# Say good night, Gracie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-good-night-gracie/117961>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 8, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-good-night-gracie/117961 "2002-07-08T20:19:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-good-night-gracie/117961/1 "2002-07-08T20:19:03Z")

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Well, it had to happen.

Like a lot of other folks, the rising tide of Duties and Responsibilities has soaked even more of my ever-dwindling supply of free time, to the point where I’m getting only five hours of sleep at night. Coupled with the SDMB’s recurring lag, I’m going to have to drop out of the board and try to reclaim an extra two or three hours from my daily routine.

Since quitting cold turkey isn’t easy, I might drop in from time to time and lurk in the background. Sure, I could just post less frequently, but it’s too easy to just pop in for “just a minute” and have it snowball into another half-day session; so I’m going to ask the board moderators to deactivate my account and remove the temptation.

It’s been real, and it’s been fun, and it’s even been real fun on more than one occassion. Hugs to all the fun folks and kiss-offs to all the dim dinks out there. You know who you are – and if you’re not sure, flip a coin. 😉

In the words of [Wyld Stallyons,](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0096928) “Be excellent to each other and party on.”

Signing off,

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-good-night-gracie/117961/2 "2002-07-08T20:41:02Z")

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I’m so glad we had this time together,  
Just to have a laugh or sing a song.  
Seems we just get started and before you know it  
Comes the time we have to say “so long.”

[tugs her ear at rjung]

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-good-night-gracie/117961/3 "2002-07-09T13:29:27Z")

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Good night. Sleep well. Come back when you wake up, now, y’hear?

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-good-night-gracie/117961/4 "2002-07-09T15:54:37Z")

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Ok, I’m taking bets on when we’ll see RJ back on the boards again…

Five bucks for within 48 hours!

Some people just aren’t cut out for lurking!!

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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-good-night-gracie/117961/5 "2002-07-09T16:58:00Z")

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Shane! Come back, Shane! _Shaaaaaaane!_

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**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-good-night-gracie/117961/6 "2002-07-10T01:59:47Z")

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What? I’m going somewhere?

Goodnight Gracie!