# Mike, @dropzone has been AWOL **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588 "2021-08-26T21:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/122 "2021-10-07T02:25:47Z")
Oh, I really like that idea. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/123 "2021-10-07T02:26:44Z")
I like that idea, as well. For the record, there is currently someone who would nudge me off-board if I was silent for a while. šŸ™‚ ---
**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 7, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/124 "2021-10-07T03:02:46Z")
Great news about dz. It may mean that heā€™s exhausted what Medicare will cover for nursing home stay. StG ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/125 "2021-10-07T22:07:52Z")
Thatā€™s good news! Iā€™ll admit that one of the first things I do when Iā€™m in MPSIMS is look to the date on the Memorial thread before going further, just to make sure that date hasnā€™t become more recent. _gulp_ Then I can scroll to read other threads. Stupid, maybe, but I do it anyway. You guys are my family away from family, even if I donā€™t participate much and spend more time lurking, youā€™re all dear to me. Okay, enough sappy-stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/126 "2021-10-08T03:20:34Z")
Awww. You my family too. šŸ˜Š ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/127 "2021-10-08T17:23:18Z")
Mikey is moving to a new place with ability to treat him with his respiratory problems. His daughter messaged me this morning. Heā€™ll have his devices to communicate this weekend. Iā€™m very happy. (Iā€™m very afraid, as well. Heā€™s gonna kill me about this threadšŸ˜³) ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/128 "2021-10-08T17:26:17Z")
Iā€™m looking forward to him being back with us - and chewing you out, Beck šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/129 "2021-10-08T17:31:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Heā€™s gonna kill me about this threadšŸ˜³) ā€œYou did WHAT!!! Well hell, next time you try dying of your dye-a-beet-us, just see if I call 911 on you!!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/130 "2021-10-08T18:07:59Z")
Oh good! ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/131 "2021-10-08T18:10:59Z")
@dropzoneā€™s coming! \< runs around with the vacuum cleaner \> ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/132 "2021-10-08T18:22:24Z")
Yā€™all never tidy up before _I_ drop in. ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/133 "2021-10-08T18:23:49Z")
You just donā€™t know what it looked like _before._ ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/134 "2021-10-08T18:25:04Z")
Now I feel ungrateful. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/135 "2021-10-08T18:46:23Z")
Iā€™m working on my alibi. Who hacked my account? 'Fess up ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/136 "2021-10-08T18:49:16Z")
I think Iā€™ll go back to my ā€˜evil twinā€™ excuse from earlier. I mean, no one knows what I look like, so how can you evaluate whether my evil twin does look like me? And for that matter, the dispute over which of us is the evil one is ongoing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/137 "2021-10-08T18:50:21Z")
Oh, god. Iā€™m gonna need a WPP. Anybody got the number to the FBI? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/138 "2021-10-08T18:50:45Z")
Well, when you donā€™t lock your screen when you leave your desk ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/139 "2021-10-08T20:58:30Z")
Letā€™s change the thread title to something like ā€œLetā€™s list all of the great things the Kardashians doā€ so he will not even bother to open the thread at all! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/140 "2021-10-08T21:20:56Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Well, when you donā€™t lock your screen when you leave your desk ā€¦ What, are you accusing Beck of being baaaaaaad, baaaaaaaaad, baaaaaaaad? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/141 "2021-10-09T02:01:45Z")
I read that thread. It was hilarious. Yeah. Thatā€™s it. DIL found my not-so-secret phone or my laptop and decided to play havoc with my online relationships because sheā€™s preggers and kinda neurotic at the moment. Sheā€™s scary. I dare not call her on it. šŸ˜® none of this is true, well except for scary, preggers DIL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588.md?page=8)