I’m putting my guess in at April 15, 2001.
Let’s not forget, however, that they sometimes prune old threads. So, from time to time, handy’s numbers may go down.
Sorry to poop on everyone’s parade, but it needed to be pointed out.
Zev Steinhardt
Didn’t realize it was already covered.
That’s what I get for not reading the thread all the way through. :rolleyes:
Zev Steinhardt
I suspect that the SDMB counter might work on base 12 instead of 10. In which case:
Handy has 6408 posts as right now, which would be equivalent to:
10368 (17286) + 576 (144 4) + 0 (0*12)+ 8 ( 8 * 1) = 10952
Since he has been 457 days in the SDMB
10952 / 547 = 20.02 posts per day
So, a simple regression tells us that Handy reached his 10k post 48 days ago, which, according to my calendar, corresponds to July 30th.
In the spirit of so transcendental an achievement, I propose that July 30th shall live in immortality here on the SDMB, and be eternally consecrated as Handy’s day.
Now, if only Cecil would step down from his throne and make it official…
Pd. Yet another futile attempt to make Cecil descend from Mount Olympus and depart with us humble mortals. 
Dear Anthracite and Handy, the answer is really quite simple.
Q: When will handy reach 10,000 posts?
A: Before anyone else!
Now that the issue is permanently settled, where do I collect my prize?
4/16
Ohhhh…I’m terribly sorry Zenster, but the judges have disqualified that answer because you tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (Viagra and PCP). Try again!
BTW - mixing those two is sorta dangerous, you know…
This might come as a surprise but I noticed for the first time about a week ago that one message I wrote was missing. But the Topic was still there. But of course, I really probably shouldn’t have given the info in it that I did but it wasn’t anything special.
Another UBB update could really mess things up.
handy? Could I borrow some posts from you? I really need em…
::pulling out crystal ball::
I predict that through some freak of nature, his 10,000th post will be destroyed by a quantum singularity on July 9, 2001, but no one will notice because the counter will say 10,001 and everyone will just assume. I also predict that on that date:
- Michael Jackson will marry one of his chimps.
- Madonna will marry Ellen DeGeneres AND Dennis Rodman.
- Bill Clinton will embark on a new career in soft porn.
- Dr. Kevorkian will assist his own suicide.
- The SMDB counters are all reset to zero. Oops!
Look I happen to enjoy living dangerously, and if there’s one thing that I’ve learned it’s this. When you make love like an animal, it takes animal grade tranquilizers to get over the exertion of all that heavy lifting.
::Anthracite runs over and injects Zenster again who slumps in his chair as his inseam splits::
question is…can handy post faster than the mod’s can archive the old threads?
FWIW…I’ll say Feb 11, 2001
who else is close to the 10K mark?
has anyone ever reached it?
July 4th, 2001
vanilla, sure, how many would you like? Coast .10 dollars each 
I have never had a post party. I probably won’t even notice it hitting 10k. But then you never can tell.
Why isn’t handy a moderator?
first person to reach 10k gets to moderate the soon-to-be-created Post Party Forum!!
Wait, wait, wait. The counts are DEFINATELY going down. Didn’t Handy have 7000 posts at one time? I’m POSITIVE he did. There was a thread about it. It was about Wally, Coldfire, Handy, and David B’s enormous post counts! Lesse if I can find it. I like the idea of a post count party forum.
ALSO, do our post counts include posts pre-vB? Because us old 'uns would have a ton more posts if they don’t. Remember, post counts weren’t activated until months after we converted to vB.
–Tim
So now we’re supposed to guess when handy reaches his -1 post?
If I’d kept my original user name (vanillanice) and didn’t go off and become orangecakes (over 1,000 posts) and peaches, I would be well on my way. Sigh. Now I must keep plodding along…
Homer, I didn’t notice a post count that high but then I rarely look at my post count.
David B. also has a very high post count; but we rarely see any posts from each other.
OK, here we are now with an update:
Today - April 27, 2001
Last Update: September 16, 2000
Days since last update: 223
Current posts: 9382
Posts/day since last update: 13.39
Predicted days until 10,000 posts: 46.14
Day of handy’s 10,000th post: Sometime on June 12, 2001
Evidently, his posting rate is accelerating somewhat.