# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/121 "2003-05-10T17:40:26Z")
24100 **arizabif** - 3 posts 24099 **amijayaribaba** , 2 posts, both on day of registration. 24098 (Myself) - 56 posts before this one. To the south, 24097 **phlap** , no posts. 24096 **Arnold is a Pompous Pompon** - Zero posts and BANNED! :eek: Now I realize why things are so quiet around here. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/122 "2003-05-10T18:18:11Z")
I’m #19816. [TheSnack](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=19815) last posted 4/24/03. [Alexxandra](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=19817) last posted 4/26/03. I think they ran off together. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/123 "2003-05-10T18:49:29Z")
To the south, **Chivalry** , with 8 posts since 6/30/01. To the north, **vinall** , with…um…no posts. Ever. Continuing north down the road, we have: **WEW** , with 207 posts, **sniffer34** , no posts, closely followed by; **snifter** , with 14 posts, and **slicksalmon** , with nary a post. Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/124 "2003-05-10T22:33:22Z")
I investigated 10 to the north and 10 to the south. Highest post count to the south was 189. To the north was **arisu** who has posted 406 times and the last time was on 5/04/03. [ul]☹ [sup] **Wasn’t this exciting?** [/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 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/173545/125 "2003-05-11T01:21:24Z")
Out here in the 'burbs, we’re quite, but respectible. symplicity 23669 64 posts, apparantly moved in with a guy, as she has not been seen since 9-27-02, when she posted to “women your top dos and don’ts for men in social situations” misstee 23668 169 posts has been busy with the kids but gets out once in a while to post to things like" “potty training hell” Sphekso 23657 no posts: moved in for the tax deduction rsvp9146 23652 54 posts (.18/day): we must get the paper on different days Popliteus 23653 no posts here’s me, 23654 clicking along at .86 posts per day 01RomanSS 23653 2 posts. YEP 23652 85 posts. Never seen YEP, either. poser 23651 2 posts, and I recognize the name?! doowop14 nada ---
**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/126 "2003-05-11T02:05:06Z")
```auto User ID User Posts Last Post 20204 Karallen 47 04/21/02 20205 kittyHASclaws 12 01/27/03 20206 Yucca13 3 03/19/02 20207 omybeef 0 -- 20208 Kit0828 0 -- 20209 Quonk (me!!) 132 05/10/03 20210 bluegreyeyes 0 -- 20211 BSCavalier 1 03/16/02 20212 20213 reynoldsrap 0 -- 20214 Neptune 319 03/19/03 20215 Mr. Bix 18 07/11/02 ``` The only one I recognize out of the lot is **Mr. Bix** … should I be concerned that my six closest neighbors all left within 3 days? [I spent way too much time on the coding, so I hope you appreciate it. ;)] ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/127 "2003-05-11T02:43:08Z")
Let’s see… ```auto User ID User Posts Last Post 5600 silkworm 1 04/15/00 5601 pjstamler 3 04/26/00 5602 Medicine Hawk 5 06/12/00 5603 Arment 69 3 04/12/00 5604 bigneck 62 11/22/01 5605 coleenh 2 --- 5606 Darius Chang 0 --- 5607 Flat U. Lance(Banned!) 12 05/05/00 5608 ME!! 368 05/10/03 5609 AvoGadra 1 04/12/00 ``` Awww… it’s a lonely street ☹ ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 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/173545/128 "2003-05-11T02:44:35Z")
P.S. **Quonk** , thanks for the coding 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-way-to-kill-5-minutes-at-work-how-well-do-you-know-your-sdmb-nextdoor-neighbors/173545/129 "2003-05-12T20:33:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Paraphrased from John Chancellor \* > **The avenues in my neighborhood are Pride, Covetousness and Lust; the cross streets are Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. I live over on Lust, and the style on my street is to avoid the other thoroughfares.** Well, that was kind of interesting. Unfortunately, here at the SDMB, no one has the ability to follow my grandmother’s advice: “Love thy neighbor as thyself, but wisely select your neighborhood.” I went back and took **TheLoadedDog** ’s original idea of checking out my whole block, but alas, similar to my neighbor Aliyah613, (who must have moved from Ontario to Israel and didn’t bring their PC with them), it’s still a rather uninhabited street. There were some pretty good google results from the member numbers too. Mainly those of: [ul][li]gotpasswords [_]neutron star, and [_]Number[/ul]When **gotpasswords** implied a zip code came up as a hit, I went and checked my **zip codes** as member #’s and still came up with duds:[/li]11783 – Seaford (Home) = stellaclaire (1 post) 10704 – Yonkers (Work) = ghoke (0 posts) 11510 – Baldwin (My Bar) = Amanda (2 posts) Then I even went and checked my **birthday** : 10/4/67 = jom - Another monk. Let’s hope they never decide to purge the inactive accounts, the member count may go down to triple digits. I was surprised to see how many quiet avenues and thoroughfares there are round these parts. For the select few, who live in **vibrant neighborhoods** , namely: [ul][li]MikeG [_]Kat [_]Sengkelat [_]interface2x [_]Smashed Ice Cream [_]JavaMaven1 [_]Desmostylus [_]Kal [_]Mullinator [_]Attrayant [_]chukhung [_]cjhoworth [_]Cervaise [_]peepthis [_]greenbean [_]Max Torque [_]dono [_]AbbySthrnAccent, and [_]Xgemina[/ul]You have it better than the majority of us living in the desolate, rural areas. Always keep this in mind: **Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor’s noisy party than being invited** [/li]A lot of **Banned neighbors** too. There’s nothing worse for property values than an abandoned house on the block. I hope[ul][li]Fizzestothetop [_]lovelyluka [_]mipiace [_]ArchiveGuy [_]eunoia [_]Grelby [_]peepthis [_]Bren\_Cameron [_]Qis [_]Tir Tinuviel [_]Jeffwc, and NightRabbit[/ul]are at least going over and picking up the piles of Pennysavers that have accumulated on your neighbors’ doorsteps. [/li] **Honorable thread mentions** Low Member Numbers: **Kat** & **Kyla** : No need to fight over who’s smaller Member # Palindrome: **Ferris** : If my probability calculations are correct, for a 5 digit number, the odds of it being a palindrome are just .73%. Slight Confusion: **Honeydew** : Those might have been post ID#’s, either that or the 6 digit member #’s you gave are from an alternate dimension. Stumbling upon the Key to a Successful Marriage: **Shayna** – For those really bad days, sometimes it might be a good idea to not even be on the same block as your spouse Last, But Not Least, Mega Thanks: To **Rowrrbazzle** – That’s a neat coding trick. One in which I definitely will make use of. [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=6)