# So what did you do without the dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665 "2002-09-19T23:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DarkBrigade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@DarkBrigade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkBrigade)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/21 "2002-09-20T02:16:14Z")
I left my connection active and refreshed every ten minitues until about three AM local time; hoping that it would suddenly return and I could get off my dreadful low. Wrote a book report in between my refreshes and realized how bad other message boards are. I’m glad that SD is back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/22 "2002-09-20T02:45:28Z")
I spent the time getting in horrible fights with dear friends. It was great! ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/23 "2002-09-20T02:49:29Z")
Had to spend time actually doing stuff at work. 😉 Actually I ended up lurking a lot at other boards and spent entirely too much time on ebay (at home) much to the detriment of my bank account. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/24 "2002-09-20T02:49:54Z")
So what did I do? [ul] [li]I went to the other boards that I frequent (the Unaboard, Twinstuff, Bonehead of the Day Award, Fathom…)[/li][li]went over here a few times to see if it would load… alas, it did not[/li][li]went to a birthday dinner, where we spent five hours at Red Robin’s (woo!)[/li][li]bugged a bunch of people on IM[/li][li]read a few books[/li][li]phoned a few people[/li][/ul] F\_X ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/25 "2002-09-20T02:55:04Z")
You know, the name “Straight _Dope_” is beginning to take on a creepy irony here… ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/26 "2002-09-20T02:56:23Z")
Unaboard and snopes. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/27 "2002-09-20T02:56:48Z")
I went and read the _Page O’ Flames_, but I did so while eating and got a bean lodged in my sinus cavity somewhere from laughing with a mouthful. [sub]Dammit… baked friggin’ bean in my nose![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/28 "2002-09-20T02:58:10Z")
Worked! :eek: And spent some long overdue time at FFF. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/29 "2002-09-20T04:01:26Z")
I got to lurk more than usual at Ars Technica Open Forum (I wander around there when the SDMB is slow). I got a good laugh over their thread on [public proposals for rebuilding the WTC](http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=34709834&m=7570938335&p=1) - some very odd proposals (“I propose building a Birthing Stadium I shall call a Birtharium”) on the CNN site. While at Ars, I also learned about > **[Google News](https://news.google.com/topstories?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en)** > > Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News. How did I miss this gem?? I bought some furniture. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/30 "2002-09-20T04:13:04Z")
I actually sank to gasp! _working_ at the office (between checking to see if SDMB was up yet). At home I reverted to my other addiction, CIV3. Of course, I _should_ have taken advantage of the downtime to catch up on the housework… ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/31 "2002-09-20T04:47:37Z")
And unfortunately, the blackout had to come during a slow point in my work, so I couldn’t even do that. I wrote a few more plot summaries for [imdb.com](http://imdb.com), then went over to [howstuffworks.com](http://howstuffworks.com) and learned how cars run. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/32 "2002-09-20T05:43:07Z")
Let’s see… Read a _lot_ of Cecil’s columns. 🙂 Made blinis and ate them with cheap caviar. Yum. Checked my e-mail a _lot_. Researched hotels for January’s NYDopefest. Yay! Played some Diablo II. Brushed my cats. Watched a few movies (Rob Roy, The Siege, Reindeer Games, and Saving Private Ryan). That’s about it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/33 "2002-09-20T06:21:08Z")
Spent time at Fathom. Read a couple of books, including Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Lathe of Heaven to see how it was better than the recent A&E movie it inspired. Played a lot of the _Empire Earth_ RTS computer game…kicked a lot of ass, but only after having my ass kicked around for a couple of hours first. Planned out a round-the-world trip in _Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002_ using a Beechcraft King Air 350. Flew the first three legs, which went from Hillsboro to Salt Lake, then to Wichita Kansas, then to Charleston, West Virginia. While the plane was in flight, I had Microsoft Word opened in another window and worked some more on my novel. Tried to ignore the terrible withdrawal symptoms I was experiencing, with limited success. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/34 "2002-09-20T07:39:10Z")
Played a lot of games at the Shockwave site - my favorite at the moment is Dynomite Grim ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/35 "2002-09-20T07:54:44Z")
I worked on my custom figurines. I managed to finish my “Dr. Anton Phibes” and “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.” I would have started on Lenin’s Crypt, but I didn’t have enough plastic. Aside form that, I’ve been building unholy implements of destruction in my flight simulator, which is going to support combat in a few months. I think I built the first working Main Battle Tank in a flight simulator. And they said it couldn’t be done… Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/36 "2002-09-20T07:57:24Z")
I studied. I got drunk. I hate to say it, but I’m thinking I was better off without it. ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/37 "2002-09-20T08:26:56Z")
I began a new relationship with a real-life human being. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/38 "2002-09-20T09:38:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chula \* > \*\*I hate to say it, but I’m thinking I was better off without it. \*\* Ouch. This one is a candidate for that “unspeakable truths” thread that got mercifully killed by the Big Gulp (or whatever we’re calling it). I got a lot of sleep, read books, and actually interacted with people for a while. I felt great. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/39 "2002-09-20T10:38:00Z")
The site was down? I was away at an Army FTX since Tuesday, so I missed the whole thing… Jman ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665/40 "2002-09-20T10:48:03Z")
I was over at Fathom too and became strangely obsessed with wolverines and sniper towers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-you-do-without-the-dope/128665.md?page=3)