# SDMB cited in Washingtonian magazine **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 2, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028 "2020-05-02T19:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/21 "2020-05-03T23:16:29Z")
I have heard rumors two or three times that Neil Young is lurking here sometimes. I don’t give them much credit, but It’d be damned cool 🆒. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/22 "2020-05-04T14:42:45Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > There was a poster here back in the day that used to be in a band that had a top-40 hit or two. I can’t remember the band (I wanted to say it was A-Ha, but pretty sure that ain’t it.). Not a band that was “big time,” but one that when you heard the name, you’d say “Oh, yeah, I know them.” > > Now this is gonna bug me all night. The users’s name was **aha** … the band was The Five Americans. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/23 "2020-05-04T14:49:14Z")
Thank you!!! I see now where I had “A-Ha” muddling in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/24 "2020-05-04T15:04:26Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Paul Levinson the sf author posted here once or twice when his stories came up in discussion. > > The Bad Astronomer also used to post here. I wish Phil would come back. > [@Wilson](#): > > The users’s name was **aha** … the band was The Five Americans. WESTERNNNNN UNIONNNNNNNNNN Jenny yourhumble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/25 "2020-05-04T15:42:20Z")
Or Hoo-ha, or whatever his name was. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/26 "2020-05-04T17:47:11Z")
Isn’t it great how much easier it is to do things now than it was 53 years ago? Back then it was necessary to send a telegram to break up with someone. Now you only need an E-mail. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/27 "2020-05-04T18:51:37Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Isn’t it great how much easier it is to do things now than it was 53 years ago? Back then it was necessary to send a telegram to break up with someone. Now you only need an E-mail. I can’t believe she broke up with me via Telex - it’s so rude. I always use semaphore - much more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/28 "2020-05-18T10:18:50Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Isn’t it great how much easier it is to do things now than it was 53 years ago? Back then it was necessary to send a telegram to break up with someone. Now you only need an E-mail. Email?! Dude, that’s like the Pony Express to kids these days. Nah, they break up with someone now via text or Snapchat or some such. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/29 "2020-05-18T12:24:49Z")
Well, yeah, but then I’m completely out of it these days. For that matter, they don’t even bother with writing something via text. That would require being able to write a complete sentence. They use one click to change their Facebook status to “Single”. The entire song would now go, “Bad news came my way. Dot.” ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/30 "2020-05-18T14:05:46Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Email?! Dude, that’s like the Pony Express to kids these days. Nah, they break up with someone now via text or Snapchat or some such. 😉 " Daddy, what’s a pony? " ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/31 "2020-05-20T13:19:48Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I bet **Dinsdale** doesn’t even remember that post.😉 As usual - the birdman is correct! Just saw this. Need to update my resume! (Pretty amusing!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028.md?page=1)