DUers from the past.

[Turin_C3PO]

Who remembers matcom, retro lounge, nothingshocksmeanymore?

Who else do you miss from the old DU days?

[Skittles]

1. kephra and oneighty

[Turin_C3PO]

3. I remember them.

Late Breaking News was basically all kephra. RIP to both.

[blm]

7. 😢

[underpants]

60. I marched in DC with kephra

Matcom Will Pitt and damn I cant remember his name - Malcom's buddy who used to hijack threads with him in the Lounge.

[applegrove]

2. MFM.

[Turin_C3PO]

4. MFM.

Sounds familiar. Was that their screen name?

[applegrove]

8. Middle Finger Mom

[Turin_C3PO]

9. Oh of course!

Yes, he was a giant here.

[applegrove]

11. He. We had our own professional level comedian. He worked so hard

to post about 5 hillarious memes a day.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018551379

[Turin_C3PO]

19. He was very funny.

RIP MFM.

[applegrove]

20. Yes. RIP. He didn't always feel appreciated. I'm creative and I can't come up

with any aha moments on demand. MFM was incredible to do 5 jokes. On his own. Day in day out.

[Turin_C3PO]

21. That is incredible.

I‘m lucky if I can come up with one joke a month lol.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Did you change your account??

[Turin_C3PO]

30. I had an old screen name here

from 2002 to 2007 then I quit posting until 2015. I couldn’t remember my old name so I had to start over.

[applegrove]

33. I was going to say. He died before your current incarnation.

[nolabear]

45. I still miss him like crazy.

Remember the riot when he got himself TS’d? He was so funny, no one could believe they thought he’d insulted someone on purpose. He managed to irritate everyone sooner or later but he made the Lounge a better, crazier place. ❤️

[applegrove]

86. Yes. His input set the mood for the DU. Mirth comes to mind. And he used

to gently tease me. Thanks to Kali for sharing him with us.

[backtoblue]

134. I remember making my 1,000th post announcement...

MFM responded something like, "Great. Now I have to talk to you..."

[True Dough]

5. Rug and Pinboy3niner

Didn't always see eye to eye with Rug but we could always joke around.

Pinboy had tremendous wit. Miss him dearly.

[tblue37]

17. Oh, yes. I loved Pinboy's puns. Also, Andy, whose last name I've forgotten, but who

fought so hard for verifiable voting, before being felled by pancreatic cancer.

Stephenson! Andy's last name was Stephenson!

[smirkymonkey]

62. I loved Pinboy3niner!

He was so witty and charming. I also miss him very much!

[lastlib]

107. Pinboy--the fastest pun in the West.....

,...north, east, an' south!

I don't take a back-seat to very many people in pun-ditry, but Pinboy was THE pun-king champion! I had a few raging pun-battles with him, but I always knew I was out-punned and out-classed! He was the genius that made the door-buzzard thread the funniest thing I ever read on the Internet!



RIP Pinboy3niner.

[smirkymonkey]

108. Absolutely!

He was the best!

[Nay]

89. I sorely miss Pinboy, too -- his contributions to the Christmas Door Buzzard thread are

legendary. Someone resurrects that thread every year during the holiday and we can all enjoy it all over again.

[Skittles]

91. loved Pinboy

a pic of him in front of the Wall memorial pops up in my pictures slide

[blm]

6. ✔️

Too many to list

[Fla Dem]

47. Actually, there is somewhat of a list. The "In Memoriam " page. Very bottom of every page.

It dates back to 2003. Of course it only lists those DU'ers who are report deceased to the administrators, so probably a lot missing. MiddleFingerMon is listed in 2014.

[blm]

50. Yes, I know.

I was referring to the suggestion that we list all those old timers we miss.....and ..... some are not deceased.

[dixiegrrrrl]

92. The Memoriam pages stops at 2017.

I am so hoping that means we have not lost anymore members.

[tblue37]

10. Kephra, nostamj. nt

[Coventina]

12. I miss matcom's ass sig line

I miss his & GOPisEvil's conversations.
They were both really funny, and funny together.

[Turin_C3PO]

14. Yeah, the Lounge used to be crazy in those days!

I never really participated, I just lurked mostly.

[hedda_foil]

13. The unforgettable and unforgotten Andy Stephenson aka godbushncheney!

[Turin_C3PO]

16. Yes.

He was wonderful. RIP.

