10 Years On This Forum!

[Rhonda Jean]

My how time flies! I just noticed I've exceeded 1000 posts. Not such a big deal. I'm way behind some of you. But, in a couple of months I'll mark 10 years on this board! How many of you have been around that long? I am getting so old! I remember several of us from way back then, but most have disappeared. This has been a good place for me. Neat to think back on how I've changed, and how I haven't. There's quite a study of my life posted on this board. There's quite a study of a lot of our lives on here. Kinda neat, kinda scary. Guess it's be much the same in another 10 years. I wonder if I ever thought there would be an end point. I don't know that I ever thought about it, but I can't imagine that as a kid I ever thought I'd be 58 years old and still doing the things I do. It's going to make for an interesting assisted living place some day!

[Alice Torn]

Time is going faster, it seems! Don't worry! We'll all be dead soon! LOL True though. Your thread reminds me that this is also my tenth year on this site. 51 when i started, going on 62. And, you are right, most have come on, and left, never to be heard from again.

[cdterri]

As we age time does seem to go faster, My sons theory about this is that when we are 10 one year is only one tenth of our life, however when your 60 it is only one sixtieth of our life. Therefore it seems to go six times faster.

[Pat]

There are a number of psychologists that agree with your son with one refinement -- the reason time speeds up is because you're spending more time dealing with familiar situations. You don't learn from them, you just deal with them so you don't bother to remember them. When you're young, everything is a new situation, so you are more aware of each passing moment since you're learning. The corollary is that if you want to have a long (and happy) life, keep learning. ;)

[Beverley Sims]

Can you imagine as a kid you would be using a typewriter keyboard to communicate with others instead of the "Bell Telephone"

[Cristy2]

Beverley, none of us are that old!:D Just kidding.

[Glenda58]

I also started 10 yrs ago. Now at 68 I look back at all the things that have changed and wonder where we will be in the next 10 yrs.

[Tracii G]

Not been here quite that long but there are quite a few members that seem to have stop posting.
People move on I guess and thats ok too.

[RADER]

I have been here for about 7 years, and over 6,600 posts. WOW !!!
Like you, I am getting old, will be 69 in about 2 weeks now.
I must remember to stop counting birthdays, They just keep getting you older.
Rader

[Raychel]

Over 10 years for me as well, pretty crazy how time flies.

[TrishaTX]

congrats to that goal....I just made almost 500 posts and I still have a long way to go in understanding me

[Rhonda Jean]

We follow each others lives on here in ways we probably don't share with anybody else. It's pretty wild that some of you on here know me better than anybody in my daily life!

[LeslieSD]

I just check my profile, and I am going to 10 years soon starting from 2007. Time sure flies. We see people come and go. Me myself sometimes did not check in for months. But once in a while I will come by and see what is the topics, though I don't post much. :)

[Rhonda Darling]

Beverley, none of us are that old!:D Just kidding.

One ringey dingey, two ringey dingey . . . This is the Operator, snort snort.

[MissVirginia-Mae]

Im going on 7 years now on the site....
Ive enjoyed every minute of it.
Connecting with my sisters has been so enjoyable!:love:

[Jessica S]

10 years for me also.

[docrobbysherry]

Congrats, Rhonda Jean! 58? U young whipper snapper! :heehee:

But, you're an old timer if you've been around here longer than I!

[Mykaa]

There are a number of psychologists that agree with your son with one refinement -- the reason time speeds up is because you're spending more time dealing with familiar situations. You don't learn from them, you just deal with them so you don't bother to remember them. When you're young, everything is a new situation, so you are more aware of each passing moment since you're learning. The corollary is that if you want to have a long (and happy) life, keep learning. ;)

I find this very interesting and can see now why Ive had time pass by slower or faster, very deep.

[AprilMayy<3]

I just posted how I was at 2 years! I even mentioned that there are girls on here with wayyyy more than that! Irony!
Congratulations Rhonda! To another 10 more! :drink:

[donnalee]

Going on 8, but I started @ 62.
Time flies when you're having fun.

[erickka]

OMG! Me too. Nearly 10 years here myself. I'll be 56 in August and can't even believe how time has slipped away. Thankfully, there is one thing that has not changed, and that is the great community that we are all able to have and share right here on CD.com!

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Rhonda:hugs:, I'm coming up on my 8th anniversary here later this year,
It's amazing that we can have so many friends all over the world with just a click of the mouse.

This forum has helped me be a better lady, I would have never pierced my ears with out
the encouragements of the wonderful ladies on this forum.

Every evening I go through the Birthday Calendar and it's amazing how many ladies have
dropped off of the forum.

Hi Bev :hugs:, I remember the big wooden box telephone on the wall with a hand crank
to call the operator to place your call.

