fee to post??!!!??

[cleops]

"We're thinking about charging an annual subscription fee to post on the Straight Dope Message Board."--Ed Zotti

Ed baby, tell me it ain't true! I'll have to find some other way to amuse myself. Darn.

[Gaspode]

Go over to The Pit or IMHO and read the many threads buzzing around.

It is unfortunately true. :(

[C K Dexter Haven]

Quite right, this is being discussed in several other forums.