# So long folks .......... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315 "2004-04-22T00:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/1 "2004-04-22T00:25:19Z")
This time tomorrow, I’ll be gone … Actually, I’ll only be gone for a month - off to Africa again. I certainly have the world’s weirdest job. The office calls be at 7 this morning “Are you free to travel tomorrow?” “Sure, I’ve been sat on my ass for the last six weeks waiting for you to call” “OK, we’ll just book your ticket” So, I might not be posting for the next four weeks. Have fun without me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/2 "2004-04-22T00:31:59Z")
North? Central? South? East? West? Madagascar? Any particular parts or combinations of? There’s an awful lot of there, there. Say hello to the Serengeti for me, if you are out there. And what kind of job do you have where you can take off on a moment’s notice? And how can I get in on this? And would you bring me back a keychain? (Just kidding, I already have one from South Africa - it’s a wire lizard with tiny faux gemstones wrapped in for eyes and the body. Pretty thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/3 "2004-04-22T00:50:12Z")
If you should happen to run into [Mr. Austin Wemba,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242804&highlight=Austin+Wemba) give him my regards. May your trip be successful and pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/4 "2004-04-22T02:04:40Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > This time tomorrow, I’ll be gone … When I did the scroll over, my jaw about dropped. When I clicked on the thread, I was very relieved. Have a good time ( if that’s possible, since you will be working. ) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/5 "2004-04-22T02:50:05Z")
Please verify that Kilimanjaro does indeed rise like Olympus above the Serengeti. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/6 "2004-04-22T02:58:52Z")
Have a safe trip ! ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/7 "2004-04-22T05:40:57Z")
Man, I want a job like that. ☹ Have a lot of fun. Think of us little people you left behind. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/8 "2004-04-22T07:12:16Z")
_Whew!_ Don’t scare me like that. Have fun over there, and don’t get sunburned. I wish I could go with you; haven’t had the pleasure of visiting that continent yet. I will want to hear all about it when you get back, at the next Austin Dopefest. Or San Antonio. Or D/FW… or Houston… Or whichever one I can get you to. 🙂 {{{{{Tapioca Dextrin}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/9 "2004-04-22T07:38:30Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Please verify that Kilimanjaro does indeed rise like Olympus above the Serengeti. **Tapioca** will be FAR too busy blessing the rains to carry out your foolish geographical request! Also, there’s the little matter of scoring with Rosanna Arquette … oh, wait, wrong video. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/10 "2004-04-24T07:40:13Z")
Keep your alarms tight and here’s hoping for no CIRC problems. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/11 "2004-04-24T07:59:08Z")
If you’re in the Western part of Africa, log in and offer us a lock-box of cash held by a security company in Amsterdam for a nominal fee! I would imagine the responses may just make it worthy of a sticky. Be safe. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/12 "2004-04-26T18:09:13Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > If you’re in the Western part of Africa, log in and offer us a lock-box of cash Actuall, I am in West Africa, but in Gabon, where Mr. Wemba and company aren’t particularly nuerous. There is one slight problem being in Gabon: my oil rig is in Guinea Bisseau. Which is a diiferent country. Which is a bit of a problem. Not for me though - I just have to sit here and drink beer 😃 ps I can verify thqt Mt. Kilimanjaro dose rise frok the Serengeti - at least the last time I looked. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/13 "2004-04-26T21:40:34Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > Actuall, I am in West Africa, but in Gabon, where Mr. Wemba and company aren’t particularly nuerous. There is one slight problem being in Gabon: my oil rig is in Guinea Bisseau. Which is a diiferent country. Which is a bit of a problem. So how do you like Gabon? Are you hanging out in Libreville, POG, or somewhere else? (I could understand your oil rig being in Equatorial Guinea, but Guinea-Bissau seems a bit of a stretch.) > [@](#): > > Not for me though - I just have to sit here and drink beer 😃 So which do you prefer, _Castle_ or _Castel_? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/14 "2004-04-27T06:17:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > So how do you like Gabon? Are you hanging out in Libreville, POG, or somewhere else?So which do you prefer, _Castle_ or _Castel_? I like it here in POG. Nice and quiet, good food. As for the beer, it _has_ to be Regab. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-folks/241315/15 "2004-04-27T15:17:48Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > I like it here in POG. Nice and quiet, good food. As for the beer, it _has_ to be Regab. Actually, Regab is my beer of choice too - except when I think another one of those big bottles might be overdoing it just a little. (In my line of work, I usually have to get up at 5 AM.) I haven’t spent any time in POG. Most of my time has been in Gamba, Rabi, or camped in the bush further afield (Petit Loango and a swamp near Mt. Doudou). Even quieter, except for the elephants.