# in which i return at last **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238 "2006-11-29T19:54:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/1 "2006-11-29T19:54:34Z")
yay! i return to the dope as a bonafide subscriber after a year’s worth of lurking and laughing and crying: sad stories fun stories kittens cats gabriela sampiro mr bus guy so many more posters out there that i’ve enjoyed for so many months. they’re all mine to post to and about! life IS good. congratulate me… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/2 "2006-11-29T20:18:18Z")
Welcome aboard the Dope. Enjoy the stay. Besides diving what are your other interests? What part of the East were you from? Jim {How come I never make one of these new poster’s list?} 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/3 "2006-11-29T20:28:13Z")
Welcome back to posting **Scubaqueen**! We’ll be looking forward to your posts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/4 "2006-11-29T20:57:31Z")
i’m a long-ago transplanted new jerseyite from washington township, some ten miles out of the city or so (near westwood and ridgewood). i’ve been in indiana so long (god help me) i’m afraid going back east permanently would probably do me in. and i HATE friggin’ basketball!!! besides diving, i’m a big-time community theater person, doing as many as five shows a year either on stage or behind the scenes. the divemaster is a transplanted pennsylvanian (york) so we have something else in common. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/5 "2006-11-29T20:59:01Z")
Congrats on upping and welcome! You’ve lurked long enough so you probably know what’s expected. Feel free to have a seat while I call the handler… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/6 "2006-11-29T21:05:07Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Congrats on upping and welcome! You’ve lurked long enough so you probably know what’s expected. Feel free to have a seat while I call the handler… [/QUOTE] Is it time for the squid already? She might actually enjoy it; she loves to dive. Anyone know if the goat is back? ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/7 "2006-11-29T21:19:49Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Is it time for the squid already? She might actually enjoy it; she loves to dive. Anyone know if the goat is back? [/QUOTE] i heard about that goat… back. stay back - all of you! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/8 "2006-11-29T21:30:05Z")
Hey, **scubaqueen** , it’s okay. No worries. Just let me guide you right over here to get you out of the goat’s path… _runs for trapdoor lever and pulls it_ Okay, guys, on the show! ---
**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:** [November 29, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/9 "2006-11-29T21:30:52Z")
Welcome! I think the goat is Otherwise Occupied, it being close to Christmas and all. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/10 "2006-11-29T21:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Welcome! I think the goat is Otherwise Occupied, it being close to Christmas and all. [/QUOTE] yeah, i hear spray paint is a bitch to get out. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/11 "2006-11-29T22:06:19Z")
Maybe we can fix you and **Scuba Ben** up on a blind date. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/12 "2006-11-29T22:36:26Z")
Welcome **Scubaqueen**! I’m a [40° 2’ N, 86° 5’ W](http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html#INDIANA) man myself, by way of 41° 24’ N, 81° 51’ W (or thereabouts). ---
**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:** [November 29, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/13 "2006-11-29T22:36:57Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] \ Jim {How come I never make one of these new poster’s list?} 😉 [/QUOTE] Oh, waaah - try being a poster for over six years, with ten and a half thousand posts, and still never making anyone’s lists. But at least I’m not bitter, nosirree. Ahem - welcome back, **Scubaqueen**. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/14 "2006-11-29T23:17:30Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Oh, waaah - try being a poster for over six years, with ten and a half thousand posts, and still never making anyone’s lists. But at least I’m not bitter, nosirree. Ahem - welcome back, **Scubaqueen**. [/QUOTE] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/15 "2006-11-29T23:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] Maybe we can fix you and **Scuba Ben** up on a blind date. 😃 [/QUOTE] hee. that’s a very nice offer, **bibliocat** , but the dive master would probably NOT be amused. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/16 "2006-11-30T00:05:04Z")
[QUOTE=Scubaqueen] hee. that’s a very nice offer, **bibliocat** , but the dive master would probably NOT be amused. 🙂 [/QUOTE] We would. 😉 I never make any of these lists either. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/17 "2006-11-30T00:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=Scubaqueen] i heard about that goat… back. stay back - all of you! :eek: [/QUOTE] Oh, don’t worry, he’s a big ol’ softy. He doesn’t bite\*. He’s really quite gentle. Now, the squid on the other hand… - Unless requested to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/18 "2006-11-30T01:53:06Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] Maybe we can fix you and **Scuba Ben** up on a blind date. 😃 [/QUOTE] You called? 🙂 Tell all about your latest dive trips, **Scubaqueen** , and I’ll tell all about my time in June 2005 on a liveaboard off Belize. (_Belize Aggressor III_, I’ve got to go with them again some time!) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/19 "2006-11-30T02:43:12Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Oh, waaah - try being a poster for over six years, with ten and a half thousand posts, and still never making anyone’s lists. But at least I’m not bitter, nosirree. [/QUOTE] Don’t you worry one little bit. You’re on my _list_. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238/20 "2006-11-30T02:50:04Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Don’t you worry one little bit. You’re on my _list_. [/QUOTE] Psst. I don’t think he meant the “ignore” list. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-return-at-last/382238.md?page=2)