# Goodbye.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 15, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710 "2017-11-15T20:07:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/61 "2017-11-16T16:37:42Z")
Sorry to see you go **Idle** , but I get burning out on things. Enjoy yourself whatever your next endeavor is :).
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### Author:  [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/62 "2017-11-16T17:07:56Z")
Darn. He was my only Straight Dope friend. Anyone want to take take his place ? 😃
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### Author:  [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/63 "2017-11-16T18:16:32Z")
we should start a support group. . . My only friend is gone!
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### Author:  [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/64 "2017-11-16T18:29:42Z")
I’m sorry to see you go! I hope all is well and that you have a wonderful future.
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### Author:  [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/65 "2017-11-16T19:26:07Z")
Oh man, this is sad news.
**Idle Thoughts** is the only Doper who ever PM’d me, and that was right friendly-like.
So farewell and be well, my friend.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/66 "2017-11-16T20:57:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#):
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> Quality, not quantity.😃
QFT 😉
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### Author:  [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/67 "2017-11-16T21:22:47Z")
> [@Patx2](#):
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> Say it isn’t so. Take care!
The quickest path from denial to acceptance I’ve ever seen.
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/68 "2017-11-16T22:02:02Z")
Damn.
Best wishes to you, \*\*IT. \*\* I’ll send you a friend request on Facebook.
Thanks for your service as a mod.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/69 "2017-11-16T22:54:35Z")
Oh man! **Idle Thoughts** - nooooo!!!
Not sure what your reasoning is but tons of luck with your next moves!
Thanks so much for your mod work! But thanks even more for your contributions to the one and only Pitting I ever did - you totally nailed it!
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/70 "2017-11-17T01:23:33Z")
You’re making a mistake.
No other place is like here.
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### Author:  [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/71 "2017-11-17T01:44:01Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> You’re making a mistake.
> No other place is like here.
Agree with this, hope you come back eventually.
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/72 "2017-11-17T02:04:36Z")
Dang man, hope you’re doing well. Do come back.
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### Author:  [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/73 "2017-11-17T16:47:37Z")
Does this mean my mod warning is erased? 😉 Jackbooted thug!!
Best wishes **IT**
Seeing as you were the best at rooting out socks on the SDMB, feel free to sock up and come back! That **Idle Thoughts** guy isn’t around anymore to catch you.
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### Author:  [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/74 "2017-11-17T16:51:03Z")
Good bye, Idle, thank you for not beating me with that rolled up newspaper …
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/75 "2017-11-17T19:19:34Z")
Damn it, that’s unwelcome news. **Idle Thoughts** was one of the good guys both in his role as moderator and poster. Sorry, I’m writing as if you just died, **IT**. I trust and hope that you’re as fit as a fiddle.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/76 "2017-11-17T20:27:25Z")
That’s something I never would have seen coming. I hope all is well.
Thanks, **Idle Thoughts** , for the moderation and your posts. You will be missed; but remember, you can come back any time.
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### Author:  [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/77 "2017-11-18T11:24:53Z")
I’ve heard it said that idle _ **Idle Thoughts** are the something’s something_; please let us know what those \*somethings \*turn out to be.
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### Author:  [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/78 "2017-11-18T11:33:40Z")
We’ll miss you here. But see you on FB.🙂
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### Author:  [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/79 "2017-11-18T14:28:40Z")
Well, that sucks. You know you’re my only Friend on this message board, right? ☹
I hope you change your mind at some point, **Idle Thoughts**.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/801710/80 "2017-11-18T16:12:59Z")
My first thought was to check the calendar. Nope, not April Fools.
My second thought is: Good luck and thanks for all the fishes.
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