# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/321 "2013-03-12T22:10:11Z")
God damn it. There is nothing good about this. Not for her, not for us, not for her son, not for anyone. God damn it! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/322 "2013-03-12T22:27:27Z")
My thoughts are for your family to get through this. RIP Opal. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/323 "2013-03-12T22:41:30Z")
HOLY COW That is sad. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/324 "2013-03-12T22:45:14Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Man, she’s even the one who hosted us in The Winter of Our Missed Content 10+ years ago over at fathom. I sent her some Tull books in thanks for that. Oh. My. God. That was 10 years ago? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/325 "2013-03-12T22:46:55Z")
Sad to hear this. My condolences to her family. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/326 "2013-03-12T22:48:52Z")
Rest In Peace, Opal. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/327 "2013-03-12T22:53:23Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > Oh. My. God. That was 10 years ago? Really? God, yes. That was 2002. Lot’s happened since, hasn’t it? Wars, kids, births, deaths. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/328 "2013-03-12T22:54:35Z")
Very sad news, RIP Opal. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/329 "2013-03-12T23:07:39Z")
Damn. I remember being impressed with her when we met in a Dopefest back in… 2000? 2001? What a waste. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/330 "2013-03-12T23:17:47Z")
I met Opal at a Dopefest August 19, 2006. I can be sure of the date as it’s also the same day and time (roughly) I met my husband Tripler. She was a Doper legend already. She thought deeply, felt deeply, reacted strongly. Dominic was her longest-developed ‘creation’ but I hope now and always he’ll look back on his mother’s art fondly. May her family and friends find peace. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/331 "2013-03-12T23:18:59Z")
Whaaaa?!! Noooo! When I saw the thread title, I thought it was some sort of “I am temporarily leaving the boards” thing dredged up from like 1998! I’m so sorry!!! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/332 "2013-03-12T23:32:50Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > She turned 41 in February. Yeah, younger.☹ ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/333 "2013-03-12T23:33:38Z")
Very sad news. RIP, Opal. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/334 "2013-03-12T23:34:26Z")
Goodbye, **Opal**. ☹ Like others, I didn’t get to interact with you, but your posts were witty, sad and most of all, very human. May you rest in peace. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/335 "2013-03-12T23:34:28Z")
I keep losing nice people. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/336 "2013-03-12T23:39:14Z")
Rest in piece, Opal. I will never think of a 2-item list the same for having known you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/337 "2013-03-12T23:48:12Z")
This is truly very sad news. Condolences and sympathies to Opal’s family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/338 "2013-03-12T23:49:46Z")
I just found out through Facebook. ☹ I haven’t been to the boards in a while, either, and like **Hal Briston** , I hadn’t seen Opal since **danceswithcats** ’ funeral. She was one of the first people I met in person from the boards and someone I’ll always associate with so many online worlds. I hope Dominic is holding up well. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/339 "2013-03-12T23:53:27Z")
Goodbye, Opal. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/340 "2013-03-12T23:54:23Z")
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