# Not leaving -- just taking a break **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929 "2000-04-14T03:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/1 "2000-04-14T03:23:00Z")
Hey all, I am taking a break from here for a while. I know, it’s just a message board but I need to distance myself from a lot of the stuff that is going on. Took steps to even take this and Opal’s board out of my favorites (sorry Opal, I like your board too, but too many SD related stuff is brought in over there.) Again, I am not leaving, just pulling myself away from this and probably chat. If I do get the urge I will probably hit the chat room. I don’t plan to even lurk. I did this with another board so this is not unusual, hopefully when I am comfortable enough to be back you will open your arms to me like that other board did. 1. Be nice to each other 2. Have fun 3. Know that I will be longing for the time I feel comfortable enough to come back 4. I will miss a ton of you 5. This has a lot more to do with my mental state than the boards in general…I will be starting back on my meds next week 6. Hugs to all that I have enjoyed in here, I will be back, just not sure when (makes ya wanna cry, like taking someone to the airport you care about and don’t know when you will see again) ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/2 "2000-04-14T03:28:00Z")
Well, you know me. I don’t usually go in for the love-fest stuff on here, but let me just say I consider you one of the real quality posters here, techhie, and I hope you return promptly. * * * “We are here for this – to make mistakes and to correct ourselves, to withstand the blows and to hand them out.” Primo Levi ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/3 "2000-04-14T03:33:00Z")
All right, that’s it! The artist-to-asshole ratio has become terribly lopsided lately, and this doesn’t help one bit. Next non-troll that tries to leave is getting hit with a alienation-of-affection lawsuit, I sware to ghod! In all seriousness, we’re gonna miss you, techchick68. Will you lurk if we promise to talk about you behind your back? 🙂 * * * Eagles may soar free and proud, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/4 "2000-04-14T03:34:00Z")
Hey Techie…I hope all goes well for you, and I’m looking forward to seeing you back here soon. I’ll miss you. Blue ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/5 "2000-04-14T03:36:00Z")
Oh, for crissakes, what next? Tech, stay. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/6 "2000-04-14T03:58:00Z")
Techckick, I **totally** understand where you’re coming from and what you’re dealing with (having been there [and still recovering] myself). Your mental health is the **most** important thing, and if you’re finding it too stressful here, you’re doing the right thing. I’ve come a long way these past few months and I know how much focus it takes to get well. Take good care of yourself and know that you have many friends, admirers and even casual acquaintances who will continue to have you in their thoughts until your return. * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank “Mom, he’s a neo Nazi! He’s a doctor also? Well…” - WallyM7 “Shayna… [one of] the most despised posters on this board.” As declared by WallyM7, on whose list I am most honored to be, no matter what it was a list of! ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/7 "2000-04-14T05:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Milossarian: > \*\*Well, you know me. I don’t usually go in for the love-fest stuff on here, but let me just say I consider you one of the real quality posters here, techhie, and I hope you return promptly. > > \*\* I agree, my friend. I’ll miss you a lot. Thanks for all your help, and I look forward to seeing you on here again soon. Take care of yourself. Read that book, and believe it. {{{{{{{{techchick68}}}}}}}} Sigh. I don’t like it, but I think I understand it. * * * You are more than a human being, you are a human becoming. Og Mandino That’s my name, not a description. I am neither purple nor a bear. Okay, so I’m purple.\ ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/8 "2000-04-14T11:05:00Z")
Take care techie, we’ll be waiting for you. * * * \*\* _Sigh_. So many men, so few who can afford me \*\* _Original by Wally_ _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-leaving-just-taking-a-break/15929/9 "2000-04-14T13:06:00Z")
I’ll leave a SCSI on for ya, techi. Come back soon. \< sniff \> * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing.