# OK, so what have I missed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320 "2018-03-28T04:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/41 "2018-03-29T12:25:13Z")
Skaldy! ! ! :sniff: Don’t leave us like that no more! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/42 "2018-03-29T14:00:29Z")
Welcome back **Skald**! ---
**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:** [March 29, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/43 "2018-03-29T14:16:36Z")
Welcome back, **Skald**. The board is a much less lively place when you’re not here. How’re the kids? StG ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/44 "2018-03-31T13:29:21Z")
I don’t post any more, but pop by every few weeks when I have a few free minutes to check if anything is new. Very happy to see your name pop up. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Some people are good, some bad. It is entirely possible that I will throttle the next person who tries to “help” me by taking my hand or arm without permission. And I did end up telling some asshole to go fuck himself yesterday when he opined that I am clearly faking my visual impairment as I can make my way down the street using the white stick without further assistance. Reminds me of a friend of mine who has MS. She’s slowly found herself confined to a motorized wheel chair for moving around, and has made similar comments about “help” from others. On the bright side, she’s still extremely active, and not only travels the world, but runs a blog and a travel agency specializing in travelling for people with disabilities. I started reading her blog out of curiosity, and found that so many of her points were helpful and accurate when I was stuck in a walking boot for three months. Basically, some people suck. But some are awesome. And life is complicated. ETA: What’s new? Well, I ran a half marathon last Sunday. Pro-tip: It’s probably easier if you train. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/45 "2018-04-01T00:21:28Z")
Welcome back, Skald ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/46 "2018-04-01T01:24:29Z")
Legally blind? You mean you are illegally seeing this? Maybe we all sound smarter because a Stephen Hawking voice is reading our posts. Or, maybe a Stephen Hawking voice is now spooky. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/47 "2018-04-01T19:04:29Z")
Welcome back! Back when you announced your impending retirement, I pitted your eyes, but I guess you didn’t see it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/48 "2018-04-01T19:21:36Z")
Skald, welcome back! I know it’s too much to ask,\*\*\* BUT\*\*\*, I’m going to do it anyway. Is it possible to have one of your hypotheticals sometime? I’ll send you **cookies**! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/49 "2018-04-01T22:18:15Z")
Welcome back **Skald**! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/50 "2018-04-02T00:39:21Z")
Skald! 😃 Good to have you around, man. ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/51 "2018-04-02T01:38:58Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > And I did end up telling some asshole to go fuck himself yesterday when he opined that I am clearly faking my visual impairment as I can make my way down the street using the white stick without further assistance. One: So, uh, does he not understand that this is exactly what that stick is FOR? Two: As I learned from the first season of Peggy Carter, a man who walks around with a cane is a man who ALWAYS has a weapon in his hand. Welcome back, Skald. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/52 "2018-04-02T03:06:37Z")
Welcome back Skald! Though you don’t know me well, as I mostly just lurk, I have missed your posts. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/53 "2018-04-03T00:05:21Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > So what has been happening during my absence, Which probably began in May or June 2016 ? Anybody die? Get married? Go to prison? Escaped from prison? How much rage was there over the horrible events of November 2016? And so forth. Rhymers want to know. Welcome, Skald. …er…back… I was so disenchanted by your announcement that you were leaving that I decided to go to prison. I contemplated the hypothetical ramifications of escaping, but decided against it. However, now that your input can be gleaned from the Straight Dope again, I think it’s time to get out of here and encounter your thoughts on-line (you ARE going to continue participating, right? Please?]. The food is better on the outside – or at least has more variety than I can stomach from the canteen. “See” you (or your posts) around! –G! I’ve got an answer I’m going to fly away What have I got to lose? …–David Crosby (CSN[Y]) …Suite: Judy Blue Eyes …So Far ---
**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:** [April 3, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/54 "2018-04-03T03:30:07Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Skald, welcome back! > > I know it’s too much to ask,\*\*\* BUT\*\*\*, I’m going to do it anyway. > > Is it possible to have one of your hypotheticals sometime? > > I’ll send you **cookies**! You must be the Dark Side. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320/55 "2018-04-05T02:45:38Z")
Welcome home, Skald. Your Doper family has missed you sorely. But you have returned and now the world can once again spin in greased grooves. I have so much to tell you! Do you recall those wonderful Rottweilers that barked out radioactive bees that Rhymer Enterprises created for me? I’ve had great success breeding them and there is big ol’ pile o’money sitting in the bank with your name on it. I’d never forget my good friend Skald! How are the lovely Mrs. Skald and the Skaldlings? Those kids must be getting big now. It’s good to have you home. We have been lacking in both delicious recipes and mind-challenging hypotheticals. To give them their due, a few Dopers tried. But we all know, there is only one Skald the Rhymer. No one will ever be fooled by imitators. Damn it’s good to see you! Put your feet up. Stay awhile, won’t you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-have-i-missed/811320.md?page=2)