# I hate it when long time dopers disappear. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817 "2013-11-13T14:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/41 "2013-11-16T05:12:40Z")
> [@D18](#): > > **Jarbabyj?** > **Tequila Mockingbird** I think Jarbabyj became Big Baby Ham or something. And then disappeared. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/42 "2013-11-16T15:07:12Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I think Jarbabyj became Big Baby Ham or something. And then disappeared. Searching for old threads that reference Jarbabyj, apparently the new name was **tiny ham** , as seen by [this OP](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91749). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/43 "2013-11-16T15:38:50Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Searching for old threads that reference Jarbabyj, apparently the new name was **tiny ham** , as seen by [this OP](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91749). Oh yeah, that was it. But kids, if you’re looking for a stellar username, **Big Baby Ham** is totally available! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/44 "2013-11-17T23:33:30Z")
This sort of thing has made me promise to always come back and leave a final message if I can, so that, if I don’t, you know that something bad happened. There was this benzo recovery forum where they thought I was dead because I didn’t feel like going back and reliving that part of my life. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/45 "2013-11-19T19:35:22Z")
Some of us lurk for a while and then people totally forget we exist… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/46 "2013-11-19T20:12:47Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > Some of us lurk for a while and then people totally forget we exist… 🙂 I’m trying to remember, but the first thing to go is the mind. Did you make the move from the old AOL board? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/47 "2013-11-19T20:33:08Z")
> [@Doug\_Bowe](#): > > I’m trying to remember, but the first thing to go is the mind. Did you make the move from the old AOL board? Nope I joined up on the website directly, but that being 14 years ago I am a bit of an old timer. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/48 "2013-11-19T20:36:55Z")
I used to be Chimera. Then I change it to Chimera. Now I’m Chimera. Same spelling, slightly different pronunciation. I’m sure it confused a lot of people. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/49 "2013-11-19T21:24:19Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I used to be Chimera. Then I change it to Chimera. Now I’m Chimera. I’m quite relieved you explained that. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/50 "2013-11-19T21:35:03Z")
I miss **Cunctator** - hasn’t posted in over a year. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/51 "2013-11-19T22:04:12Z")
On my 1st go-around here, I was friends with (and have alot in common with) **cosmopolitan**. Haven’t seen her since I returned in '09. (I was gone from '04 to '09) ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/52 "2013-11-20T09:49:10Z")
I looked forward to **Corcaigh** ’s posts but long time no see. Same with **Arky**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/53 "2013-11-20T10:07:42Z")
I miss **mattmcl** and **Hypnagogic Jerk**. As I’ve said before, I didn’t always agree with them, but they certainly made me think. Anybody know what happened to **mnemosyne**? Haven’t seen her for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/54 "2013-11-20T13:10:21Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > I looked forward to **Corcaigh** ’s posts but long time no see. Same with **Arky**. I’m guessing that you mean **An Arky**. I contacted him via email after he had been missing for a few months. He said he was fine, busy, and a bit fed up with a few things around here. I expected him to return before now. I may email him again today. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/55 "2013-11-20T15:33:58Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > I met **Cicero** and his partner a few weeks ago when he was across here on holiday. > He’s fine and they’re now married… Didn’t know that: Congrats, \*\*Cicero[/]! Does he have any plans to re-join us once the honeymoon is over? I miss his posts, and I always wonder if he still has any more mysterious unexplored crawl spaces… ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/56 "2013-11-20T15:39:17Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I miss **mattmcl** and **Hypnagogic Jerk**. As I’ve said before, I didn’t always agree with them, but they certainly made me think. .Agreed - I wish they’d come back. However, I’m guessing that **matt** may be occupied with back-room politics, since the NDP is Official Opposition now. > [@](#): > > Anybody know what happened to **mnemosyne**? Haven’t seen her for a while. Last post from her, she had a new job, and a new car, and maybe a new house, so she might just be busy. Or it may be that she’s mourning for the poor season by A.C. and the Als 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/57 "2013-11-20T16:23:18Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Didn’t know that: Congrats, \*\*Cicero[/]! > > Does he have any plans to re-join us once the honeymoon is over? I miss his posts, and I always wonder if he still has any more mysterious unexplored crawl spaces… They both dropped by my work during their sight-seeing to confirm they were in town and we agreed to meet for drinks later that evening. The four of us all enjoyed meeting and they left, saying they were off up north in a couple of days… It was weeks later that he e-mailed me from back in Australia to say that they had come to Scotland to get married in the Highlands! Neither of them had said a word to us about it! Anyway, from what he said, I doubt he’ll be back here again ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/58 "2013-11-20T16:34:07Z")
I’ve only popped in here twice in the past few years. Back in the day I was on this thing all the time. Trying to get back into the swing of things but all the new faces frighten me. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/59 "2013-11-20T19:24:24Z")
I remember you. Come on back! I shall post sternly at any newb who even looks at you funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817/60 "2013-11-20T21:11:04Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I’m guessing that you mean **An Arky**. I contacted him via email after he had been missing for a few months. He said he was fine, busy, and a bit fed up with a few things around here. I expected him to return before now. I may email him again today. Thank you, yes. Hope he does return. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-long-time-dopers-disappear/673817.md?page=4)