# Where have all you Charter Members been? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235 "2008-09-05T20:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/21 "2008-09-06T16:51:39Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > I’ve been out back on the porch. Brilliant! Love it! > [@Geobabe](#): > > Maybe it has to do with how recently you last had paid status? I dunno, but my paid sub expired this April and I’m still a CM, while my husband stopped paying a couple years ago, and he’s a Guest. > > I think a lot of folks have been lurking while unable to post; I was reading the boards a couple times a week, so I saw the threads when a lot of people discovered they could post again. Hey, welcome back! OT, but something I’ve been curious about for a long time, and since you’ve been gone, haven’t been able to ask you. . . Do you pronounce your name like [geodesic](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geodesic) or like [geoduck](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geoduck)? ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/22 "2008-09-06T18:27:57Z")
My subscription lapsed about two years ago. My title said “Charter Member” when I first came back, but reverted to guest soon after. Where have I been? Mostly playing World of Warcraft. ☹ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/23 "2008-09-06T18:32:31Z")
> [@wheelie](#): > > Well, wadda ya know, still not Charter. 😕 Just checking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/24 "2008-09-06T20:31:35Z")
Nice to see ya! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/25 "2008-09-06T21:05:54Z")
I’ve been here… ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/26 "2008-09-06T22:37:44Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > Nice to see ya! I always liked your name. It’s fun to say (well, in my head at least). ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/27 "2008-09-06T22:46:24Z")
I was slightly freaked out to see **ruadh** contributing to a thread the other day. It’s like going back in time. In my day that was a name that cropped up in all sorts of threads that I was interested in. Have these people been lurking/socking all this time? I’m glad to see them back, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/28 "2008-09-06T23:22:50Z")
For a while, I wandered off to a local newspaper-based board, and I’ve been keeping the wackos at bay with a whip and a chair. I’m not sure if that’s rewarding or not. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/29 "2008-09-07T00:33:29Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Brilliant! Love it! Hey, welcome back! > > OT, but something I’ve been curious about for a long time, and since you’ve been gone, haven’t been able to ask you. . . > > Do you pronounce your name like [geodesic](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geodesic) or like [geoduck](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geoduck)? The root is a combination of “geology” and “babe”. ETA: I see I’m still a “guest” after paying to post for one year, then lapsing. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/30 "2008-09-07T00:37:22Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > But I want it back. Dammit. Me, too. I wanna be able to sit at The Cool Table with The Cool Kids again. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/31 "2008-09-07T01:56:13Z")
I usually don’t have very much to say. I could contribute more, but i always get beaten to the answers in QG where i am mostly. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/32 "2008-09-07T04:08:33Z")
I’ve been gone a few months. I renewed, posted one thread about my new kitten, then \*poof. \* I got really busy, and didn’t even have time to lurk. I popped in last week and found out about the free posting. I’m hanging around now to see who all is going to come back. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/33 "2008-09-07T04:12:02Z")
> [@UncleBill](#): > > ETA: I see I’m still a “guest” after paying to post for one year, then lapsing. Yup. Same with me. Paid for a year, then left, an unexpected gift subscription notwithstanding, and am now an 8-year-old guest (with a post count probably in the 16,000s, but not visible yet). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/34 "2008-09-07T04:20:28Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Yup. Same with me. Paid for a year, then left, an unexpected gift subscription notwithstanding, and am now an 8-year-old guest (with a post count probably in the 16,000s, but not visible yet). It’s not visible in the thread at the moment, but you can see it if you go to your own profile and look under the statistics heading. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/35 "2008-09-07T04:51:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s not visible in the thread at the moment, but you can see it if you go to your own profile and look under the statistics heading. Wow. Only 14,880? I thought I’d left here with more. (Not that I necessarily mind a lower number. It’s just weird.) Did some get deleted in archiving, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/36 "2008-09-07T05:27:32Z")
> [@UncleBill](#): > > > [@Shayna](#): > > > > OT, but something I’ve been curious about for a long time, and since you’ve been gone, haven’t been able to ask you. . . > > > > Do you pronounce your name like [geodesic](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geodesic) or like [geoduck](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geoduck)? > > The root is a combination of “geology” and “babe”. Yeah, what he said. At my college, the nickname for the Geology majors was “Geobabe”, which I thought was cute, so I adopted it as my screen name here. I’ve thought about changing it, but can’t think of anything I like better, plus I’ve had it for so long now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235/37 "2008-09-07T05:33:09Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Did some get deleted in archiving, or what? About 1.3 million posts were removed over the years to save space, but they’ve now been restored and I’m sure they’d be included in your post count. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-you-charter-members-been/462235.md?page=1)