# Post here if you have been lurking for the duration of the paid memberships **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753 "2008-09-02T21:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/241 "2008-09-06T00:41:40Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > You may not know when you joined, but I’ll take a random stab and guess April of 2003. What do I win? Cool, I think that you can look up your stats (post count, join date, etc) in your user area by doing a profile link. Not sure but I think I used to do that. I joined in Oct 2001 just after 9/11 My god that was a long time ago. I left as many others when they went pay to post (2005???) and just returned a couple of days ago. I have lurked off and on. Sometimes I would get irritated and want to post and then think…nah it’s not worth 15 bucks. I have a few other sites at which I post, so that keeps me busy. I wonder if they’ll let Reeder back in. He was humorous, but such a tool. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/242 "2008-09-06T00:50:27Z")
> [@PhiloVance](#): > > I wonder if they’ll let Reeder back in. Ugh. If you think there are too many political threads NOW… ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/243 "2008-09-06T00:58:19Z")
I used to be here, but when it turned to paid someone was kind enough to sponsor me for a while, but then life got in the way so everything expired. I’m back now. Well, here and there, when time allows. ---
**Author:** ![woodstock989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@woodstock989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstock989)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/244 "2008-09-06T01:17:47Z")
I can’t believe I remembered my password… ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/245 "2008-09-06T01:47:44Z")
I broke down back in the summer of '05 and paid for a year’s subscription, but have been lurking since that ran out… ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/246 "2008-09-06T01:54:11Z")
Lurked for a long time, signed up right before it went pay. A few years ago, I tried a couple times to subscribe but couldn’t get the payment to work. I’ve been lurking on and off the whole time and almost signed back up a few times but never got around to it. **MsNito** has always been amazed that I could lurk for so long without posting. ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/247 "2008-09-06T05:34:23Z")
Been a weekday lurker here since 2000. I read the boards exclusively at work - but moving to a cube farm for the first time since then. I don’t know how this is going to pan out. Posted a couple of times before it went pay. ---
**Author:** ![papataz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@papataz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papataz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/248 "2008-09-06T09:48:12Z")
The message board says: “Welcome, papataz. You last visited: 07-23-2006 at 08:59 AM”, but I’ve been lurking for at least two years before making my single post… and, apparently, two years after that :). ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/249 "2008-09-06T14:20:52Z")
Hello, I’ve been lurking since 2004 apparently. I was 17 then. I’ve looked at a couple of my old posts and cringed. ---
**Author:** ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/250 "2008-09-06T16:14:04Z")
Me too. Oddly, I’ve been around even less (or only been able to be) after I paid up. ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/251 "2008-09-06T17:23:18Z")
Test post to find out when I joined the Boards and what my member status is. Also, gratuitous use of the blowjob smiley. Because I CAN. :o ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/252 "2008-09-06T17:47:00Z")
Man, I feel like I’m watching a high-school reunion or something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/253 "2008-09-06T18:03:26Z")
Reunion indeed. It seems like ages since I posted here. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/254 "2008-09-06T18:26:39Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > I feel all, like, popular and stuff:) Isn’t even my birthday. > > (Y’all **do** realize anyone can run nekkid through a thread, right? Just checking.) _waves_ sorry, random admirer! ---
**Author:** ![Liche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Liche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liche)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/255 "2008-09-06T20:30:54Z")
Long-time lurker, finally enjoying free posting rights. I don’t expect anyone to read this momentous contribution to the sphere of human knowledge, given that I’ve just skipped about 5 pages or rather similar contributions, but it’s the thought that counts 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/256 "2008-09-07T00:21:06Z")
> [@Essured](#): > > I used to post under the username ‘Goo’ for a couple of years (but had it officially changed to this). I doubt many posters remember me under either username, apart from a couple of Aussie posters. I remember both “ **Goo** ” and “ **Essured** ”, though my memory is a bit dim on whether I realized both were the same person… (not Aussie, btw) I’m sort of hoping **Master Wang-Ka** reappears. I miss the stories. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/257 "2008-09-07T04:59:14Z")
I really thought I replied to this thread on the first day but I guess that’s when the boards were waaaaay slow for me and it got eaten somehow. I have lurked since about 2000 or so and posted once in a great while. I think my post count was around 100 or so. I refused to pay to post when I didn’t post that much anyway, plus I was just graduating college and didn’t know where I was going to be or if I would ever have money again. I kept reading the whole time, though. It’s good to be able to say something now if I feel like it! Back to lurking… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/258 "2008-09-07T06:30:58Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > _waves_ > > sorry, random admirer! No apologies necessary, though because ny doper username book (don’t know the phone numbers, natch) got quite full in my first several years, I can’t place your name. But your sig quite clearly demonstrates you’re a person who recognizes wit, deprecation and nekkid people, and these are, of course, humanity’s greatest attributes – with massive, and possibly throbbing phallic, emphasis on the last one. ---
**Author:** ![Myrrajh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Myrrajh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrrajh)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/259 "2008-09-07T06:43:21Z")
I’ve been lurking here for many years (more than five…before that it’s kind of blurry) and have been tempted many times to pay up and say something in some of the threads. But I never did. I’ve had countless hours of bliss reading these forums. Brilliant humor and debate and lots of compassion and acceptance. I’m looking forward to actually being able to say something now! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Titus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@Titus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Titus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/260 "2008-09-07T06:44:53Z")
I paid one year, but I usually just lurk and read. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=14)