# Is Uncle Beer a Number?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-uncle-beer-a-number/46424>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 19, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-uncle-beer-a-number/46424 "2000-12-19T22:50:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-uncle-beer-a-number/46424/1 "2000-12-19T22:50:53Z")

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A relatively minor thing, and possibly browser-related rather than a board glitch, but about 1/3 of the time when I switch to the “index” page listing the eight forums with no. posts, no. threads, contents summary, and moderators, it telescopes a part of the display so that I am advised that IMHO has 7,498 (or whatever) posts with the no. threads column filled in with Eutychus55, Uncle Beer, Coldfire, following which the display returns to normal for the last two fora. Refreshing or reselecting the index page gives me what I **ought** to have seen. But I figured it was worth mentioning as a possible glitch.

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**Author:** ![Cantrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Cantrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cantrip)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-uncle-beer-a-number/46424/2 "2000-12-19T22:59:45Z")

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**UncleBeer** is not a number. He is a free man!

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-uncle-beer-a-number/46424/3 "2000-12-20T08:17:52Z")

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1, 2, 3, 4, Uncle Beer, 5, 6, 7…

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-uncle-beer-a-number/46424/4 "2000-12-20T09:00:38Z")

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Let me guess, oh ye of the many fishes, you use Netscape.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-uncle-beer-a-number/46424/5 "2000-12-20T23:57:05Z")

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Nopers, IE 5.00.somegodawfullongupdatenumber

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-uncle-beer-a-number/46424/6 "2000-12-21T00:37:32Z")

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Odd. I’ve never noticed that before, and I use IE 5.0.