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

My oldest five:

Idaho, dates from 2004, about a fantasy hoops league

IJAG, from 2006, about the old Secret Santa exchange

Sxysprtswrtr, from 2007, wishing me a happy Valentine's Day for some reason. She got me a UNCC long-sleeved tee for a Secret Santa gift, I still have it.

Johnny Dangerously, from 2007, about some gift I sent him. I got together with JD numerous times when he lived out here after moving from Baton Rouge. A great person.

Mizzougrad96, in 2007, about a columnist opening at the Register Guard. He thought he knew one of the three finalists.

I also still have a Rutgers hoodie and Duquesne and Georgia State tees from the Secret Santa era.

Upper Tupper pops up too, a guy from Tupper Lake, N.Y. Haven't seen anything from him in a long time. Also one from Moddy in 2014 about the death of a mutual friend from my Richmond days. And Frank Ridgeway, who I think passed away. He was a quality poster.

 

Tom Petty wasn't a bad guy, but man, could he turn on you in a heartbeat.

 

My earliest was from zizzer, who also apparently went by mmm_beer (last login: March 2007) to me and farmerjerome, about going from newspapers to college athletics. It was from 2/5/2005. I think I had expressed an interest in going the SID route when I was trying to find something else to do.

I swear I was on this board earlier than 2004, as my username shows. Did we have a big crash that wiped everything out around then? If I remember correctly, we used to go days/weeks when the board wasn't accessible. Good thing I didn't first sign up on newsjournalists.com.

I was just thinking the other day about a poster I haven't seen in a while: Friend of the Friendless. Liked his 'Table for one' bio and signing off each message with YHS, etc.

 

I saw Mr. Friend O' in Montreal at the NHL Draft last June.