# Support for matt\_mcl **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094 "2003-05-05T00:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/21 "2003-05-05T07:43:59Z")
**matt** , you don’t know me, but I love your posts and your site, and wouldn’t mind knowing you better! You’re a great guy and I hope everything turns out for the best for you. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/22 "2003-05-05T10:35:07Z")
**Matt** , I haven’t posted before because I haven’t known what to say. I still don’t, but I’ll give it a shot. You are one of my favorite people here. I love your wit, your strength, your wisdom, and your fun. Look, speaking as someone who’s also tried to be everything to everyone while being nothing to herself, please do take care of yourself, too. I still have a great deal to learn from you, and I look forward to doing so. You can e-mail me if you need to; for that matter, you can call me if you need to. Look, you’ve got an adoring wonderful man up there who wants to take care of you, pamper you, and generally love the daylights out of you. If you don’t take him up on it, _I’m_ likely to, despite the odds! 😃 Be well, and, if you don’t mind, I’d like to call you “friend”. CJ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/23 "2003-05-05T10:39:24Z")
Forgive my ignorance, but what is Esperanto? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/24 "2003-05-05T11:26:18Z")
The universal language. The problem is that hardly anybody knows that. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/25 "2003-05-05T11:34:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Man With The Golden Gun \* > \*\*Forgive my ignorance, but what is Esperanto? \*\* I believe that since “fighting ignorance” is our theoretical goal here, that anyone ignorant and asking for both forgiveness and enlightenment will be automatically forgiven!😃 Esperanto is a “manufactured” language, meaning that it didn’t spring up and work into general geographical use like English, Spanish, French, Russian, etc. Rather someone (I’m sure Google could tell you who) sat down, and made up a language that was designed to be easy to learn. The idea is that if everyone in the world learns Esperanto, then there will be no language barrier! I, myself, have always thought it a great concept. Now to the OP, **matt** , I always enjoy your posts. Smart, funny, logical, caring people like you are what attracted me to the SDMB in the first place! This is the only message board I’ve ever joined (which is probably why my coding sometimes sucks 🙂 ). It has been my experience, dealing with illness in my parents, that God gives us all the strength we need to get through a situation. Sometimes He calls this strenght “Friends”. I know you have a lot of them right here. We love you and will do anything we can to help. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/26 "2003-05-05T11:45:05Z")
**Matt** , I don’t think we’ve ever had occasion to interact, other than, perhaps, a passing joke, but I’ve read and admired many of your posts. So, FWIW, you have my strongest support. You’re definitely one of the good ones, around here. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/27 "2003-05-05T11:47:52Z")
This makes me feel a whole lot better, folks. You don’t know how much I appreciate it. 🙂 I’ll probably be thinking of this thread a lot today in the hospital. Thanks, Dopers. {{dopers}} Matt p.s. Punha, best of luck on your speech! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/28 "2003-05-05T12:19:23Z")
Matt, you are a darling. You made me feel welcome when I joined although I’m sure you didn’t know that. I feel a warmth in my heart for you like I would for a brother. Please take care of yourself, and don’t hesitate to lean on us if you need it. I will always be available for you. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/29 "2003-05-05T12:28:50Z")
Just an isolated echo, sitting here close to the edge of the world. **Matt** , you’re one of the coolest elements to the SDMB, a poster with always something interesting, insightful to say. You utterly never cease to amaze this on-looker. What has been said before needs to be said again – make sure _you_ have just as much support as you’re offering your father. You are wonderful. Take care. ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/30 "2003-05-05T13:41:00Z")
Hi **Matt** , again you probably don’t know me either but I have read a lot of your posts and I like ya!!! As do so many others it seems… I’ve been where you are now in terms of serious parental illness and I know how it feels… my thoughts and hopes and prayers are with you now … take care of yourself {{{{{{{{ **Matt** }}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/31 "2003-05-05T14:34:24Z")
Take care of yourself Matt. You’ve a hard head and a soft heart, which I admire. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/32 "2003-05-05T15:08:55Z")
Matt, I’ve always admired you. May you be strengthened and lifted up. WRS ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/33 "2003-05-05T15:32:13Z")
**Matt** , your strength and character have been inspirational to us all. If you need to lean on us for a while to get thru this most difficult of times, please take what you need. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/34 "2003-05-05T15:47:30Z")
**Matt** , you are truly an inspiration. My thoughts are with you. ---
**Author:** ![Potter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potter)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/35 "2003-05-05T16:23:28Z")
I just thanked the other thread so had to pop back in here to say thank you all so much. Matt just called from the hospital where his father’s doing a little better; I’ve been reading him posts from this thread and they definitely seem to be helping him keep his spirits up. Your response has been fantastic, I’d be here all day if I tried to respond or thank you all personally. Cheers, loves. He’s worth all this and so much more. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/36 "2003-05-05T16:24:34Z")
I have nothing to add here except “ditto.” So, ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/37 "2003-05-05T16:32:45Z")
I’d like to pop in and say that despite his own troubles, I appreciated that he tried to lend a little happiness to me when I started a Pit thread last week decrying the 'phobes in my home state. Thanks and best wishes, **matt**. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/38 "2003-05-05T16:45:42Z")
Best wishes to you and your family matt. I’ll echo what oters have said here, and say you have always been one of my favorite posters here. My thoughts are with you. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/39 "2003-05-05T17:23:40Z")
Matt, you are much beloved and cared for here, and I join the others in saying how much your kindness and understanding, wit and knowledge make the SDMB a place I love to come. I don’t think we have interacted much, but I’m always glad to see your posts! I also know what you’re going through, having been through the illness and death of my own father, and my daughter as well. I am offering prayers that this time will be as easy as possible on you, and that your father has an easy journey. Take care. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094/40 "2003-05-05T19:28:05Z")
Thanks for the answers on Esperanto. I had seen it mentioned here a few times and always wondered what it was. Sounds like an interesting concept. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-matt_mcl/173094.md?page=3)