# Eleven years ago ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321 "2015-08-29T20:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/1 "2015-08-29T20:02:30Z")
…I was going thru some personal turmoil and kind of got turned off to this site and kind of let it fall to the wayside. A few days ago I came across a link to it from another forum and couldn’t even remember my log in name, let alone any pass word. I did the email thing and low and be I was still a member. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/2 "2015-08-29T20:03:45Z")
Did you at least bring pie? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/3 "2015-08-29T20:20:50Z")
So welcome back! There’s been a lot happening. have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/4 "2015-08-29T20:48:16Z")
> [@herman\_and\_bill](#): > > I did the email thing and low and be I was still a member. _[Lo](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo)!_ And behold. Welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/5 "2015-08-29T21:43:40Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Did you at least bring pie? Only the circumference of the sun divided by its diameter. ---
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/6 "2015-08-29T21:46:55Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > _[Lo](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo)!_ And behold. Welcome back. I make an honest effort at grammar and spelling, sometimes one gets away from me. I forgot how there is always that one just waiting to pounce :). Thanks for the welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/7 "2015-08-29T22:28:19Z")
> [@herman\_and\_bill](#): > > I make an honest effort at grammar and spelling, sometimes one gets away from me. I forgot how there is always that one just waiting to pounce :). Thanks for the welcome back. Didn’t Heisenberg show that you can know your spelling or your grammar, but never both at once? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/8 "2015-08-29T22:48:48Z")
If he’s been gone that long does he have to go through initiation again? Should we get a goat ready? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/9 "2015-08-29T22:56:01Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Didn’t Heisenberg show that you can know your spelling or your grammar, but never both at once? In between cooking all those batches of meth, how could he find the time? ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/10 "2015-08-30T06:44:02Z")
Welcome back! Of course you must now go through a purification rite, having dwelt among the non-believers for so long. Isn’t that goat warmed up yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/11 "2015-08-30T09:37:59Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Welcome back! Of course you must now go through a purification rite, having dwelt among the non-believers for so long. > > Isn’t that goat warmed up yet? Warmed, oiled and ready to go. The squid on the other hand is acting up a little. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleven-years-ago/729321/12 "2015-08-30T11:00:28Z")
Welcome back!