# The final Skald the Rhymer thread...until the next one \[updates\]. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594 "2016-08-02T23:49:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/61 "2016-08-03T04:35:39Z")
You will be missed. Maybe your wife could post once in a while to let us know how you are doing. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/62 "2016-08-03T04:48:32Z")
I’ve always enjoyed Skald’s polls. Always surprised me and often makes me laugh at the hypotheticals he comes up with. They do have software for the visually impaired. We have it in the student labs at my work. It reads and speaks the words from web pages, pdf’s and word docs. It’s been a big help for some of our students. Hope at some point we hear from Skald again. You’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/63 "2016-08-03T05:15:37Z")
**Skald** , I recall one very humorous yet touching reply from you to one of my posts. Don’t ask me which; that doesn’t really matter. What matters is that you brought a lot to this board–in hypotheticals, yes, but in so many other ways too–and you will be missed. Perhaps Mrs. Rhymer can help you from time to time with the SDMB. Regardless, good luck with the surgery, and know that I am wishing you the best for a good outcome. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/64 "2016-08-03T05:50:58Z")
Thank you, **Skald** , for your contributions here. I have enjoyed them, and you. I will miss you. _ **We** _ will miss you. _“Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/65 "2016-08-03T05:52:44Z")
… and, yes, I hope the surgery and procedures go well. Keep seeing the light. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/66 "2016-08-03T07:42:41Z")
Best of luck with the surgery **Skald** and enjoy your family and life :). You’ll certainly be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/67 "2016-08-03T07:47:46Z")
Shade and sweet water, **Skald**. And many songs. ---
**Author:** ![Port\_Royal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Port\_Royal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Port_Royal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/68 "2016-08-03T08:13:01Z")
Oh Skald, you will be missed so much. Best of luck on Friday. I hope that eye doc can do something for your vision. Enjoy the best of times with your family. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/69 "2016-08-03T08:48:34Z")
Good luck with the op, and do look into screen reader and voice typing tech. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/70 "2016-08-03T09:43:55Z")
I have hope that medical advances may bring you back to us, vision restored one day. Until then, auf wiedersehen Skald. It’s been unique. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/71 "2016-08-03T10:04:11Z")
I’m keeping my fingers so, so crossed for you. We zullen je missen en ontzettend bedankt voor alle briljante bedenksels van dat coole brein. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/72 "2016-08-03T10:14:01Z")
I rarely participated in them, but always thoroughly enjoyed reading your threads. I’m so sorry that you have reached this point in your journey, and I wish you endless luck on the path that you now follow. There is no doubt that you will be missed tremendously. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/73 "2016-08-03T10:19:25Z")
_**"Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange."**_ Fare thee well, good sir, and go with our grateful thanks. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/74 "2016-08-03T10:24:24Z")
All the best **Skald**. You will be missed. I hope that the surgery goes well, and that your eyes hang in there as long as possible, and that you can make the most of every day. [QUOTE=Gandalf] _All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us._ [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/75 "2016-08-03T11:50:25Z")
May Athena be with you. And may you and your sweet family enjoy every minute together. For a long time. And I will miss you. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/76 "2016-08-03T12:05:48Z")
Good Luck to you. I hope that the surgery goes well. The dope will not be the same without you. Be well, Skald. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/77 "2016-08-03T12:14:00Z")
So sorry you won’t be active here but wish you best of luck and strength on the next stage of your life. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/78 "2016-08-03T12:32:04Z")
First of all: best of luck with the surgery. My prayers are with you. Secondly, I am going to go out on a limb and point out that my Mom’s macular degeneration made her blind, but she was able to use a product called JAWS to navigate the computer screen by voice. Obviously you need to do what’s right for you and your family, but I’ll just say that I am not entirely sure we’ve heard the last Skald hypo. A loss of vision does not necessarily mandate a loss of Dope. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/79 "2016-08-03T13:10:09Z")
I refuse to accept this. I demand that the universe restore Skald’s vision. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/80 "2016-08-03T13:14:46Z")
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