# Taking a break from here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2000, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463 "2000-06-25T08:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/1 "2000-06-25T08:33:24Z")
I can’t handle the lame crap that people whine over, specially when I am trying my best to help the board heal from a frightful event that shook so many. So I am taking some time off of here for a while. I may be in chat but this has set me off where I can’t handle being over here without feeling like I have done something wrong. I love you all that appreciate what I did to help with Wally’s memory. So, I will be available via email and will post the Vegas shirts as soon as I get them done. \< tears \> God damn it I don’t need this shit right now! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/2 "2000-06-25T08:42:51Z")
{{{{{techchick}}}}} I posted this to you in the Pit thread, but I’ll repeat it here. Would Wally want you to let these putzfuckers win? Would _ **he** _ let them win? I don’t think so. (Addendum to original) Do take some time away if that’s what you need to help you through this grieving process. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/3 "2000-06-25T08:49:46Z")
What? 😕 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/4 "2000-06-25T08:53:58Z")
I just asked Lynn to lock that thread so you don’t have to put up with any more abuse, techie. She said she would take care of it, no problem. I wish the maggots would stay _inside_ the woodwork where they belong. Putzes! ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/5 "2000-06-25T08:56:22Z")
Shayna I really must commend you on your performance in that thread. Wally would be be proud. 😉 Techie, sounds like you could use a break, but hope you’ll be back soon. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/6 "2000-06-25T09:11:09Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t handle being over here without feeling like I have done something wrong. What is causing this feeling, Liz? Am I missing something 😕 ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/7 "2000-06-25T09:20:18Z")
techchick…please don’t stay away too long. Peace, TN\*hippie ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/8 "2000-06-25T09:36:36Z")
Oh sweetheart, you did a great thing by that banner. You know it’s not buggin anyone’s puter out. Blow the sockies off, and take some time off to relax. You still kick ass, and I hope you won’t be away terribly long. I hope to see you in chat 🙂 -Sam ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/9 "2000-06-25T09:38:53Z")
Oh, I just saw that pit thread. Don’t let it get to ya, ok. You went outta your way to do something nice. There’s always gonna be some asshole to buck the status quo–which is you did a great job. Ignore him/her. Turn that frown upside down. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/10 "2000-06-25T10:21:13Z")
Thanks everyone, I am trying hard to get my ass to bed but I am upset and feeling like I could pull all of my hair out of my head. I didn’t want to post but felt I should. I can’t sleep for shit right now! > [@](#): > > Oh sweetheart, you did a great thing by that banner Thank you GaWd but I don’t feel like that anymore…all I feel is that I fucked up with it and well that’s how I feel right now. I still feel as though I did something wrong. Most of you know I have been on edge lately, and this whole episode just makes me feel like shit. I can’t help it, I still feel like I did something wrong. Like what I did was wrong, even if it wasn’t I can’t explain it. I know Wally would would have given choice words to get rid of the negatives, but I am Liz not Wally. I am me who doesn’t usually get upset over things but given so many of the things that are going through my brain, this is what is up… I have to be away for a while. I have taken it out of my favorites and am about to take out my IRC client… I have to do this…if I am this upset over a thing like this then I need a break. It’s that simple. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/11 "2000-06-25T10:54:46Z")
Rest up, kiddo; take all the time you need, but just make sure you come back, okay? I feel badly because maybe some poorly chosen words of mine inadvertantly set off part of the reaction. My reference to post count was an effort to point out that the _only_ way we have to know one another is by what we say here. Familiarity is the only way to read between the words; quirks of style, “that’s where X is _really_ coming from”, etc. The point is that you’d expressed a lot of overwork, stress and upset even before Wally died. You were already working on a project, gratis, for the Dopers, and then the grief hit on top of it. I’m trying to give most of the banner critics some slack; not for their behavior, but for not realizing the context their criticisms fell into. (Handy is the exception. It cuts both ways: he’s a reg and has no excuse.) Anyway, you are much valued here, techchick. But take care of yourself first. Everybody needs downtime once in a while. Let those frayed nerve ends heal up a bit, but keep in mind how highly we think of you while you’re resting. All the best to you, Veb ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/12 "2000-06-25T11:11:06Z")
Sorry Liz. You’ll be sorely missed around here and in chat. Please don’t cut us off of Email, ok? I want to keep in touch 🙂 -Sam ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/13 "2000-06-25T11:21:52Z")
Oh Techchick, I am so sorry that some people are such jerks. Just remember that 99.9999999 % of us have no problem with the banner, in fact we love it. As for the rest, fornicate em. (is that acceptable in MPSIMS ?) Techie, if you need a break, take it, but come back to us soon , we’ll miss you. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/14 "2000-06-25T11:22:02Z")
I’ll miss ya, but if this is what you feel you need to do, go on and do it. Take care of yourself, you seem to be one of those caring people who take care of everyone else first. Thank you again for being such a valuable member of our board. Tracy ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/15 "2000-06-25T12:12:05Z")
I’m sorry that some assholes did this to you. you break yourneck producing a beautiful memorial, and it seems like a couple of oozing pustules just can’t _help_ pissing in your Cheerios. Jealous bastards. You’re right: If this is making you stress this much, you need a break from this place. Go to some other sites, get out of the house, breathe some fresh air, go party. And come back soon, m’kay? ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/16 "2000-06-25T13:25:08Z")
Finally going to sleep…night all, and well, see you in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/17 "2000-06-25T13:36:27Z")
Techie, Please come back soon. Love, Rose ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/18 "2000-06-25T13:45:49Z")
\*\*Techie[b/] Thank you for your time and trouble please return soon. I appreciate the memorial to Wally and think that it has given the board a more humanitarian face. To me it shows that there are real people out there with real stories , this is in my opinion ‘a good thing’ ---
**Author:** ![Nika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nika)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/19 "2000-06-25T13:56:01Z")
techie I think you did a beautiful job with the banner. Amy thought it was wonderful and it is a nice reminder of someone so special to you. I am sorry that people are being such jerks. Please see that you are better than that. I am sure Wally thinks so. Don’t stay away too long. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463/20 "2000-06-25T15:14:15Z")
I will make it a point to take a day off from work and treat techie to a fine lunch. We’ll talk. She’ll be back in no time, she loves this place. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-here/23463.md?page=2)