[ November 06, 2005, 01:18 AM: Message edited by: Tante Shvester ]
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
congrats! The rate I'm going, I should reach 2000 in about..... thirty years.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
You're one seriously aggressive poster. I must say I've enjoyed you!
Is this your official landmark thread?
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[ August 19, 2005, 08:22 PM: Message edited by: Tammy ]
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
woohoo tante! tell us a story!!!!!
now if I could only break 1000...
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
That's just scary, Tante.
(Congrats!)
--j_k
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Holy crap. Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
I enjoy your posts, Tante. I'm just surprised you've posted so many in such a short time. I'll catch up to you *looks at watch* never.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
brat, you're gonna pass me up, like, Monday LOL
(at least we know she won't be on tomorrow, right?)
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Good work Tante. Keep on truckin'.
Who has the most posts on the forums?
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Wow. That is truely impressive!
Congrats Tante!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Impressive? Really? Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
That's just scary.
But it makes for good reading... Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
quote:Who has the most posts on the forums?
Shh...don't even go there...
Let's not start that again. Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Ooo you have me curious now Bob.
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Ok I found this. Which pretty much sums it up.
Originally posted by Tom D. in the 'Your jaws may all drop now... -- *New* Now also celebrating Tom's post count!' Thread:
quote: I feel compelled to point out that while I may have the highest post count of any individual under the same screen name, there are at least two other people here who, by my reckoning, have not only been here less time but passed 20,000 posts some time ago when you take their multiple login names into account.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
TomDavidson has the most, with 21,496. His rate is 9.39 posts a day.
Bob's rate is 10.31 posts a day. He will catch Tom in 3,137 days, or about 8 years 6 months.
Tante has 27.78 posts per day and will catch Tom in 1,060 days, or 2.9 years.
I have 22.93 posts per day and will catch Tom in 446 days.
Tante will catch me in 2,773 days.
All predictions are, of course absolutely unreliable because they rely on constant posting rates.
[ August 19, 2005, 11:39 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
That's just scary.
Posted by Mr.Gumby (Member # 6303) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tinros: congrats! The rate I'm going, I should reach 2000 in about..... thirty years.
I bet I can do in forty! Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
hmm... 4 years and 3000 posts vs 2 months and 2000 posts. I need to get on the ball.
Pix
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Ooo Dagonee I didn't relize you had such a high post rate. Probably because I started coming over to this side of the forum when Tante joined. So is Tante just the Dagonee of her time? Hmm this changes the whole perspective of things. Tante you better up your post per day count a bit if you want to retain your image of the crazy fast Hatrack poster.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Tante's more of the Jon Boy of her time, as far as sheer posting volume.
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
All right. If I can just do 1,000 posts a day I'll catch up with Tom in no time! I will lose my job and starve to death and sit in my own waste but it will be worth it!
Congrats Tante! Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
And in only two months, too. Holy crap, I keep forgetting Tante joined us so recently. It feels like she's been here forever.
What I've never understood is how you folks with the really high post counts can actually find things you want to say all the time. I don't have the time to read every thread that comes up, and in the majority of threads I do read, I have nothing to add. I always thought I was opinionated, but I've got nothing on some of you.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:Originally posted by Verily the Younger: What I've never understood is how you folks with the really high post counts can actually find things you want to say all the time. I don't have the time to read every thread that comes up, and in the majority of threads I do read, I have nothing to add. I always thought I was opinionated, but I've got nothing on some of you.
Likewise and ditto. I'm just not creative or opinionated enough to have a ridiculously high post count. Or daily average, for that matter.
But I'm okay with that.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I agree with Verily. I could probably come up with something to say to every thread on the board, but who has the time to read all that?
I wonder if Tante has some sort of advanced thread summarizing technology that spits out a cheat sheet at her so she can post so rapidly.
Or it could just be that she has mad skillz.
Either way, happy 2000th.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
She posts a fair bit in what are the wee hours of the morning over in the US, so I admit to wondering if she works the night shift, and perhaps logs in during quiet times at the hospital or something.
But that's just me. Since I see so few people this time of day. Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :
Dang, Tante! This is truly amazing. Nice work!
Posted by rCX (Member # 8503) on :
Wow! 2000 posts in 2 months! Scary!
