I read the sticky about renewal, and I thought it was of no interest to me. Then looked at my date of membership, and unbelievably, it was a year ago that I signed on. So, I re-upped.
Ol’ Al theorized that time slows down as you approach the speed of light. Unfortunately, the converse is also true: time speeds up as you approach the event horizon of senility. But a year? Cheech!
If I live to be 100 (22 more years) and the subscription rate stays the same, I’ll have to pony up $328.90 in membership dues. Hey, come on, I love the Board, but this is excessive. OTOH, threads like the infamous “I Burning You Dog” are funny enough to perhaps justify it all.
As it seems all Dopers are acronymanes (hey, did I just coin a word?), will engage in that nefarious practice willy-nilly:
Due to the SUOT (speeding-up-of-time) factor, it seems to me that TPTB (The Powers That Be) should have compassion, and institute a GD (Geezer’s Discount). Hey, even ski areas let anybody over 70 ski free. So TPTB should institute a GD for anybody over 70.
Then, for members over 80, the OFD (Old Fart’s Discount) should kick in and be free for the remainder of their lives. Come to think of it, it only seems fair that those over 90 should be **paid ** $14.95 a year. Don’tcha’ think? Surely there are enough of you YW (Young Whippersnappers) here to bear that small burden.
If I persuade thousands of OFs to march on Washington, DC, would that influence TPTB (aka Administrators) to act? How else can we soften their flinty and mercenary hearts?
