# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/522 "2021-12-20T18:20:57Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > My first time back in a while and this post was in my notifications, made my day. As did seeing your notification for me. Nice to hear you still check in occasionally. > [@madmonk28](#): > > I just get frustrated here more quickly these days; it seems like it’s the same conversations over and over I totally understand that. Sometimes it seems like _Groundhog Day_ on certain topics around here. I don’t even read the Politics forum anymore because of that. I think part of it is that in real life, changes happen so slowly that we literally have years to talk about them on the board. There are only so many ways you can frame your opinion before it becomes tiresome. I am happy to see you back and I hope you continue to post, even if you feel you have to cut back some. I’ve always found your posts to be of value, and the way you always speak plainly is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/523 "2021-12-20T19:05:16Z")
Thanks, that’s nice of you to say. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/524 "2021-12-20T19:13:09Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Not sure who that’s been listed is still missing or has returned, but John Mace is one of those I really miss. I hope he’s doing well. This is who I was going to mention. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/525 "2021-12-20T19:29:16Z")
I noticed that he’s also one that comes up a lot in the thread on posters most replied to. He certainly made my own list. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/526 "2021-12-20T20:01:49Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > > [@XT](#): > > > > Not sure who that’s been listed is still missing or has returned, but John Mace is one of those I really miss. I hope he’s doing well. > > This is who I was going to mention. I’m not sure how they go about recruiting mods, but I always thought @John_Mace would have made a perfect Great Debates mod. He was always doing what he could to steer OPs into an actual debate, rather than an argument, without crossing the junior mod line. I, too, hope he’s doing well. ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/527 "2021-12-20T20:54:31Z")
For what it’s worth, I also enjoy your blunt style. I miss your cat meme avatar as well. On the topic of other missing posters, what happened to @RioRico? He was quite active until May 2020 and then all of a sudden … radio silence. I hope the big bad COVID didn’t do him in. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/528 "2021-12-21T06:57:06Z")
Hey cool, @Spice_Weasel! I am another one trying to write a book (actually more than one) and it is difficult at times! Glad to see you are still here! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/529 "2021-12-22T20:27:23Z")
The closer the “last seen” date is to the “last post” date the more I fear the worst, as with Scotty the Kid, Kobal2, John Mace, and Slash1972, especially if there were numerous recent posts leading up to their sudden absence. > [@madmonk28](#): > > …it seems like it’s the same conversations over and over and I’m part of that problem. naaaaa, ya ain’t. enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/530 "2021-12-22T22:01:24Z")
Also haven’t seen **expectopatronum**. Seemed fiesty. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/531 "2021-12-24T16:53:11Z")
> [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](#): > > On the topic of other missing posters, what happened to @RioRico? He was quite active until May 2020 and then all of a sudden … radio silence. He was [suspended a second time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riorico-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/853625) and never returned. ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/532 "2021-12-24T22:58:28Z")
Good work on the Internet sleuthing. From **RioRico** ’s last 10 or so posts, I didn’t find anything really suspension-worthy so I had discounted that as a possibility. And the link to the warning is a broken one from the vBulletin era, so now I’ll never be able to find out what exactly incurred the wrath of the mods. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/533 "2021-12-25T04:37:03Z")
I know I’m responding to an old post, but yeah, her last post was March 14, 2020. Hope AnnieXmas is OK. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/534 "2021-12-25T23:13:11Z")
> [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](#): > > And the link to the warning is a broken one from the vBulletin era, so now I’ll never be able to find out what exactly incurred the wrath of the mods. Probably this. Or, if it wasn’t the final one, it was certainly a late one. > [@Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3064): > > Moderator Warning RioRico, you’ve been warned repeatedly to refrain from political commentary in this forum. This is an official warning. Your posting privileges will be under discussion. Colibri Quarantine Zone Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/535 "2021-12-26T00:18:04Z")
Going way back, I stumbled upon an old (2000?; it’s hard to tell with the date format) zombie thread reincarnated, with a post from **Q.E.D.**. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/536 "2021-12-29T10:47:47Z")
I missed it at the time but I note that **poopah\_chalupah** ’s Rudolph thread did get its annual bump this year. Which is nice, if always bittersweet. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/537 "2022-01-03T07:06:31Z")
A poster I wasn’t super famiiar with but I noticed was a 99’er and had been posting constantly right up until May 1 '20 wasn’t seen after that.( **scr4** ) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/538 "2022-01-03T11:54:56Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > A poster I wasn’t super famiiar with but I noticed was a 99’er and had been posting constantly right up until May 1 '20 wasn’t seen after that.( **scr4** ). I was about to post about him too. From various posts, he is an astronomer specializing in solar astronomy. Living in Huntsville. I’ve been wondering what’s happened to him for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/539 "2022-01-03T12:58:44Z")
He’s probably still jumping up and down with glee about the James Webb Telescope. My sister works up at Marshall Space Flight Center and said it has been pretty ecstatic up there. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/540 "2022-01-03T13:14:48Z")
I’m missing my morning giggle from reading the latest from @elucidator. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/541 "2022-01-03T19:56:50Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > He’s probably still jumping up and down with glee about the James Webb Telescope. My sister works up at Marshall Space Flight Center and said it has been pretty ecstatic up there. Unlikely that would have caused him to go silent almost 2 years ago. More likely he is involved in the Parker Solar Probe, although there’s no event of that mission at that specific time. It’s possible he may have realized that following the Dope was taking too much of his time and quit cold turkey. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010.md?page=28)