# Member vs. Charter Member

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-vs-charter-member/326554>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 17, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-vs-charter-member/326554 "2005-10-17T03:05:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-vs-charter-member/326554/21 "2005-10-18T14:32:55Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> We don’t want people using sig lines to air their grievances, whether with us or someone else.

Well, then, perhaps you should have said, “We’d prefer it if you didn’t use a sig to air your grievances, Dawg” from the very start instead of pulling an arbitrarily BS _rule_ interpretation out of thin air.

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> I’m sorry we can’t make RedDawg happy, but it’s not like I have a lot of options here.

Personally, I don’t really care whether RedDawg is happy or not. Maybe he just needs a big ticking clock under his pillow to help him sleep at night.

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