# QuickSilver? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569 "2019-03-26T17:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/1 "2019-03-26T17:03:46Z")
I saw an old post by **QuickSilver** and though that I hadn’t seen him around recently. So I clicked on his profile page. His last activity was 06-10-2018, when he made [this post](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21013047&postcount=2114): > [@](#): > > Looks too much like a spaceship. I guess I’m more of a fan of the GT supercar, i.e. Aston Martin, Maserati, Ferrari (F12/FF). > > BTW, I borrowed a friend’s Lotus Elise for a day. Very fun car. I hope I’m not putting two and two together and getting five… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/2 "2019-03-26T18:13:20Z")
Nah, he’s fine. Or was as of a couple weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/3 "2019-03-26T18:20:09Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Nah, he’s fine. Or was as of a couple weeks ago. Oh, okay. Good to hear! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/4 "2019-03-26T21:08:18Z")
I suppose some elaboration is due. As some may have worked out, a convergence of significant life events in the Summer of 2018 found Q in one of life’s traffic circles. Initially he was determined to negotiate his way through with rational deliberation and purpose. However, traffic circles can be frustrating and soon his freer spirits took over and by Mid August the fates found him flirting with Rock Bottom in what is generously described as a “sketchy” establishment near Southern Maryland. He has never fully accounted to me his dealings, and as a gentleman I haven’t pried, but it is clear the universe has bestowed upon him a rare opportunity to engage his three principle passions: Fast cars, good wine, and sailing. To date his ports of call include Lisbon, The Azores, Monaco, Buenos Aires and, curiously Seychelles which is conducive to neither vines nor spirited driving. At any rate, I am confident I have not divulged overmuch his dealings, and can say with confidence he wishes the very best to all SDMB members. And by “all” I mean “most.” Which is to say, he numbers many, well, several of us in his prayers. The names of three, he admits to moaning in his “prayers” beneath the inky night skies of the Indian Ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/5 "2019-03-26T21:25:02Z")
That sounds pretty cool! He will, no doubt, one day return to regale us with stories about the various sea creatures he encountered on his travels. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/6 "2019-04-27T00:43:40Z")
Nothing nearly that interesting, I’m afraid. Just needed a break. As luck would have it, I am planning another short sail in the next couple weeks or so. There will be wine and spirits once anchor is set for the night. I’ll almost certainly speed on the drive to the marina. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/7 "2019-04-27T03:30:59Z")
Sounds like you’re on the right tack and have the wind in your sails. Just remember to clean the poop deck! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/8 "2019-04-27T06:18:13Z")
Yay! It’s good to hear from you. You have been missed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/9 "2019-04-27T13:00:16Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Yay! It’s good to hear from you. You have been missed. 🙂 Thanks. It’s largely due to my relatively small target profile. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/10 "2019-04-27T16:53:31Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Thanks. It’s largely due to my relatively small target profile. Yanno, **Kopek** owns a couple of cannons; one doesn’t need to be quite as accurate when firing a cannon. :eek: Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/11 "2019-04-28T16:25:45Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’ll almost certainly speed on the drive to the marina. “Almost” certainly? Who do you think you’re kidding? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/12 "2019-04-28T19:15:09Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > “Almost” certainly? Who do you think you’re kidding? 😃 I’ll race you. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver/831569/13 "2019-04-28T20:49:16Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Sounds like you’re on the right tack and have the wind in your sails. Just remember to clean the poop deck! Homer Simpson: [“Is the poop deck really what I think it is?”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlK-sljDI0A)