Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen!

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Sep 20th 2017, 4:59 pm

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Lion in Winter

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Re: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen!

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Originally Posted by jammiie

His posts always seemed very knowledgeable and he put a lot of time in so a big loss to the forum for sure.

Seems an odd way to approach it though. If you don't want to post anymore, just stop or cut back. You don't need to vote yourself off... it isn't Big Brother.

It was a polite goodbye to people with whom he has been conversing for years.

When you go to dinner with some people, when it's time to go do you just walk out and slam the door, or do you say "thank you" and "goodbye"?

Sep 20th 2017, 5:02 pm

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jammiie

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Re: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen!

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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter

OK, fair enough. A big loss for sure.

Sep 20th 2017, 5:05 pm

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SultanOfSwing

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Re: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen!

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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter

Go for the Irish goodbye - slip out when nobody's looking

Sep 20th 2017, 6:47 pm

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lansbury

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Re: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen!

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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter

or do you say

For some of you, I don’t really care if I ever hear your names again...

Sep 21st 2017, 4:51 pm

#20

HoosierDaddy

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Re: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen!

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Originally Posted by lansbury

or do you say

For some of you, I don’t really care if I ever hear your names again...

No, you say:

"Well, I've had a lovely evening.
This wasn't it, of course....."

Sep 22nd 2017, 6:33 pm

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Re: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen!

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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter

Posting on an online forum is a little different to going out to dinner, or at least it is when I go out to dinner. I’ve always found it a little strange when people announce they are leaving a forum.