# Established Dopers MIA since pay-to-post conversion?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174 "2004-05-02T18:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/21 "2004-05-03T15:36:30Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > Am I seeing wrong or is Guinistasia still “member”? **Guinastasia** is a Charter Member, although her custom title is set to Member for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/22 "2004-05-03T15:43:19Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > I may be a sweet talker, but I’m an even sweeter baker. I know you’re pregnant and all and probably craving all sorts of weird stuff, and I was thinking of doing a Derby pie, but hey, if I have time I may do more than one. Any requests? (No pickle-and-ice-cream pies, please.) No hat pie, please. And really don’t make pie just for me! ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/23 "2004-05-03T16:08:36Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > No hat pie, please. And really don’t make pie just for me! You’ve never had Derby pie? It’s sort of like pecan pie, except with walnuts, chocolate chips, and a splash of bourbon. Good stuff, really. I made it for Thanksgiving one year, and now I am forbidden to bring anything else instead of it (although I can bring stuff in addition). Recipe: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=146866&highlight=Derby](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=146866&highlight=Derby) And trust me, knowing this crowd, any pie that is provided will be consumed. So not to worry. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/24 "2004-05-03T17:04:04Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Huh. He’s not on the list. Neither are **Ed Zotti** or **jdavis**. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/25 "2004-05-03T21:00:49Z")
What is this “list” of which you speak? ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/26 "2004-05-04T00:49:45Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Has anyone seen **Cecil Adams** post since the switch? If so, what does it say under his username? Charter Member, Ultimate Master, SDASB, Supreme Being: which is it? **Cecil** has posted a couple of times in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246678&page=2&pp=50) thread. He’s still listed as Perfect Master, the same as before (I think). ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/27 "2004-05-04T10:00:38Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > It’s been almost a week now since existing Dopers have had to pay up or ship out, and at least to me it seems awfully quiet around here. What longtime posters have you noticed missing so far, in addition to the ones who said their public goodbyes for various reasons? Can you define “longtime” for me? Would I be? As to silence around here, don’t most places go quieter once the sun starts shining a bit more? Any other place I’ve been in does. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/28 "2004-05-04T12:08:29Z")
> [@Ms Macphisto](#): > > **Cecil** has posted a couple of times in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246678&page=2&pp=50) thread. He’s still listed as Perfect Master, the same as before (I think). Huh, I hadn’t ever looked in that thread. Those things are generally just a lot of arm-waving of the sort one sees at Hollywood premieres. For a “Perfect Master” and member since 1999 he has an awfully low post count. Perhaps that’s because it’s not necessary to spend a lot of time in debate when one is perfect. On the other hand I don’t ever recall him posting in GQ to answer a question or GD to resolve an issue, i.e., is GWB a perfect president or a perfect fool? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/29 "2004-05-04T12:52:40Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Much of the legal contingent seems to have gone missing. Bricker, minty green, Dewey, DSYoungEsq, I haven’t noticed any of them. I saw minty in a thread last night. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174/30 "2004-05-04T15:30:01Z")
I think **sailor** has jumped ship. Has anyone seen **The Bad Astronomer**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/established-dopers-mia-since-pay-to-post-conversion/243174.md?page=1)