# Happy Trails! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [May 16, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642 "2000-05-16T03:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/1 "2000-05-16T03:07:03Z")
Hey folks, I regret to inform you that I am in my sunset days here on the Straight Dope message board. I’ve enjoyed the hell out of this place and all of you in the CCC forum, but I’ve just had added responsibilities at work (not to mention a pesky family that expects me to do things like look away from the monitor during dinner. Jesus, people). On the side I’ve been trying to conquer the spread of communicable diseases in the Western World, and petty as this may sound, I guess I’m going to have to give that priority for the time being. Please keep in touch - I’d love to hear from you. And thanks again to Arnold for all the links. Hasta luego y que viva la vida loca. - Jill ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/2 "2000-05-16T03:31:28Z")
Well, I for one am sorry to see you go, though I understand how other things have priority. I just hope that leaving your moderator job won’t mean the end of your informative posts on disease transmission. They do a wonderful job in the cause of fighting ignorance. If so, they were great while they lasted. Anyway, it was a pleasure to be moderated by you. Go wipe out a virus for me, okay. Bill P.S. At least this’ll give Dex a little more action. It seemed like he was the Maytag repairman waiting there in Comments in Mailbag Answers. ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/3 "2000-05-16T08:10:44Z")
Good luck with the virus-fighting, Jill! Sorry to see you go, and I hope you’ll still have time to read and post to the board. You’ve been a wonderful source of info, especially about AIDS. And you’ve been a great Board Goddess! 🙂 Happy days till we see you again! (Psst! Don’t go out in the back yard - something bad happened to Nickrz out there!) ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/4 "2000-05-16T14:17:56Z")
Jill, Good luck in real life. You’ll be missed - I hope you will still come in to comment. Just not during dinner. Katt ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/5 "2000-05-16T16:41:13Z")
_sniff_ We’ll miss you! :~( Who’s going to fill your niche now? We need at least one pathologist on the board! Just be sure to come back and visit us every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/6 "2000-05-16T17:43:00Z")
Jill, your departure will be a great loss for the SDMB community. ☹ Now to whom will we address our AIDS-related questions? CKDextHavn will have a tough burden to shoulder. I hope your family appreciates your sacrifice. Good luck with those pesky germs, and come by from time to time to say hi! ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/7 "2000-05-16T17:51:37Z")
Please post a link to the column you’re discussing. The new moderator might move the thread. 😉 Well, the end of another era. You’ll come back after you’ve cured all the diseases, won’t you? We should be able to get by without you for a couple of months while you wrap that up. Seriously, though, we’ll miss you. Keep in touch. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/8 "2000-05-17T01:07:47Z")
I’m sorry to see you go, Jill, but those are important reasons. Please continue to post though. I’ve learned a lot from you. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/9 "2000-05-17T02:50:42Z")
bye, Jill - but you can still be a member of the Teeming Millions, right? drop in when you can. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/10 "2000-05-17T03:12:00Z")
And the most evolutionary advanced of the Teeming Millions and moderators leaves for a civilized life. Best Wishes! Jois ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/11 "2000-05-17T03:46:53Z")
Talk about thread breakers! I lurk for the requisite 10 years, post tentatively, and the MOD leaves. I tell, you, I can’t get no respect! Jill. I hardly knew you(truly). Best of life to you and your family. Break a virus! ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/12 "2000-05-17T05:14:59Z")
Thanks, Jill. Good luck in the real world. -andros- ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/13 "2000-05-17T21:57:26Z")
Thanks, everybody! Anybody got any AIDS questions (or other health questions - icky diseases are my specialty), drop me a line. - Jill ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-trails/19642/14 "2000-05-18T07:08:44Z")
Happy trails to you, until we meet again, Happy trails to you, keep smilin’ till then.