# that Stranger On A Train **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295 "2019-05-21T14:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/1 "2019-05-21T14:18:43Z")
Has anyone heard from \*\*Stranger On A Train? \*\*I enjoy and appreciate his comprehensive and thoughtful posts; I’ve missed him over the last month or so. I hope all’s going well. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/2 "2019-05-21T14:34:35Z")
huh… it’s been over a month since he was last around these parts. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/3 "2019-05-21T14:53:16Z")
I too have noticed his absence. I hope all is well and that he will return to us. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/4 "2019-05-21T21:15:32Z")
Since this is about a poster rather than the board, let’s move it to MPSIMS Colibri ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/5 "2019-05-21T23:33:40Z")
I ADMIRE people who do things… ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/6 "2019-05-22T09:52:55Z")
I thought he had been banned. Did I dream that? (apologies to \*\*stranger \*\*if I am wrong) mmm ETA: I now see he was merely [suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=864643&highlight=stranger) for 30 days back in October. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/7 "2019-06-03T23:59:44Z")
Isn’t he some kind of professor type? He sure writes like one. I would have figured he’s just preoccupied by end-of-school-year exams/events/et cetera and will return in a week or two. At least that’s what I’m hoping… Paging Dr. Stranger… –G! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/8 "2019-06-04T01:29:59Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > Isn’t he some kind of professor type? He sure writes like one. > > –G! Hes one of the most intelligent people here. I think his work was in aerospace engineering though. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/9 "2019-06-04T02:16:11Z")
Yeah, think he does consulting/contract work. He’s a smart guy who has a complete inability to disguise the contempt he has for anyone who disagrees with him, hence his warnings. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/10 "2019-06-04T02:20:28Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Yeah, think he does consulting/contract work. He’s a smart guy who has a complete inability to disguise the contempt he has for anyone who disagrees with him, hence his warnings. I don’t think he has contempt if you disagree in an intelligent manner. He does not tolerate _fools_. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/11 "2019-06-04T12:26:51Z")
Boy, I never sensed contempt - even tho we expressed different opinions on some things. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/12 "2019-06-04T12:47:48Z")
He’s a great contributor and I hope he comes back. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/13 "2019-06-04T13:59:52Z")
Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/14 "2019-12-14T02:28:27Z")
Another voice asking about Stranger. And John Mace. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/15 "2019-12-14T20:48:14Z")
I regret his absence. He was warned for things like calling other posters “fuckwit”. Nonetheless his posts were generally so full of information that maybe he could have been given a pass. Unfortunately, he was given four warnings and then suspended and seems to have taken his marbles and gone home. Pity. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/16 "2019-12-14T21:06:48Z")
I too wish he would come back. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/17 "2019-12-14T21:52:56Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > Another voice asking about Stranger. And John Mace. Last I heard they had some plot to kill each other’s relatives. Maybe it went bad. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/18 "2019-12-14T21:58:12Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Unfortunately, he was given four warnings and then suspended and seems to have taken his marbles and gone home. Pity. He was suspended in October 2018 but came back and posted frequently until April of this year, when he last posted or logged on. So the suspension doesn’t seem to have been the reason he stopped posting. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/19 "2019-12-14T22:41:29Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I don’t think he has contempt if you disagree in an intelligent manner. He does not tolerate _fools_. This is all well and good until you think it’s your place to define who is a “fool.” ‘Cos most of us in this country seem to define “fool” as “someone who disagrees with me.” ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295/20 "2019-12-14T23:01:08Z")
Well, on many occasions he obviously had better knowledge and his opinion should carry more weight. But he said the same dismissive shit in Marvel vs DC threads. He’d act like studying physical injuries made him a martial arts expert. Frankly, he suffers from a very obnoxious ego issue common amongst well educated and intelligent people. Not meaning to purely slag. He was a positive round here. But if you didn’t notice his frequent sneering attitude, that’s you not paying attention. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295.md?page=2)