# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/622 "2013-04-08T00:52:38Z")
I’ve been gone for quite a while, and I come back to this. Damn. Bye Opal. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/623 "2013-04-16T19:22:21Z")
I was on vacation much of March, so I completely missed this. I’ve “known” her since the AOL days, and I’m really shocked at her passing. I’ll always remember her passion and creativity. I don’t know if creativity begets demons or demons beget creativity, but she had more than her share of both. I don’t wish peace upon Katherine. She was far too young and vibrant for me to want to put in a field of flowers, surrounded by harp-wielding angels. No, I hope she’s rocking it out in some cosmic alternate universe, churning those creative juices, and maybe occasionally flashing those demons of hers. Rock on, OpalCat. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/624 "2013-04-27T20:20:56Z")
My condolences to Opal’s family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/625 "2013-06-10T04:39:56Z")
It’s been a long time. I still have your coffee cup. God Bless you Opal. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/626 "2013-06-25T17:43:59Z")
I just found out. It’s sad when friends you’ve known for what seems like forever leave you. ☹ Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/627 "2013-06-25T17:48:57Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > I just found out. It’s sad when friends you’ve known for what seems like forever leave you. ☹ > > Esprix 'Bout time you got your butt back here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/628 "2013-06-25T18:40:11Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > 'Bout time you got your butt back here. 😉 Helluva reason to pop my head back in, but thanks - it’s nice to know some of us old fogeys are still around. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/629 "2013-06-26T02:21:58Z")
There’s a name I haven’t seen in a while. Hi! ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/630 "2013-06-26T03:09:21Z")
Esprix! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/631 "2013-06-26T03:19:24Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > Helluva reason to pop my head back in, but thanks - it’s nice to know some of us old fogeys are still around. > > Esprix Yes we are still here. We have been waiting for you. Bout time you got here. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/632 "2013-06-26T11:09:28Z")
Yep. We’re still here. And mourning (still) one of our own. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/633 "2013-06-26T17:31:22Z")
I’m not here anymore… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/634 "2013-06-26T18:27:41Z")
It’s like a family reunion; how the only time you get to see your cousins and aunts and uncles is when someone gets married or dies, and after a while, there’s a whole lot more funerals than weddings. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/635 "2013-06-26T23:22:07Z")
Just stopping by to say ‘hi’ to my fellow old-timers. Hard to believe I’ve been hanging around this loony-bin for 14 years! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/636 "2013-06-27T00:27:00Z")
14 years? That is really sad. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/637 "2013-06-27T21:01:45Z")
Esprix, RT! You’re right, it’s a heckofa reason to return to the SDMB. But it’s nice to see you and know you’re still going strong. Doug ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/638 "2013-06-27T21:04:33Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > Helluva reason to pop my head back in, but thanks - it’s nice to know some of us old fogeys are still around. Hey! Who ya callin’ an old fogey, young whippersnapper? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/639 "2013-06-27T21:19:07Z")
Well, just found out about OpalCat. I only knew her from SDMB, but I always enjoyed her posts, and her attitude. I hope for the best for her family, especially her son. I feel that she is a person who struggled heroically to be an artist in a world that don’t particularly like artists. A shame she’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/640 "2013-07-07T01:34:23Z")
I just found out about Opal’s passing. I did not know her, except for the SDMB. Somehow, though, she has been a part of my life for a very long time, just because she posted here. I first started posting so long ago that I can’t remember my original user name. I stopped because someone made me mad and I decided to move along. But Opal was always here. It says something about her that so many have posted. So many names I remember. Bless Opal and her family. And thank you all for participating in an: 1. interesting 2. infuriating 3. and amusing message board. Bye Opal. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/641 "2013-08-24T10:54:39Z")
Just finished popping some of Opal’s ‘bubble wrap’. (Yep, it’s still there!:)) Gone, but not forgotten. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666.md?page=31)