And now for something completely different. Any WI/MN DUers planning to go to Jackpine Radical's

[scarletwoman]

73. Too funny! I probably wouldn't have noticed for a couple of weeks or so.

One day I'd look at my post count and think, "Hey I passed 28,00! Wonder when that happened?"

I'm so slow. I've been here since mid-2001 and a measley 28,000 post count is all I've got to show for it - it's almost embarrassing.

I know I've told this story before, but I'll go ahead and tell it again:

When I first joined DU, Jackpine Radical was already here, but not that long before me. With a little back and forth between us, we soon became fast DU friends. Back then, the first big milestone was joining "The 700 Club", when you reached 700 posts. Everybody teased everybody about it. And we all raced to get to 800. Jackpine beat me in that race, and continually teased me about it until I finally hit my own 800.

The next big milestone was 1,000 posts. All us early DUers were really excited about reaching that point - 1,000 posts! It seemed like an amazing feat on this brand new forum! Jackpine and I were neck and neck in the race to reach 1,000. And I WON! And teased him about every chance I got for years afterward.

Of course, as the years went by he totally out-paced me in post count, and I fell further and further back. I stayed relatively inactive posting-wise for a lot of years, although I've been here almost every dang day of the entire 14 years since I joined. I just sort of drifted into the background, content with reading and rec'ing posts but not feeling like saying much.

So, 28,000 (now 28,001). That's about 200 posts a year - not very much. Oh well...