# 20,000 Members by Christmas?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675>\
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**Created:** [November 22, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675 "2001-11-22T00:14:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675/1 "2001-11-22T00:14:27Z")

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Or do some of you think the board will hit that number sooner?

Or maybe later?

This is the place to place your picks.

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675/2 "2001-11-22T04:19:52Z")

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I figure about 400 by early next year, personally. But time will tell.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675/3 "2001-11-23T04:58:53Z")

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It’ll happen sooner or later, without a doubt.

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**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675/4 "2001-11-23T16:33:24Z")

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I’d guess that it will happen long before Christmas. We are already at 19300 and it isn’t even December yet.

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**Author:** ![The\_Ticket-of-Leave-Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Ticket-of-Leave-Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ticket-of-Leave-Man)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675/5 "2001-11-24T03:21:17Z")

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Better check how numbers are calculated. I seem to be #19,384, but the main page still shows “Registered Members: 19333”

So there’s some discepancy. Not that it matters, I suppose. Whoever gets the magic number will be the luck of the draw. (There’s not a free goose tied in is there? 😕 )

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**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675/6 "2001-11-25T17:41:11Z")

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For those scoring at home, I signed up on 10-06-2000.

So the board has doubled in membership in just over a year!