[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]
No, you have to voluntarily submit yourself to the zaniess that is the Straight Dope Message Board. Kind of like handing yourself over to a combined nut house and home for those who prefer sex with animals. :dubious:
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You say that as if it’s a bad thing. 
Remember, you’re the one who keeps coming back here.
Oh, god, it’s worse, sam because I was one of the ones who swore he’d never pay to be here, and lost any chance at having that coveted word “charter” under his name. <sigh> Took me almost two full years to decide that if I was going to lurk, I ought to just play as well. 
I try to ignore the sex with animals bit, though the braying of the asses and the baaing of the sheep can get a bit loud from time to time.
[QUOTE=Rigamarole]
I’m 99% sure I didn’t do anything to renew mine and it just showed up on my CC.
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Are you sure you weren’t just incredibly drunk, to the point of all memories of renewing being blanked out?
Because that’s what happened to me when I first signed up.