# Absence makes the heart grow mellow **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 19, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666 "2002-09-19T23:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/1 "2002-09-19T23:54:21Z")
Well, there goes two or three days of stuff I was all pissed off about. Now I’ve cooled off, reason and moderation has returned and I can no longer work up a head of steam. Damn it all, any way! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/2 "2002-09-19T23:55:16Z")
Screw you, buddy!!! Does that help? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/3 "2002-09-19T23:57:03Z")
GODDAMNED FUCKING STUPID HAMSTERS! _breathe_ ---
**Author:** ![flapcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/4 "2002-09-19T23:58:18Z")
Anyone notice how busy LiveJournal got while the board was on hols? ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/5 "2002-09-20T00:01:13Z")
In desperation, I almost joined **[TheForce.net](http://TheForce.net)**’s message boards. I had this urge to post…_something_. Saw **Guinastasia** running around there, too, so it couldn’t be just me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/6 "2002-09-20T00:02:56Z")
This time they ate the whole goddamn board… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/7 "2002-09-20T00:04:02Z")
Anyone else’s heart give a little lurch when they opened a forum and only found one or two threads there? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/8 "2002-09-20T00:05:59Z")
It’s just 'cause most of the defaults are set for last day only. We only lost posts after about 1:30 AM on monday. ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/9 "2002-09-20T00:08:11Z")
Why is everyone being so nice and helpful? I thought this was The Pit. You all must have some built-up tension or angst…let it rip! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/10 "2002-09-20T00:09:05Z")
Me, post at [theforce.net](http://theforce.net)? Well, yeah. So what? Hehehe… What the FUCK happened? I’ll bet it’s those shitters over at Metatus! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/11 "2002-09-20T00:09:18Z")
If only I could remember all the insightful and humorous posts from the last few days - I could recycle them all and claim ownership! ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/12 "2002-09-20T00:30:32Z")
It is rather cool that I can browse almost all the forums in less that 5 minutes. Except for GD and Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/13 "2002-09-20T01:37:13Z")
Aww, we lost elucidator’s ‘Requiem’ thread. And maybe that’s for the best. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/14 "2002-09-20T01:38:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > What the FUCK happened? I’ll bet it’s those shitters over at Metatus! Meta-what? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/15 "2002-09-20T02:44:26Z")
If you needed to keep up a good head of steam, you should have joined us over at the Pizza Parlor. It’s fortunate for them they don’t have a Pit or there would have been some roasting going on. Goddamn some of those stupid fundies over there, they make concrete and Lolo appear well-adjusted by comparison. Thanks also to Una (and probably Opal, too) for putting up with the increased traffic. ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/16 "2002-09-20T05:04:04Z")
WTF, for once I had a pretty light week, not alot of law school reading, only 40 pages a day instead of 80…and the frickin’ board is down. Well, at least I have little to catch up with. Meanwhile, I posted to [tigerboard.com](http://tigerboard.com), but our loss to Bowling Green last Saturday was quite the downer, so it didn’t have the same engrossing charm as SDMB. Whoo-frickin’-hoo, it’s back, and just in time. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/17 "2002-09-20T07:36:49Z")
I posted to my usual jet engine and webcomic forums, and didn’t really seek out fellow dopers— I suppose I’m not a total addict yet. The shutdown didn’t really bother me, it’s the threads and posts that were lost. I posted more because the board was really quick, then it all got dumped. Hampster must be pretty fat about now… I say it’s time we harvest the little bastard for fur and baby baby back ribs, and put in something more energetic and less hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-mellow/128666/18 "2002-09-20T11:20:15Z")
You need a hobby, Wikkit. 😉