# Time to hang up the jackboots **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542 "2006-10-15T17:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/1 "2006-10-15T17:10:57Z")
Yep, I’m stepping aside as a mod. There’s no juicy, scandalous reason so disappointed conspiracy theorists must be satisfied with faked moon landings. It’s been a blast and I’ve enjoyed the hell outta the gig. But five years is a good run and this will give me some extra time to take care of _stuff_ that I’ve successfully procrastinated for ages. Like actually finishing my dining room, though I’ve become rather attached to the scaffold that’s loomed in the middle of the room for a mere (gulp) half-decade. Besides, I kept telling myself that work (the real job that pays the bills) would settle down. HA! Now _that_ was a rosy little delusion. Work pressures have increased, if anything, and it’s gotten harder and harder to carve out enough time to do a decent job of modding. I’ve had to take too many temporary hiatuses as a mod to cope with work emergencies and projects. That isn’t fair to the board, the members or my stellar, long-suffering co-mods. Grim reality just finally slapped me right upside the chops, damnitall. Enough denial, already. This will feel _very_ strange for a while because I’ve really loved modding here. But it’s just TIME, damnit; enough feeble excuses and rationalizations. Here’s the bullet; gotta bite it. The Dope and Dopers are a genuine hoot and deserve my best, not just make-do-and-hope-it’s-enough gasps. I’m not leaving, just stepping aside, so this isn’t farewell. For anyone who hates my fascist guts (and where the hell _were_ you when my rank for Pittings stayed in the damned cellar, hmmm), I will still be posting so neener, neener. Hot damn. ::light dawns, however belatedly:: I may be able to post just for fun now once in a while! [sub]And as a feeble last act, I posted this in The Pit because it’s about the board and because it was (sniffs) my forum, so it’s where most folks would logically look for it.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/2 "2006-10-15T17:12:34Z")
[Parting shot] You suck and I always hated you. [/Parting shot] ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/3 "2006-10-15T17:17:39Z")
Well, you always struck me as one of the more balanced mods. Good to see you’ll still be posting though. Now fucko off! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/4 "2006-10-15T17:34:29Z")
Damn Veb, sorry to hear it. I always liked you (sorry about never Pitting you, but I just couldn’t). But welcome (back) to the Boards, plain-old-poster **TVeblen**! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/5 "2006-10-15T18:15:25Z")
sorry to hear. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/6 "2006-10-15T18:27:36Z")
Who’s going to ban me now? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/7 "2006-10-15T18:31:13Z")
So, do you have to give the coffee mug back? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/8 "2006-10-15T18:33:46Z")
I won’t Pit ya, since five years in Cecil’s Dungeon is probably punishment enough. . . . And _please_ don’t mention unfinished dining rooms! (At least ours lacks the scaffold.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/9 "2006-10-15T18:38:22Z")
Clearly, this is Bush’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/10 "2006-10-15T18:52:19Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Clearly, this is Bush’s fault. [/QUOTE] Bush did everything he could, but the seeds were sown in the Clinton Administration. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/11 "2006-10-15T19:02:29Z")
So, is this one step closer to joining the leisure class? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/12 "2006-10-15T19:08:32Z")
Well, Veb, as one of your favorite unfavorites, I look forward to interacting you as a non-mod. Here’s hoping that the old cliche is reversible, and that a reduction in power will bring about a corresponding reduction in corruption. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/13 "2006-10-15T19:11:13Z")
sigh. interacting [_with_] you. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/14 "2006-10-15T19:11:26Z")
Thank you for your hard work. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/15 "2006-10-15T19:37:14Z")
It is often said that a person’s true worth is not appreciated until they have gone. Well, now you’re going and we appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/16 "2006-10-15T20:34:17Z")
A roast! I love a good roast. Whoa, that was quick, did you notice that? It no longer says MODERATOR under her name. The last time I saw a title disappear that fast, Floyd Landis was pissing in a cup. Seriously though she was a great mod. And a hard worker. Just this summer she spent two whole weeks building a Tinkertoy that can tap an F5 key. No, I kid. Really. And it’s sad, she actually tried to quit five months ago, but Zotti kept insisting on a cite. What’ll we do without Veb, though? More importantly, how’s Frank gonna fit into a Size 8 Jackboot? ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/17 "2006-10-15T20:40:21Z")
So when will the tell-all book be released? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/18 "2006-10-15T20:56:06Z")
You know how retirement is. I give you three months before you’re giving warnings out to your family and banning your cat for trolling. Seriously, thanks for doing such a thankless job for this long. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/19 "2006-10-15T20:59:41Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] Here’s hoping that the old cliche is reversible, and that a reduction in power will bring about a corresponding reduction in corruption. [/QUOTE] Speaking strictly as a non-mod… piss off, **lissener**. God, that felt WONDERFUL! ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542/20 "2006-10-15T21:14:59Z")
I blame gay marriage. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-up-the-jackboots/376542.md?page=2)