No way to tell how long us old-timers have really been around. It was easily '95 or earlier, I can't remember, except that I moved out of that apartment in '95, so I've been around at least that long.
This board was launched in October of '99, so nobody will appear to have been from before that date. Those of us who remember the UBB board, and even when it was on Geocities, have been around a long while, and seen alot of changes, both good and bad.