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Congrats Tante!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Aw, shucks, guys! It's a mad obsession, but to be fair, some of my posts are pretty short (like the first one on this page)
And I spend a fair amount of time with BunnV and Hamson "Begging the Question". We can't seem to leave those questions alone.
On Shabbos, when I can't go on the computer, my son and I pose answers to each other for the questioning, to pass the time and amuse ourselves.
We crack each other up. My husband just looks on in bemusement, wondering where all this came from.
I work a day job, full time, but not in a hospital. I am a nursing supervisor for a home health care company, so I divide my time between the office (when I can sometimes sneak a Hatrack fix, surreptitiously), and out in the field, visiting my patients at their homes. Most of my posting is done after I get home in the evening, and after my guys are tucked in to bed.
I joined about the time that school was wrapping up for summer break for my son. He'll be starting high school in September, so I expect that he may need to use the computer more for school work. Since we share, expect my post rate to decline.
Unless I get the urge for my own laptop. That would be really neat. I'd be unstoppable.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Laptops are fun. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Already? Wasn't it last week you had 1,000?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Nah, it was July 27th. That was three weeks ago.
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
I think it'd be pretty amazing (slightly) if this thread lasted till 3000.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Do you play the word associations game too?
Or try to get the last word? My dad and I play that game, but it usually involves a lot of Me. Me. No Me. No me. Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
o_O
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
yeees?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
quote:I think it'd be pretty amazing (slightly) if this thread lasted till 3000.
Considering it's only been, like, three days, and she's already a quarter of the way there, I wouldn't be surprised at all.
Edit: Okay, four days. Stupid time zones. I keep forgetting "tomorrow" comes to planet Earth before it comes here.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Yeah, and I don't post on the Sabbath either. To honor the L'rd. And to give you non-Sabbath observers a chance to catch up.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Ha HA! You get that, everyone? She did this posting only six days a week! Thaaaaat's great. Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I just can't figure out how people have the energy to post as much as they do. I used to prowl from thread to thread and regale people with my wit and charm, but I just can't bring myself to do it.
Whatever else, Shvesta, ya gots stamina.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Huh? Wha..?
Posted by Troubadour (Member # 83) on :
Actually Tinros, at the rate you're going you'll hit 2000 in just 4.1 years. Good for you.
Congrats Tante, great to have you here!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oh, Washer, you're so sweet. Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
See, I don't see how anyone can post that much. I read the boards all the time- but I normally can't find anything to say.
Congrats Tante!
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Ditto Shawshank
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: She did this posting only six days a week!
Five and a half. You have no idea how people prepare for Sabbath. Well, that's even more true with big families.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
What can I say, I can't get enough of you guys. But, Jon, I work full time -- I can't take off a half day on Friday to prepare. I do my shopping Thursday night, after work, and set my alarm clock for 4 am Friday, to get my cooking done before I leave for work.
And what makes you think I have a big family? High maintenence, for sure, but not so big.
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
I said it's particularly true if you have a big family. I don't know how big or small your family is.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, there's me. There's Hubby. And Son of Shvester makes three.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oh, and Λαβύρινθος, my keyboard doesn't bend that way, so henceforth, I'll refer to you as "Bunny".
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Bunny. *snort* I love that!
Posted by Λαβύρινθος (Member # 8534) on :
How come you chose "Bunny"?
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
OK, I admit my great ignorance right off, but I don't know anything about how post count works. I looked at this and said "wait a minute, Tante has 2347 posts, not 2000" -- but then I see that all your posts in this thread show the same number. So am I correct in assuming that the post count that shows up on the thread was not your post count at the time you posted, but that it updates wherever your name appears on the board to sho an accurate post count as of "now"? (now being whenever I'm looking at it.)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Uprooted, pretty much. Although occasionally your count in a thread you have not recently posted to will lag a bit.
And welcome to Hatrack! Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Thanks, Rivka!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Λαβύρινθος: How come you chose "Bunny"?
You couldn't just called me... Hmm... I don't know - maybe... LABYRINTH?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Could've. Didn't.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Hey -- I had to take Shabbos off!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
My 3000th post.
I couldn't have done it without you guys. Thanks, everyone. I sure am having a great time playing with you.
And, by the way, I just turned "real" on Sunday. Quite a banner week for me.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
o_O
Beaten in 4 month... :shakes head:
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Whoa. That's under a month between 2000 and 3000.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I'm actually approaching 5000, which is pretty cool.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by kojabu: Whoa. That's under a month between 2000 and 3000.
