When did you join poll? by jewelstaitefan

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When did you join poll?

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:24 AM

A recent post postulated that this forum is dying off, or similar talk.

Please post when you joined, if you can recall, and if you post your member number, that's handy, but we can check that anyhow. I plan to list them in sequential order here. Some of you may see where this is going, but I won't spell it out to spoil or taint the replies.
Thanks for participating.

I'll start:

Member# join date handle

1373 7 Oct 02 Finn Mac Cumhal
1432 14Oct 02 Moose

2106 8 Jan 03 Browncoat1
2393 1 Mar 03 Drocculari

4452 31Jan 04 Ecgordon
4923 14Feb 04 Darkjester
4988 17Feb 04 Lissa
5032 21Feb 04 Hell's kitten
5780 21Apr 04 Thiefjehat
6349 9 Jun 04 Williamjamesw
6580 23Jun 04 Tribes
7583 Aug 2004 Pizmobeach
8034 Oct 2004 Artcat81

8797 17Jan 05 Cozen
9371 30Mar 05 Sickdude
11115 12Aug 05 Newoldbrowncoat
11960 23Sep 05 Karel
12119 27Sep 05 Kwicko
12618 late2004 Suasor
12703 9 Oct 05 Dreamtrove
13405 30Oct 05 Fillygirl
13731 27Oct 05 Mal4prez
14039 4 Nov 05 Windie
14109 6 Nov 05 Ncbrowncoat
14833 29Nov 05 Lvs2Read
15492 24Dec 05 Redlava

16433 8 Jna 06 Chyna
16647 11Jan 06 Dewrastler
17228 22Jan 06 Grizwald
17969 8 Feb 06 Savewash
18005 2/9/06 Penguin
18988 8 Mar 06 Zzetta13
19145 13Mar 06 Navyseils
19165 13Mar 06 EvilDinosaur
19926 8 Apr 06 Farfly
20047 12Apr 06 FutureMrsFillion
20857 23Jun 06 Traveler
21482 20Jul 06 Stinkingrose
21622 28Jul 06 Darkfly
21703 Aug 2006 Yinyang
23286 19Oct 06 Roxyfreefall
24264 Dec 2006 Goysu
24346 27Dec 06 Whodied

25166 8 Feb 07 Deadlockvictim
25791 19Mar 07 Zerokiryu
26384 30Apr 07 Bluesuncompanyman
26746 31May 07 Kc5f
27201 Jun 2007 StillFlyin2
28350 27Sep 07 Jewelstaitefan
29006 19Nov 07 Kirkules

31118 17Apr 08 Shinygoodguy
33227 Aug 2008 Firefly151
34396 6 Nov 08 Msa

35166 11Jan 09 (recent addition)

Thanks very much for all your input.
Here is one summary, with some apporximations:
2002 - 2.1K members
2003 - 3.3K new members
2004 - 4K new members
2005 - 7.5K new members
that's 3K before Sept, and 4.5 after Sept.
2006 - 8.6K new members
2007 - 5.5K new members
2008 - 5K new members

Some knid of burp happened around Sept 2005, not sure what that's about... :P
It should be mentioned that in 02, 03 there were a number of different boards and forums for browncoats to congregate at.
Still, for 6 years after cancellation of a tv show, and 3 years after release of a film, quite a bit of "legs" to sprout new members - kinda spry for a "dead" show.

One might also notice, with these posters being CURRENT visitors, that most boarded FFF in 04, 05, and 06. Short attention span, not so much.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:29 AM

FIREFLY151

Here ya go :]

33227 Aug 2008 firefly151

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Keep Writing, Keep Flying

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:08 AM

FARFLY

Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:23

No idea what my membership number is...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:52 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

I joined Wednesday, January 08, 2003. Member # 2,106.

As far as this site "dying off" I have to laugh. Might be a bit slow, but we're still alive and kicking.

__________________________________________
Holding the line since December '02!

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

Color Officer / Battalion O.I.C.

http://76thbattalion.homestead.com/index.html

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:56 AM

KC5F

My profile shows Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:08, but not my membership number. I also had previously been on the board but was dropped when I didn't post for about a year...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:22 AM

PENGUIN

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I joined Wednesday, January 08, 2003. Not sure how to figure out what my member # is. Been here all this time and didn't know I even had one.

