I have lurked so long...

[emilythorne]

I remember when Stumpy got a life and ditched ML.

Now you...go!

[CheshireGrin]

I don't think I ever lurked. I jumped right in as a beebee and somehow survived.

[Jermys]

I never lurked. The knot kicked me over when the Nest was created, and I found ML on my first day.

[cheesierthanchedda]

I was around on TK before TN existed.

[emilythorne]

That's impressive, Cheshire.

[melindafelinda]

I was on the GBCN board on the first day.

[margotmacomber]

I don't really remember...I started on Military Nesties and then it got really boring so I poked around ML. I don't remember anything spectacular except when Nu turned into AB. Or something. I didn't jump in though, I waded slowly like into a cold swimming pool.

[circa1978]

I remember when the Saint Louis board of The Knot GBCK in 2006. It really worked, too. The STL boards of the Knot, Nest, and Bump have been tumbleweeds ever since.

But I was only around ML long enough to remember Stumpy as SoLongAstoria.

[Deleted]

I've seen a lot of confusing shit go down in my lurking time. I don't know what to label myself as, though. I've been around for two years, so I'm not really a newbie, and I post, so I'm not really a lurker, but I don't post much and no one knows who I am, so I'm not anywhere near a regular.

I'm a nobody?

[emilythorne]

May 10, 2012 19:26:15 GMT -5 Que? said:

May 10, 2012 19:23:15 GMT -5 melindafelinda said:

I was on the GBCN board on the first day.

You're a fucking pioneer!

Also, Emily, wtf? You've been lurking for 100 years and chose today to post? I find it weird that all these lurkers chose today to crawl out of the woodwork.

There was a lurker parade and I didn't want to be left out.

[margotmacomber]

May 10, 2012 19:27:20 GMT -5 Que? said:

May 10, 2012 19:23:31 GMT -5 margotmacomber said:

I don't really remember...I started on Military Nesties and then it got really boring so I poked around ML. I don't remember anything spectacular except when Nu turned into AB. Or something. I didn't jump in though, I waded slowly like into a cold swimming pool.

I never noticed you were a newbie! I actually assumed you'd been here forever and we were just posting at different times!

Well I've posted for about a year.

[emilythorne]

May 10, 2012 19:27:07 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

I remember when the Saint Louis board of The Knot GBCK in 2006. It really worked, too. The STL boards of the Knot, Nest, and Bump have been tumbleweeds ever since.

But I was only around ML long enough to remember Stumpy as SoLongAstoria.

I only saw her post as SoLongAstoria. I just know they called her Stumpy.

[stupidcrafts]

May 10, 2012 19:22:45 GMT -5 cheesierthanchedda said:

I was around on TK before TN existed.

Me too. I was pretty active on TK when planning my wedding, but then ignored it for the next five years or so.

[SallyJ]

May 10, 2012 19:37:04 GMT -5 stupidcrafts said:

May 10, 2012 19:22:45 GMT -5 cheesierthanchedda said:

I was around on TK before TN existed.

Me too. I was pretty active on TK when planning my wedding, but then ignored it for the next five years or so.

This is me too.

[Deleted]

May 10, 2012 19:37:04 GMT -5 stupidcrafts said:

May 10, 2012 19:22:45 GMT -5 cheesierthanchedda said:

I was around on TK before TN existed.

Me too. I was pretty active on TK when planning my wedding, but then ignored it for the next five years or so.

I think I've only been back to TK once since I got married and it booted me to TN. I realized there was no longer anything for me to post about, and I never went back.

[2boys2danes]

I've lurked so long that I remember when a poor gal's husband died on a motorcycle track race or something like that...... I always wondered how she was doing


And I also remember a long time ago some gal named Bell4kp or something like that who had triplets....and she posted all the time

[pittsmcgee]

May 10, 2012 19:32:32 GMT -5 RBL said:

May 10, 2012 19:26:15 GMT -5 Que? said:

You're a fucking pioneer!

Also, Emily, wtf? You've been lurking for 100 years and chose today to post? I find it weird that all these lurkers chose today to crawl out of the woodwork.

It feels like the ground has been leveled in some odd way. It doesn't seem as intimidating to post here as it did on ML.

Exactly

[Deleted]

all of these lurkers are freaking me out.

unless they like me. in which case, i'm welcoming you with open arms.

[CheshireGrin]

May 10, 2012 20:43:46 GMT -5 2boys2danes said:

I've lurked so long that I remember when a poor gal's husband died on a motorcycle track race or something like that...... I always wondered how she was doing


And I also remember a long time ago some gal named Bell4kp or something like that who had triplets....and she posted all the time

Archer and Belle have both popped back in a few times, but not recently.

The last time Archer showed up she was not well received by a number of people.

[flexie]

I started out on TK in July 05 just to ask a question or two about my wedding. After I got married, I wasn't interested in posting on a wedding board, so I migrated over to The Nest under my own power. Been here ever since.

I was here for the waning of the Hookers, and the dawning of tonif.

[stupidcrafts]

May 10, 2012 20:50:20 GMT -5 cville said:

all of these lurkers are freaking me out.

unless they like me. in which case, i'm welcoming you with open arms.

I like you, I feel like we have a lot in common.

[hubes]

Why lurk? What's the enjoyment?

[stupidcrafts]

Well, I always wanted to participate, but I felt like it might be a slippery slope between getting some work done and no work done. I have now officially crossed into the black hole of unproductivity.

Not to mention, most of the ladies here are much wittier than myself.

[keylimepie]

It's like a badass revolution. Everyone's participating in the mass exodus together.

I'm sure it's creepy for the regs, but it's one of those things... once you start to lurk, you can't stop. I always meant to post, but it was always such a pain in the ass with all the duplicate posts, everything I wrote getting sucked into cyberspace, etc. So I'd post one reply to something and never check back. Plus, I can't be online while I teach music lessons, so I'd mostly go on at night, when no one was around.

I also do NOT want to admit how long I've lurked. **embarrassed face**

[deanlicker78]

I've been on for a couple of years, but I still feel like no one knows who I am. lol

I never lurked though, I just jumped in. I just always kind of stayed under the radar.

[CheshireGrin]

May 10, 2012 21:13:43 GMT -5 hubes said:

Why lurk? What's the enjoyment?

This has always been my feeling as well. When I first found the Nest (shortly after its creation), it never occured to me NOT to just jump in and post.

I get lurking for a little while to get the lay of the land, but people who have lurked for years kind of creep me out. It makes me feel like a test subject in a bizarre sociological experiment.

[SallyJ]

May 10, 2012 21:13:43 GMT -5 hubes said:

Why lurk? What's the enjoyment?

No particular reason. I go through periods of lurking and periods of participating.