# Well, at least the admins are into keeping their word! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 21, 2004, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198 "2004-04-21T10:39:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/61 "2004-04-23T12:44:30Z")
Oh, and - bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/62 "2004-04-23T12:46:02Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > What the fuck?!? For the last month or so we’ve been hearing April 21 High Noon was the be-all-end-all for joining the SDMB at a reduced rate. Now the main page says it’s extended. :rolleyes: When it’s the government saying “you must file your taxes by April 15th”, that’s a rule. When a business says “The price is $n.nn if you purchase before mm/dd/yyyy” that’s an advertisement. If the IRS man comes to your home to haul you away on april 14th for not filing your taxes then a trust is broken and a rule not paid attention to. If a business says “We’ll give you a little more time to get in on the $n.nn price” it’s a new advertisement. Can you see a difference there? And while I suppose the person(s) who extended the deadline might also perform the duties of an administrator I suspect that most of our busy admins here had little or no say in the change so regardless of whether you view it as a rule change or not you are still painting with an awfully broad brush. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/63 "2004-04-23T13:09:57Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > When I was a kid, denarii hadn’t been invented yet. We hadda fashion all our gold into torcs and bracers and such, and lug it around worn on our bodies. You had gold? All we had was tin and zinc, and we had to mush it together so it’d stay in lumps we could hang around our necks. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/64 "2004-04-23T13:20:47Z")
You had necks? We were invertebrate. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/65 "2004-04-23T14:02:35Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You had gold? All we had was tin and zinc, and we had to mush it together so it’d stay in lumps we could hang around our necks. What are these ‘metals’ of which you speak? What are they worth, in , say, bone? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/66 "2004-04-23T15:54:56Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You had gold? All we had was tin and zinc, and we had to mush it together so it’d stay in lumps we could hang around our necks. I consider myself lucky then. Growing up in a hut where my uncle (the alchemist) lived with us there was always plenty of gold. ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/67 "2004-04-23T16:10:24Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > I don’t have a credit card and will be one of those lost to the ether. I thought I would have my swan song tonight now I have days left 🙂 Anything to help a fellow kiwi doper. Shoot me an email with your details and I’ll get you signed up before ANZAC day. j\_sum1 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/68 "2004-04-23T16:46:46Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > message boards, chat rooms, email accounts, rpg’s, MUD’s, multiple fantasy leagues, commercial entries (Coke, Mountain Dew etc code contests), newsletters, opinion polls, movie review sites, music review sites, ad nauseum. I can, sadly enough. But then I usually only use one or two names atta time. ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/69 "2004-04-23T18:07:15Z")
Forget the $4.95…I just hoped that we’d be free of the cheap theatrics from those tortured souls who are leaving. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/70 "2004-04-23T19:14:27Z")
> [@Shade](#): > > What are these ‘metals’ of which you speak? What are they worth, in , say, bone? You had bone? All we had was cartilage. Although our snobby rich cousins in the other pond claimed they had exoskeletons. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/71 "2004-04-23T19:37:10Z")
> [@Balle\_M](#): > > Forget the $4.95…I just hoped that we’d be free of the cheap theatrics from those tortured souls who are leaving. This is the only legitimate gripe in this thread. I too am tired of all the “This is my last post EVER on the SDMB” threads. Now we have to wait until Monday to see those go away. If you’re staying, cool. If not, shut the fuck up and go away. I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/72 "2004-04-23T19:42:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You had bone? All we had was cartilage. Although our snobby rich cousins in the other pond claimed they had exoskeletons. Shit, when I was a boy we didn’t have any of these fancy schmancy Playstations or Gamecubes. All we had was this thing called Atari, and it was made out of wood. My brothers and I spent many happy hours playing Splinter Games on our Atari. Basically, you just rub your hand around and around on it and the first person to get a splinter and yell “Ouch!” lost. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/73 "2004-04-24T00:21:06Z")
You had brothers? We used to reproduce asexually by cell division! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/74 "2004-04-24T00:42:51Z")
Cells! Pah! The whole thing started to go to hell after the whole phospholipid bilayer thing came into fashion! ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/75 "2004-04-24T00:44:35Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > Is your Charter Membership status somehow threatened by those who subscribe after the original deadline? > > (Gee, sounds like the gay marriage debate reframed…) > > Esprix Yes. If we can’t arbitrarily exclude others, then then the sanctity of Charter Membership is lost. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/76 "2004-04-24T02:52:42Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Cells! Pah! The whole thing started to go to hell after the whole phospholipid bilayer thing came into fashion! You had phospholipids?!? :eek: All we had were carbon and hydrogen atoms, and we had to walk ten miles uphill – both ways – just to get a little oxygen. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/77 "2004-04-24T04:06:27Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > Is your Charter Membership status somehow threatened by those who subscribe after the original deadline? > > (Gee, sounds like the gay marriage debate reframed…) > > Esprix I think we should call 'em Civil Union Dopers. I don’t feel comfortable calling them “Charter Members”. It kinda violates the sanctity of being the first to buy. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/78 "2004-04-24T04:42:35Z")
Originally posted by **EddyTeddyFreddy** > [@](#): > > You had phospholipids?!? All we had were carbon and hydrogen atoms, and we had to walk ten miles uphill – both ways – just to get a little oxygen. You have hills? … ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/79 "2004-04-24T05:36:43Z")
Not to detract from the “You had…?” antics, but I’m glad the deadline was extended. Namely because I’ve been on sabbatical and last logged on back in January. I did get the e-mail but didn’t really think much of it at the time. Had I not logged in today to check something on the SD main site, I’d have… umm… had to pay an extra $10 next time it occured to me to post. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198/80 "2004-04-24T10:43:44Z")
> [@gum](#): > > Originally posted by **EddyTeddyFreddy** > > You have hills? … You had different heights? We had exactly one number and had to use it for heights, gradients, everything! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-at-least-the-admins-are-into-keeping-their-word/241198.md?page=5)