# The SDMB members, M.I.A.??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066 "2000-05-10T02:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/1 "2000-05-10T02:08:13Z")
Is it just my imagination, or has participation of posting in MPSIMS dropped significantly in the last week? I know the board is going through some technical changes, but… [ul] [li]Where, oh where, have all the Dopers gone?[/li][/ul] Are they defecting to 3F? simply busy? hiding? I want the Straight Dope on the Straight Dope Message Board members, please. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/2 "2000-05-10T02:14:02Z")
I’ve been wondering where Dr. Watson went to… ---
**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 10, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/3 "2000-05-10T02:23:11Z")
He has been in Afghanistan, I perceive. Ooooh. Even _I_ winced at that one. Sorry, gang. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/4 "2000-05-10T02:40:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > He has been in Afghanistan, I perceive. > > Ooooh. Even _I_ winced at that one. Sorry, gang. > \*\* ::smacks Ike squarely upside the head with a mildewed copy of a 1965 Readers Digest Condensed Books:: Take that, Editor Man. Don’t think the pail of water balanced on the door has been forgiven or forgotten. {Truth to tell, it was an _excellent_ comeback, though.} Veb ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/5 "2000-05-10T03:57:02Z")
what’s 3f? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/6 "2000-05-10T04:57:25Z")
Fabulous Forums of Fathom, Cess. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/7 "2000-05-10T05:02:55Z")
Also known as \*\* 'OpalCat’s Forum. \*\* I still don’t know how to do links, but I do have this from the bottom of a post that I copied from there a little while ago. [http://fff.fathom.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000075.html](http://fff.fathom.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000075.html) Now, just picture it blue, and it’s \* close to being a link!! \* 😃 ---
**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 10, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/8 "2000-05-10T14:14:22Z")
(blush) Thank you, **Vebby.** I kinda miss **Elmer J. Fudd,** too. Remember his sig? **Elmer J. Fudd Millionaire I own a mansion and a yacht.** I always loved that. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/9 "2000-05-10T17:13:37Z")
Due to the fact that I’m sick of every page taking 30+ seconds to load on my home computer, I’m only reading the boards from work. My posting time, therefore, is cut in half. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/10 "2000-05-10T18:51:49Z")
I haven’t been posting to SDMB as much as I used to (not that I was ever listed on the favorite poster threads or “Who on the boards do you have a crush on?” threads ☹ ). Mostly, it’s because I’ve found other MB’s (not just FFF) that have caught my interest. It’s also partly due to the fact that some of my favorite posters haven’t been around as much, for various reasons. Also, it seems like there aren’t as many interesting threads on MPSIMS. Maybe it’s because they get thrown onto the second page so quickly that they don’t have time to develop. Maybe it’s because of the proliferation of serial posts taking up so much of the board (aha’s odes to the Administrators, “Have a new middle name assigned to you by C3”, etc.). Although I can understand why a lot of people really enjoy reading those & participating in them, they’re just not my cup of tea, so I don’t click on them. That’s about it. I stop by here to read every day, but I don’t spend nearly as much time here as I used to. ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/11 "2000-05-11T03:38:04Z")
[ul] [li]Where, oh where, have all the Dopers gone?[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Fonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Fonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fonz)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-members-m-i-a/19066/12 "2000-05-11T04:02:39Z")
Know who I miss? **Troll #3897** Where are you guy? He was before my time, but with a name like that on a board like this, he must have bull’s balls.