Does 2010 qualify ?   

First fired it up in dec 2010 after reading about it on Freshmeat.  Tried CPU mining.  lotta noise, no results
Did some GPU mining in Feb 2011..  still got the poclbm_py2exe_20110204.7z files
Made some small gains in one of the early mining pools (Slush ?), but got sick of the screaming fans after 2 weeks
Decided to "Buy Shares" in this new Interesting geek-run project instead (feb 2011)
Got bored, threw hard drive out   Just kidding     I was there when a few people did though.

No, I'm not saying how many I mined/bought/sold/still-have. 
Yes, I know this forum account isnt that old. 
I forgot the password to my old forum account, and decided it probably wasnt a bad thing to start fresh.

I remember the start of the Alpaca Socks, Proudhon, the craziness when it *surpassed 1 US Dollar (Gasp) !
The cries of "Insanity" when it hit $32, the "Told you so's !" from everyone when it went back to $9
The "OMG, Bitcoin is not dead !" recovery to $266, the crash back to ~$90 (Oh hang on, yes it is..)

Everything since then has been a yawn by comparison to those days   
Wake me up when something *exciting happens. 

Do I get my senior citizens card yet ?