Anyone else read old threads here and get sad?

[playthrough]

I have waited more than 15 years for my first moderator payment and am starting to think it might never arrive.

 

[Slacker]

I have waited more than 15 years for my first moderator payment and am starting to think it might never arrive.

Might be a payment form in old threads. Try the Search function!

 

[HC]

What I notice is how few of the people that attended the 2006 Get Together are still on the board. We met some great people and many are friends out in the real world now but they ain't hanging out here anymore.

 

[typefitter]

What I notice is how few of the people that attended the 2006 Get Together are still on the board. We met some great people and many are friends out in the real world now but they ain't hanging out here anymore.

Wait. Was that Toronto? That was in 2006? Can't be.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

What I notice is how few of the people that attended the 2006 Get Together are still on the board. We met some great people and many are friends out in the real world now but they ain't hanging out here anymore.

Not all of us are gone, but that reminds me of S-P. Which is sad.

 

[HC]

Not all of us are gone, but that reminds me of S-P. Which is sad.

Reminded me of spnited too.

 

[HC]

Wait. Was that Toronto? That was in 2006? Can't be.

We went back to try and figure it out. I started Sound of Music in 2008 and it was about 2 years before that.

 

[typefitter]

We went back to try and figure it out. I started Sound of Music in 2008 and it was about 2 years before that.

Oh God.

 

[forever_town]

It's easy to want to look back on the past and reminisce about "the good old days," but like Billy Joel once sang, "the good ol' days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems."

Eleven years ago, I was still at my old shop. Now, it's two jobs later, and I'm finding the PTSD about the way things ended there is striking less and less. On some level, I still miss the good times I had as a journalist, but on some level, I'm glad I am where I am now.

I wouldn't have had some of the great times I've had since then if I'd stayed in journalism. I wouldn't have made some of the memories that I've made since then.

It's a trade off.

 

[jr/shotglass]

When I think about it, the strangest part is that in 2008, nothing would have made me guess that I'd be in a second career before retirement. I mean, we knew online was making inroads, but I and yes, my colleagues never considered that newspapers would simply shutter the doors or downsize to this degree.

I think I came out better vis a vis my contribution to the world with the change. That's why I'm pretty happy with life right now. Well, that and grandkids.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Reminded me of spnited too.

Which reminds me ... probably making a run to the NHL Store on Friday in a little metro spot wearing the same sweater I wore to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Probably to find out that all they'll have representing a team making a fairly deep Stanley Cup playoff run is a couple of raggedy T-shirts. Maybe some distressed logo Whalers T-shirt.

(And truthfully ... except for the new black alternate, I strongly prefer the CCM/Koho sweaters for design and build quality, anyway. No complaints whatsoever. Vacation is always nice.)

 

[wicked]

Yes, Toronto was 2006.

I remember driving up to Toronto with Sam and two of our friends no longer here. It was a long drive. It was a hilarious drive. It presaged a great weekend, one of the more fun (and drunken) ones in my life.

I’ve zigged and zagged a lot since. I’ve met some goals (worked in the newsroom I always wanted to) and failed at a bunch of others. I’m midlife crisis-ing myself... wonder when I’ll grow up (if ever) and accept the whole adulting thing. Turning 40 was a reality check.

Oh, yeah, one thing is the same: I can still write lots of words filled with nonsense and post them on SJ.com.

 

[HanSenSE]

I read old threads from time to time too. I should probably be getting better use of that library card. And while spnited and SF_Express are gone, we still have their wisdom to consult.

Think I found this place om 2009, after getting back into sports in 2008. Life's taken a few twists and turns and I'm not in the business any more, save for some freelancing and BLOGS!. But still enjoy this place, for the banter and to hope to do a little bit to help out those still plugging away.

 

[joegrst]

But we also have good new contributors who weren't here then. Hell, 2008, the year I left newspapers. Happily (I thought) married. Two kids finishing up college. If you had told me in six years time I'd be moving to New York I would have laughed like hell.

Now I'm five years into living in this area, no longer married, under 200 pounds for the first time in 30 years and happy af. And a grandfather, which contributes a lot to my being happy af.

**** happens. Things change. People come. People go. It's life.

That's a good way to look at things.

Also, congrats on the weight loss. It's my first year living in NY, I just went through the end of a long-term relationship, and I'm working to get under the 200 pound mark myself. It's interesting--to say the least--that I would come across a thread like this on a website I've never heard of before tonight.

With Reddit, Facebook, and everything else, I'm glad to see that it's still active.

 

[Chef2]

We almost named her Barry O before settling on Ella.

No outing, asshole.

 

[exmediahack]

At 49, I'm much more secure and confident with where my life is headed. I've been married for well over 10 years now, and I am happy.

I'm honestly starting to look forward to retiring in 10 years or so and starting something else. I'm not striving to do more, more, and more. We are financially good and a lot wiser with our money.

What's really funny is, I don't want more and more stuff. I'm happy with what I have. That's a huge change. Maybe it's maturing late?

I'm also saying good bye to aunts and uncles. Friends are getting divorced and a few are getting sick. I can also bet folding money on the ones who are cheating on their spouses.

The best part of the last decades (35-45) is that I don’t care about any material upgrades in house or car or lifestyle. The changes I desire are time and spending it better.