# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/61 "2003-05-07T11:46:43Z")
Intersting, lets see: [Brian Gould](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=7168) posted never. Pretty quiet there. Then there’s [me](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=7169) [WaitingTooLong](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=7170) with 3 posts, last post on the day they registered. I just looked 10 on each side of me. I have two people who were banned the same day and a couple of lurkers and the rest never did anything. What a quite block I live on. I guess I can turn up the music! ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/62 "2003-05-07T11:53:02Z")
I’m surrounded by lurkers: #30815 **prettybymistake** #30817 **jptrz** (Hi guys! Don’t be shy, go on, hit that ‘reply’ button) Whole street (assuming that’s your ‘decade’): #30810 **JenniferW** : 1 posts #30811 **ixsikoxi** : 0 posts #30812 **Dim** : 0 posts #30813 **Foobar** : 0 posts #30814 **CuriousWildcat** : 2 posts #30815 **prettybymistake** : 0 posts #30816 me! #30817 **jptrz** : 0 posts #30818 **Elemental** : 6 posts #30819 **Bibliovore** : 105 posts #30820 **Ulari** : 0 posts Only one I now is **Bibliovore** (Hi there!) ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/63 "2003-05-07T12:05:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TTT \* > \*\*I’m surrounded by lurkers: > #30815 **prettybymistake** > > \*\* So she did register! prettybymistake is a friend of mine and I pointed her in the direction of the boards and I was mildly disappointed when she never posted. Take it from me she’s a big flighty but nice. 🙂 As soon as I post this I’ll check on my neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/64 "2003-05-07T12:06:28Z")
173530 **Little Nemo** , 3422 (2.74 posts per day), registered 12-7-99 173531 Me, **Honeydew** , 363 (newbie alert :eek: !!) (3.91 posts per day), registered 02-02-2003 173532 **Shalmanese** , 659 (0.82 posts per day), registered 2-24-01 ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/65 "2003-05-07T12:11:03Z")
Err… a bit flighty. So my neighbor to the south (19587) is **happyheathen** and apparently he has been banned. Guess he threw one to many parties at his house…He left us with a post count totaling 2395. My neighbor to the north (19589) is none other than **Finnie the Pooh** with a whopping post count of 65 and his/her last post was just two days ago. Am I the only one with a banned neighbor so far? ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/66 "2003-05-07T12:26:50Z")
#27107, Reg 11-23-2002, 1996 posts. #27106, **ritchiepage** , 7 posts, last post 03-09-2003 #27108, **SugarJen** , 4 posts, last post 03-09-2003 ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/67 "2003-05-07T12:41:40Z")
Poster #19893, with a post count of 1115 (2.64 posts per day). I registered 03-11-2002 along with 139 others - must have been the day the boards came back online. I would guess that quite a few of us are posters who were lost in the WoMC. Poster #19892 is **monstro** , with a post count of 1108 (2.63 posts per day). Poster #19894 is **Wrong Haircut** , who has never posted. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/68 "2003-05-07T12:42:20Z")
I have [Colour Wolf](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=19772) userid 19772 (I want his number) with a total of 34 posts, but nothing since last October. On the other side is [Testy32](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=19774), userid 18774 with a total of 4 posts. The only thread this person started was locked down too. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/69 "2003-05-07T13:23:11Z")
-Member number? -Yes. -No, I mean I want to know your number. -Well, now you know. -No, that’s why I’m asking. I don’t know. -THIRD BASE! Ahem, sorry. Great idea for a thread, **JohnBckWLD**. It looks like both of my neighbors are silent though. Google reveals that my member ID is the same as an [escutcheon](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/serviceparts/20851.html) for a wall-mount bath faucet, a [petition](http://www.umc.org/genconf/PETS/PET/INFO/p20851i.html) entitled _Sexual Abuse Within the Ministerial Relationship and Sexual Harassment Within the UM Church_, a [photo](http://www.serc.si.edu/education/youthsummitphotos/monday/Photoalbum/Canoe_trip/pages/2002-20851_jpg.htm) of a wetland ecology canoe trip, and (coolest of all) an [SGI IRIX df buffer overflow in directory argument](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/20851). How many people have an ID that may allow local users to gain root privileges on unpatched systems? ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/70 "2003-05-07T13:34:43Z")
I’ll step out a couple of neighbors in each direction. #2643 - **HeyHomie** with 2116 posts, most recently 45 minutes ago. #2644 - Says it is an invalid link. Someone seems to have disappeared in a board hiccup. #2645 - **Seelie**. 5 posts, with the last one happening on 9-24-1999, one day after registering. For all you single guys out there, she was located in Placentia and had interests in darkness, myth, school, and games. #2646 - Me #2647 - **Johnny J**. No posts for the mystery man from Chicago #2648 - **bosley**. No posts ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/71 "2003-05-07T13:50:34Z")
