# Is it possible to retrieve my Charter Member Tag? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 31, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608 "2007-08-31T13:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/21 "2007-09-04T00:57:32Z")
Some are more special than others, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/22 "2007-09-04T04:15:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] [This](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/special.png) might help. [/QUOTE] Yay! Wait. That’s easy for you to say :mad: . And you **Darth Nader** :mad: . No, the title _does_ matter, and I too was once special. No longer. I guess its been awhile, but now I am reminded. Nof air. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/23 "2007-09-04T04:20:27Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] …Nof air. [/quote] [NOF](http://www.nof.org/) air? ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/24 "2007-09-04T04:25:40Z")
Damn skippy. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/25 "2007-09-04T22:57:51Z")
Shouldn’t you be the one retrieving your tag, **Yesterdog**? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/26 "2007-09-04T23:53:45Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] But if _everyone_ is special… [/QUOTE] But not everyone _is_ special. Only everyone _on this board_ is special. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/27 "2007-09-05T01:35:09Z")
[QUOTE=Kozmik] Shouldn’t you be the one retrieving your tag, **Yesterdog**? [/QUOTE] That’s what I’m trying to do. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/28 "2007-09-05T02:39:12Z")
[QUOTE=Kozmik] Shouldn’t you be the one retrieving your tag, **Yesterdog**? [/QUOTE] Oh. Um…yes. Sorry. I get overexcited at times. I wish you luck in your quest, **Yesterdog**. ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/29 "2007-09-05T06:51:30Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] But not everyone _is_ special. Only everyone _on this board_ is special. 😃 [/QUOTE] _I_’m not… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/30 "2007-09-05T14:28:07Z")
Being called special now means retarded in most cases, so no I’m not special. Most people here are not special. We are an exemplary group. Let’s see the social service people bastardize that. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/31 "2007-09-05T14:44:38Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] But not everyone _is_ special. Only everyone _on this board_ is special. 😃 [/QUOTE] Nope. (See my username :)) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/32 "2007-09-05T15:42:30Z")
We beg to differ. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/33 "2007-09-05T16:06:45Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Nope. (See my username :)) [/QUOTE] I thought a noon special was kinda like a quickie, and you were just a bad speller. ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/34 "2007-09-05T17:03:09Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Being called special now means retarded in most cases, so no I’m not special. Most people here are not special. We are an exemplary group. Let’s see the social service people bastardize that. [/QUOTE] Well put. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/35 "2007-09-06T10:31:49Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Being called special now means retarded in most cases, so no I’m not special. Most people here are not special. We are an exemplary group. [/QUOTE] I want [out](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/exemplary.png). ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/36 "2007-09-06T12:46:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I want [out](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/exemplary.png). [/QUOTE] I did know the second definition when I posted. I thought it was perfect for this group. Look at how picky and admonishing this board has been for the last week. The word works on two levels. [From the Merriam Webster online dictionary.](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=exemplary) 1 a : serving as a pattern b : deserving imitation : COMMENDABLE \; also : deserving imitation because of excellence \ 2 : serving as a warning : MONITORY \ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/37 "2007-09-07T00:39:39Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] We are an exemplary group. [/QUOTE] Well, if by “exemplary” you mean “has internet access and fifteen dollars to kill” you might be onto something. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/38 "2007-09-07T00:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=Eutychus] Well, if by “exemplary” you mean “has internet access and fifteen dollars to kill” you might be onto something. [/QUOTE] Some of us only need kill half that. The Knights Exemplar, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/39 "2007-09-07T00:50:55Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Some of us only need kill half that. The Knights Exemplar, so to speak. [/QUOTE] :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608/40 "2007-09-07T01:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] :mad: [/QUOTE] Hey, don’t get mad at me. SDSABers don’t pay nuttin’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-my-charter-member-tag/417608.md?page=3)