Oldbies (WAS Re: Posts that get replies (or not))

[Amy Z]

Cindy wrote:

> OK, I have no idea.  I think the problem here is that we need a 
> *true* olbie -- someone like Joywitch or Amanda or Amy Z -- to 
> explain what makes a regular old member morph into a 
proper "oldbie."

It's a good thing Joywitch isn't here.  In her case the criterion is 
being Curmudgeonly.  (I.e., she was *born* old.)

> Heh.  It's funny how it seems that others have been around a lot 
> longer than you, even when they haven't.  For instance, it feels to 
> me like David and Amy Z have been around since the flood, but I 
> think they only have a few months on me.  

Exactly.  When referred to as an oldbie, I have a tendency to look 
around in surprise, see Rita behind me, and think, "oh, they must be 
talking about *her*."  

It works the other way too.  I think of David (subscribed, what, 
April '01?) as a young'un, because I'd been around for 4 months at 
that point (and vaulted to the top of the posters list with myrapid-
fire posting habits . . . maybe I was the inspiration for moderating 
newbies <g>).  Now, as my time here stretches to a geological age, 
the difference between a December '00 and an April '01 signup date 
seems negligible.

Amy the Ancient
downing her Spectrum Silver and hunting around for her reading glasses