# New way to kill 5 minutes at work: How well do you know your SDMB nextdoor neighbors? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545 "2003-05-06T23:41:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Parallax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Parallax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parallax)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/21 "2003-05-07T00:51:45Z")
My neighbors are: 8110 - Cynical - no posts 8112 - SeaWench - 2 posts So I doubt I’ve ever seen any of their posts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/22 "2003-05-07T00:56:42Z")
My SDMB neighbors: #8611, **abnormal nono** , never posted. #8613, **hope** , a fellow Minnesotan, 17 posts, all in the first five days, and hasn’t posted since [08-10-2000 02:21 PM](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=647658#post647658). I musta scared them away. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/23 "2003-05-07T00:58:41Z")
Neighbor to the north: **Jay Herrick** with 12 posts, most recent post on March 11, 2003. Neighbor to the south: **LlamaTwo** with no posts what so ever. Given the results of all these searches, I hereby conclude the SDMB only has 89 active posters. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/24 "2003-05-07T00:59:55Z")
to the south of me is [CWN](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=5890). to the north of me is [Benke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=5892). i guess that makes me the high poster of those that regestered on 4-22-00 🙂 of course thats not really saying much ☹ i like to think of my self as a good lerker. the most noticed i ever got was sharing a name with this [joker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=15377) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/25 "2003-05-07T01:14:16Z")
Just below me, in seat 238, we have **[Mike Stevenson](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=238)**, who has one post, which by now would likely be under the name “Guest.” He apparently went to Bucknell, and chats on ICQ. Just above me, in seat 240, we have **[quentin](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=240)**. He has yet to post, he lives in Microsoft’s hom eof Redmond, and enjoys plastic doors. I feel so resilient. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/26 "2003-05-07T01:21:27Z")
I’m #22347 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/27 "2003-05-07T01:21:41Z")
24509 is \*\*Rhino\_Chode/b], who never posted 24510 is yours truly 24511 is **SWABLR** , who made 7 posts in 3 days and hasn’t been heard from since. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/28 "2003-05-07T01:23:23Z")
1641 posts, and can’t code worth a damn. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/29 "2003-05-07T01:32:12Z")
Let’s see… #124 is **MrKnowItAll** , 1230 posts, 0.81 posts per day, last heard from in August 2001 #125 me ( **Kat** ) #126 is **TomB** with no posts at all Well, maybe the folks on the other side of TomB’s vacant house are interesting? Yes! Jackpot! #127 is **Rilchiam**! With 6683 posts (4.41 posts per day) and last post was a couple hours ago. Go, **Rilch**! (Now, if she does a vanity search… 🙂 Well, perhaps she and I can talk about bulldozing that empty house and putting in a pool there or something.) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/30 "2003-05-07T01:39:34Z")
To the south of me (1971) is **Duke**. Well, howdy, pal! Don’t know that we’ve ever crossed paths, but I’ve seen your name. To the north of me (1973) is **Mr. G** , who has never posted. Interestingly, the girl that used to sit beside me had a bunch of cats (hmmm??? single woman and a bunch of cats???). She and I have known each other for about 20 years. I’ve always liked her and we’ve always gotten along great–despite the fact that I think she’s nuts (and have for a long time). Hmmm??? Single woman, bunch of cats, and loco–I think there was a thread about this recently. Anyway, she would tell me of various experiences and situations with her cats, and the only name of one of her cats that I can remember is “Mr. G.” What a co-inky-dink! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/31 "2003-05-07T01:42:11Z")
Thanks for the recognition, **TheLoadedDog**. Okay, now it looks like a did a vanity search to get here. But I didn’t! Northern Neighbor: skyisgrey Registered: 2-13-2001 No. Posts: 2 (0.00 per day) Southern: Redsland Registered: 2-13-2001 No. Posts: 12 (0.01 posts per day) 3.33 posts per day. When you take into account that I quit posting for six months once and add to that the number of days we missed posting during the Winter of Our Missed Content (I think I lost about 120 posts after the crash), I must post way too much to offset that and bring the average up that high. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/32 "2003-05-07T01:45:02Z")
so the first hit on google from 5890 ([CWN](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=5890): 95 posts, .09 ppd, last post 8-18-02 [What’s your “Indecent Proposal” price?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2375523#post2375523) ) comes up as [Rotary District 5890 - Welcome to The Heart of the Texas](http://www.rotary5890.org/) the first hit from 5892 ([Benke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=5892): 2 posts, .00 ppd, last post 4-23-2000 [Animals of the New World](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=268952#post268952) ) comes up as [Bioinformatics.Org: Members](http://bioinformatics.org/members/) now that was a lot of cutting and pasting! ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/33 "2003-05-07T01:52:50Z")
My neighbors and I joined on Nov. 10, 1999. To the south: Ursa Major, 1016 posts, .80 per day. Last posted 4-9-00 at 10:48 PM, on “Coming to London?” That means, in the almost exactly 5 months he was active, his post-per-day was a phenomenal 6.77. And then, poof, nothing! What sudden fate must have befallen him? He’s an enigma, I tell you, a conclusion supported by his utter lack of profile information. To the north: Lucy, 1 post the day after she joined, on the Mystery of Oak Island. PPD of 0, of course. She also has no profile information. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/34 "2003-05-07T02:15:42Z")
Hmmm… To the North: **specks** (ID# 16148), with no posts whatsoever and no profile information. To the South: **cichlidiot** (ID# 16150), with 244 posts (0.38 a day), last post on 3-30-03. We all signed up August 1, 2001 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/35 "2003-05-07T02:28:36Z")
To the south, it’s [Skeezix](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&find=lastposter&threadid=181476) (Hey, I recognize that name!) Most recent post was today and has 1,130 posts. To the north, it’s [Already in Use](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&find=lastposter&threadid=181478). Don’t know him, but his profile says that his occupation is “Sexiest Man Alive”. I’m willing to take his word for it. Most recent post was less than two hours ago and has 661 posts. I guess we’re an active bunch! ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/36 "2003-05-07T02:30:01Z")
OK, my neighbor to the South was **Brimstone**. S/he made one post about funerals from a GD thread. Was promptly nominated for the “Best First Post Award” by a [sub]guest[/sub] and then never heard from again. To the North we have **tucker0171** who made three post in one of the first “Ways to first base without getting a hit” threads and then left for ever. Fascinating how many of us have deadbeats surrounding us. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/37 "2003-05-07T02:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*#17885 - mlerose > > 110 (0.19 posts per day) > …Looks like I have quiet neighbors \*\* **mlerose** participated in the Secret Santa this year, so I suppose she’s lurking around somewhere. **Senegalkat** : IIRC, the “sudden fate” that befell **Ursa Major** was Melingate. I think he left as part of that. Also, I think he used to be called Papabear. (Why do I remember this stuff?) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/38 "2003-05-07T02:50:20Z")
As for my neighbors: **crazyjenn** with no posts. **MatthewDR** with 5 posts way back in March 2000. Boy do I have boring neighbors! But **Anthracite** is just 3 doors down! ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/39 "2003-05-07T02:53:39Z")
The Elder of my neighbors, at #14718, is [**Nuri**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=14718), who has 13 posts and last posted on 10/06/02. The Younger, #14720, is [**mjswart**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=14720), with a total of 1 post to date. ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/40 "2003-05-07T03:00:28Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=26029](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=26029) ^ Conureman above me =Me [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=26027](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=26027) Nightman below me Looks like we got a flowerchild sandwhich [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545.md?page=3)