# the countdown....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-countdown/48956>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 8, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-countdown/48956 "2001-01-08T04:26:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-countdown/48956/1 "2001-01-08T04:26:48Z")

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This is **very** mundane and pointless, I must say, but I just noticed that at this time, there only needs to be 8 more people to register until the SDMB hits **12,000** members.

Who will be the magic number 12,000?

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-countdown/48956/2 "2001-01-08T13:41:47Z")

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Ooh! Only three more to go now!

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-countdown/48956/3 "2001-01-08T13:51:00Z")

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still only 3 to go… and I was about to go to bed! Now I have to wait up!!

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**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-countdown/48956/4 "2001-01-08T15:24:37Z")

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and the honor goes to **jaytini2**.

Welcome to the SDMB.