# Where's Bricker? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862 "2018-12-29T06:25:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/1 "2018-12-29T06:25:47Z")
**Bricker** has been one of the SDMB’s most prolific posters, but hasn’t posted since 15/11/2018. He has however been looking here on the board as recently as 25/12/2018. Where art thou **Bricker**? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/2 "2018-12-29T07:11:49Z")
Holy shite Kam, first you lose your kiwifruit and now you’ve done gone and lost Bricker? Once is a misfortune, twice smells of carelessness … ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/3 "2018-12-29T07:24:37Z")
I think hes taking a break due to the political virtrol he was involved in …… ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/4 "2018-12-29T15:36:21Z")
Sometimes it is best to NOT poke a sleeping bear… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/5 "2018-12-29T15:45:37Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Where art thou **Bricker**? [He’s on a world tour.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JGQ5AJFgEso/T_t1pcX0aaI/AAAAAAAAA2c/1PWVvbhm72Y/s1600/hathaway.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/6 "2018-12-29T15:50:38Z")
With Waldo. Over there. In the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/7 "2018-12-29T19:29:48Z")
He was third in line to be Trump’s new chief of staff, and is working off his disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/8 "2018-12-29T21:51:13Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > **…** since 15/11/2018. … Since when are there 15 months? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/9 "2018-12-29T21:58:02Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Since when are there 15 months? 15 November, 2018. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/10 "2018-12-29T22:14:39Z")
Spoilsport. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/11 "2018-12-29T22:23:33Z")
It’s a perfectly cromulent way to write dates in Oz and Canuckistan. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/12 "2018-12-29T22:32:26Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Since when are there 15 months? They do things different in the Land Of Aus. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/13 "2018-12-29T22:32:29Z")
Alright. I know that. It was a joke. Back to “Where’s Bricker?” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/14 "2018-12-29T22:59:48Z")
I can only presume that, now seeing the truth of American conservatism laid bare and the consequences of the ideology unfold in real time, he’s taking some time for quiet introspection and reevaluation of his life choices. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/15 "2018-12-29T23:38:11Z")
Or there just have been various consecutive large waves of family holiday visitors. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/16 "2018-12-29T23:47:14Z")
\ This is why I like the format of ##mon####, as in 15Nov2018. The letters of the month act as a separator for the numbers, eliminating the need for hyphens or slashes (which can be misinterpreted when handwritten), and it’s unambiguous even for people unfamiliar with it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/17 "2018-12-29T23:52:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They do things different in the Land Of **Aus**. My bolding. I think you accidentally tapped the A key and the Caps Lock when typing the country where they “do things different”. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/18 "2018-12-30T00:04:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They do things different in the Land Of Aus. Indeed. :) (Family guy’s [Oz reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_(TV_series))) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/19 "2018-12-30T00:13:01Z")
FWIW, when I worked at an Air Force base the date format was YYYYMMDD or YYYY/MM/DD. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/20 "2018-12-30T01:41:37Z")
I only use anything _other_ than YYYYMMDD when other idiots require it. It alphabetizes properly and is unambiguous. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862.md?page=2)