# Has anyone heard from Skald the Rhymer lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680 "2017-04-18T00:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/1 "2017-04-18T00:35:30Z")
I know he was having trouble reading the board and was going to stop posting, but he did post in some threads after that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/2 "2017-04-18T00:39:53Z")
A nice guy. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/3 "2017-04-18T00:40:23Z")
He responded to a PM in early September. He posted a hypothetical at the end of September. I haven’t heard from him since. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/4 "2017-04-18T00:43:55Z")
His profile bio says “Time for another little break” but I’m not sure when he updated that. He last posted 10/12/2016. Hoping his break is short. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/5 "2017-04-18T02:22:33Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > A nice guy. With excellent judgment. He never failed to improve a thread with his input. C’mon back, Skald! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/6 "2017-04-18T03:40:39Z")
One of the all-time good guys. Hope to hear from him again. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/7 "2017-04-18T04:24:14Z")
This is really about a poster rather than the board, so let’s move it to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/8 "2017-04-19T14:52:12Z")
Didn’t some other poster take over his duties as chief hypothetical scenario originator? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/9 "2017-04-19T15:18:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I know he was having trouble reading the board I know he was having eyesight issues; and in one of his last threads, back in October, he said > [@If you were NCIS director, how many times would you have fired Gibbs by now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-ncis-director-how-many-times-would-you-have-fired-gibbs-by-now/767707/1): > > Eyes still suck and surger is a while off, so I’m not even trying to fix typos. For more details, there’s last year’s [The final Skald the Rhymer thread…until the next one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=800162), for those who missed it. But yes, I would very much like to know how he’s been doing since then. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/10 "2017-04-19T16:10:07Z")
Also miss **Skald** and look forward to his return. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/11 "2017-04-19T19:08:26Z")
I have not, but I do miss him. Come back, **Skald**! We can take turns reading posts to you over the phone or something! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/12 "2017-04-19T20:05:51Z")
Was he the poster who was going blind and couldn’t post anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/13 "2017-05-03T01:07:30Z")
Community here is good. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-skald-the-rhymer-lately/784680/14 "2017-05-03T02:05:55Z")
I wish we’d hear from him, or from someone who’s in contact with him… if nothing else, just to let him know how much he’s missed.