Go into your SJ Inbox and you will find some funny (and heartwarming) ****

[Bubbler]

So, the other day, I was in a bind. Had an issue on the road. Without going into detail, I had no access to my phone or my laptop. So I had to use the hotel business center and use a long-ago disused Yahoo email account to let the office know I was having a problem.

I use this Yahoo account to do some fantasy stuff, which is the only reason I remembered the password, but I haven't used it for email since the 2000s. So I was curious what the oldest email in the account was? It dated to 2004. One of the top five oldest emails was my original confimation that I was officially part of SJ. Another old one confirmed a sock puppet I used at one point I had totally forgotten about that referenced a former boss.

So whilst down this rathole, I wondered what my oldest SJ DM was? Unlike the pre-2006 posts that were wiped out by Asian dong or whatever it was, the DMs exist right back to the very start.

It was a fascinating trip back in time. My first DM came from the much-missed OnTheRiver, whom I know (and knew then) in real life.

There was an outpouring of support in 2005 when my wife and I lost a child before birth.

There are JDV controveries, the board split, the State Of The Board TM stuff, the SJ novel (proud to be a part of that to this day), the bruised egos and huzzahs. It was some fascinating ****.

These days, with irregular posting on my part, and with other means of electronic communication, I don't think I've even received any DMs in ages.

Take a trip down memory lane and check yours out.

 

[TrooperBari]

From October 2005, it's ... a gnocchi recipe. The person who sent it to me hasn't been on the board since 2012, but I'm still not sure if I have leave to post it.

 

[BTExpress]

Jan. 29, 2005. Ballscribe thought I was a woman and sent me a "Tennis babes, unite!" message.

Maybe the first, but certainly not the last, misunderstanding of me on here.

 

[poindexter]

poindexter--i was just thinking we haven't seen you recently, and you turn up just to shred me?? I am crushed.

I see the disappearance of sportswriter has put bspolice out of business. Please don't turn your radar on me.....

Hope you're having a good summer.......21

21, Aug 13, 2003Report

 

[Songbird]

Oldest one in this iteration of SJ (post-crash) goes back to 6/22/05 from zoucrew (who hasn't posted since 9/9/13):

Don't know what the trouble is with my PM - as far as I know, my zoucrew name should work. Sorry about that.

Anyway, if there's anything you want to know, feel free to reply to this one.

A week later, 7/1/13, spnited and I traded a few messages including this from him:

Sorry about the jackass comment..it was uncalled for.

I was going to post on the vacation rant thread that I just started a month of vacation and with no writers to ***** at, I'll just be picking on **** here until I go away next week ;D

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On a related note, this month is my 20-year anniversary at SJ.

 

[outofplace]

I've done this before. I found some fun conversations with people who are long gone. The oldest DM I have is from spnited (RIP) offering information about a job situation. I've also found some really ugly conversations, some with people who are still around. I really can be a pain in the ass.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Oldest DM is from Moddy in 2008 explaining why a thread was deleted.

Second oldest was from Shockey (RIP), and it was his story about how he got Bob Sheppard to do a tape to announce his wedding party.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

That was fun. Lots of fantasy messages, some politics & religion early on - all respectful and mostly nice. Some other conversations with some of you that I had forgotten. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Octave]

a lot of nastygrams, most of which were deleted on sight and unread.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I really can be a pain in the ass.

NEW SIG EVERYONE!!!! :D

Like Bubs, I have a Yahoo account I only use for fantasy leagues & SJ.com. The first DM I have is from Webby in 2004 telling me the new SJ has been set up and...

I put your signature, posts, personal text, etc. back on your account.

Awesome deal, glad everyone can see 18+ years later that I still have the fourth-most posts under the BYH moniker even though I haven't posted there in like eight years! What a dork.

 

[MisterCreosote]

My first was a pretty milquetoast conversation with Sonner about living in DC.

I did find a pretty funny conversation I had forgotten about, with **** Whitman when I realized that he annoyed me because he reminded me too much of my ex-wife.

 

[playthrough]

One of my first messages was from Webby too, asking if I'd like to be a volunteer moderator. I should have paid more attention to the "volunteer" part, ha.

Also so many messages about jobs. The jobs board here did pretty well 15 years ago. Times changed, eh?

 

[swingline]

swingline is my second handle on here, but I can't remember the password to my old handle.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

My first DM was from IJAG. She had sussed out we had mutual friends.

 

[MTM]

My first DM was in 2008 with SoCalDude discussing a terrible boss we discovered we both worked for through a thread about terrible bosses.

Then there are a lot of messages to copperpot from when we played Sheep.

 

[PaperDoll]

Apparently back in Feb. 2003, @Smallpotatoes and I discussed which high school sport has the worst parents. I'm sticking with swimming.

 

[qtlaw]

I was talking to IJAG about how “good “ the Ws were in …2007!

 

[jr/shotglass]

Piotr Rasputin certainly got the Best of My Love for a while there. ;)

 

[bumpy mcgee]

My first DM is a congrats from Jesus Muscatel on 'an inspiring Heywood Jablome,' reference. The classics never die.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

The oldest PM/DM that I kept was from IJAG in 2008 wondering why in the **** I wasn’t answering my phone. :D