[greatauntoftriplets]

59. + 1,000

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Tinfoilhat.

Shortly after election night in 2004, We all were upset and astounded that Kerry could have lost Florida. Impossible. Kerry was ahead in pre-election poll. Something is seriously fishy.

Tinfoilhat had downloaded all the Florida precinct data along with Gore numbers from 2000. She found a connection, an anomoly. Bush, in 2004, had mysteriously "won" by close to the exact #s/margins Gore achieved in 2000 like it was planned. IOW..it was rigged and they thought if they used Gore margins, it would not be questioned.

The last I heard of tinfoilhat was that night, shortly after election. She told us she was gonna stay up late and crunch more #s.

I never heard from.her again nor saw a post here again.

[Turin_C3PO]

18. I think I vaguely recall that name.

I wonder what happened to her?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Who knows. But what are the odds that a person

who posted every hour, who was SO much a part of the effort here to make sense of it all, who was on the verge of discovering a questionable pattern in the Florida election results just happen to keel over that night?

I wrote often about it then, and then like once, maybe 4-5 years later. When I did, within, I swear 2 minutes, someone responded...dissing it all and saying that they saw tinfoilhat's post the next day after I thought she had disappeared. (False) How in the world would someone who knew all about it suddenly see my post and respond so quickly? And why so adamant about it???

One of the greatest fishy moments in my life!!

[Turin_C3PO]

29. How bizarre!

That sounds like some shady stuff was going on.

[cwydro]

43. I met her for lunch when I lived in Key West.

Really nice lady.

That was years ago.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

49. Are you serious???? What happened to her?? Do you know?

[cwydro]

83. No idea. Can't remember the year.

Lots of hurricanes afterwards.

She lived in Key Largo I think. I wonder where she went.

[lunasun]

22. That real polite dude I think the magistrate ?

[Turin_C3PO]

23. Oh yeah,

he would always address everyone as “Sir” or “Ma’am”.

[Mister Ed]

41. Yes, The Magistrate was my all-time favorites DU'er.

Had a formidably incisive wit.

[yardwork]

54. I miss the Magistrate very much.

[Stargleamer]

24. Seabeyond n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. Loved her. Where is she??

[yardwork]

55. FFR, because she was alert stalked by certain posters.

I love DU but there are long-standing problems here with misogyny.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

57. Wow. Funny how people who speak out with

conviction get stalked. #fishy

[yardwork]

58. Yeah.

[pintobean]

65. I think it was more about the constant personal attacks

She was one of the first to go into time-out, and was there often.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

72. I certainly liked it better when we had independent

Mods make decisions though.

[Cha]

84. No it wasn't.

[LanternWaste]

135. I think it was more about people constantly pretending she personally attacked them.

[pintobean]

136. Lol.

Yeah, that's what it was.

[Turin_C3PO]

74. A lot of LGBT people

have also been harassed to the point that they left. Sad.

[JonLP24]

88. Are you sure?

Last edited Sun Jun 2, 2019, 06:57 PM - Edit history (1)

She had some very bizarre threads especially over video games which she didn't know much about what she was railing against.

I never alerted on her I only alert on obvious RW talking points or racism including dog whistle kind of posts but I wasn't surprised she turned up FFR.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

93. Never noticed other topics. This was a serious specific

window of time. Guess between election of 2004 and when the electors met. When we thought something would happen to swing to Kerry.

Kerry had been up in pre-election Florida polls and bush "won" -- want to say by 4%? Too much of swing since voters said they decided long before election. When someone named TIA was really involved. Who knows, maybe it was all BS. But she definitely was cranking #s out.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

94. What's PPR?

[JonLP24]

96. I meant FFR

Flagged for review. I must have mistyped.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

98. Lol. Googled PPR

Projection Pursuit Regression, a statistical learning method

[Tipperary]

131. I thought PPR was Posting Privileges Revoked.

[RandySF]

26. Asahinakimiko

[IcyPeas]

31. Bertha Venation, Screamin' Lord Byron, Shakespeare

[regnaD kciN]

32. F Gordon and JeffR...

...R.I.P. to the latter.

