# I'm back!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/433899>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 17, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/433899 "2008-01-17T18:23:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/433899/1 "2008-01-17T18:23:49Z")

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Thanks for the concern, but I didn’t realize my membership was due until I got the on screen notice that my membership was expired. (I had just written a really brilliant, witty post that would revolutionize the world…sadly it is now lost).

Fortunately, I was only a guest for a few hours. 😉

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/433899/2 "2008-01-17T23:29:39Z")

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/433899/3 "2008-01-17T23:29:04Z")

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Welcome back!!! 🙂

(Was he gone?) 😃

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/433899/4 "2008-01-17T23:34:10Z")

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[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]  
Welcome back!!! 🙂

(Was he gone?) 😃  
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For a few hours. Did ya miss me? 😉

(I did this thread in response to the one asking about my guest status)

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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:** [January 18, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back/433899/5 "2008-01-18T14:08:02Z")

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If you’d just held out a little longer I think _someone_ would have re-upped you anyway. 😛