# What's your longest absence from the board?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 26, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003 "2010-07-26T02:00:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003/21 "2010-07-27T22:25:59Z")

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Okay, who is the joker that selected ‘Never been on the SDMB’?

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003/22 "2010-07-28T02:51:53Z")

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There was a period of a year or so when I was too busy falling in love and whatnot to spend much time here. I’m back now though.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003/23 "2010-07-28T03:40:52Z")

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> [@kushiel](#):
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> Okay, who is the joker that selected ‘Never been on the SDMB’?

Some guy you never heard of.

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003/24 "2010-07-29T01:43:42Z")

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Logged in again after a month.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003/25 "2010-07-29T12:20:23Z")

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Don’t know exactly. Went in the hospital and was gone for several weeks.

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**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003/26 "2010-07-30T14:51:02Z")

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Never measured the time but I’ve been absent when travelling abroad, also sometimes threads and posts seem to get in to a "same old, same old"rut and I have a few months rest for boredom relief.

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**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003/27 "2010-07-30T14:53:34Z")

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Afghanistan for almost a year and internet access was sketchy (go figure).

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-absence-from-the-board/548003/28 "2010-07-30T15:29:29Z")

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A month and a half or so, back when Ed started involving himself in what goes on here.

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