<mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message 
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> John W. <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In a fit of boredom I looked up usage stats for our little group. In
>> March 2002 we had 4187 posts to our little group. So far this month
>> we've had 37. The top poster of all time is still Mike Cash who hasn't
>> posted in a long time (Mike is also in fifth place with his Ernest T.
>> Bass email address, so combined he has more posts than Scott (2) and
>> Declan (3) combined). This month the top poster is a tie at 9 (Marvel
>> and myself), and only 10 people have posted at all. Our peak of all
>> time appears to be June 2002 with 4784; actually 2002 looks like the
>> biggest year. I believe that was the era of legendary post-counter
>> posts that ran into the hundreds per thread, with countless branches
>> and personal feuds. I wonder if, 7 years later, we'll even average 1%
>> of that post count.
>
> How many posts do I need to crack the top 5?
>
> Mike
>
If you have not hit it yet you are very close.