# What's the longest you've gone without reading SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755 "2003-08-17T11:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/21 "2003-08-17T23:15:27Z")
I usually read it every day, occasionslly I’ll skip a day if I’m busy or tired. Earlier this summer I went about a week and a half without reading it while I was on vacation. I also didn’t read the SDMB at all when I went to Washington DC a couple months ago. It was probably about 6 days or so. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/22 "2003-08-17T23:57:44Z")
Four days when the power went out in January due to an ice storm. I was cold, bored _and_ without my daily dose of the SDMB. It was hell, I tell ya! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/23 "2003-08-18T02:51:02Z")
In late 2000, I took a couple of months off, just to see if I could. Then a little while after I came back, the board crashed and I didn’t bother to sign up with the temp board. Since then, the longest I’ve been off is about three weeks when I was in the hospital this summer. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/24 "2003-08-18T05:24:44Z")
I didn’t read it most of March and April. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/25 "2003-08-18T17:56:43Z")
A week and a half, when I was on vacation once. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/26 "2003-08-18T19:12:12Z")
Looks like I’m winning! lol ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/27 "2003-08-18T21:49:17Z")
Seven or eight months, back in late 1999 if I remember correctly (a few months after I joined). I got in a dust-up with somebody (in GD or the Pit, don’t recall) and I left in a huff. Actually it was a minute and a huff. 😉 Seriously, I was so pissed I just lost all interest. (I’ve tried looking back to see what happened, but the messages don’t seem to be around any more.) Anyway, eventually something happened to re-pique my curiosity, and I’ve been back since, with a much mellower attitude. During this latest stretch, the longest break I’ve had was I think seven or eight days at least twice, for vacations during which I was traveling without web access. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/28 "2003-08-19T02:31:25Z")
A week or two in January or February, I guess. It took me a while to get hooked after joining up in December of '02 and I had other boards to keep me busy anyway. Since getting snared, maybe a day or two every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/29 "2003-08-19T02:52:33Z")
four months. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/30 "2003-08-19T02:55:38Z")
The 49 days I was at BMT was my longest drought. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755/31 "2003-08-19T03:12:47Z")
Well, there was a long lapse when I only had dial up access, ‘cause Day o’ Hell is just too damn slow. Since I’ve been really active though, probably 10 days while on vacation. I had the DT’s after day 4. Wasn’t pretty. Well, some of the spiders were kind of pretty, but the way they kept dancing up my arms was creepy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without-reading-sdmb/195755.md?page=1)