# Bless you, Jerry!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 20, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378 "2008-02-20T15:41:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/1 "2008-02-20T15:41:59Z")
Am I the only one with a splitting SDMB-withdrawal headache?
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### Author:  [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/2 "2008-02-20T15:43:05Z")
w00t! We’re back. Load me up!!!
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/3 "2008-02-20T15:45:59Z")
I was a little surprised to see how much time I spend on the SD. I don’t usually think of my internet browsing as being heavily SDMB-oriented, but I just spent 15 minutes staring at the screen hitting refresh every few minutes. Then I did a crossword.
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### Author:  [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/4 "2008-02-20T15:47:27Z")
My whole morning routine went down the drain. Now I’ll be in here all day trying to catch up. 😉
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### Author:  [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/5 "2008-02-20T15:56:02Z")
I actually got some work done this morning! At a leisurely pace!
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### Author:  [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/6 "2008-02-20T16:10:09Z")
I was totally jonesin’–DT’s, the shakes, pink elephants, the whole nine yards.
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### Author:  [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/7 "2008-02-20T16:16:12Z")
Ohhh…this morning was awful. I started to have complete withdrawl…boredum, fear of more boredum…
Jerry, whomever you are, thank you for getting us up and running again. Now, please don’t let this happen again!
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### Author:  [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/8 "2008-02-20T17:52:03Z")
[QUOTE=mmouse9799]
Jerry, whomever you are, thank you for getting us up and running again. Now, please don’t let this happen again!
[/QUOTE]
It did go off-line again, briefly, and I began to suffer from a recurrence of symptoms. : Twitch, twitch :
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### Author:  [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/9 "2008-02-20T17:57:10Z")
[QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion]
It did go off-line again, briefly, and I began to suffer from a recurrence of symptoms. : Twitch, twitch :
[/QUOTE]
yeah, my recation was something like this:
noooooooooooooo
deep breath deep breath
it’ll come back, it’ll come back
deep breath, deep breath
It’ll come back.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/10 "2008-02-20T18:37:43Z")
I went over to the SDMB group on the Goodreads site. No one was posting, but at least I could see some of your dear little names.
Don’t take them from me again, Jerry…I neeeeed 'em.
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/11 "2008-02-20T18:40:01Z")
[QUOTE=Dottygumdrop]
w00t! We’re back. Load me up!!!
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Fill me up, Mr. McAllister. Oh, God. Fill me up.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/12 "2008-02-20T18:47:39Z")
[QUOTE=mmouse9799]
yeah, my recation was something like this:
noooooooooooooo
deep breath deep breath
it’ll come back, it’ll come back
deep breath, deep breath
It’ll come back.
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Yes, the wife is starting to look at me a little more funny since I signed up and these little “incidents” occur. ☹
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/13 "2008-02-20T18:56:20Z")
Jerry, you rock!
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/14 "2008-02-20T19:03:35Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest]
Jerry, you rock!
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I hope he does. He said the Board was down, then it was up and everyone was praising him, then it was down again. Please make us happy, Jerry. ☹
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/15 "2008-02-20T21:34:33Z")
We were down?
I had a busy morning at work…no chance to check.
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/16 "2008-02-20T22:36:49Z")
Mr. Tambourine Man! Play my song for me!
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### Author:  [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/17 "2008-02-21T00:05:31Z")
Is the Dope running on my company’s SAN? Damned thing’s been giving us all kinds of trouble. Well, that and one of our ESX servers. Sheesh. Rains, pours…
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/18 "2008-02-21T00:19:07Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle]
I went over to the SDMB group on the Goodreads site. No one was posting, but at least I could see some of your dear little names.
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Wait, there’s an SDMB group on there? How do I join? I didn’t even know they had groups on that site.
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### Author:  [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/19 "2008-02-21T00:47:24Z")
[QUOTE=interface2x]
Wait, there’s an SDMB group on there? How do I join? I didn’t even know they had groups on that site.
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[Right here.](http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/822.SDMB_Straight_Dope) I think there’s a _join group_ button if you’re not part of the group already.
I’m really glad that I can’t Dope from work. It really is an addiction, isn’t it?
GT
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### Author:  [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bless-you-jerry/438378/20 "2008-02-21T02:17:09Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler]
[Right here.](http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/822.SDMB_Straight_Dope) I think there’s a _join group_ button if you’re not part of the group already.
I’m really glad that I can’t Dope from work. It really is an addiction, isn’t it?
GT
[/QUOTE]
I’m still upset they blocked the Dope at the firm where I currently work. I then found a way to get here through links from another site but, since the server periodically scans for sites visited, it eventually blocked that route too. Grrrrr!
So, basically, I book a PC at the public library around the corner and spend the entirety of my lunch hour surfing. Since we can’t eat at our desks, I have to take frequent “bathroom” breaks in order to actually have something to eat mid-day, since I used my lunch hour _for more important stuff_.
Let’s just say I’m not a happy camper if, during my 45 minute mid-day check-in, the Dope goes down or times out for any length of time. Every minute is precious.
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