of them again.

I remember the first and only time I got accused of being a Freeper was in the first thread I had started - I had asked for help rebutting some anti-Clinton arguments.

I remember somebody called JailforBush (or something like that) early on, as well as MuddleoftheRoad (didn't he/she turn out to be a Freeper?)

Because I came to the sinking realization that I was wearing somebody else's dress. Or something like that.

And a lot of the other names already posted. I have been here since 2003.

I miss him...

He sent me his book and a bunch of photos of him when he was in the service. He was a very handsome young man. I do miss him.

So you came across the same people more often. Now I almost never have conversations with the same people. Except every Sunday with SalmonChanted Evening.

then threatened me with a tombstone for saying something nasty about Hillary......

I got over my problem with Secretary Clinton. Too bad Bluebear isn't around to share my enlightenment......


Except that I DO believe that person is still around in a different guise.

As usual, YMMV.

was the first screen name I can remember seeing here, other top 5' user names include, Walt Starr, mrbenchley, iverglass, benezra, and wickerman.

mrbenchley and I did not get along. I may have eventually put him on ignore.

mrbenchley got along with many. I got here in Nov of 04 and read til I joined in May of 05. I read a lot of the stories on the front page, and I remember Plaid Adder writing about Kerry's loss, and other issues that may/may not have caused Kerry to lose. The other names I remember from the Tookie Williams war...I'm very bad with remembering names, but with that issue being pulverized I did remember a few. I remember a lot of other names, most of them Lounger's, but to pin down chronologically the names I recall, I think the list I provided is the most accurate.

I know what you mean though. It's been a lot a years--how could you remember the earliest names? It's just guesswork at this point. I joined in 2004. And have never posted religiously through I read LBN every day. I try to stay out of the wars, though I stepped in it big time during the Trayvon Martin discussions. Too many pro-gunners that weren't willing to really "discuss" it, just wanted to mock other posters for not knowing the various gun makes and models so how could they know anything about gun policy? I don't think I ever really participated in any of the big primary battles, but I have insulted my share of Blue Dogs, and done lots of lurking.

I don't know if I spelled them correctly, though.

NewYorker99 milestone threads and I was so honored that I was mentioned in them and YellowRubberDucky just stuck in my mind as a funny poster.

Probably the first one is mzmolly. Will Pitt, PA Democrat, Bunny, Richardo, Tigereye, pithlet, Andy Stephenson.

And I think Kadie said 'Hi' on one of my first posts.

seems to stick out as one of the first that I actually got to know well enough to remember the name. I hope she found her keys.

Kephra, Andy S. (I can't for the life of me remember his user name now.....I hate getting old!), Nosjami, Will Pitt, LynnSin and Mattcom and ZombyWoof. Ok now some of the names are coming back so I will stop before I start to rattle.

He was one of the first DUers who I got to know, but then he was God_bush_n_cheney.

God_bush_n-cheney RIP Andy, you were such a good man.

He's someone that we'll never forget...

Yes, I am THAT much of an old timer, but I also remember when there was an "Underground" section of DU...


Who else remembers Crewchief?



Laura

Yay!

She used to welcome all the new people here and she told me once that her name came from being a CrewLeader (CrewChief?) in a restaurant where she once worked. Very sweet lady. She was THE welcome wagon for DU in the early days and most folks just called her "Crew."

Can I claim senility at this point?



Laura

There was a DUer who was here a long time but got TS'd before the move to DU3. He was active in LGBT, and had the Evil Monkey from Family Guy as his avvy, but I'll be darned if I remember his name. He had a pretty short fuse.

Oh, and Robb of course.

but it's almost exclusively loungers. newyawker stands out, of course. heidi and cmw. you. clintmax.

i remember the nighthawks and the good morning threads. the birthday and milestones threads.

it's been a long time.

I remember the animal-related, for some reason.

I remember when he got banned (for the final time).

him--I liked him, though.

...and not some giant-furry-eyed alien!

Hi-larious.

I miss her.

the 2008 elections, but I can't remember what it was.

From the Photo group.

I'm looking at him right now, with the cat on his lap.

Excellent photographer. I miss seeing his work in the Photo group.

and the cat still gets treats daily.

I'll pass your kind words along.

That was a LOOOOOOOONG time ago.

Always enjoyed her posts and was sorry when she left.

still miss her

farmboxer

Dave

in his sig line.

of all time! I loved it and I miss it.

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You certainly became memorable if not for your posts, and a good many of them were and are memorable, your siggy and name. I actually remember the day I saw that and your name. Interesting how things like that happen isn't it?

I just drank a big beer and ate too much pizza and then I read this! I remember that and it killed me then and it kills me still. Classic, hysterically funny and making my stomach hurt. Yup, an underpants post.

I know I haven't seen him here in a while.

Bake

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Whazzupppppp????



Bake

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they used to work across the screen but (marquee) with the brackets doesn't work anymore ....I guess