# Thank you, tech team **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 25, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873 "2000-02-25T20:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/1 "2000-02-25T20:35:00Z")
I’d just like to extend a “thank you” to everybody who worked to get the message board up: We love you. You kick ass. Angels should flit about your heads and shower rose petals where you will step. May your servers always stay **up** and your lovers always go do…uh, you know what I’m saying. 😉 Anyway, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/2 "2000-02-25T20:44:00Z")
Ditto what Gaudere said. Just curious…did you keep a count of the emails you received asking about the board? ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/3 "2000-02-25T21:04:00Z")
Ditto! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/4 "2000-02-25T21:05:00Z")
And a third from UncleBeer. You guys are great. * * * _Here’s mud in yer eye!_ Yer pal, UncleBeer. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/5 "2000-02-25T21:05:00Z")
I’ll give more than a thank you. Wet, warm kisses to the tech team! ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/6 "2000-02-25T21:23:00Z")
You guys rock. Thank you! * * * “I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/7 "2000-02-25T21:31:00Z")
Kudos, kudos, and more kudos. (I was going through serious withdrawal there and was actually forced to do some real work) ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/8 "2000-02-25T21:55:00Z")
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 I’m very glad the board is back. Thank you thank you thank you. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/9 "2000-02-25T22:02:00Z")
I didn’t realize how much I counted on this board to get me through the day until it was gone for a week. Thanks from the low-post lurkers’ peanut gallery. Crackers and phreaks, grow up. * * * stoli Well, blessed is just about everyone with a vested interest in the status quo, as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/10 "2000-02-25T22:47:00Z")
And a big thank you, thank you, thank you from this corner as well. * * * JMCJ Give to Radiskull! ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/11 "2000-02-25T22:52:00Z")
Yeah, thanks. * * * “You should tell the truth, expose the lies and live in the moment.” - Bill Hicks ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/12 "2000-02-25T23:44:00Z")
Thanks guys you are the greatest, although my boss wouldn’t think so. * * * _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/13 "2000-02-26T00:03:00Z")
Hear hear, aye aye, ditto ditto. You guys kick ace. Thanks thanks and more thanks. Big time. * * * The Dave-Guy “Since my daughter’s only half-Jewish, can she go in up to her knees?” J.H. Marx ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/14 "2000-02-26T00:07:00Z")
So, were there actually two cases of beer sent to the tech guys? –John * * * Wo de qianzi shi Zhongwende. New keyboard, new mouse, and the Dope is back! All hail the computer gods! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/15 "2000-02-26T01:44:00Z")
Ditto to all the above - thank you, tech people, for putting our beloved board back up! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![docandjean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@docandjean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/docandjean)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/16 "2000-02-26T03:28:00Z")
More dittos. It couldn’t have been fun, but we’re all very grateful. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/17 "2000-02-26T04:48:00Z")
Thank you to the techs, and the mods, and the administrators, and Melin, and Ed, and Mike. And thanks to all the SD chat regs who kept me from going insane this past week. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. _Thunder’s just a noise, boys; lightning does the work._ --C. Brock ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/18 "2000-02-26T05:41:00Z")
Repeating the above: Bravo! Bravo! And echoing Kat, thanks to the mods, admins, Melin, Ed, and Mike as well. And just a quick addition: Thanks to the kind folks of the _Chicago Reader_ for putting up with all our shit and not saying “The hell with it” when the problems hit. If I lived anywhere near Chicago, I’d certainly be a subscriber. * * * _When someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles to frown. But it takes only 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head._ ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/19 "2000-02-26T07:07:00Z")
You don’t have to live near Chicago to subscribe. My copies are mailed. They arrive at the same time Cecil changes his weekly question. Very literate. Good criticisms. ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873/20 "2000-02-26T14:37:00Z")
Wonderful job, guys! Rose and I were actually searching for other UBB message boards to post to (oh, the shame of it!). This is THE board, as far as I’m concerned. Great job! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-tech-team/873.md?page=2)