# Thanks SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985 "2001-09-12T02:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/1 "2001-09-12T02:04:34Z")
Yep, no doubt about it, today sucked. In the worst possible way. This message board however, provided a place to get information, exchange thoughts and even lend a hand. I know it doesn’t put dollars in the bank, but it counts for something. Thanks to all of you at the SD for moderating and just for a great place to hang out when life gets shitty. (I am not trying to kiss any butt just really tryin’ to show my appreciation for this community and all those who rose to the occasion today.) Peace (soon, I hope) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/2 "2001-09-12T04:31:37Z")
Thank you, and 99 and 44/100% of all you Dopers out there, for making it so damn easy. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/3 "2001-09-12T04:53:30Z")
Thanks from me too. This board supplied the only information I could get on line this morning-- all the news sites were tied up something awful. I had a radio on, and ended up in front of our lecture hall screen, but the human contact this board provided was a great help. Not to mention the IMs I got from Dopers. I am glad this place is here. ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/4 "2001-09-12T07:47:13Z")
I’d like to add some huge kudos to the mods, too. I think they did a _stellar_ job keeping sanity reigning here today. There were a lot of stupid/nasty threads that got shut down before they could inspire even more bad feelings. I’ve always supported the mods, but never more than today. ---
**Author:** ![grayhairedmomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@grayhairedmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grayhairedmomma)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/5 "2001-09-12T13:54:46Z")
It was incredibly comforting to come here yesterday when I couldn’t get in touch with my family and friends. I know that I’m not well known on the board but it still provided comfort to be able to have contact with familiar people in even such a passive way as reading their comments. I also would like to thank the moderators for their quick action on the hateful threads that were starting to spring p. I hope that this continues throughout this ordeal. I hope that if it is found to be true that Osama Bin Laden was responsible, that the members of this board keep in mind that not everyone from the middle east shares his anti-american sentiments and **DO NOT** deserve any harassment. Let this be the ignorance that we all fight together. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/6 "2001-09-12T16:17:27Z")
Thanks, everyone. We appreciate your votes of confidence in our actions, as well as your help policing the boards. I received numerous e-mails from members that fall in one or both of the categories above. It’s people like you that make this job easier and worth the effort. Slàinte! Prosit! Skol! Cheers! Salut! Pick your favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/7 "2001-09-12T16:44:47Z")
How about “Salaam”? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/8 "2001-09-12T17:01:38Z")
Okay. One salaami on rye with mustard and muenster comin’ up. You got time to eat that here, or do you want it to go? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/9 "2001-09-12T20:27:15Z")
and a belated big thank you from me. When the news first hit, I was in my alternate reality, all I knew was that some one’s head popped over the cubes (kinda like a prarie dog), and said “a plane hit the World Trade Center”. For the next while, I tried to get in at news sites. Nada. Finally tried the SDMB, assuming that if there had been any significant event, I’d hear all about it there. and it unfolded before my eyes. I left there, early, so I could go where I could listen to the news. Thanks to one and all, and especially big hugs/kisses to the mods for keeping the lid on (when things this big happen, I fear the reaction). But, all in all, (ok, a few ‘nukem-alls’ aside), it’s been rather heartening, (especially the apologies in the Pits and the pro-gun folks in GD - nuff said). now, if only the local yahoos would settle down (there was a run on gas last night) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/10 "2001-09-12T21:25:29Z")
Ya know, Jerry and the tech staff deserve a big round of applause, too. The fixes he put in a few weeks back certainly stood the test of fire yesterday. This site was moving along pretty damned well in spite of the large increase in traffic. I saw a few other message boards shut down because they were overloaded. Thanks guys! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/11 "2001-09-12T21:36:00Z")
YOu’re absolutely correct sir. Big wet kisses to **Jerry** - please pass it along to ‘the guys’, ok?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/12 "2001-09-12T21:40:53Z")
Yep! A big thanks to **Jerry and the Tech Staff**!!! Kisses!! Kisses for everyone! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/13 "2001-09-12T23:27:51Z")
**Unc** , nothin’ personal but neither you _nor_ **Jerry** (or **Czarcasm** , for that matter) are gonna get a big, wet, sloppy kiss from me. Nothin’ personal. 😃 That said, thanks to the Mods and the tech staff (esp. Jerry!) for all the hard work. It’s appreciated. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/14 "2001-09-12T23:46:24Z")
Damn! Howzabout a butt-pinch? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/15 "2001-09-12T23:53:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*Damn! > Howzabout a butt-pinch? 🙂 \*\* [sub]well… maybe. Who’s butt. Yours or mine?[/sub] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/16 "2001-09-12T23:54:24Z")
Smooches. Big, nasty, sloppy, gloppy smooches. With tongue. Or a beer, your choice. I’m not offended either way. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/17 "2001-09-13T00:00:32Z")
I’m willing to compromise. If I buy the beer, will you bring the smooches? ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/18 "2001-09-13T00:44:07Z")
You drive a hard, but fair bargain, **Czarcasm**. I’m willing to be compromis…er…compromise, that is. Meet in the middle, I mean to say. Suddenly everything I say is fraught with innuendo. I’m going back to MPSIMS before someone finds me over here. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/19 "2001-09-13T02:18:31Z")
**Nymysys** , you are busted! I sure hope you’re back to MPSIMS before **FairyChatMom** gets home… And to the mods, admins, and Jerrys, (and Cecil, of course)a big bunch of sloppy e-kisses from me, too. I can’t imagine yesterday _without_ the SDMB. I was also watching the number of others on the boards and although it was slow at times, you guys kicked butt! [sub]Only e-kisses from me, kiddos, I’m very married and we wouldn’t want to cause Mr. Ruby any undue concern, now would we?:)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985/20 "2001-09-13T02:25:38Z")
Thanks for the support, guys. It’s much appreciated. I hope you and your families are doing well: suddenly, posting from the apparently safer Amsterdam feels like an incredible luxury. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985.md?page=2)