# Okay, I admit it I miss... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249 "2010-03-29T20:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/21 "2010-03-31T04:14:59Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > **Argent Towers** was [thread=552422]pitted [/thread] for recommending _Hogg_ to Curtis LeMay. There was also an interval name change, so he’s called **Tours d’Argent** in his posts, - the collateral damage started to involve **Agent Foxtrot** , so AT became Td’A. Unfortunately, the thread sounds more entertaining than it is - it’s mostly a wreck, and the upshot seems to be the loss of a solid Doper. I don’t think it was reccomending the book so much but then when **Curtis** told **Towers** that his ( **Curtis** ’s) parents probably wouldn’t approve it), **Towers** told him to lie and read the book anyways. Trainwreck ensues. Can’t say I blame him for wanting to take a break. (Even if that isn’t the reason he left) ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/22 "2010-03-31T04:18:55Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I don’t think it was reccomending the book so much but then when **Curtis** told **Towers** that his ( **Curtis** ’s) parents probably wouldn’t approve it), **Towers** told him to lie and read the book anyways. Trainwreck ensues. > > Can’t say I blame him for wanting to take a break. (Even if that isn’t the reason he left) Fair enough. I just hope he comes back before we have a armor-related crisis, or some other desperate need for medieval and renaissance paintings. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/23 "2010-03-31T05:41:18Z")
Somebody start a thread asking a question about Barry Lyndon. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/24 "2010-04-01T03:00:26Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Somebody start a thread asking a question about Barry Lyndon. Another of **Towers** ’s interests? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/25 "2010-04-01T05:45:21Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Another of **Towers** ’s interests? Google [“barry lyndon” " argent site:http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/](http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=%22barry+lyndon%22+%22+argent+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2F&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/26 "2010-04-01T18:28:38Z")
Maybe he should have stuck with that instead of _Hogg_. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/27 "2010-04-02T17:29:35Z")
Well I thought that he was a bloody good bloke myself, its a shame that he’s no longer around. Was he barred or resign or what ? I’ve been away for a while so I’ve not kept up. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/28 "2010-04-02T17:36:08Z")
Sorry to D.P. ,just read the Pit thread, it sounds like he was a trifle unwise but I still think that he’s a bloody good bloke. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/29 "2010-04-03T01:01:50Z")
While we are airing linens I think he is mistaken about Rhodesia. I still want him to come back to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/30 "2010-04-03T02:18:06Z")
Put me down for a couple of cases of “please come back”. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/31 "2010-04-03T10:47:52Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Put me down for a couple of cases of “please come back”. And bring some pie whilst you’re at it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/32 "2010-04-03T12:39:00Z")
The only thing I really remember about him is his obsession with that loathsome book. The only reason he stands out in my mind is that for a long time he brought it up all the time, even in threads it really had no connection to. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/33 "2010-04-03T13:52:17Z")
So I guess I’m the first to say good riddance? Argent was an annoying little snot who didn’t care that he was an annoying little snot, making him a hugely annoying snot. One of the few times the weasels at the snark board got it right. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/34 "2010-04-03T14:06:34Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > While we are airing linens I think he is mistaken about Rhodesia. I still want him to come back to the SDMB. Wow, I saw him mention Rhodesia once, in a rather odd way (sort in a “giving an example of a random country” way), and I had the feeling that he didn’t realize the implications in referring to Zimbabwe as Rhodesia. But a quick board search shows me that [he knew exactly what he was talking about.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=476202) Disgusting. I don’t miss him, and I felt that way before I found this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/35 "2010-04-03T14:42:40Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > The only thing I really remember about him is his obsession with that loathsome book. The only reason he stands out in my mind is that for a long time he brought it up all the time, even in threads it really had no connection to. Check out the glorious wreck of [thread=544874]Was Europe (1500-1789) a Black Civilization [/thread] by the late, great, Egmond Codfried. **AT / Td’A** chimes in around post 136 with a collection of portraits from the period. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/36 "2010-04-03T17:55:17Z")
I’m in two minds on the guy - on the one hand, we share interests like armour and the like (although he could be a bit of a smug prick about his “expertise”, it was only occasionally), on the other hand - he was an unrepentant recolonialist, and that just isn’t cool, man. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/37 "2010-04-03T21:22:33Z")
I echo \*\*Justin \*\*and **Kyla**. I think the board’s better off without him. ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/38 "2010-04-03T22:08:08Z")
I don’t remember reading **a single thing** hes ever posted that I agreed with, ever. I was often stunned at how misguided his ideas, philosophies, and approaches were. To me he reeks of youth, inexperience and naivete. That said, he was always respectful, calm and reasonable, and presented his ideas in a measured way. In that respect he displayed a great deal of class, IMV. I think hes earned the right to be here. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/39 "2010-04-04T02:25:16Z")
> [@raindog](#): > > That said, he was always respectful, calm and reasonable, and presented his ideas in a measured way. In that respect he displayed a great deal of class, IMV. You’re talking about _ **Argent Towers** _? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249/40 "2010-04-04T04:55:52Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Wow, I saw him mention Rhodesia once, in a rather odd way (sort in a “giving an example of a random country” way), and I had the feeling that he didn’t realize the implications in referring to Zimbabwe as Rhodesia. But a quick board search shows me that [he knew exactly what he was talking about.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=476202) Disgusting. > > I don’t miss him, and I felt that way before I found this thread. Wow. I knew he was “eccentric”, but that’s just sick. ETA: that Codfried thread was a hoot and a half. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-admit-it-i-miss/534249.md?page=3)