# Not that it matters... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682 "2007-01-20T04:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682/1 "2007-01-20T04:24:28Z")
I miss you guys. Work has taken away my Og given right to Dope. I have felt the chasm that is the loss of the your wit and I shiver with the pain of the days to come. Lost and alone. No one to laugh derisively at the American Idol losers. My own voice echoing against walls of solitude as I cheer my beloved Saints. I feel all alone… Anyway, I miss you guys even if you didn’t even notice I was gone. I will try to log on from home more otten but change is a hateful bitch and I fear her. Yes, her… ::weeping into his Sam Adams Black with the Makers Mark shot gripped in his shakey hand:: (Hi **teela** if you’re out there. I have moved behind the Nob Hill off of Vineyard. Smaller but cool.) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682/2 "2007-01-20T04:58:05Z")
I’ve seriously missed seeing your nick around here, **«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™**. Good to see you back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682/3 "2007-01-20T09:47:01Z")
[del]You were gone?[/del]Where have you been? We’ve missed you. Anyway, I’m reporting your post to let the nods know about the duplicate threads. You’re welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682/4 "2007-01-20T09:48:52Z")
Just so long as I never have to type your handle… ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682/5 "2007-01-20T10:30:43Z")
Copy and paste is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682/6 "2007-01-20T13:25:45Z")
(the quote is from the other locked copy of this thread) > [@Captain\_C](#): > > I assume that straight dope is blocked from work? > > Google “proxy redirect”. You should find a few sites that you can use to still view the dope. If his IS department is sufficiently persnickety, that might REALLY solve his problem, by losing him his job. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682/7 "2007-01-20T13:38:26Z")
Hi, **Deep Fried**! (Ignoring use of all the umlauts). I did notice you hadn’t been around for awhile. I thought you got bored with all the SDMB bickering and repetitive threads and had vamoosed to some other board. I’m sure you noticed that someone gave the Board a 500,000 mile overhaul yesterday. We can now edit our posts and send each other private messages. I’m not sure I understand how that last one works, so you’ll forgive me if I test it by trying to send you one after I post this. Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-it-matters/388682/8 "2007-01-23T01:42:56Z")
I can’t believe how much has changed! Anyway, ya, we got a new supervisor for my production line who decided that having internet connections was an affront to all that is Holy. Freaking Biiatch… Not sure about trying any proxy redirects even though I am fairly tight with the guys in IS. I’ve been told that installing XP service pack2 is on the way, so I will see if they can forget to block me during the upgrade. I am usually logged into around 9 or 10 systems during a normal day, so how hard could it be to forget on just _one_ of them? Thanks for the hellos. It kinda feels like slipping into some comfy old shoes, except they have big fancy shoelaces or something. ( **teela** , i tried to reply.)