# Been Gone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 8, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858 "2006-09-08T00:45:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858/1 "2006-09-08T00:45:21Z")

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Been gone a while. Now I’m back. Glad to see my account is still here.

Just a test post to see what I may need to change/update/fix.

🆒

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858/2 "2006-09-08T13:42:09Z")

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So, no need for the goat?  
Darn…

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858/3 "2006-09-08T15:09:56Z")

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Catch any keen bugs while you were out there?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858/4 "2006-09-08T15:32:44Z")

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> [@Squink](#):
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> Catch any keen bugs while you were out there?

Uh… what’s up, Doc?

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**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858/5 "2006-09-08T17:58:45Z")

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Did you bring pie?

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858/6 "2006-09-08T19:34:54Z")

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And don’t forget chocolate for **Tuba!!**

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-gone/371858/7 "2006-09-09T19:06:02Z")

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> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> So, no need for the goat?  
> Darn…

Maybe we need some kind of ‘welcome back’ goat.