# Charter subscribers, renew now!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscribers-renew-now/398750>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 4, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscribers-renew-now/398750 "2007-04-04T19:08:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscribers-renew-now/398750/61 "2007-05-07T21:12:17Z")

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This place is _such_ an old boys club.  
Made of old people. And Boys.  
is it possible to be old and a boy at the same time? I shall have to ask Cecil.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscribers-renew-now/398750/62 "2007-05-07T22:14:25Z")

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[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]  
Why must everything that happens on this board result in some sort of criticism of the mechanics of it? ☹  
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Why must every question about the mechanics or logic of the operation be taken as criticism?

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscribers-renew-now/398750/63 "2007-05-08T00:34:56Z")

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[QUOTE=essell]  
This place is _such_ an old boys club.  
Made of old people. And Boys.  
is it possible to be old and a boy at the same time? I shall have to ask Cecil.  
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Exactly what do you mean by _that_? Asking Cecil, that is.

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**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscribers-renew-now/398750/64 "2007-05-08T17:28:14Z")

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I was gonna post

> [@never actually posted by essell](#):
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> Check out [this](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/Default.htm#askcecil) page!

But as it’s now giving a 404 error I decided not to. I was going to ask Cecil if it’s possible to be a boy and old at the same time. It was poor humor to begin with and not worthy of this level of discussion. 😛

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**Author:** ![Anduril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Anduril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduril)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscribers-renew-now/398750/65 "2007-05-10T01:29:57Z")

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I’m no longer a Charter Member and with the loss comes grief and a diminished capacity to condescend. 😃 I’ve always relished the title like a sovereign relishes his and I would really like to have it back. Please…pretty please…

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-subscribers-renew-now/398750/66 "2007-05-10T01:42:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Anduril]  
I’m no longer a Charter Member and with the loss comes grief and a diminished capacity to condescend. 😃 I’ve always relished the title like a sovereign relishes his and I would really like to have it back. Please…pretty please…  
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Poor boy. Girl, Uh, person? Yeah, poor person.  
Feel free to c/p mine over to your’s.

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