# Your forum topics are screwy **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 14, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958 "2011-07-14T01:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JimH52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@JimH52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimH52)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/1 "2011-07-14T01:54:37Z")
Just Saying… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/2 "2011-07-14T02:01:49Z")
Thank you very much. We try to keep it that way. ---
**Author:** ![JimH52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@JimH52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimH52)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/3 "2011-07-14T02:18:32Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Thank you very much. We try to keep it that way. and I suppose you like to have so few people return? Very poor attendance,and you just lost another! ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/4 "2011-07-14T02:20:51Z")
Don’t allow the door to hit you… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/5 "2011-07-14T02:21:01Z")
Could you be a _titch_ more specific, **JimH52**? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/6 "2011-07-14T02:21:32Z")
> [@JimH52](#): > > and I suppose you like to have so few people return? Very poor attendance,and you just lost another! Watch the door, it can leave a mark. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/7 "2011-07-14T02:23:50Z")
Wait! Wait! Come back! You haven’t reanimated a zombie thread yet! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/8 "2011-07-14T02:24:43Z")
A check for a full refund of your enrollment fee is in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/9 "2011-07-14T02:26:34Z")
Your mother wears Army boots. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/10 "2011-07-14T02:31:38Z")
A list of suggested new Forum Topics: 1. Things that interest \*\*JimH52 \*\* 2. Political arguments that \*\*JimH52 \*\*can win 3. Other/misc ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/11 "2011-07-14T03:10:29Z")
It takes him 86 posts before he figures out everybody else here handles the divisions quite handily? What a (deleted expletive, because we aren’t supposed to insult people, even people like **JimH52**.) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/12 "2011-07-14T03:14:41Z")
> [@JimH52](#): > > and I suppose you like to have so few people return? Very poor attendance,and you just lost another! We only have about 11,000 active members. Obviously very few people return. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/13 "2011-07-14T03:15:33Z")
I guess we’ll have to make do with JimH1 through JimH51. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/14 "2011-07-14T04:00:46Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > We only have about 11,000 active members. Obviously very few people return. I’ve actually been curious about some of this - how do you define active membership? Does anything ever happen to accounts which are dormant? Do you recycle usernames if the previous owner gets banned or it lies fallow for long enough? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/15 "2011-07-14T04:38:26Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > I’ve actually been curious about some of this - how do you define active membership? See [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=603521) “Active members” are those who have logged on in the past 60 days. However, it does include spammers and others who never post, so the number of actual posters is less. > [@](#): > > Does anything ever happen to accounts which are dormant? Do you recycle usernames if the previous owner gets banned or it lies fallow for long enough? Accounts are not deleted, and usernames are not recycled. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/16 "2011-07-14T05:09:42Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Accounts are not deleted, and usernames are not recycled. Which means that there will only ever be one **JimH52** , now and forevermore. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/17 "2011-07-14T05:16:51Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/18 "2011-07-14T06:32:09Z")
Make sure you return the goat before you leave. You don’t get to keep that. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/19 "2011-07-14T12:10:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What a (deleted expletive, because we aren’t supposed to insult people, even people like **JimH52**.) Maroon? ---
**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 14, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forum-topics-are-screwy/588958/20 "2011-07-14T12:25:46Z")
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