Subject: Oh my gosh, I didn't realize I was past a decade already . . .
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Posted on: 2020-06-01 18:27:13 UTC
It feels wrong to be included in a list with some of earliest folks, though . . . They've both contributed far more to the community than I have!
Happy monthiversary, Genius!
—doctorlit, seeking revenge for the slow thievery of time
It feels like it was just yesterday when I made my introduction post. I’m honestly shocked that I hadn’t known about the PPC until May 1st. I’m so happy to be part of the community. You may be wondering why I’m making such an over-the-top post about being here for a month (especially considering that there are people who have been here for at least a decade [I’m looking at you, Huinesoron, Neshomeh, and doctorlit]). Well, I just feel like marking the occasion. I hope and expect to be here for many months years to come!
Now that makes me feel old and slightly annoyed at myself for not even realising that my 15 year Board anniversary came and went back in February.
For you see, there are actually (at least) four of us that have been around for 15 years (can't remember exactly when doctorlit joined up) plus several more that have hit the 10 year mark.
I also hope the Board and Community is still going strong in 2037 - I may have even finished writing my next mission by then!
Also, have a pet mongoose. For reasons lost to time, that's the gift that I give board newbies.
Elcalion, old and procrastinatory
Do you realize I'm turning 35 in less than two weeks and I've been in the PPC for about half my life? Go on, rub it in about my advanced old age, you adorable little fresh-faced Board!babby, you. ^_~
Happy Boardiversary, and here, have some fresh Canon Cookies for the occasion! Canon Cookies for everyone!
~Neshomeh
I see. You've been here for about 12 years. I'm younger than you, so there's only one thing to do: Make sure that I'll have been in the PPC longer than you!
Yum, these Canon Cookies are delicious!
I'm thirty-four, soon thirty-five. hS and I joined pretty close to the same time in 2003. I might've gotten here a little before he did, but I can't prove it. All I know is I've typically counted from the Glorious 25th of May—I learned about it here on the Board—and my ff.n comment history shows that I was definitely aware of the PPC and reading spin-offs in June 2003.
If we're both still here in 2037, that will be amazing. I'll look forward to it. ^_^
What happens now that you've gotten the oldbie comment trifecta?
~Neshomeh
Well, I don't know when you both joined the PPC, but you joined the wiki 10 days after Huinesoron (12/26/2007 for you and 12/16/2007 for him). The amount of badges you have there bothers me (And your first page of badges, save one of them, is completely filled with badges that only you have).
I hope I'll be in the PPC in 2037, but I probably wouldn't remember to celebrate. So, I put it in my calendar. On January 1st 2037 (Coincidentally, also my birthday), I'm going to make a post about this. You've all been warned.
Now that all three of the oldbies have walked into my trap, I'm going to... DESTROY THEM SO THAT I'LL BE THE OLDEST ACTIVE PPCER congratulate them for being around for so long! It's great to know that the community is so great that you guys have stayed for so long. Also, it means that you (and Iximaz) have a bunch of stories for me to read!
For reference, this is the Wiki's founder, so apparently I joined the day after she created it. Fun and profit!
I also remember spending a good half year working hard on those badges. That '100 days' badge was entirely deliberate (and I only don't have the next one up because of the summer holidays).
(I also want to say I'm behind the Agent and Flower editing track badges? Not positive of that, but they look like my style. So I had a vested interest. :))
Nesh, of course, is in a whole nother league when it comes to badge collection, and I don't think she's even doing it on purpose. :O
Anyway, see you in... 2037? I recognise that year...
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:O It's you. You're the one who brings it all about.
hS
It's a clever plan, really. Get the ancientest of oldbies reminiscing about the old days, and then go for the win. Unfortunately, you failed to reckon with a very important fact: There are four of us.
applies a 'welcome to the PPC!' bumper sticker while Genius is distracted
2037's a solid ways, but - I hope this community's still here, and I hope the friends we made along the way remember it fondly. I wouldn't be who I am today without this place, and I think that's true for a lot of us.
It feels wrong to be included in a list with some of earliest folks, though . . . They've both contributed far more to the community than I have!
Happy monthiversary, Genius!
—doctorlit, seeking revenge for the slow thievery of time
Oh, you don't understand! This whole thread is merely a ploy to get you three to comment for some unspecified reason! Once Neshomesh comments, MY PLAN WILL BE COMPLETE!
Seriously though, I think you're contributing a lot to the community simply by having been here for so long and still being active. You were just the first people I thought of when I thought of people who have been in the PPC for a long time and are still active. 🙂
I've recently been reading back over reeeeally old PPC stuff, and am amazed at all the times we complained it was So Long Between Updates, when in fact it was... a week. ^_^ Nowadays we're lucky if two chapters come out in the same year...!
Anyway, I've been here (oh lawks) closing on seventeen years, and I am utterly delighted that people are still finding us and enjoying the PPC. :) This is an amazing community.
hS