# Who's missing that you really want to see on the Board?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/41 "2020-07-02T15:04:32Z")

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I prefer to see the comments of the boards lawyers on topics of law. I find learning about what the law actually is and how it applies to be much more interesting than yet another post about how the world should work.

Which is also why I miss Bone he wasn’t a lawyer (that I remember) but he was incredibly knowledgeable about gun and gun law and I found his discussions on the Supreme Court cases each year very interesting.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/42 "2020-07-02T15:24:49Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> I miss WordMan; he and I became good friends, and got to meet once IRL. But, I understand his reasons for leaving.

Yeah, that’s the name that immediately came to mind.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/43 "2020-07-02T16:15:48Z")

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**RueDeDay** is the first who came to mind for me, tho we are friends on FB.

There are a few others I miss because of that damned mortality stuff taking them away from here. 😢

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**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:** [July 2, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/44 "2020-07-02T16:22:10Z")

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> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> There are a few others I miss because of that damned mortality stuff taking them away from here. 😢

Yeah. I still miss Polycarp, who passed away in 2013.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/45 "2020-07-02T16:43:29Z")

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Where’s @Gatopescado?

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**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/46 "2020-07-02T16:56:19Z")

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@umkay. What ever happened to her?

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**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:** [July 2, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/47 "2020-07-02T16:59:43Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Where’s @Gatopescado?

His profile says he last posted two days ago, so he made the transition to the new boards, at least.

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**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:** [July 2, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/48 "2020-07-02T17:06:21Z")

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> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#):
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> @umkay. What ever happened to her?

She last posted eight years ago, and her user name shows as banned. The BBQ Pit thread link in her “Ask the Girl in a Wheelchair” thread doesn’t work anymore (as it points to the old board), but based on reactions in that thread, it sounds like Dopers came to believe that she was lying about her personal life.

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**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/49 "2020-07-02T17:06:54Z")

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That would be a whooshing sound, Obi-wan.

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**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:** [July 2, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/50 "2020-07-02T17:08:12Z")

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_facepalm_ I didn’t recall the name, nor the original story. My apologies.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/51 "2020-07-02T17:09:26Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> > [@asahi](#):
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> > I miss John Mace. Where the hell is that guy?
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> +1

Me, too. He sent me a very warm and complimentary PM on the occasion of my first anniversary on the SDMB. He was one of the good, thoughtful ones.

I miss @Bone, too, despite the fact that we disagreed on practically everything politically. I thought he was a valuable and well-informed poster (even if on the wrong side of everything, IMHO, especially guns) and a very fair-minded moderator, and I publicly said as much. He also worked hard to rewrite and clarify the rules and help make the board a better place.

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**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/52 "2020-07-02T17:09:41Z")

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No worries. I assume you must have been inactive at the time or something, because it was a huge kerfuffle for months.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/53 "2020-07-02T17:12:40Z")

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Thought I saw **Ukulele\_Ike** in here in recent days. In Cafe Society. Maybe I was looking at a zombie-ish thread without realizing it?

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/54 "2020-07-02T17:15:30Z")

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Last activity June 18th on the old boards.

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/55 "2020-07-02T21:50:53Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> I miss WordMan; he and I became good friends, and got to meet once IRL. But, I understand his reasons for leaving.

Me too. I wasn’t close to him, but I’ve always appreciated his wisdom about music from his inside view and miss him much. I even wrote him a PM moaning his leaving, and he answered very kindly and explained his reasons, which I totally understand. I still hope he comes back some time.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/56 "2020-07-02T21:54:06Z")

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This is turning into a thread about people we miss, so I’ll post:

peekercpa

The most fun mafia player and the most fun poster.

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**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:** [July 2, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/57 "2020-07-02T21:55:47Z")

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Dave’s not here, Man!

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/58 "2020-07-02T21:57:07Z")

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how does he do that?

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/59 "2020-07-02T22:57:03Z")

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Skald the Rhymer? I haven’t seen him here lately either, although maybe we don’t post on the same threads.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/60 "2020-07-02T23:04:48Z")

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Isn’t he blind? I’d hate to try and navigate the endless scroll with the stuff he has to use to get the threads/posts read outloud.  
Seems unwelcoming in the least.

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