Calling all crusty old bats ‘?

[hppygr8ful]

I started with this forum a long time ago and was offered the distinction of being known as Crusty Old Bat. I wonder how many of the old school are still here. Can we have a roll call?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Does the fact that I remember these threads make me crusty?

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

I've been a member since 1999. Lots of memories

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Pepper The Cat said:

Oh the red jello thread. So much fun!

Oh no, I don't remember the red jello thread! Biter nurses, yes, know killer deers, yes, but not red jello 😞

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Pepper The Cat said:

Oh the red jello thread. So much fun!

Enjoy!

[Wuzzie]

NRSKarenRN said:

Enjoy!

What a fun walk down memory lane. I miss so many of those members. 

[heron, ASN, RN]

Pepper The Cat said:

Oh the red jello thread. So much fun!

Funniest thread evah! Didn't the mods close it down?

Joined 2004-ish. Nosing around here daily ever since.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

I love to see ownership of derogatory remarks.

I'm 65 and been a nurse for over 30 years.  I'm not a crusty old bat.  I think our generation moreso than just about any other generation has embraced extreme changes and technology and become proficient, the inventors and teachers of it all.

There's not much I miss about "old school nursing" actually.  My favorite is not having bottles of medicine and medicine carts.  But being able to scan patients and medications you get out of a machine from their profile is so much better.

Been here since 2002.  

Remember the great "Obesity Thread" when someone mentioned they noticed a lot of overweight nurses and aren't we supposed to be health care providers and role models?  It went down hill from there.  

Then there was the circumcision thread.  It was fascinating the women that were obsessed with their child's penis and their choices and extremely strong opinions about it.  

Back then there were many strong opinions about ADN vs. BSN and that we take the same boards and BSN's were useless and not really good nurses.

The best one was a "let's support Tweety thread" when I was going through a divorce (may he rest in peace) and got a lot of love.  

I had a now long lost "The Vegetarian Thread" and of course an omnivore had to come and offer anti-veg opinions.  

There was some shakeup by the mods early on that caused dozens of members to leave.  I can't remember what they were mad at.  

The "Daily Thread" has bene going on for many years now without stop.

I love and political forums and come and go there but often have to take a break because people annoy me.  The worst was when I got a message "The Africans in this forum don't appreciate what you just said.."  I presumed African Americans and don't remember what I said but it was when I was a moderator/admin and was one of the reasons I resigned from that role.  LOL

I've made some decisions based on advice here.  I decided to go RN to BSN because of discussions here and even picked the school based on posts here.

 

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

Rose_Queen said:

Does the fact that I remember these threads make me crusty?

@Rose_Queen Your memory alone qualfies you!

[Wuzzie]

Do you guys remember the "well-oiled" hair guy?

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

Wuzzie said:

Do you guys remember the "well-oiled" hair guy?

LOL, forgot about that one until you mentioned it. Another classic. 

There was also a period of time when cam girl threads were all the rage. There were several and some of them got pretty entertaining

[LaurieCRNP2002, MSN, RN, APRN]

I've been on AN since 1999. Hello to everyone!! 😊😊😊

[Davey Do]