[Grasswire2]

34. I miss our Hawaiian cohort. Gone a long time now. Opi.......

He always signed off with an island phrase something like "Come, we go hukilau"

And Octafish.

And I would miss Oeditpus Rex except that he is on FB under his real name.

99th Monkey is also on FB.

Lots of others are missing, too.

[DinahMoeHum]

48. Opihimoimoi !!!

I believe he was a retired Honolulu firefighter captain.



Come, we eat loco moco and huli-huli chicken in his memory.

[hay rick]

35. The guy who was owed beer and travel money...

Don't remember his handle.

[Mister Ed]

40. "Random Thoughts", as I recall.

Really lived up to his name. I sure don't miss him, though. His incoherence tended to disrupt conversations, which, I suspect, was his real object.

[Grasswire2]

75. YES YES YES "....and many experiences"

Beer and travel money and many experiences.

An original. So long, pal.

[sheshe2]

36. ProSense

[Turin_C3PO]

53. She was a jewel.

Always ready with links to back up whatever she was posting about.

[JonLP24]

37. Remember Matcom & NSMA

I remember like Manny who often said what many of the progressive left were thinking. Carolina Peridot, Forkboy, a lot of the sports forum. Cali, BMUS, Kama Aina, Goodwitch, & many others.

Miss Honey Church from the lounge who made it a very welcoming place in the early days.

Rabrrr also while I'm remembering names.

Octafish especially for the info he provided.

I almost forgot Raineyb

[hay rick]

38. woo me with science

[karin_sj]

39. I remember many of these names

So sad to think that they are silent now. 😞

[CottonBear]

42. RubyDuby in GA, BOSSHOG, burythehatchet, BigMcLargeHuge

BerthaVenation and so many others...

I used to meet up with Catwoman (she’s still here), burythehatchet, Ruby with her husband and their baby; and other awesome Georgia DUers back in 2006-2008.

Hey Y’all! Check in if you’re still out there!

[yardwork]

56. BigMcLargeHuge was an awesome Lounge host. Hilarious.

[CottonBear]

87. He was funny! He had one of the all time great DU names too!

Good times!

[Glorfindel]

44. Rowdyboy and xchrom

and SO many others who have already been mentioned.

[Hotler]

112. I miss xchrom, he was always fabulous.

and a hoot to chat with.

[Aristus]

46. I'm still in touch with RetroLounge on Facebook.

I miss NewWaveChick1981, Haole Girl, Darth Velma, sffreeways, Jitterbug Perfume, kephra, neuvocat, geniph, slinkerwink, God_bush_n_cheney and many others.

[no_hypocrisy]

51. Andy Stephenson.

He got me interested in black box voting machines.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x513573

And how he died, how they prevented financing his medical care, still breaks my heart.

[Turin_C3PO]

99. His situation was devastating.

And the Freepers not letting him rest in peace...

[DinahMoeHum]

52. Remember ARwalden?

Oh My Gay Stars!

[femmocrat]

61. I remember most of them.

A lot of those DUers were prolific when I first joined, many moons ago.

[George II]

63. Bravenak.

[shenmue]

109. Yes, preach

[TexasTowelie]

64. 1SBM.

I always learned something from 1strongblackman.

[Turin_C3PO]

73. I wonder what happened to him?

He was wonderful.

[jpak]

66. Starpass

She made me howl!

[jpak]

67. newyawker99

n/t

[yardwork]

70. Always had a kind greeting for new DUers. She is greatly missed.

[Grasswire2]

76. I don't think we ever knew what happened to her, did we?

Just gone.

[NoPasaran]

68. I would be remiss not to mention some DUers I knew in real life

VelmaD, GOPisEvil, Mermaid

[jpak]

69. Robb

is a Dinggbat

[NoPasaran]

71. Robb was one of my favorite DUers

Wished I could have met him and had a beer or two

[Grasswire2]

77. Warpy -- what happened to her?

Disappeared, too.

[Turin_C3PO]

78. She seemed to leave sometime in 2016.

I wonder if she’s one of several who migrated to JPR?

[Grasswire2]

80. Not that I know of. nt

[Miles Archer]

79. I remember all of them.

I've posted this before, but for those who missed it, I used to be Amerigo Vespucci on DU.

I've been here since Aug 6, 2007.

