# anyone ever hear from "MeanOldLady" anymore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898 "2018-01-05T07:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/1 "2018-01-05T07:29:44Z")
I was much more active around here 2 - 3 years ago, but one poster who always made me think, or gave me a chuckle, was **MeanOldLady**. Truth be told, I hadn’t even thought specifically of her in a number of months, but tonight while researching Uber/Lyft threads (this one here, if you’re interested: [In case you were wondering, Lyft sucks - Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750428)), I came across her name again, and thought to myself “geez, wonder what ever happened to her”. Even though I don’t think she and I ever “interacted” at all in any given thread, I always liked her posts and her super-cool “IDGAF” writing style. Doesn’t look like she was banned, and I was glad not to see her mentioned in the In Memoriam thread. She always struck me as being one of those 15 - 20 posters here who was in the “inner circle” (if there is one), so I was just curious if anyone happened to know if she just took a break for a week, that turned into two, that turned into months (her last activity was late June of 2017). I’m not gonna lose any sleep over it, it was more just a personal curiosity thing than anything. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/2 "2018-01-05T07:41:15Z")
Nm. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/3 "2018-01-05T08:10:03Z")
I recently noticed we were worse for her absence too. Her last activity here was June 26 2017. I was able to summon her with witchcraft in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20304683&postcount=28). It looks like that was the last time she posted. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/4 "2018-01-05T15:58:42Z")
OK – now that you bring it up you got me curious as well. She did more a “drop out” than a fade and just slipped under my radar. This long of a time out doesn’t strike me as usual for her. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/5 "2018-01-05T16:07:23Z")
Maybe she and Drunky Smurf ran away together. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/6 "2018-01-05T16:13:22Z")
She moved from Chicago back to her (I believe) native southern California. She probably has better things to do now than to hang out with the riffraff here. 😌 ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/7 "2018-01-05T16:23:01Z")
**Drunky,s** last post was in September. I wonder what’s happened to him. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/8 "2018-01-05T17:05:31Z")
My recollection (which I’ve now confirmed through a quick glance at her posting history) is that it has not been uncommon for her to disappear from posting for a month or more, and then to resurface for a little while before disappearing again. The gaps in the last couple of years have been bigger, but perhaps still gives hope that she’ll show herself around these parts again at some point. I do not understand the comment about her having better things to do than hang out with people here. How would that even be possible? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/9 "2018-01-05T18:45:29Z")
She posts on the Giraffe Boards as well but her last post there was around five weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/10 "2018-01-05T18:50:23Z")
I always liked her posts, too. I have a similar record of spotty posting, but I’ve never been as active or as well-liked as she was. In my case, lengthy absences have been caused by my workplace restricting access to the boards or just being caught up in other real-life stuff. It happens. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/11 "2018-01-05T18:56:33Z")
I, really, must not have a life! I need to get one, I guess. Nah! I am too lazy for that. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/12 "2018-01-07T00:15:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I, really, must not have a life! I need to get one, I guess. Interested in mine? Past performance was good but the mileage is getting a little high. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/13 "2018-01-07T00:58:58Z")
I probably couldn’t do the upkeep. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/14 "2018-04-21T03:32:58Z")
_bump._ Aww shucks, you kids sure are nice. > [@Leaffan](#): > > She moved from Chicago back to her (I believe) native southern California. She probably has better things to do now than to hang out with the riffraff here. ☺ I most certainly do not have better things to do, ha! Please don’t ask why I disappeared because I don’t have an answer. Hope y’all are doing swell. I know I am. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/15 "2018-04-21T04:47:42Z")
Thanks for checking in. Are the rumors true you’re back in Socal? I only ask 'cause my eldest is going to Chapman’s Film School in the Fall and I may be up for a Socal dope fest during a visit to see China Bambina (and of course to stealth brag). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/16 "2018-04-21T07:21:11Z")
Since this is about a poster rather than the board, let’s move it over to MPSIMS from ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/17 "2018-04-21T10:02:26Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > _bump._ > > Aww shucks, you kids sure are nice. > > I most certainly do not have better things to do, ha! > > Please don’t ask why I disappeared because I don’t have an answer. Hope y’all are doing swell. I know I am. Oh please tell me you’re back MOL. I miss you. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/18 "2018-04-21T13:43:29Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > _bump._ > > Aww shucks, you kids sure are nice. > > I most certainly do not have better things to do, ha! > > Please don’t ask why I disappeared because I don’t have an answer. Hope y’all are doing swell. I know I am. How cool that you dropped by your very own thread. And cool that you’re ok, and still “around”. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/19 "2018-04-21T13:43:34Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > _bump._ > > Aww shucks, you kids sure are nice. > > I most certainly do not have better things to do, ha! > > Please don’t ask why I disappeared because I don’t have an answer. Hope y’all are doing swell. I know I am. Don’t make yourself so scarce. I can’t put my finger on it, but I feel you and I have a lot in common. mmm ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898/20 "2018-04-21T13:44:43Z")
^ I give it six months. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hear-from-meanoldlady-anymore/805898.md?page=2)