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One of the things that I DO like about the new Lounge software is that I can see a member’s number.

I am surprised by them. I would have thought that Hans would have a lower number, and then I see the GWhitfield is no. 9!!

(No Beatles comments, eh?)

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Numbers are assigned sequentially – those who joined in December 2000 have the lowest numbers: Eileen (who built that incarnation of the Lounge), Lex, Leif etc.
I joined in 2002, so my number isn’t very low.

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I would have thought that Hans would have a lower number

And [post=”126963″]Hans’ first post 126963[/post] remains unanswered! You’d think he would have quit the Lounge in disgust by now.

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So, has anyone gotten curious and sought out the answer to: who is member number uno?

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So, has anyone gotten curious and sought out the answer to: who is member number uno?

User number 1 does not exist any more…

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User number 1 does not exist any more…

Aw shucks, and I was having such fun looking through the member lists…

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Of the active members who joined on 20/12/2000

Eileen – 2
Claude – 3
Lex – 4
Leif – 5
DougKlippert – 6
gwhitfield – 9
dcardno – 11

MTA change list around as omitted Lex

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Of the active members who joined on 20/12/2000

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Leif – 4
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Er, Lex is #4 and Leif is #5

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Er, Lex is #4 and Leif is #5

Exactly! And as I’m No.5, I pong better than wot Lex does

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Oops, that is a typo!!! I was scribbling it on a scratch pad[blush]

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You will also need to remember that “The Lounge” was lost at one point, and Eileen had to rebuild it from her OLD personal backup. All of the Threads were lost and most of the user accounts.

So at one time some of us had different numbers. I was NOT number 34 when I first joined in the 90’s.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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Interesting stuff.

It is all a bit like oral history. As a newer Lounger I had no idea about the history or beginnings of it. It is good to find out what people remember about their early days.

Our jogging club is like that. There are a few people around who were there in ‘the beginning’ and the constant retelling of the stories are an excellent way to involve newer members and give them a sense of community.

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You will also need to remember that “The Lounge” was lost at one point, and Eileen had to rebuild it from her OLD personal backup. All of the Threads were lost and most of the user accounts.

So at one time some of us had different numbers. I was NOT number 34 when I first joined in the 90’s.

I was definitely not around in “the beginning”. People like Dave, Charlotte and others had been around MUCH longer than me.

One day the old lounge disappeared. And with it, a huge deposirotory of knowledge.

The computer which was the server apparently got lost.

It took me a few weeks of checking about what happened to the old lounge before I found it again.

I just lucked out with a low number

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One day the old lounge disappeared. And with it, a huge deposirotory of knowledge.

And also of spelling!

BATcher

Plethora means a lot to me.

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Maybe I should post so I can see what my number is…??

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Maybe I should post so I can see what my number is…??

If you just hover over your name in your post, you’ll see your user number in the information at the bottom of the browser window. If you click on your name, you’ll see your user number in the address bar at the top of the browser window.

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