# Idle Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 15, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707 "2017-11-15T19:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/1 "2017-11-15T19:04:17Z")
Here’s wishing you a a nice retirement, and hope you enjoy being just an everyday poster again. I figured I’d start a thread since Ed’s is locked, and it looks like posters are flooding you with PMs to the point where I tried to send one and got a message that your inbox was full, and no more messages could get through. I figured I wasn’t the only one. Best wishes, **Idle**! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/2 "2017-11-15T19:06:25Z")
Cheers, _IT_!! ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/3 "2017-11-15T19:08:35Z")
My PM got rejected, too. Now you’ll have more time to listen to good classic rock! Can’t wait to hear what you think of Jethro Tull! Best wishes! mc ---
**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:** [November 15, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/4 "2017-11-15T19:17:13Z")
Best wishes \*\*Idle Thoughts \*\*! ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/5 "2017-11-15T19:23:32Z")
First, President Mugabe is put under house arrest. Then **Idle Thoughts** “retires” as an SDMB moderator. Coincidence? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/6 "2017-11-15T20:26:24Z")
Best wishes! Thank you for your hard work on behalf of this community. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/7 "2017-11-15T20:35:03Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > First, President Mugabe is put under house arrest. Then **Idle Thoughts** “retires” as an SDMB moderator. Coincidence? I think not. It’s not so much that, as that he’s retired while visiting Saudi Arabia, that has me worried. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/8 "2017-11-15T20:38:42Z")
We certainly wish him the best. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/9 "2017-11-15T20:40:33Z")
He’s started a goodbye thread in MPSIMS. He is no longer going to post here. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841876](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841876) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/801707/10 "2017-11-15T21:11:26Z")
**Moderator Action** > [@cochrane](#): > > He’s started a goodbye thread in MPSIMS. He is no longer going to post here. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841876](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=841876) In that case, I am going to close this thread and direct all further comments to the MPSIMS thread. Best wishes, **Idle Thoughts**.