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Sorry for bumping this up but I read every post in it and didn’t see this guy mentioned yet.
I really miss Scott Plaid, actually, and I was really surprised when I once checked his profile just to see he was a guest. No idea why he didn’t re-up. Sure he was a pain in a lot of Dopers’ necks early on but he seemed to be one of those that adapted over time and became fairly well liked. I know I did.
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So?
Email him.
Second Aldebaran. He brought a nice alternative viewpoint into some of the discussions.
Some of the dopers I’ve met in person and no longer see here: Andygirl, Ayesha, Cessandra, Doc Watson, Eve, Irishman, Melin, Michi, Nachos for Sara, Ringo, Sealemon, Surgosan, Swimming Riddles.
No love for SPOOFE? The toothpaste incident was a classic. He was a funny guy.
So many names I remember, and I’m a little sad to realize they’re (almost) all gone. There are so many that I would give up my posting privilages to have back (especially since I’m such a lurker, really).
hillbillyqueen/batsimybellfry Last I heard from her, she’d been having some health problems, nothing serious, but certainly annoying. I tended to really like the threads she started in MPSIMS most of all.
Davebear. Haven’t seen him since 2004.
Small British Shop Owner
what?
What does it mean — and I’ve seen this several times now — when a person leaves a lot of blank space in his reply, and then writes “what?”
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What does it mean — and I’ve seen this several times now — when a person leaves a lot of blank space in his reply, and then writes “what?”
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I believe it to be an attempt at humor. 
Insert the sound of crickets chirping into the blank space.
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Another vote here for collounsbury, whose insights and analyses are still spot-on - on a blog site that’s easily Googleable, as well as on Wikipedia. He’s back in good health, or so he reports.
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Yes. Where is collounsbury when we need him? Prickly as a cholla cactus but right on the mark in his field.
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And mushrooms. Don’t forget posting under the influence of 'shrooms.
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Well, the shrooms were the source of all the monkey butterhorn nonsense. Still one of the coolest threads I’ve ever read on any message board.
There was a poster from my lurker times that would only reply in smileys. I can’t remember the name but he was able to convey a lot of words in that. 
Tashabot. Bitch is lucky I don’t own a gun. 
I miss my old buddy mouthbreather. Met him and his lady a couple of times IRL. (Can’t remember her username…) Both very cool folks.
mouthbreather could always be counted on for a hilariously snide remark, or some insightful commentary on music.
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Eve is finishing a book on Vernon & Irene Castle.
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Well, I’m a slow reader myself.
Any hope for a mass email/amnesty?
Am I the only one that misses thaidog? He started my favorite thread ever, oh, four years ago now. If I wasn’t on the Mac I could link it…
Also Satan, and then there are some people who are still around who don’t post very often and when they do, I realize I’ve missed them.