# 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:** 7
**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 4, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/121 "2020-07-04T17:16:27Z")
There she is. All is well again. Thx, Sunny. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/122 "2020-07-04T17:17:15Z")
Looking at all the names posted and thinking back over my 20 years here, it’s surprising and saddening to think about how people can go from being a daily virtual part of my life to being gone and I would never really notice until someone would call it out. I originally thought that maybe it was a function of online only interactions, but after some thought, I can think of several times I was part of tight knit groups at work that changed and dispersed as people on. Maybe I’m more aware of the change in the immediate, but the impact is more apparent in hindsight. I suppose some of the difference is that I don’t have a search engine and zombie threads at work and in my personal life. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/123 "2020-07-04T18:20:23Z")
There was a poster named Zenster some years ago. The guy had put together a couple of recipe threads that were excellent, and the guy was clearly steps above my skill level. He self-destructed in some irrelevant thread. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/124 "2020-07-04T18:49:43Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > wonky (jsgoddess) and John Mace are the two biggies that come to mind. > [@romansperson](#): > > Also wonky’s husband Asmovian. We are both huddling at home in relative comfort in these days of COVID, and deeply appreciative of being thought of. She sends her thanks. ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/125 "2020-07-04T18:51:24Z")
# [What part of “Fire Lane: No Parking” don’t you fuckspigots understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-fire-lane-no-parking-dont-you-fuckspigots-understand/208286) He had a point in that post. > [@](#): > > First off; Thanks, **Some Guy**. Those two photos were worth the price of admission alone. Second; > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by county \* > > > > > … (And I certainly don’t advocate beating people with axe handles; usually, simply gesturing with the handle is enough, and if it isn’t, one tap will almost always do the trick.) > > **county** , were you to be illegally parked in a fire lane and caused my residence to burn a millisecond longer than it needed to, you’d likely be the recipient of more than a lovetap or two. Personally, I don’t think an axe handle could stand up to the wear and tear I’d put it through. Then again, maybe I’d just find a nice warm (ungreased) place to hide it and call it quits. > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Darkhold \* > > > > > At our Wal-Mart there’s usually at least 5 cars parked in the fire lane … > > **Darkhold** , was that the “Five Cars or Less” fire lane or the regular one? > > I also wanted to thank everyone for bringing out the very best in our esteemed colleague, the ever lovable, **Monty**. You have provided me with precious insight as to how important it is to disregard his posts in the future. Thirteen pittings? Hell, makes me feel like a regular greenhorn!’ ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/126 "2020-07-04T18:54:19Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > He had a point in that post. I guess he did. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/127 "2020-07-04T19:09:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Le Ministre de l’au-dela Concur, Ministre was great to have around, great guy and crazy knowledgeable. Also miss E-Sabbath, who started the Great Ongoing Guitar Thread a bazillion years ago, which is still going. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/128 "2020-07-04T19:11:49Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Word Man and Dio. Also Canny Dan and Crotalus (didn’t realize he/she had stopped posting). WordMan is still posting over at The Gear Page, and very instrument-geeky place. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/129 "2020-07-04T19:23:21Z")
I have not been in touch with Quasimodem for years. He was active on some other site for a while after his last posting on the Dope, but I can’t find the name of it. I sent a PM to him, perhaps it will reach him somehow, we’ll have to see. I miss indistinguishable as well. I recall that he left school for a job and his posting dwindled after that. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/130 "2020-07-04T19:28:37Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I miss WordMan; he and I became good friends, and got to meet once IRL. But, I understand his reasons for leaving. WordMan officially quit the Dope? I didn’t know that and I’m sorry to hear it. Are his reasons for leaving something that can be publicly shared? He was a lovely support to me when our kids were both applying to college at the same time, and I was freaking out in classic idiot-parent “my-life-is-over-if-my-child-isn’t-accepted-at-a-highly-selective-college” style, which seems ridiculous in retrospect but somehow made sense to me at the time. (His son ended up going to UPenn, mine to Haverford, but I don’t think they ever met.) Anyway, whatever WordMan is up to, I wish him all the best! I also concur with many of the people listed above - WhyNot (who returned briefly a few months ago, IIRC) and spiceweasel came to my mind first, but a lot of the others are greatly missed to. ---
**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 4, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/131 "2020-07-04T19:33:25Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > WordMan officially quit the Dope? I didn’t know that and I’m sorry to hear it. Are his reasons for leaving something that can be publicly shared? I won’t go into details, but it was mostly because of professional and familial obligations. And I don’t think he officially quit, he just stopped posting, and I hope there’s a chance that he’ll be back someday. ---
**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 4, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/132 "2020-07-04T19:35:03Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > WordMan officially quit the Dope? I didn’t know that and I’m sorry to hear it. Are his reasons for leaving something that can be publicly shared? I’m not sure that he ever “officially” quit, but his last post was in May of '18. As I noted upthread, I know some of his reasons, but probably not all of them, and I’m not sure it’s my place to give details. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/133 "2020-07-04T20:32:32Z")
Dex. Best moderator the Dope ever had. Unfailingly polite and reasonable, even when handing out warnings ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/134 "2020-07-04T21:11:20Z")
So many: Techchick68 London Calling Canadian Sue Girl by the sea Andygirl Quietgirldownthehall Pepperlandgirl Mirror indigo shadows River Hippie Athena Purple crack whore Threads like this make me very sad to be reminded of those who are gone. ---
**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 4, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/135 "2020-07-04T21:24:55Z")
I think @River_hippie has been posting. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/136 "2020-07-04T21:36:24Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Dex. Yes. Dare I say, Cecil Adams? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/137 "2020-07-04T21:39:53Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Pepperlandgirl I had forgotten about her. She had a huge flameout over some piddly disagreement that started over (or in?) one of my early threads. I feel kinda guilty about that, she was pretty cool. ---
**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 4, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/138 "2020-07-04T21:54:33Z")
That was the greatest anti-Star Wars rant I have ever read. I wish she would return too. > [@WTF, pepperlandgirl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-pepperlandgirl/593508/54): > > Special Note: Ilove my husband and my sister very much. If my husband says “please go to the theater with me” and my sister says “please watch this rifftrax with me” I’m going to do it. If you’re incapable of understanding why I will sacrifice my time to A) please them in the short-term and B)collect on debt in the long term and C) actually have a leg to stand on in arguments about how much the movies suck, then um, well, I don’t know. Maybe you can get counseling? Or figure out what went so ho… ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/139 "2020-07-04T22:23:45Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > That was the greatest anti-Star Wars rant I have ever read. That was one of the greatest rants I’ve read on the SDMB, _period_. It eclipses **Eutychus** ’s anti-Mary Poppins screed by a wide margin, which is a difficult achievement to beat: > [@I Pit Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-you-ignorant-slut/160703/14): > > w00t! My first pitting!!! slight_smile …And by a Mod, no less!!! \< sniff \> I…am the luckiest…man alive. That said: Fuck your bad ass Euty, you smegma-encrusted hyenea of ignorance. You want an apology? Fuck your apology. If you’d get your “company line” head out of your “company-line” ass, you’d realize that Feed the Fucking Birds is a fucking dull song. The music is sleep-inducing. Not because it was a lullaby, but because it’s boring and the lyrics are bad. Yes, there’s this romantic c… ---
**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 4, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/140 "2020-07-04T22:34:05Z")
My apologies. You are absolutely right. She is sorely missed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010.md?page=8)