Short version of the story: Hard drive crashed in 2013, wiped out everything, had no backups. Didn't remember the email account I used to sign up for DU so I wasn't in a position to ask the Admins to retrieve or reset my password. I loved that identity and racked up 30,855 posts...so you can add them to the count in my current profile, because he is ME.

[calikid]

81. Demeter n/t

[Hotler]

113. +1 we had some crazy times before the purge. nt.

[Cary]

82. SwampRat

Photoshop master extraordinaire.

[peacebuzzard]

103. anyone know what happened to SwampRat?

I miss his posts and colorful art.

[peacebuzzard]

104. Junkdrawer; LynnSin (cowbells)

[yewberry]

85. Billy, don't forget to buy bread!

Old days...
RandomKoolZip, Wannnajumpmyscooter, DS1, Dookus, dolo amber, nsma, mehr, Crewleader

[Texasgal]

105. Sniffa!

I almost forgot! That and Bicentennialbaby!

We exchanged books frequently!

[mcar]

90. Bravenak, 1 Strong Black Man

Seabeyond.

[Turin_C3PO]

100. I liked those posters.

They all put up with a lot of shit thrown their way if I’m remembering right.

[Dem2theMax]

95. Longhorn!

I miss her so much. I think of her often. We never met, but we would talk on the phone, and instant message, (this was a long time ago.) She would send me the most wonderful surprise gifts out of nowhere. I will cherish them forever.

She was such an incredibly kind and wonderful woman. She went way too soon.

[Beringia]

97. Undergroundpanther

I was always fascinated he could share so much personal history, almost always gut wrenching. I see the last time they posted was on election night Nov 8, 2016.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=126928

[lordsummerisle]

101. N2doc and JDPriestly

both I believe are over on Jackpine Radicals.

[Texasgal]

102. Miss Shellbeau and Missmaddie!

They made me crack up beyond belief!

[GP6971]

106. Unhappycamper

Used to post a lot on department of defense issues.

[denbot]

110. ForrestGump

He was a hoot.

[SkatmanRoth]

111. Anybody heard from taterguy?

[Hotler]

114. Octafish.... nt

[Mosby]

115. I wonder what happened to MADem?

I always like her.

[Shrek]

116. jiacinto

Poor guy endured a ton of hostility and kept coming back every day.

[Mendocino]

117. Walt Starr

[Auggie]

118. trumad

and a lot of other Sports forum regulars: JoeyB, Condem, ForkBoy ...

[JonLP24]

123. Forkboy is doing good

Communicated with him last year. He deleted his Facebook and doesn't talk politics over the internet. He still follows politics and is on the left side of things. This is also what he told me when I showed him the rebeldems forum he said he took one look and left.

[Auggie]

124. Hah!

Thanks for the update.

Taking a break from "internet politics" is a good thing. Taking a break from politics overall is even better. Get a hobby. Get outside. Get stoned. Whatever.

[Ptah]

119. progmom

[Turin_C3PO]

121. She was cool.

I wonder what happened to her.

[Ptah]

130. She still has a weekly music show.

[Capn Sunshine]

120. BeHereNow

How I loved that woman. She was beautiful IRL. So smart. We met on occasion in real life; her husband is a noted Democratic Consultant that I worked with in the Obama Campaign.
She passed away from cancer in 2014.

NSMA is still around. But not on here. Like me.

[Turin_C3PO]

122. Yes, I remember BeHereNow.

I recall your name also but haven’t seen your posts in a while!

[rennaisance man]

125. I was on here

in early 2000's for several years. Hadn't logged on in a long time but still popped in to read news now and then. I tried to remember my login email but couldn't....had to make a new name with incorrect spelling, and create a new account. Lot's of people I remember do not seem to be here anymore. There used to be a page where you could see all of the users names and profiles. I don't seem to see it anymore. Did it go away?

[Raster]

126. Prosense, NewYawker99...

[JohnnyLib2]

127. Monkey Man

Dedicated to veteran' causes

[SkatmanRoth]

128. Where did Grovelbot go?

[JohnnyLib2]

129. Frenchy Cat--

Even though she scared me at times.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

132. On Twitter

[Brother Buzz]

133. The Plaid Adder

I was always blown away by how tight, linear and succinct her writing was. Writing is her world, but boy howdy, she would have made one Hell of a trial lawyer.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/plaidder/