20,000 post

[bandaches]

Who will make this forum's 20,000 post?  Looks like it will be made within a few days. 

[Plan 9]

Who will make this forum's 20,000 post?  Looks like it will be made within a few days. 

It would have been Ron.

[bandaches]

It would have been Ron.

I bet it would have been a link to some random $5 auction he won "at a great price".

[Sue Mee]

I bet it would have been a link to some random $5 auction he won "at a great price".

Or maybe his 12th "I'm going away forever" speech.

[sco(o)t]

Or maybe his 12th "I'm going away forever" speech.

Shhhhh!!!    He's like Lord Valdimore (sp?)... when you invoke his name, he manifests himself again.

[BumChex]

We are almost there!

[BumChex]

Actually we are over 20,000. I don't know why the counter is off. Look at my post here and you will see the post number is 20,122. You can see the post number in your browser url address bar. We also have 260 members. This is probably more like 250 because I have a test user name and there could be others with duplicate accounts. Not bad for the first 9 months.

[Dr Popper]

Actually we are over 20,000. I don't know why the counter is off. Look at my post here and you will see the post number is 20,122. You can see the post number in your browser url address bar. We also have 260 members. This is probably more like 250 because I have a test user name and there could be others with duplicate accounts. Not bad for the first 9 months.

True, but 1/2 of the 20,000 posts were from Ron.  LOL!

[BumChex]

True, but 1/2 of the 20,000 posts were from Ron.  LOL!

He had about 1100 so i guess were not quite there yet.

[bandaches]

Actually we are over 20,000. I don't know why the counter is off. Look at my post here and you will see the post number is 20,122. You can see the post number in your browser url address bar. We also have 260 members. This is probably more like 250 because I have a test user name and there could be others with duplicate accounts. Not bad for the first 9 months.

This post I am responding to has freaky statistics dude!  Check out the post number, date, time.....all 0's 1's and 2's across the board!

[Plan 9]

This post I am responding to has freaky statistics dude!  Check out the post number, date, time.....all 0's 1's and 2's across the board!

I'm not seeing any post numbers. Where are they supposed to be?

[BustedFinger]

I'm not seeing any post numbers. Where are they supposed to be?

You have to click on the link near the top of the post that looks like

RE: 20,000 post

Then look up at the URL address in your browser and there will be a Message ID number near the end of the address.

For example, this is post # 20,166

[Jean Nutty]

He had about 1100 so i guess were not quite there yet.

I assume 1000 had the dude with the tipping sunglasses?!

Hey, where did that one go? Is that the I see on the row of smileys?

Also, if you reply to any message using the quote function, you can see the message numer in the tagline listed between the topic and the date code.

[bandaches]

You have to click on the link near the top of the post that looks like

RE: 20,000 post

Then look up at the URL address in your browser and there will be a Message ID number near the end of the address.

For example, this is post # 20,166

Well we passed 20,000 according to the counter on the home page today.  I thought we would hit it soon and sure enough....things usually slow as we hit the holidays.

[Fanatical_and_Sickly]

Actually we are over 20,000. I don't know why the counter is off.

Do the counters get out of synch when people post and then later delete their post? resulting in fewer remaining readable posts, versus the number of messages that were actually made.
I should probably delete this post and see what happens...

[BumChex]

Do the counters get out of synch when people post and then later delete their post? resulting in fewer remaining readable posts, versus the number of messages that were actually made.
I should probably delete this post and see what happens...

Good question. I have no idea but it's not that big of deal.

[Jean Nutty]

I have no idea but it's not that big of deal.

Some of us are hungry for minutiae, others for Minute Lice   

[Truant]

Who will make this forum's 20,000 post?  Looks like it will be made within a few days. 

Wow, I could have sworn I heard that statement once before a long, long time ago (about 10 years)... and it was ME who said it! Pinch me, I think I'm dreaming.

...and I still say my 20,000 posts on Delphi were "quality over quantity" vs the eventual winner who had a motherlode of "LOL" posts which shouldn't have counted...

[Truant]

Do the counters get out of synch when people post and then later delete their post? resulting in fewer remaining readable posts, versus the number of messages that were actually made.
I should probably delete this post and see what happens...

There is no BPA for the 20,000th post, is there?

[Crakola Crayons]

Tom, always refreshing to see your avatar when you post here.  Hope you are well.

[Jean Nutty]

There is no BPA for the 20,000th post, is there?

Best Post Award?

[Truant]

Tom, always refreshing to see your avatar when you post here.  Hope you are well.

Thanks Martin. I just replied to your post, but got some weird message saying there was another post and please preview, so don't know if the post worked. Anyway, I'm doing fine. Hope all is well with you also.

[Jean Nutty]

Thanks Martin. I just replied to your post, but got some weird message saying there was another post and please preview, so don't know if the post worked. Anyway, I'm doing fine. Hope all is well with you also.

Kinda like speed limit signs, you can ignore those messages

[Truant]

Best Post Award?

Brain Power Award. It's an old (very old) joke...

[Crakola Crayons]

Thanks Martin. I just replied to your post, but got some weird message saying there was another post and please preview, so don't know if the post worked. Anyway, I'm doing fine. Hope all is well with you also.

I'm doing fine, Tom.  Thanks for asking.  Glad you are as well.

[Crakola Crayons]

Brain Power Award. It's an old (very old) joke...

Ah, yes, very old joke indeed. 

[Jean Nutty]

I'm not sure if it was the "BPA", but I seem to vaguely remember a long time ago there was some type of an (annual?) nomination and maybe a (virtual) "award" for the forum member who "discovered" the most significant previously unknown information about Wacky Packages?

Or maybe that's another false memory in my ever-growing collection.

[Dr Popper]

I'm not sure if it was the "BPA", but I seem to vaguely remember a long time ago there was some type of an (annual?) nomination and maybe a (virtual) "award" for the forum member who "discovered" the most significant previously unknown information about Wacky Packages?

Or maybe that's another false memory in my ever-growing collection.

You are correct about that.  When I got into the hobby there was still a little discussion those awards but at this point they have solved most of the mysteries that needed to be solved!  It would have been fun to be a part of that era but I was a little late to the dance.