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    Took a while

    I wanted to post my 20 000th post here...then realised that posts here dont count towards the post count. bummer
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    Re: Took a while

    But you got there anyway. Well done I seem to be lagging behind

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    Re: Took a while

    thanks, and naaa you are not lagged, you just have a life

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    Re: Took a while

    Nice Ford.
    I think people forget the word "THANK YOU!!!!" Do you still know it???

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    Re: Took a while

    Whoa!

    That means the club of 20,000+ posts i.e. the Famous five (NBVC, shg, JBeaucaire, royUK, DonkeyOte) is now the 'Super six'

    Well done Ford
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    Re: Took a while

    Wow! That is great Ford.

    Guess I shall from now on have to address you as, Sir!

    Well done.

    Best Regards.

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    Re: Took a while

    Thanks guys

    @ Winnon naaa Mineer will do LOL

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    Re: Took a while

    I missed that!

    Well done Ford!
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    Re: Took a while

    Congrats on your achievement!

    You have a few more posts than I do but you have also been a member 2 days longer than I have. So, I guess you should have more posts than me.
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    Very good Mineer!
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    Re: Took a while

    Congrats! and it's not an easy one to contribute 20k posts


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    Re: Took a while

    Thanks guys, thats what you get for having no life and spending most of your time (at work and at home) in here lol

    I have to say though, that I have learned probably 1000% more from being on the forum than had I not been here. I have said this before, but before I joined here, I thought I was good at excel - then I learned (and am still learning) what good REALLY looks like. So many members here amaze me with stuff they put out here (I would love to name names, but I know with my luck, I will forget a few, and dont want to upset any1)
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    Re: Took a while

    congrats!
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    It is amazing; more than 20.000 post.

    Ford, realy congratulations and keep on doing your good work.
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    Re: Took a while

    Just an update to this...Just reached 30 000. Proves I really do have no life LOL

    Only took another 18 months

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    Re: Took a while

    An order of magnitude above my own - congratulations, and, well earned

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    Re: Took a while

    Thanks again Orrin

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    Re: Took a while

    oooo.....k so I need new glasses. I reached 30 000 a while back, I just reached 33 000 lol

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    Re: Took a while

    Ok Ok 11 times then Still well earned

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    Re: Took a while

    noooo not even 5 times

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    It is amazing; more than 33.000 post.

    Ford, realy congratulations and keep on doing your good work.

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    Re: Took a while

    Thanks oeldere

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    Re: Took a while

    I happen to have joined this forum just a few minutes after Tony (Biff) on New Year's Eve four years ago, and neither of us are slouches in responding to threads, but you are just an order of magnitude beyond us in your frequency of posting - three times the number, from just two days earlier !!

    Congratulations Ford - long may you continue.

    (And Happy New Year)

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    Thanks Pete, I have a job where I can spend some time on here

    Happy new year to you and yours' too

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    Re: Took a while

    @Ford
    Awesome achievement. Keep it up

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    Re: Took a while

    Well, I have been forced to slow down this past year Since that attack we had a while back, my work (PA State) has blocked this forum, so my time here has reduced to less than 25% of what it used to be - and it shows om my thread count.

    About this time last year, I had added another 10 000 posts, so far this year, I have barely managed 7 000
    (I do, however, now have the highest post count on this forum)

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    Is post counts what it's all about, then? I though it was about helping other people as and when we can. I am not blocked from accessing the forums from work, but when I am at work, I feel duty bound to be working and not helping here, so I don't think you should be concerned about that. Your reputation is far more important than your post count, and it is very clear that other members value the support you offer when you are here.
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    Re: Took a while

    Just imagine: 37k posts, lets say one post is 100 letters long... 37 million times some keyboard button was pressed
    Live search engine!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AliGW View Post
    Is post counts what it's all about, then? I though it was about helping other people as and when we can. I am not blocked from accessing the forums from work, but when I am at work, I feel duty bound to be working and not helping here, so I don't think you should be concerned about that. Your reputation is far more important than your post count, and it is very clear that other members value the support you offer when you are here.
    No, post count is not what it's all about - never was, never will be. My comments regarding this, as I mentioned above, was that I have no life lol, and spend way too much time in here

    My job allows me plenty of spare time to do other things, so I feel no guilt about helping here. Regarding reps, yes for what they are worth, I have the 4th highest on the forum

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    Quote Originally Posted by kasan View Post
    Just imagine: 37k posts, lets say one post is 100 letters long... 37 million times some keyboard button was pressed
    Live search engine!
    wow interesting way of looking at it, thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by kasan View Post
    Just imagine: 37k posts, lets say one post is 100 letters long... 37 million times some keyboard button was pressed
    Live search engine!
    Please correct me guys, but 37k = 37000 ( give or take a few thousand) and 37000*100=3700000 which is three million seven hundred thousand, is it not?

    It looks like the countless bugs affecting this forum have spread to it's users

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    @ Pepe Le Mokko
    add some 10 mouse clicks per post

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    Quote Originally Posted by FDibbins View Post
    I have no life lol, and spend way too much time in here
    Looks like JohnTopley now occupies that spot.

    Rim shot!

    Going out with a bang.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Valko View Post
    Looks like JohnTopley now occupies that spot.

    Rim shot!

    Going out with a bang.
    Yup, John is sure doing well - and you have not been much of a slouch either Tony

    I think at my peak, I was posting on average 40 posts per day, often getting 1200-1400 posts a month (peaked at 11 000 posts for 2013)

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    Re: Took a while

    Got me to thinking so I started this thread...

    https://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?t=1167689

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