# I'm so THANKful for the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036 "2002-11-27T04:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/1 "2002-11-27T04:41:44Z")
Yep. It’s that time again. The annual “what are you thankful for” thread. And instead of the usual prattling, I’d just like to say thanks to all of you who have entertained and enlightened me here at SDMB. There are so many caring people out there. I wonder what life would’ve been like these past few years without this place? So many Dopers have met, fallen in love and gotten hitched here. So many friendships established. So many helping hands. So much encouragement. So many cathartic rants. I’m thankful that this place exists and that I’ve been at least a small part of this community. And in particular **Ayesha AudreyK Byzantine Silver Fire serendipity FairyChatMom Eutychus Una Tripler Shayna Diane jjfishe**… ohh, jeez, I’m forgetting so many. **Falcon** , MIA, but not forgotten. And, of course, the crush of my life, **Scotticher** You people and so many others have been a blessing. I wish you all the happiest of Thanksgivings. Anyone else care to post their thanks for these boards? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/2 "2002-11-27T04:46:13Z")
Thank you, Hamsters: May your wheel never squeak. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/3 "2002-11-27T05:00:00Z")
You betcha I’m thankful for this place. Dopers are an incredible bunch of people. I cherish the relationships I’ve formed here. To those people who allow me to call them friend, thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/4 "2002-11-27T05:05:33Z")
I’ll just say thanks for all the laughs, thanks for the interesting information, thanks for the stimulating conversations, thanks for the fun I’ve had meeting people off the boards, and most of all thanks for giving me the means to meet someone who’s very special to me. The boards have been very good to me. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/5 "2002-11-27T05:05:59Z")
You have no idea how thankful I am for this place: For a place to vent, whether justified or not, and to gain other perpsectives to put my pain in it’s just place. . . For a place to ask, may it be forgiving and encouraging, that I may learn and spread knowledge, even to those afraid to query. . . For a place to grow, in that I can meet friends, and be with them at any time and any day, wherever the hell on the globe I may be. . . For a place of comfort, through the many that simply sent e-mailed messages, that I felt warm in the coldest of moments. . . I raise a toast. I thank you Cecil, for I am one of the many of grateful among the Teeming Millions. Tripler ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/6 "2002-11-27T05:17:03Z")
I must thank Google as well for providing a link to this place when I typed in a query. And most of what Tripler said. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/7 "2002-11-27T06:31:43Z")
Well, this past few months in particular would simply not have been possible without the boards. And I wouldn’t be driving to Zales later today if not for a particular someone (more on that later)🙂 Rather than spend five hours listing every person to whom I owe some (usually rather large) debt, … ::group hug. Big fucking hug:: But most of all, for comfort in the fact that I have, at this point, lost all meaningful sanity:D ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/8 "2002-11-27T06:38:28Z")
I swear on a stack of Chicago Readers … **fizzy** ’s 150th post is gonna be me mistakenly posting as her… [sub]It was MEEEEEEE![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/9 "2002-11-27T06:59:39Z")
Cheers! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/10 "2002-11-27T11:45:50Z")
Me, too! Among the many things that I’m thankful for right now, I am also very thankful for the SDMB! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/11 "2002-11-27T12:01:11Z")
Gah, I know this sounds cheesy, but I’m thankful for the admins and mods. They are infuriating and wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/12 "2002-11-27T14:56:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fizzestothetop \* > \*\*And I wouldn’t be driving to Zales later today if not for a particular someone (more on that later)🙂 > > \*\* :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/13 "2002-11-27T14:58:10Z")
I’m thankful for the place, and the people, and the server, and jdavis, and chocolate, and ice cream, and lots of other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/14 "2002-11-27T15:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha, under fizzestothetop’s username \* > And I wouldn’t be driving to Zales later today if not for a particular someone (more on that later)🙂 Gee, I wonder who? 😉 Cool beans! :):)🙂 I’m _very_ thankful for this place, and the people I know through it. What would I do without you all? I’m thankful for my health. I’m thankful for my wife, who puts up with a lot in living with me, and who loves me without reservation anyway. I’m thankful for a job that pays well and isn’t too stressful. I’m thankful for friends. I’m thankful for the sunlight through the window. I’m thankful for the barbecue stand on the way home from work that makes those wonderful, enormous pulled-pork BBQ sandwiches. For living in a country where freedom of speech and freedom of religion are pretty much taken for granted. For our cats, who are always ready to curl up in our laps, and provide us with hours of entertainment. For the beauty of the natural world. For a God who keeps on loving me, whether or not I’m paying much attention. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/15 "2002-11-27T15:29:50Z")
Here we go again. Another thread making me hungry. I’m thankful for **RTFirefly** , who’s a pretty darn cool feller. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/16 "2002-11-27T18:29:22Z")
Yep, this is a cool place to be involved with. Thanks to all of you for sending me through all ranges of emotions. I’ll think of you all as I stuff myself silly tomorrow. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/17 "2002-11-27T18:42:32Z")
I’m thankful for my mom. I am so thankful for my mom. And my dad, brothers, sister, nephews, etc. I’m thankful for the baby I will soon be able to hold in my arms, and the wonderful man in my life. I am **not** thankful for my car, which broke down yet again this week, only 2 weeks, four days since the last time I had it fixed. But I am thankful for the people who haul me around in my car’s absence. And I am thankful for poopah chalupa, and countless others here, without whom I might truly be insane. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/18 "2002-11-27T18:44:41Z")
OH! And I’m thankful for GingeroftheNorth who gave me a kickass turkey recipe today. This is my first year in charge of dinner, and her recipe should be great. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/19 "2002-11-27T20:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > I’m thankful for **RTFirefly** , who’s a pretty darn cool feller. I have to return the sentiment, **dan**. I’ve enjoyed your posts a great deal over the past several months. Keep posting! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036/20 "2002-11-27T20:11:54Z")
Keep posting? Oh sure, put the pressure on. Now I can’t think of anything to say. Maybe I’ll go all **Justhink** on everyone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-thankful-for-the-sdmb/139036.md?page=2)