# Where did everyone go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 1999, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853 "1999-10-22T06:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maitlandish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Maitlandish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maitlandish)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/1 "1999-10-22T06:25:00Z")
Aaack! I stop reading the board for a month or two or three and when I return, I see no familiar names! Has the board completely converted to a new generation, or is there anyone out there who remembers who I am? peace out. Maitland ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/2 "1999-10-22T06:37:00Z")
Shit howdy! Do I remember you… no. I don’t. Do you know me? No? Well, then, hey (flinging out her hand) I’m Byzantine and I’m a poster! ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/3 "1999-10-22T07:40:00Z")
Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m a man of wealth and taste… Pleased to meet you! Hope you get my name… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Lanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@Lanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanna)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/4 "1999-10-22T08:44:00Z")
Mait! How’s college n stuff? I’m not recognizing many names, either. Of course, that’s probably because I haven’t been here since, um, a month or so after it opened… ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/5 "1999-10-22T11:39:00Z")
Nice to meet you Mait and Lanna ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/6 "1999-10-22T11:52:00Z")
I’m still here. Michi4 from the old board and at the SDMB NG. * * * “Love given when it is inconvenient is the greatest love of all. Kindnesses that are shared at a high cost to oneself are the most dear.” Don’t know who said it, but I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/7 "1999-10-22T12:10:00Z")
Howdy! I have no idea who ya are, but how ya doin? Hang out in MPSIMS long enough, and you’ll see me, even if you don’t want too! 🙂 * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/8 "1999-10-22T12:10:00Z")
While I’m here, has anyone seen WallyM7? * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/9 "1999-10-22T12:44:00Z")
Hi Mait and Lanna, it’s me, Kitten8808 from the old board. There are a few of us oldies still around. * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/10 "1999-10-22T13:05:00Z")
Progress is change 🙂 What goes around comes around. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ## There was an old man from Nantucket… . . . . . . . I’m sorry, what were we talking about…? “Well, roll me in eggs and flour and bake me for forty minutes!” [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/main.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/11 "1999-10-22T13:05:00Z")
Satan said: > [@](#): > > Please allow me to introduce myself. > I’m a man of wealth and taste… > > Pleased to meet you! Hope you get my name… You wouldn’t be looking for sympathy, would you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/12 "1999-10-22T13:18:00Z")
the old names are still here; I see them now again. I don’t post that often so I never assume anyone knows my name but since my internet access was killed over the summer (my parents moving killed our access to a cable modem, and the new house had phone lines crossed with someone else. . .) I couldn’t even lurk for several months ☹ when I got back to college, my internet was back. . . and the names changed here. But here’s the thing: I have absolutely no idea as to how to become a recognizable name here. There are so many posts, so many forums. . . to actually be able to post enough to be a recognizable name seems to require more hours of attention than are in the day. . . alladvantage must love these people 🙂 Seriously; even on days when I have no classes, I can’t get through even MPSIMS or GQ (whichever mood I’m in); and I do speedreading drills for policy debate! How do you all do it? * * * “I’m just too much for human existence – I should be animated.” –Wayne Knight ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/13 "1999-10-22T16:10:00Z")
Hello, Maitland. There’s still a few of us old dogs by the fireplace. ---
**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:** [October 23, 1999, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/14 "1999-10-23T05:05:00Z")
I’m still here. ---
**Author:** ![Maitlandish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Maitlandish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maitlandish)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/15 "1999-10-22T23:57:00Z")
Phew! I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and lost for a moment there. Kinda like when you walk into the wrong class. Not as though I have any experience with that sort of thing . . . Anyhoo, nice to meet you all, and nice to see some familiar SNs. I have a feeling that I will probably not register as a reg to those of you who are newer than I because I’m so busy now with college that I think I’ll hardly have time to post. But, in my prime, back in the day, I would post quite often. _hobbles over to rocker by fireplace_ Yes, when I was your age . . . Love, Calculus Girl - able to perform mathematical functions at the push of a button! ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 1999, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/16 "1999-10-23T04:43:00Z")
Welcome back, Mait! I guess I must have started after you left, because I dont’ remember you. Still, it’s nice to have another Kentuckian around. * * * “I’m not conceited. Conceit is a fault, and I don’t have any faults.” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 1999, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/17 "1999-10-23T05:37:00Z")
Omigod! Mait’s in college! Hey, you GO, girl! ::looks around for cane again:: -Melin ---
**Author:** ![Maitlandish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Maitlandish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maitlandish)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 1999, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/18 "1999-10-24T07:18:00Z")
Hey, Melin, you’d better look around for that branding iron too . . . I always managed to elude the infamous reg brander before 😉 You didn’t know I was in college? I’m rather surprised because I bragged all about it because I’m going to MIT. (Yeah, I rock, I know.) But thanks for not remembering anyway because it gave me a chance to brag about it to all of the people who didn’t see it before. 😉 again! peace out. -M ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 1999, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/19 "1999-10-24T07:21:00Z")
heheh satan, i dont know how many people here have sympathy for the devil 🙂 * * * Chief’s Domain - [http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi](http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi) ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 1999, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853/20 "1999-10-24T13:20:00Z")
There is quite a turnover, even in 30 days. Get used to it. Also, if you are gone 30 days, or even 2 weeks, it takes an effort to jump in the pool again. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-everyone-go/9853.md?page=2)