Time takes its toll on all and on mods in particular, but I do miss having some of the former ones around. So do we know how they’re doing now? People like Dex, TubaDiva, Marley, etc? I know that Lyn sadly passed away but I’m hoping that with the others no news is good news.
Giraffe is running his own board and still posts here.
TubaDiva is still semi-active. She was logged into the message boards yesterday but didn’t post. And I believe she edits Cecil’s columns when corrections need to be made and still handles Threadspotting.
The immortal fucking hall monitor, manhattan, is a regular poster at the Giraffe Board under another name.
I think Marley got married and his job busier. So life happened.
And I think Dex left to go spend more time with his family and grandkids.
Marley and Rico still participate in the mod loop but don’t do on-board moderating.
bibliophage, Ukelele Ike, Spectre of Pithecanthropus, and Jillgat are all active posters or have at least posted recently.
Huh. I’ve always wondered what manhattan was like as a poster. I’ve probably actually talked to him.
If you look carefully at the user names on GB, and think of the various meanings of the word manhattan, you may find him.
I’ll drink to that.
What? There’s no mod retirement plan?
Uncle Beer posted there for a while but he seems to have drifted away.
We get a pension based on a percentage our salary.
They’re at a nice farm upstate where they can chase squirrels all day.
That’s such a sweet picture, old moderators chasing the squirrels and grabbing their nuts.
BTW, on the subject of former moderators, it can be rather confusing when zombie threads arise to see members who were moderators at the time not marked as such in their posts. See this 2008 post by Giraffe in which he clearly is a moderator but is marked only as a Charter Member.
It’s no big deal but as I say could be a little confusing. Let me guess, the constraints of vBulletin. 
Yep. We have no control over that. If you change your name or your title, vBulletin displays your current info. It can get a bit confusing at times, especially when name changes are involved.
I understand they chase trolls.
TubaDiva is helping Cecil with the Straight Dope column as part of our team.
Not forever cursed to wander the cornfield of crazy?
They don’t even let us keep our jackboots.
He’s in great danger. Great and serious danger. I hope he’ll be okay.
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