# Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 14, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278 "2004-10-14T22:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/1 "2004-10-14T22:43:16Z")
The deadline for subscription is looming… **silenus** offered recently to help pay my way, but I haven’t heard a peep out of him for about a week now. I was hoping to look for other volunteers (to whom I would owe a massive debt of gratitude), and I read the thread with the list of names… But I can’t read the public profiles, so I don’t know anyone’s e-mail address or how to get in touch with them! Arggh! _tears out hair_ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/2 "2004-10-15T00:07:00Z")
**silenus** does not have his/her e-mail on public view. I would be glad to pay your way if you tell me how. And if you suggest some of the others who offered I’ll gladly look up their e-mail for you. (but if I find one, I’ll e-mail you rather than post it) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/3 "2004-10-15T00:31:39Z")
_bows before **Lobsang** in humble reverence_ There’s a list of Dopers [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245878)– **Really Not All That Bright** , **EddyTeddyFreddy** , **Q.E.D.** , **lightingtool** … it goes on. Trouble is, I can’t contact any of them. ☹ Not sure how the signing-up process goes–I just know I can’t do it because I have no credit card. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/4 "2004-10-15T00:47:21Z")
I’ve sent you an e-mail. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/5 "2004-10-15T00:53:28Z")
Off I go to reply 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/6 "2004-10-15T12:46:11Z")
Please note that it’s not a big deal if you miss the “deadline” – it will just mean there’s a period of time when you can’t post, until you pay up. You’d still have the same username and ID and everything, even if there’s a gap between last free date and first paid date for posting. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/7 "2004-10-15T15:50:29Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Please note that it’s not a big deal if you miss the “deadline” – it will just mean there’s a period of time when you can’t post, until you pay up. You’d still have the same username and ID and everything, even if there’s a gap between last free date and first paid date for posting. That makes me feel much of the better 😉 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/8 "2004-10-15T17:15:55Z")
I’ll pay your way if someone explains to me how it is done. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/9 "2004-10-16T20:41:31Z")
She would have to give you her password and you would sign on as her to use your credit card to pay for her account. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/269278/10 "2004-10-16T20:56:30Z")
Ah, Makes perfect sense now.