I have never been asked to fork over the $3. What you get for your money is the use of the forum, which costs money to operate. Once there was an institution called the "free lunch counter." My grandfather told me about it. Before prohibition, many saloons had, in addition to a bar, a large table on which were piled cold cuts, breads, and other sandwich fixings. If you bought a nickel scooter of beer, you had the right to go to this table and make yourself a sandwich at no extra charge. Unfortunately notwithstanding what many people currently believe regarding government handouts, there is no longer a free lunch counter. Someone has to bear the burden of underwriting the cost of running the farm, and who better than the users?
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