# Bye, Opal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666 "2013-03-11T23:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/1 "2013-03-11T23:59:49Z")
News today on social network Facebook posted by her mother says that OpalCat has passed away today. For those who knew her, knew of her, or just did lists of two and didn’t have a third point, she will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/2 "2013-03-12T00:03:37Z")
We have been advised that Opalcat passed away today. This has been confirmed by a member of her family. We have no further information at this time. She was one of our earliest of the early – her Straight Dope registration number was 36 – and was with us since the AOL days. Opalcat was a part of our history. Our condolences to her family and especially to her son Dominic. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/3 "2013-03-12T00:03:52Z")
Oh no! I gave her a lot of shit, but that is very bad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/4 "2013-03-12T00:08:39Z")
Oh, dear. ☹ That is awful. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/5 "2013-03-12T00:10:18Z")
☹ That’s terrible. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/6 "2013-03-12T00:10:26Z")
Tuba, perhaps a merge is in order before these two threads grow. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/7 "2013-03-12T00:11:38Z")
1. Bye, Opal. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/8 "2013-03-12T00:13:43Z")
WHAT THE HELL?!?!?! She can’t be gone!! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/9 "2013-03-12T00:15:28Z")
Done. And thanks, Uncle Bill. I’m sorry that we have to see you under such sad circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/10 "2013-03-12T00:16:48Z")
Wow… from her online postings, it seems she was just embarking on a new chapter in her life. I hope that her family and loved ones take solace in their memories of her, and my thoughts to her son who is entirely too young to lose a parent. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/11 "2013-03-12T00:16:37Z")
That is so sad. Her poor son and family. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/12 "2013-03-12T00:17:26Z")
Holy shit. That’s awful. My condolences to her family, especially her poor son. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/13 "2013-03-12T00:19:56Z")
Had she been ill? I know I hadn’t seen her around here in ages. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/14 "2013-03-12T00:20:15Z")
Holy cow…how awful! And unexpected! ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/15 "2013-03-12T00:20:31Z")
Wow, this is awful. She was always kind of a staple here. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/16 "2013-03-12T00:21:22Z")
How terrible for her son and her family! My condolences. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/17 "2013-03-12T00:21:39Z")
shit shit shit ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/18 "2013-03-12T00:24:02Z")
Oh, NO! Oh, my eyes just bugged out of my head when I saw this. I joined this site in the last nineties and Opal had already been here forever when I arrived. Oh, I’m genuinely sorry to read this. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/19 "2013-03-12T00:24:45Z")
Damn. My condolences to her family, especially Dominic. kam ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/20 "2013-03-12T00:28:22Z")
OMFG!!! My thoughts are with her family. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666.md?page=2)