# Who's missing that you really want to see on the Board? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010 "2020-07-02T01:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/241 "2020-08-12T20:03:53Z")
Satan was gone before I found the dope, but I’ve heard so much about him that I wish he was here. I miss Dio too. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/242 "2020-08-18T09:30:07Z")
I’m alive, promise. The pandemic has had the strange effect of (finally) convincing IT managers that IT people solving tickets can work from home. Not only am I living in my actual home for more than a week at a time since forever (well, since 2007), but I’ve been spending time Outside, doing things such as “see my family” and “pick up the bow again”. So yeah, I’ve got y’all a bit abandoned. You can feed yourselves, right? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/243 "2020-08-18T11:43:28Z")
Yes, but it’s not the same without you. Is the bow for archery, music, decoration, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/244 "2020-08-18T11:54:41Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Is the bow for archery, music, decoration, or something else? Yeah, I need clarification so I’m not picturing the wrong sort of bow. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/245 "2020-08-18T11:55:27Z")
Archery. The kind of bow which doesn’t have pulleys and goes TWANGGGG when you let go of the string. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/246 "2020-08-20T22:01:16Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Yeah, I need clarification so I’m not picturing the wrong sort of bow. Amusingly, my initial guess was an archery bow. (Clearly, I’ve played far too much D&D in my life. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/247 "2020-08-22T03:26:49Z")
Dio had the very bad habit of citing himself- or to be correct his own blog/newsletter- as if it was a real cite. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/248 "2020-08-22T04:04:09Z")
I miss @ianzin. Posted three times in April this year and once in 2019, and before that not since 2016. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/249 "2020-08-22T05:47:25Z")
I drive a Jeep, so naturally was thinking about Rick today. ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/250 "2020-08-22T15:24:31Z")
I miss _QED_, an extremely prolific poster on the SDMB for many, many years who seemed to know just about anything, No guff. He had some trouble with the MODs toward the end of his SDMB career and ultimately was banned forever from the SDMB. IIRC it was a few years after he was banned from the SDMB that an SDMB poster indicated that _QED_ had passed away. Although _QED_ rubbed some SDMB members the wrong way, I loved him anyway. He was definitely an acquired taste, let’s go with that. RIP _QED_. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/251 "2020-08-22T15:38:32Z")
QED wasn’t banned. He was suspended, then more or less told that he was on his last chance. After that, he posted only rarely on SDMB, sticking mostly to the Giraffe boards. I also miss him. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/252 "2020-08-24T10:38:04Z")
I saw your name in this thread and immediately thought of @ianzin, too - I echo your sentiments. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/253 "2020-08-24T15:56:36Z")
I wonder why my name should make you think of ianzin. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/254 "2020-08-24T16:43:12Z")
I think partly the British connection, partly I seem to remember you both participating in threads about Derren Brown/mentalism, possibly also some very old threads about something which I’m not sure I’m allowed to mention, though I’m sure you’ve moved on in the many years since. I guess topic bans don’t tend to get rescinded, formally or otherwise, so I’ll leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/255 "2020-08-27T04:23:32Z")
I’ll add myself to the chorus of wishing **WordMan** would return to us. While I understand that their life makes that sort of venture difficult, it still doesn’t really calm the desire to see them post here again. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/256 "2020-08-27T15:37:27Z")
I’m eagerly awaiting the appearance of Sophia. > [@An Open Letter to my daughter, Sophia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-my-daughter-sophia/918949/10): > > [[Google Photos] ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/tjt8Pr4JowR71HzZA) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/257 "2020-08-27T15:56:56Z")
Sophia is in the full throes of ‘college freshman away from home for the first time in the nation’s biggest city’ frenzy… you may have to wait a while. Will let her know she’s being summoned, tho. 😁 ETA: done! [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/20Oim5iRaYRkvg_i5NnayxRyA60M4TYIUU9b77QtjSpHi15rbTVUdZaor8cuxAzuaa3rg7oWlirCfJxOAE_ALU7Mq9mkHNMDCtObfsyvpn3HTyOIXPGBzAdMaK8zYXG6C2_T4msn0w=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/LeBM2krpCYFKGPgJ6) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/258 "2020-08-27T16:05:35Z")
I really miss all the Las Vegas/Southern California Dopers that showed up at the various Dopefests: **Rick** , **Yeticus Rex** , **DMark** , **GiantFreakingMarine** , **LVGeoBabe** , **Shayna** , **Spiny Norman** …the list is a long one. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/259 "2020-08-27T18:18:35Z")
There was some weird dude, “daniel in the lions den” or something, who drew me in as a lurker. I think he was banned. He had a quote contest with some other poster, that poster had the Works of William Shakespeare, Dan had The Bible. Dan won. It was a great thread. Long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/260 "2020-08-27T19:47:10Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m eagerly awaiting the appearance of Sophia. > [An Open Letter to my daughter, Sophia - #10 by JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-my-daughter-sophia/918949/10) Plot twist: Sophia joined the Dope three years ago, to keep an eye on the old man. She’s been posting in the persona of a scattered-but-charming Arkansas country woman, who posts tales of the bad, bad, bad things that happen in her, her children, and her two Siameezers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010.md?page=14)