#14047 is **karalynne** with 6 posts, none in the last couple of years. #14049 is **Thunder Owl** with 3 posts, none in the last couple of years. The first people of interest either way are: #14036 **eunoia** , who registered the day before me, with close to 900 posts and last posted yesterday. I do recognize the name. and #14053 **1kBR Kid** , who registered on the same day as me and has 226 posts, last posting about a month ago. This user ID is not familiar to me. Based on what we have seen, less than one out of ten people who have ever registered are still active. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/72 "2003-05-07T14:20:40Z")
North **nafi** who never posted. #8954 South **ThreeLeggedBob** who only has 158 posts or 0.16 posts per day but his last post was on 4/23/03 so he just has much more of a life than me I guess. #8952 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/73 "2003-05-07T14:24:32Z")
Just before: Jynx. Never, ever posted. Just after: badsign. 5. Last post 05/11/2001 Then there’s me, my three year anniversary of joining is on Saturday of this week. So far 3337 posts. I guess I got all of the posty-goodness that day. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/74 "2003-05-07T15:08:16Z")
To the south: **lesa** with 472 posts, as recently as last month. To the north: **acamic** who has never posted. What’s with all these people who take the time to create a username but never use it? Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/75 "2003-05-07T15:15:50Z")
Interesting idea. Here’s the goods on three superstars from 3-13-02 20074 **Portia** , never posted 20075 Me 20076 **Kassandra** , never posted Perhaps later I’ll look up some of my other neighbors, but I’m not optimistic. ---
**Author:** ![lovelyluka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lovelyluka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelyluka)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/76 "2003-05-07T15:19:28Z")
Well, I’m from one of the newer neighborhoods _points to post count_ so I wasn’t expecting much…no 1000-count posters or anything. Most around me - 27030 - have never posted, or posted just a few times and listed no information. The more interesting ones: [ul] [li]Far up the north block, at 27021, there’s **wolfsun** , who joined the day before me, but has only spoken up once, and that was just this past March. S/he must stay inside a lot and just watch through the window.[/li][li]Next door to wolfsun at 27022 is **mohdowais** , who only posted twice and in the same week we joined…but s/he’s from the U.A.E., which would make that neighbor cool if s/he was still around.[/li][li]Two doors down from me at 27028 is **Abm9** , who is a retired educator of history and social science in Chicago. Went into great detail in the profile only to post 6 times in a week’s span.[/li][li]Yours truly. #27030, still pretty new, with a post count of 191 and an average of 1.14/day (which makes me appear as if I have nothing to do…)[/li][li]On the south side at 27034, a guy (?) named **TerryW** , who has the highest besides me in the two-block span…at 26. That’s pretty sad.[/li][li]And possibly the most curious story of all…27040, a user named **Dad Gumm** , who posted once and was promptly banned. There’s no link. I wonder what he said…[/li][/ul] Great thread idea, btw. I just successfully killed fifteen minutes. ---
**Author:** ![mipiace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mipiace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mipiace)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/77 "2003-05-07T15:34:36Z")
WOW - ya’ just never know who your neighbors are. To the north was skyre who never posted, but the neighbor to the south, was moc.liamtoh who after 119 posts was BANNED…hmm with this crazy crew, it makes me wonder what you have to do to be BANNED! Yikes, I always pick a bad neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/78 "2003-05-07T15:52:05Z")
I signed up on 12/21/00, a day before my birthday! Right before me is **cjhoworth** , a fellow Mensa member and currently active poster. Right after me is **justincase** with zero posts. Guess he wanted to register a user name…wait for it…just in case. :: rimshot :: ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/79 "2003-05-07T16:38:50Z")
1169 - **tracer** - posts WAY too much. 1170 = **trlspds** - never posted. **1171 =** Attrayant **- 3686 posts (2.54 ppd)** 1172 = **missouri** - never posted. 1173 = **Call me Ishmael** - never posted. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/80 "2003-05-07T16:52:20Z")
#5830 is **leo** from Indiana. 0 posts. #5831 is **fbagner** , a Canadian engineer with 7 posts, the [last](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1925570#post1925570) (a haiku, btw) over a year ago. #5832 is **MikeC** , with 0 posts. #5833 is **garu** , a consultant in China who’s only posted once (the OP [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=271606#post271606)). #5834 is **Yours Truly** #5835 is **SweetLotus** , a dancer from Canada, with 0 posts. #5836 is **Sweet\_Lotus** , who claimed to be the sister of #5835 (also a dancer). Her last post (about reregistering) was [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=956669#post956669) two years ago. 209 posts total. #5837 is **Smartass** , from Alabama, with 295 posts, the last [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=764772#post764772) almost 2 1/2 years ago. #5838 is **Everest** from NY, NY. 5 posts before getting Banned for being a sock of pashley (ID# 2554, also Banned). Last post over 3 years ago, 3 days after registering. Given that I signed up when I was living in the UK, that’s 3 consecutive newbies from 3 different continents. [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=3) [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=5)