# Retiring from SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310 "2017-06-06T21:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/1 "2017-06-06T21:28:45Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/2 "2017-06-06T21:32:08Z")
“Oh my God! They’ve shot him.” – “Hotlips” O’Houlihan ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/3 "2017-06-06T21:32:17Z")
Mods can you remove? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/4 "2017-06-06T21:32:40Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > I first joined this board in 1999 as a high school student. Over the years, I have posted many stories and opinions. Some has been true, much has been exaggerated, some has been > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro I’m guessing you didn’t get to finish your post, and hope you come back to finish it (I’m already missing you, no joke) but…this was a pretty funny error. “Some has been sent from my iPhone…” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/5 "2017-06-06T21:49:06Z")
> [@even sven](#): > > Over the years, I have posted many stories and opinions. Some has been true, much has been exaggerated, some has been …a trifle premature? Or maybe **dude robert** ’s monsters got her. :eek: \*You don’t get to “retire” from the SDMB. It’s like the Cosa Nostra. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/6 "2017-06-06T21:57:12Z")
Wait, we can retire from the SDMB? Please tell me there’s a pension. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/7 "2017-06-06T22:01:29Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Wait, we can retire from the SDMB? Please tell me there’s a pension. It’s underfunded. Best you can hope for is a chip or two from a generous mod’s coffee mug. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/8 "2017-06-06T22:01:51Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Wait, we can retire from the SDMB? Please tell me there’s a pension. No, but the goat will make unannounced visits in the middle of the night. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/9 "2017-06-06T22:26:02Z")
Is that a reason to retire or a reason to stay? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/10 "2017-06-06T22:28:29Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Mods can you remove? Wait, you’ve been here since 1999, and you don’t know that mods don’t remove posts/threads by request? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-from-sdmb/788310/11 "2017-06-06T22:35:18Z")
I think we’ll close this and let our OP try again, if she’d like.