# Thanks, y'all. Goodbye. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722 "2009-10-14T00:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/1 "2009-10-14T00:21:19Z")
I began to lurk on the SDMB sometime about October or November of 2001. I signed up in July of 2002 in order to make my first post: a hearty agreement with those blasting the handling of the 2002 baseball All-Star Game. This is my last post. In between that post and this post, I’ve had some good times, some good arguments, some good socialization, and also some bad of all the preceding. I’ve spent most of my time in the Pit and GD, with occasional excursions elsewhere, and it’s always been good - something I felt was worthwhile. While I’ve never pretended to be Mr. Nice Guy, I’d like to hope that I’ve been perceived as Mr. Reasonable Guy. I spent some years as a mod in IMHO, another experience with both good will and good ill involved. I appreciate it, both for what I was able to do for the board, and for what the board felt I was able to do. I’ve very much enjoyed my time here. I think it should be apparent that someone who has read this board almost every day for eight years and posted on this board almost every day for seven years does, in fact, enjoy being here. For some months, I have been balancing two things: 1st) my absolute enjoyment of being a reader and poster on the board, and 2nd) my absolute annoyance that the board performance is worse, by far, than it has ever been. For some months, I have spent over half my time on the SDMB clicking and reclicking and reclicking to read - the board, a forum, or a post; losing replies and new posts and losing new threads; losing searches. I’m no longer interested in the latter. So long. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/2 "2009-10-14T00:23:43Z")
I’d like to encourage you to check back here every few months. It might take a miracle to get this place running like a normal message board, but stranger things have happened. Hope to see you again in the future eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/3 "2009-10-14T00:25:18Z")
Good Luck and best wishes. Stop back once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/4 "2009-10-14T00:29:05Z")
Noooooo! I named my firstborn son after you! Well, not really after you specifically, but we did name him Frank. And I’ve always admired you here as a poster. Adios, and take care. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/5 "2009-10-14T00:40:04Z")
Happy travels. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/6 "2009-10-14T01:03:03Z")
[Brandon De Wilde/] SHANNNNNNNNE! DON’T GOOOOO, SHANNNNNE! [/Brandon De Wilde] ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/7 "2009-10-14T01:12:32Z")
Hopefully we’ll see you again sometime in the future… Or run across you on a splinter board. Who knows? But take care, Frank. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/8 "2009-10-14T01:12:44Z")
Bye. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/9 "2009-10-14T01:37:31Z")
That game last night really tore me up, too. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/10 "2009-10-14T01:43:43Z")
**Frank** , I’m pretty new and I don’t know shit from shinola, but I really enjoy this cyberspot, even if as you describe, it is a very frustrating messageboard due to seemingly easily resolved technical issues that site admin cannot seem to rectify. I’ve enjoyed reading some of your stuff since I’ve been around lo these hoary couple of years, and I can’t understand why you feel you need to stop posting/visiting. There’s simply too much entertainment value/knowledge/good debating 'round these parts to let it go. I share your frustration in the board’s performance, but I really wonder why you would suddenly just up and leave after so many years. But to each his own. Here’s to hoping you change your mind. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/11 "2009-10-14T01:49:07Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Bye. Do you have to blather on like that? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/12 "2009-10-14T02:10:04Z")
Good luck \*\*Frank \*\*and enjoy. Hope you find a happy new Internet home. Thank you for pushing for the Game Room so we sports fans and game players would have a home on the dope. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/13 "2009-10-14T02:21:02Z")
Well, Frank… geez. I suppose I’ll just let some music tell my feelings. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wxrWz9XVvls/hqdefault.jpg "Dr. Strangelove") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWz9XVvls) … I’ll miss you, and I hope I’ll see you again. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/14 "2009-10-14T02:29:54Z")
Gee, Frank, I’m really sorry to hear this. You’ve been a part of the place for so long, I’m so used to seeing your name about the place. We haven’t interacted much, but I always found you to be reasonable as a moderator. I totally get where you’re coming from. The poor performance is exceedingly vexing. Worse yet, there is no longer any illusion that anyone’s hearing the complaints or acting on them. And, in fact, there is no point complaining to anyone if you’re not going to believe what they tell you in response. It just all sounds/smells like they’re always shining us on. It only leads to more frustration, why bother! I wish you happy trails, my friend, maybe we’ll see around the intrawebs sometime! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/15 "2009-10-14T03:30:44Z")
Well, sorry to see you go. Hope you find someplace that you enjoy as much and has better performance. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/16 "2009-10-14T04:05:59Z")
The Straight dope paperbacks were awesome. Then came teh interwebs. I found this site and have been left feeling a bit sympathetic with Ted Kaczynski. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/17 "2009-10-14T04:30:10Z")
I just hope this sends a signal to someone that things need to change around here. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/18 "2009-10-14T09:10:26Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I just hope this sends a signal to someone that things need to change around here. I don’t think it will. I think they honestly think they are doing the best they can. Plus, it seems a lot of people experience far worse performance than others. Or are far more bothered by a five minute outage once a month. (At least, that’s what I get.) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/19 "2009-10-14T14:12:42Z")
Bye Frank, I certainly don’t envy you. I hate getting to know new people all over again. That’s what I like about this place. You guys are comfortable; like an old, smelly, tattered shoe. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722/20 "2009-10-14T14:23:30Z")
In my experience, most people who write goodbye posts eventually come back. The truly unhappy people just disappear never to be heard from again. What really don’t understand is how board performance \> friends someone made on the board. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-yall-goodbye/513722.md?page=2)