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The “old member pops up to say hi to anyone who might remember them from the old days” thread

#1 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 07 October 2026 - 03:46 PM

How’s it going people? I don’t come around too often these days. Hello to all. Maybe this gets pinned so others have a place to say hi when they stop in. The days when I was on here every day was peak internet usage.

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#2 QuickTidal

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Posted 07 October 2026 - 04:37 PM

Yo. The world is on fire, but otherwise not too bad?

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#3 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 07 October 2026 - 05:02 PM

Hey man good to hear from you. Hope life is treating you ok, all things considered!

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#4 D'rek

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Posted 08 October 2026 - 03:09 PM

So you finally acquired an actual luxury yacht and now you're too good for us, huh

worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

#5 Morgoth

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Posted 14 October 2026 - 12:05 PM

I am just amazed I still remembered my password

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#6 champ

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Posted 14 October 2026 - 12:30 PM

Hey there, the good old days, nothing like a bit of nostalgia.

Good to see you're alive and hopefully all is well your way too!

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#7 amphibian

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Posted 14 October 2026 - 02:33 PM

I love how the orbits of people bring them back every so often. It's nice to see you, RLY and Morgoth!

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#8 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 14 October 2026 - 07:00 PM

Ahh Morgy poos I miss you!

Also I wonder what Apt is up to...

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#9 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 14 October 2026 - 07:57 PM

Librarian by day. Scourge of the wheelchair bound by night.

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#10 Morgoth

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Posted 15 October 2026 - 08:53 AM

Good to see you lot too! I did not expect being quite so happy to see you weirdos again.

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To speak friendly, Even to the devil

#11 Macros

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Posted 15 October 2026 - 11:31 AM

Takes a weirdo to know a weirdo!

Was thinking about this place on the way to work this morning.

I've been kicking about here 18/19 years. I know there a lot longer serving members than me, this is not an "I'm old meber hur hur" flex, but thats nearly half my life, if I stay here for much longer it WILL be half my life and constantly rising there after.

We've seen people go form spotty teenagers right through to responsible married people with real jobs and kids that are nearly spotty teenagers.

I wonder on occasion what happened to people that dropped off. some have simple explanations > Like Toby, we can safely assume is serving time for grand larceny.

But has someone died and we don't know?

How would we know?

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#12 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 15 October 2026 - 12:53 PM

Macros, on 15 October 2026 - 11:31 AM, said:

My wife knows I've met some of you in person, play fantasy football yearly, and go on here to talk about books and such regularly. She might say something.

I've wondered about it from time to time.

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#13 QuickTidal

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Posted 15 October 2026 - 04:49 PM

Macros, on 15 October 2026 - 11:31 AM, said:

The only member who dropped off REALLY unceremoniously that I wonder if something bad happened in their life was Andorion. He was a heavy poster for years and then nothing. I hope he's okay, he was genuinely a nice dude.

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#14 champ

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Posted 15 October 2026 - 04:58 PM

QuickTidal, on 15 October 2026 - 04:49 PM, said:

Macros, on 15 October 2026 - 11:31 AM, said:

Ah shit, aye. Andorion used to contribute a lot here, I enjoyed his posts. It's now making me think of other members like that.

I know the website has had issues with account emails, I wonder if that contributes too.

Tehol said:

'Yet my heart breaks for a naked hen.'

#15 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 17 October 2026 - 01:51 AM

Hello all! Things are fine for me.good to see everyone again.

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#16 Tatterdemalion

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Posted 18 October 2026 - 03:48 AM

I found the ME forum site locked me out if I couldn't remember my password. As in, the site mechanics couldn't aptly pull my old password up for me to reset it. I only got back in thanks to Whisperzzzzzz sending me an email to my gmail. He's the only reason I got back in. Perhaps that has happened to others, too, but they weren't lucky enough to have a Whisperzzzzzz?

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#17 Tsundoku

A what?

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Posted 18 October 2026 - 06:46 AM

Yeah, unfortunately email notifications are fooked, and apparently it doesn't look likely there will be a fix anytime soon. If ever.
Because the format is so old. Like most of you. Not me though.

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#18 Messremb

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Posted 18 October 2026 - 07:56 PM

Sombra is eternal. The rest of our lives are like gnats to him.

Twins are going to be 9 soon, where has that time gone?

I've meant to look in here more often but never got around to it.

"see that stranger's arm crushing the life from him - do you understand? Not an eternal prison for Messremb"

#19 Tsundoku

A what?

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Posted 19 October 2026 - 06:37 AM

Hey dude!

I like that. I'm not "old", I'm "eternal".

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#20 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 19 October 2026 - 08:16 AM

Messremb, on 18 October 2026 - 07:56 PM, said:

Sombra is eternal. The rest of our lives are like gnats to him.

Twins are going to be 9 soon, where has that time gone?

I've meant to look in here more often but never got around to it.

Messremb! Good to see you! My twins will be 5 in December, anything I should be looking out for?