# The Island of Missed Dope time (Dec.25th, 2019) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432 "2019-12-27T03:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/1 "2019-12-27T03:02:56Z")
I nearly died of missing the misfits around here yesterday. As busy as my day was, I was lonesome for all you jerks. I kept going back and looking for the Dope. I’m glad you were all rescued. Safe and sound back on my screen. {{{Smooches}}} ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/2 "2019-12-27T03:43:56Z")
I, too, kept checking constantly! Bailey came home, and I couldn’t TELL anybody! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/3 "2019-12-27T03:46:46Z")
~VOW, so happy to hear Bailey is safe. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/4 "2019-12-27T04:50:52Z")
**Beck** , just be glad you weren’t around for the [Winter of our Missed Content](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=327773). You would have hated that! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/5 "2019-12-27T06:03:24Z")
_hugs the Beck_ I’d spent Christmas Day in Wisconsin, at my parents’ place, and was almost entirely offline until Thursday afternoon. I missed the outage entirely. But, we’re all back now! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/6 "2019-12-27T06:17:23Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > **Beck** , just be glad you weren’t around for the [Winter of our Missed Content](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=327773). You would have hated that! Oh yes, you would have hated that. And we lost quite a few Dopers who never returned. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/7 "2019-12-27T08:29:01Z")
Oh, yeah. I can imagine. I nearly absconded. (NOT)…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/8 "2019-12-27T08:45:46Z")
I couldn’t get home to the Midwest for Christmas, so it was just me and Vaya hanging out while I fought off an infection. The splash screen for routine maintenance will live on in my nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/9 "2019-12-27T08:46:48Z")
Lurked on GB a bit. Saw the relevant Dope Down thread. Didn’t get desperate enough to sign up. Got some housecleaning done instead. How did **JackieLikesVariety** get a join date of September 2022? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/10 "2019-12-27T16:24:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > How did **JackieLikesVariety** get a join date of September 2022? :dubious: : bounces excitedly : THE TIME MACHINE WORKED! THE TIME MACHINE WORKED!(WORKS? WILL WORK?) Glad we’re all back, **Beck**. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/11 "2019-12-27T16:30:09Z")
I’m glad to hear that Bailey (that tramp) made it home, **VOW**. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/12 "2019-12-27T16:32:38Z")
When I woke up with the Cats at about, IDK… the FIRST TINY LIGHT!!! of dawn, I went to turn on my laptop and read the Dope, my fingers were shaky. I got dizzy and sweaty, I may have PTSD. (:)) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/13 "2019-12-27T16:40:47Z")
I actually went outside and got some work done! It was freaky warm here yesterday, 62F. Much colder today. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/14 "2019-12-27T17:02:55Z")
The outage was a plan by **TPTB** so we would spend more time with our family and friends. My family and friends wish to speak with **TPTB** and it’s not to say “thank you.” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/15 "2019-12-27T19:44:22Z")
I’ve always thought a squirt-gun that shot jelly would be _Awesome!_ ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/16 "2019-12-27T21:51:11Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’m glad to hear that Bailey (that tramp) made it home, **VOW**. We are all glad, especially COTU#1 and COTU#2! Bailey is currently cowering and supposedly contrite. She is also now wearing a harness that is almost as tight as a tourniquet. Her toes have not turned purple, so it isn’t TOO tight. The other doggie, Ciroc, is very pleased his wayward sister is home. He was extremely unsettled all the while she was gone. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/17 "2019-12-27T21:53:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > When I woke up with the Cats at about, IDK… the FIRST TINY LIGHT!!! of dawn, I went to turn on my laptop and read the Dope, my fingers were shaky. I got dizzy and sweaty, I may have PTSD. > (:)) Nah. Hate to break it too you, but that’s not PTSD. Those are the symptoms of _withdrawal_. You is 'ddicted! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/18 "2019-12-27T22:20:37Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Nah. Hate to break it too you, but that’s not PTSD. Those are the symptoms of _withdrawal_. > > You is 'ddicted! > ~VOW 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/19 "2019-12-27T22:28:08Z")
Beck, you jerk, I was lonesome for you too. It was bad bad bad without you. ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432/20 "2019-12-28T01:27:58Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Nah. Hate to break it too you, but that’s not PTSD. Those are the symptoms of _withdrawal_. > > You is 'ddicted! > ~VOW See forum title at top of page. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-island-of-missed-dope-time-dec-25th-2019/845432.md?page=2)