# 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:** 9
**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 12, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/162 "2021-10-12T00:30:32Z")
Hey, Mikey. I have missed you. PM me ---
**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 12, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/163 "2021-10-12T00:40:02Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Complete sentences! Woo-hoo, the @dropzone is back. > > I’m sorry about your MIL Seconding both parts of that. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/164 "2021-10-12T01:04:18Z")
!Like I said, she was 95. Not a lot oF shocking left. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/165 "2021-10-12T10:44:11Z")
I hope they’re keeping you warm enough Mike. Let us know if we need to send blankets. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/166 "2021-10-12T11:23:18Z")
Welcome back. We have been worried ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/167 "2021-10-14T04:39:59Z")
Well, _they’ve_ been worried. I never doubted you for a second. You may outlive the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/168 "2021-10-17T01:00:36Z")
Thanks for your overconfidence. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/169 "2021-10-17T01:08:44Z")
Welcome back! Not that you could really escape us. We’re like your alumni association. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Who hacked my account? > > 'Fess up Who do you think? The _Meezers_, Beck, the Meezers! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/170 "2021-10-29T20:24:27Z")
More hospital time. I’m sick of being not especially ill but flat on my back. ---
**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 29, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/171 "2021-10-29T20:36:59Z")
Hang in there. It’s sad that when we are tired we all look forward to lying around in bed for a morning/afternoon/day, but when you have no choice in the matter it is wall-crawlingly irritating. Do you have a spare tablet or the like you can use to keep yourself entertained? ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/172 "2021-10-30T00:48:02Z")
Oh. No. Hospital is horrible. Message me when you can. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/173 "2021-10-30T01:40:54Z")
I’m so sorry. Hospital beds suck. Now that I think of it, very little about being in hospital is good. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/174 "2021-10-30T01:50:11Z")
Sorry you’re back in the hell-spital. Hope you can get out soonest. Need us to send you a crowbar and a rope? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/175 "2021-11-06T17:40:58Z")
I wonder how @dropzone is doing. It’s been a week since he said he was back in the hospital. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/176 "2021-11-06T18:31:54Z")
I chatted with him a few days ago. He’s having trouble typing, he’s flat on his back for some reason. He’s down and struggling. I’m worried for him. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/177 "2021-11-06T19:53:29Z")
Thanks, Beck. I hope things improve for him soon. It sounds miserable. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/178 "2021-11-06T20:45:08Z")
They have me on “thickened water” to prevent choking, which is gross. Eating is unappealing. I can’t talk because of all the gadgetry plugged into me unless they plug in a tool that’s like a buzzer, but it reduces my oxygen input so I do without. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/179 "2021-11-06T22:33:04Z")
Good to see from you, @dropzone, but sorry you’re having such a hard time. That seems awful. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/180 "2021-11-06T23:07:58Z")
Thickened water - I just can’t imagine. Could they give you juice instead? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588/181 "2021-11-07T00:03:26Z")
Not even water. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588.md?page=10)