# Suddenly, I'm a "Member!" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 31, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103 "2005-03-31T20:33:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/21 "2005-04-01T03:02:29Z")
Maybe I should have my title changed to ‘Drunk as a Lord’ instead of ‘Old Fart.’ ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/22 "2005-04-01T03:10:31Z")
For the record, I don’t mind being “Member” instead of “Charter Member.” I think it’s kind of nice for the folks who signed up first. > [@Chronos](#): > > Don’t worry, **Misn** , I don’t think you have to worry about that. Hey, that’s “ **Mis** ” to you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/23 "2005-04-01T06:19:32Z")
Can I call you “ **Mis** ” as well? Ok? Good. Now then **Mi** … I _can_ call you “ **Mi** ” can’t I? Good. So **M** baby, about these username problems you’ve been having… ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/24 "2005-04-01T12:11:29Z")
Testing… ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/25 "2005-04-01T14:57:11Z")
…ditto ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/26 "2005-04-01T14:59:35Z")
“…and then one day, posts started showing up with no username or title at all…” :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/27 "2005-04-01T15:52:46Z")
I \*should \* be a member. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/28 "2005-04-01T20:05:48Z")
Leave it to me to be a special case… I don’t appear to have an active subscription and I’ve gone from Charter Member to Member, even though I signed up on March 22, last year. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/29 "2005-04-01T20:17:08Z")
I am not sure what is going here, but I’m going to refer this to Jerry. I’m also starting a new sticky for subscription problems, so we can easily see them and get right on them as quickly as possible. Since you started this here, I’ll leave it here for right now, but as soon as we get you straightened out, we’ll close this thread, I think. Sorry for the confusion. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/30 "2005-04-01T20:25:02Z")
What is the staus of _my_ member? Hmmmm… let’s find out… ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/31 "2005-04-01T20:37:55Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > The only inference to be made from these titles is that a Charter Member signed up when we first opened for subscriptions, and a Member came along after that original window of opportunity closed. That’s all it means. Do we have any non-charter members with the names enlarged, engorged, swollen, mutated, huge, monstrous, gargantuan, or shriveled? Because that would be cool. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/32 "2005-04-01T21:36:50Z")
Once again, Jerry and TD work magic. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 1, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/33 "2005-04-01T21:55:48Z")
Since this particular problem has been resolved and “gotpasswords” has been fixed, I’m gong to close this thread. your humble TubaDiva [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103.md?page=1)