# What is a "Charter Member"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member/455353>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member/455353 "2008-07-05T04:42:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member/455353/41 "2008-07-09T10:45:10Z")

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[QUOTE=gotpasswords]  
You rang?

Y’all forgot to mention the special bonus of acid flashback-like memories of the appearance of pushpins on AOL. The new kids can talk about the Winter of Our Missed Content, but remembering AOL pre-pushpins, well, that’s extra special. 😛  
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Don’t be insluting.

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member/455353/42 "2008-07-09T11:15:52Z")

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Better, faster, stronger.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member/455353/43 "2008-07-09T12:07:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Linear Crack]  
Well, we may have been stripped of our Charter title, and the many perks that go along with it, but deep down we all know the ancient charter code: Once a Charter Member, always a Charter Member! 😛

So we have that going for us, which is nice.

-LC  
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But only on your deathbed.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member/455353/44 "2008-07-09T15:59:59Z")

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Newbies!

I wrote a letter to Cecil in the early 80’s!

So there!

[sub]He never used it and I don’t remember what it was about[/sub]

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member/455353/45 "2008-07-09T16:10:31Z")

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Wasn’t this an answer on Jeopardy?

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**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:** [July 9, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-charter-member/455353/46 "2008-07-09T19:28:02Z")

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I’ll take “Threads that have run their course” for $100, Alex.

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