# I used to be Bibliovore **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306 "2020-10-30T12:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bibliovore2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliovore2.0/32/5297_2.png) [@Bibliovore2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/1 "2020-10-30T12:13:37Z")
Hi all. Many, many years ago, I used to be active here as **Bibliovore**. Friendships were made, fun was had, life was good. Now, after getting older, wrinklier, fatter and slower, I decided to sign up again. I hope I haven’t broken any rules in doing so, as I think my old account is now defunct, but it would be great see see if any of the old gang of UK Dopers are still here, and maybe even catch up with a few people. Anyway it’s good to be back. The place has changed! ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/2 "2020-10-30T12:16:34Z")
I remember you, welcome back! You heard about **TubaDiva**? ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliovore2.0/32/5297_2.png) [@Bibliovore2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/3 "2020-10-30T12:18:34Z")
Thanks! No, I haven’t heard anything at all. I’ve been away from the SDMB for more than a decade! Is it good news or bad? ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/4 "2020-10-30T12:21:10Z")
It’s terrible. She died right after helping us migrate over here. I’ll see if I can find you the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliovore2.0/32/5297_2.png) [@Bibliovore2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/5 "2020-10-30T12:22:01Z")
What?! Oh my lord that’s terrible! How long ago was that? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/6 "2020-10-30T12:23:29Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/916136/6): > > Send me an email > > [EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com](mailto:EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com) Hello and welcome back. 🙂 You may want to contact **engineer\_comp\_geek**. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliovore2.0/32/5297_2.png) [@Bibliovore2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/7 "2020-10-30T12:25:21Z")
Thank you! Forgive me for being thick, but who is EngineerCompGeek? A UK Doper? ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/8 "2020-10-30T12:25:22Z")
July 1st. Here is a thread with a link to her obit: [The TubaDiva Memorial Tuba Fund campaign is now underway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233) Okay, sorry to lay that on you, but it’s the big news. I think there are still a lot of folks here who are going to be happy to see you home again! ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/9 "2020-10-30T12:26:24Z")
He is a mod here and a nice, capable person. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/10 "2020-10-30T12:27:05Z")
A mod who can help you get your original handle sorted out. I remember you, welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliovore2.0/32/5297_2.png) [@Bibliovore2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/11 "2020-10-30T12:27:16Z")
I can imagine it will take a hell of a long time for the shock to wear off. My god… As for coming back, I really don’t know who else here will remember me. I used to be rather slimmer and fitter when I was last on here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliovore2.0/32/5297_2.png) [@Bibliovore2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/12 "2020-10-30T12:29:03Z")
Excellent, I’ll try emailing him then. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/13 "2020-10-30T13:01:04Z")
Welcome back! StG ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/14 "2020-10-30T13:21:51Z")
Welcome back! Yes, I remember you, but I don’t remember how slim or fit you were. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/15 "2020-10-30T13:30:58Z")
I remember you too ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/16 "2020-10-30T13:31:22Z")
Welcome back! Those Londopefests we used to have were a great time! ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliovore2.0/32/5297_2.png) [@Bibliovore2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/17 "2020-10-30T13:43:04Z")
Thanks guys! It sure has changed around here! What was the migration all about? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/18 "2020-10-30T13:51:40Z")
vbulletin wasn’t able to handle the database size anymore; timeouts were frequent as were other board issues. I think I met you when I went to the UK in 2004. As I recall, quite a few London and near-London dopers showed up for my first Saturday there and took me on a bit of a pub crawl, including a visit to the George. It was a wonderful day for me. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliovore2.0/32/5297_2.png) [@Bibliovore2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/19 "2020-10-30T13:55:01Z")
I may be mis-remembering that particular outing, but did you meet a UK Doper there called Crusoe? I seem to remember that he ended up in a fairly serious relationship with a lovely lady Doper he met at one of our pub meetups. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-bibliovore/924306/20 "2020-10-30T13:57:45Z")
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