Yeah, I know. I really slowed down the past couple of weeks. Busy with the real world, I guess.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yikes!
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
So I guess you're ahead of me now...
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
*checks above*
Yup.
*shakes head*
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
Tante! You scare me! Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
my goal is 1000 a year, I did it last year, well one day less, so I posted with a different name for a day.
Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
Tante, you and I registered at about the same time, yet you have more than 30 times the number of posts as me!
I am thoroughly impressed. And a bit scared.
Ah well, I suppose it makes sense - I'm not an especially vocal person in real life, either.
Edit: And that was my 100th post! At the rate I'm going, I probably should've taken advantage of it and done a landmark. Whoops, oh well.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Sorry to scare you guys. I'm really not that scary. I'm just a sweet little old lady perched in her rocking chair in front of the computer.
Wouldn't hurt a fly.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I wonder what percentage of your posts happen in Last-Post-Thready threads?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
A "fair" percentage. What I just can't leave alone is "Begging the Question". People just hand me straight lines. Love it.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I consider the Begging the Question thread to be a Last-Post-Thready thread. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, there you go, then. I believe that Jonathan Howard was working on a system to devalue posts on certain threads. Or maybe posts that are below a certain word-count. Or written in just one language. Something like that.
Perhaps you can collaborate with him on his project and work to get my post count adjusted. I am certain that they are not of as consistently high quality as yours are.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*laugh* Dunno. Both of you should get extra points for sharp (in all meanings of the word) rejoinders.
And Tom, adding a doesn't make your post any nicer than adding a j/k.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Oh, I wasn't being nice. I was just smiling.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
That's OK, Tom. I didn't think you were being nice.
I am glad that I can make you smile, though.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Believe it or not, you've made me smile in a more charitable and enthusiastic context as well, once or twice. It's not all fluff-loathing with me.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Gee, Tom never compliments me. You must be doing something right, Tante.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
So, Tante.... are you going to do a "life story" type landmark one of these days? We have gathered a limited picture of you from bits and pieces....
Just curious - how many of the landmarks in the archive have you read? I remember spending a great deal of time reading most of those before I became a regular. They are just so cool...
Farmgirl
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
It took me a while, but I made it to 4000! Couldn't have done it without all you kind folks out there. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Or if you actually had a RL at all...even your son comes here to speak to you! Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
You attention-whore, you!
Um, so at this rate, you should beat me in, what, 3 days?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I'll plan a real landmark thread for my 1 year anniversary. Golly, I have such a fun time here at Hatrack. I DO have a real life, by the way. Hatrack is what I do to get away from it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*blink* I had just decided NOT to ask if you were ever going to ever do a "real" landmark.
Get out of my head! It's crowded enough in here already! Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Get out of my head! It's crowded enough in here already!
OK. Getting out. Exorcising the rest of the voices is up to you.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
But, if kick them out, who will keep me company?
And how will I tell my students, "The only voices I should be hearing right now are the ones in my head"?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I'd come back, if you invited me in...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I really don't think I need a voice in my head that posts independently on Hatrack . . .
Posted by Yopu (Member # 8827) on :
If you like, I can give you one of mine. Hell knows I have enough of 'em.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
No, no . . . *edges away* I'm good, thanks.
Posted by Yopu (Member # 8827) on :
What? But I play nice.
Tante, can I be like you when I grow up?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
And rivka's hair needs company. She could use another voice in her head. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Yopu: Tante, can I be like you when I grow up?
It is certainly a worthy aspiration. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
It is?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Yup!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: And rivka's hair needs company. She could use another voice in her head.
O_O
Did I say I could do Wednesday? Um, I think I might have to . . . no, not wash my hair . . . um . . .
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Well, there you go, then. I believe that Jonathan Howard was working on a system to devalue posts on certain threads. Or maybe posts that are below a certain word-count. Or written in just one language. Something like that.
Perhaps you can collaborate with him on his project and work to get my post count adjusted. I am certain that they are not of as consistently high quality as yours are.
*Giggles like a 12-yo JAP.*
Only saw this now! Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
I can't believe Tante's hit 4,000 posts in 5 months. That's incredible.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Yeah, like I said, October was a slow month.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
It was a RED month.
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