Thanks to all of my friends that has made this a wonderful forum. >Orchid

[Rhonda Jean]

Congrats, Rhonda Jean! 58? U young whipper snapper! :heehee:

But, you're an old timer if you've been around here longer than I!

Doc, you know you used to scare me! Through this forum, though, I've come to know you as such a lovely person and one of my faves!:hugs:

[StacyCD]

In December, it will be ten years for me as well!

[pamela7]

congratulations, that is dedication and stamina!

[Annette_boy]

Time indeed does fly by. I just checked and my join date was 3/28/05 Soon will be 11 years here with all you lovely ladies.

Hugs Annette

[mykell]

rhonda congratz, you are a real stalwart member, coming here and sharing with folks from all reaches of the globe is a freeing experience.

i miss lots that move on for whatever reason, but i fear for the missed opportunities of the ones who post a hello and never really take advantage of this resource,
i to sometimes ponder the changes of myself and even scroll through old threads after doing a search looking for some info. lots of good with a mix of scary.
dont think of yourself as getting older, think of it as more experienced !

hope you have another 10 or more to go....maybe you will find a sister at the living facility....

[Allisa]

Just starting my 6th year here,( would have been sooner but I didn't get my PC until late in life ), and only a baby at 62 with near 1500 posts. I know when I go back and read my early posts I can't believe how I've grown in just such a short time and I blame all you old timers. Where will I be in ten years? maybe in my flying car slowing down traffic in the passing lanes.

[Sissy_Michelle]

I guess so...

[Ressie]

It's been 8 years for me but I don't think I posted anything the first couple of years. I was also absent all of 2015. And I do wonder what happened to some of the frequent posters that I haven't seen since coming back.

[CindyB]

Oh my! Aug 24, 2004. My daughter was 10 years old when I joined. She is graduating college in May :eek:

[gina shiney]

Gday girls
Nice to know most of you intend to stick around . Though as a recent member cant imagine 1000's of posts. I can only take my hat off to you all and thankyou for enriching each and every other members lives with your wisdom and humour.
While not old 52 still remember the party line, the number was a combination of short and long rings, only discontinued ten years ago. I think it was one of the last non auto exchanges here in Oz.
Gina shiney

[Shinya]

excuse me while i blow the dust off this thing

CindyB with only 45 posts , makes me look a blabber mouth ....

[Melissa73]

member since 2005!! and i recall coming here way before, as a guest! too scared to join! Man, how time changes things..... :D

[Crissy Kay]

Congrats Rhonda!! My, how time does fly. My ten years on here will be along in Oct. Its just unreal how fast time goes when you get older!!

[Heidi Stevens]

Congrats, RJ! Ten years any where these days is really an accomplishment. PM me sometime and we can go have a drink to celebrate!

[toniloraine]

Just went and looked, I have 10years also, time really does fly

[Jane G]

Another here who has had the support of this forum for over ten years. I"ve noticed I post far more since I bought a tablet. No more waiting for the PC to boot up.:D

[ReineD]

It's a pleasure to have read all your posts over the years, Rhonda. I'm so glad that you stuck around. :hugs:

[S. Lisa Smith]

I thought I had been on here a while, but couldn't remember when. It turns out I turned ten last September. Time flies when you are having fun. In fact, time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana... attributed to Groucho Marx.

[Dannigirl]

Wow, funny I read this thread and I will be ten years March 29th. I too was a lurker for a year or so before that. Really enjoy reading most of the threads here.

[sometimes_miss]

It's just nice to have a place to talk about this stuff when the desire hits. The first time was back when there was no real web; compuserve was the biggest online neighborhood, and it took me about a year I think to find that they had sexually oriented bullitin boards. I think the first person I wrote to was TS, and shortly thereafter found out about the alt.transgendered newsgroup, a wild unmoderated place where anything and everything was discussed, and flame wars were frequent. In a way, I kind of miss the unmoderated freedom of discussion, there's so much more information we don't get here. I understand the legal fears of the powers that be.

[Rhonda Jean]

What did we ever do before the internet? I look through the responses to this thread and elsewhere on this forum and realize y'all really are my friends! Y'all know more about me than almost anybody, have seen me through bad and good, given and taken advice, and just talked about all kinds of mindless subjects. Just like... Friends! Pretty cool!

I don't think I belonged to any cd related forum before this. I was married and had little to know private time with the computer. I had long hair then, so I think my online communities were hair and fashion forums. Early on I had to sneak around to visit here.

I've said it before, but it's downright disturbing the abruptness of the departure of some of the girls on here. I took a hiatus, but some of these girls never return. We do come to care for one another. When someone just suddenly disappears from the face of the planet it's bothersome.

I've changed so much since I joined here. There are young girls on here who will look back when they're my age and have 4 decades on here. That'll be amazing. I won't be around to see it, but predictably this will only get bigger.