Old Skool CG Reunion Thread

[KSUViolet06]

Do I count?

I joined GC my freshman year (2003.) Didn't end up rushing/getting a bid til spring 2004 (wow that seems like forever ago!) I was under another name back then and changed it circa college graduation-ish (it used my real name.)

I think it's cool that I have a rush thread to look back on. Even if it's a COR thread that is really uneventful. lol.

It's also cool that there are people who were on here in college and now they're moms/lawyers/Ph.D.s/etc.

[texas*princess]

Hi everyone

When I joined it was 2002.

I'm an ooooooold lady now! haha

[AnchorAlumna]

Great thread, WhiteDaisy!
I just looked and wow, I joined TODAY in 2003.
But I have been an internet nerd since around 1993. That's a l-o-n-g time in internet years. Back then, you'd think nothing of posting your real, full e-mail address on a forum. As a result, I'm still getting spam from 18-year-old posts. Not cool.

As much as people complain about hearing the same old questions and why don't new posters read first, that's the way it is when you have 16- and 17-year-old kids posting. Remember how you were at that age? Your parents knew nothing, everything was different, they just don't know how it is now? (Yes, you. You know you did it, too!)

I, too, think people here have gotten more snarky. That's why I like the stickied threads. You can post a link and refer a newbie there, without things developing into a snarkfest and scaring the poor baby away.

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Back then, you'd think nothing of posting your real, full e-mail address on a forum. As a result, I'm still getting spam from 18-year-old posts. Not cool.

I'm floored that you still have the same email address from 1993! My first was in 1997 or so when we got AOL. Oh, it was the COOLEST thing ever, with awesome chat rooms. And I totally met people there, became pen pals with several members & sent small gifts back/forth, shared pictures, had phone conversations, and even met one person (okay, not the smartest idea). But I got rid of that email address pretty quickly, it would sound like it's porn related today. But back then user names were much harder to figure out because it was a totally different naming convention... whoops!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

I'm floored that you still have the same email address from 1993! My first was in 1997 or so when we got AOL. Oh, it was the COOLEST thing ever, with awesome chat rooms. And I totally met people there, became pen pals with several members & sent small gifts back/forth, shared pictures, had phone conversations, and even met one person (okay, not the smartest idea). But I got rid of that email address pretty quickly, it would sound like it's porn related today. But back then user names were much harder to figure out because it was a totally different naming convention... whoops!

I still use an e-mail address from 1997. I also have a gmail, thank GOD, because the 97 one is pretty immature (high school freshman AOL address).