# Hello again! What's new? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383 "2013-10-16T07:34:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/1 "2013-10-16T07:34:55Z")
Hello again! I haven’t been around here in awhile (since 2009!) and thought I’d stop by to see what’s new and who is still around from when I was a lot more active here. I’ve poked around and have seen some familiar people still active. I browsed the In Memoriam thread and saw many names of those I remember who have passed on. I’ll be stopping by a bit more frequently, I think, as I always liked the people and conversations here. See you around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/2 "2013-10-16T11:40:00Z")
Welcome back! There’s a whole bunch of new mods – including me, which you may not have known about depending on when in 2009 you drifted away. 😉 Other than that – the more we change, the more we remain the same. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/3 "2013-10-16T15:20:47Z")
You called? oh not much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/4 "2013-10-16T15:26:49Z")
I remember you! Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/5 "2013-10-17T03:11:18Z")
Wow, you haven’t been around since 2009? Not that I am very good at remembering Dopers, but I remember your name and it doesn’t seem like I haven’t seen it for 4 years. Time goes fast around here I guess. Glad you’re back! (I think. Am I? 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/6 "2013-10-17T03:18:00Z")
Welcome back! Have you found any of my caches yet? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/7 "2013-10-17T03:41:25Z")
Welcome back! What’s new? Well…I exist. I guess that’s something. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/8 "2013-10-17T04:03:42Z")
Hi! I remember you from the Las Vegas dopefest (or was it Huntington Beach?). Seems like I went to a lot of those for a while there. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/9 "2013-10-17T04:35:00Z")
Welcome back! 🙂 Things aren’t a lot different here. We still have the same welcoming rituals for newbies. The administration still stomps on spammers with jewelled jackboots. We have lost a few people, and there’s been the occasional bump in the road, like the Martian invasion and the incident with the NSA, but even those are barely worth mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/10 "2013-10-17T05:15:06Z")
Hey twickster, glad to see you’re still about! I don’t think you were a mod yet when I departed. Silenus- Thanks! Still a fan of the Hawaiian shirts, I presume? 🙂 ZipperJJ and Snowboarder Bo- I remember both of you and hopefully you’ll be glad I’m back. Not that I’m hugely prolific or anything, I just like good conversation. And no, no caches found. Digital is the New Analog- you’re a new addition since I’ve been gone, so Hello to you! Sunspace- some things don’t really change that much and that can be a good thing. Rico- yes, we had met at meetups in both Huntington Beach and here in Vegas. Also, I know it’s very late, but please accept my deepest sympathies on Kathy’s passing. I remember her fondly and she was a really wonderful person. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/11 "2013-10-17T22:39:05Z")
> [@LVgeogeek](#): > > ZipperJJ and Snowboarder Bo- I remember both of you and hopefully you’ll be glad I’m back. Not that I’m hugely prolific or anything, I just like good conversation. And no, no caches found. Oh, I’m glad you’re back. Someday, when you find one of my geocaches I’ll cackle with glee, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/12 "2013-10-17T22:45:55Z")
Hey yourself! So, how do you manage to not come around here for four years? Some of us don’t have that ability. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/13 "2013-10-18T00:36:50Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Hey yourself! So, how do you manage to not come around here for four years? Some of us don’t have that ability. 🙂 I got busy with work and life and well, you know how it goes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/14 "2013-10-18T00:39:00Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Oh, I’m glad you’re back. Someday, when you find one of my geocaches I’ll cackle with glee, tho. I’ve never actually played any geocache games. Maybe I should! Is there an app for that? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-whats-new/671383/15 "2013-10-18T03:12:05Z")
Welcome back!