# Two and a half years in the making....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-years-in-the-making/154776>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 13, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-years-in-the-making/154776 "2003-02-13T06:23:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-years-in-the-making/154776/1 "2003-02-13T06:23:10Z")

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But I’m pleased to announce my 500th post.

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It’s hard to think I’ve been reading this forum for around 3 years. (I had another name when I first landed here, but something happened after 6 months and I couldn’t log in)

I found Straight Dope by was of television. A cable channel used to run “The Straight Dope” and I fell in love with that show. One of the few shows on television I looked forward to. Man was I pissed when it got canceled.

Some time later I got to thinking and wondered if the show was going to be back on the air or, what I hoped, The Straight Dope had a website. I fired up the modem and loggen in.

Bingo! Here I am and here I stayed.

I don’t always have anything interesting to say (thus the low post count after 30 months) but I do my best.

So, to my fellow dopers… thanks for the answers, ideas, insight, laughs, and rants.

This is the best forum on the internet.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-years-in-the-making/154776/2 "2003-02-13T07:14:26Z")

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Warmest congratulations. You’re right – this is a good place to be. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-years-in-the-making/154776/3 "2003-02-14T05:37:59Z")

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Wow,. I never expected this many replies.

(cheers Ice)

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-years-in-the-making/154776/4 "2003-02-14T06:28:09Z")

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**Seven** , you’ve been behind us for a while now. Will your location ever change to “AHEAD OF YOU!” ? 😃

Happy 500 posts and here’s to more wonderful years on these boards!

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**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-years-in-the-making/154776/5 "2003-02-14T07:11:43Z")

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It’s posts like this that make me look at my own post count and realize just how little of a life I have. 700something, and I’ve been here what, 5 months?

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-years-in-the-making/154776/6 "2003-02-14T07:31:50Z")

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Lel: No. Because then when I shout “BOO!” you’ll just say “shhh. not so loud” instead of “EEEEEK!”

Wolf: There are other forums (music related) that I gabber up a storm in. But those are a bit more silly then this place.