As far as this site "dying off" I have to laugh. Might be a bit slow, but we're still alive and kicking.

__________________________________________
Holding the line since December '02!

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

Color Officer / Battalion O.I.C.

http://76thbattalion.homestead.com/index.html

#2106 - pur your cursor over your name...

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:23 AM

PENGUIN

2/9/06 a late comer!

#18005

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:25 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

#4452 - January 31, 2004 - ecgordon

Even though I watched the show from the beginning on FOX, it wasn't until after I bought the dvds (and had watched them complete at least three times) that I went looking online for like-minded folk.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:01 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

NewOldBrownCoat is turning into an old old browncoat.
Friday, Aug 12, 2005.

dunno about member number

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:07 AM

ZZETTA13

Good morning to everybody.

It’s good to see that so many of the folks that were here when I first started are here still. BROWNCOAT1, PENGUIN, ECGORDON,JEWELSTAITEFAN,FARFLY and NEWOLDBROWNCOAT. It’s also good to have the new browncoats coming in too like FIREFLY151.

FFF.net has taken some hits about not being the forum it used to be. That may be true a small, tiny bit but it still is a fantastic forum. One of the best I’ve ever had the privilege of being a browncoated member of.

My # 18988, March 8-2006, right after seeing Serenity in Dec. of 05 and FF in Jan and Feb of 06.

The Browncoats are a whole different breed of people, a good breed. They know what they like and they stick to it. They are a group of fans that Joss has always been able to count on and I’m proud to be in that group.

I don’t post as often as I used to but I do try to visit the forum every day. One day I will come and get the news I’ve been waiting to hear for a long time, SOMEBODY GOT SMART. There’s a BDS coming and a new Firefly series starting in the fall…………there’s plenty of bullet holes in this ‘ol jacket I wear, but to all Browncoats old and new….lets keep holding that ruttin line.

Best to you all, Z

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:21 AM

DARKFLY

Member since: Friday, July 28, 2006 00:04
#21622

It is strange, the Browncoats grow stronger every year, you tell this by going to conventions or just meeting more people who love it. Just started Uni, almost everybody in the class has seen Firefly & Serenity & 1 of the tutors is a die hard Browncoat (even dressed up) whereas before I went to College studying the same subject (Game Design) & only a handful had seen Serenity let alone Firefly. But despite all this growing I see Firefly/Serenity forums shrinking, always puzzles me.

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http://www.myspace.com/darkfly7
Knightfly on Xfire, www.xfire.com/profile/knightfly/

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:40 AM

BLUESUNCOMPANYMAN

2 Logins

Old login "thiefjehat" joined 4/21/2004 #5780

Current Login "bluesuncompanyman" Switch Date 4/30/2007 #26384

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:41 AM

HELL'S KITTEN

Member # 5032

Joined: Saturday, February 21, 2004 07:29

Been lurking here for quite a while before that, but never thought to actually "join" any sort of forum before then. ((shrug))

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sara013

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:58 AM

DEWRASTLER

Jan 11, 2006 Dewrastler

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People who don't care about anything will never understand the people who do

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:23 AM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

21703 August 2006 yinyang

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:10 AM

EVILDINOSAUR

Don't know the member number, joined March 13 2006, EvilDinosaur

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:20 AM

SUASOR

Late 2004, I think. Been a while.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:53 AM

ARTCAT81

8034 - Oct. 2004 Artcat81

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
www.texasartcat.com/bluesun.html <--my bluesunshop

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:35 PM

TRAVELER

June 23, 2006

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:43 PM

PIZMOBEACH

... fully loaded, safety off...

Aug 2004, #7583

Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.com

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:59 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

For anyone still confused about their member number, all you have to do is hover your cursor over your member name in any post on this or any other thread, and down at the bottom of your screen, just above the task bar, you will see your number. If you click on your name it takes you to your profile page where it has the day you first joined this forum.

And while you're on that profile page why not give your fellow Browncoats some information about yourself. Just click the "edit profile" link. Whatever you're comfortable with sharing of course, but there are times when people make certain comments that I wish I knew where they are from or what gender they are. You can also access your profile from the homepage by clicking the "My Firefly" link on the menu bar.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:01 PM

MSA

See this is what I get for changing my name several times.. innacurate data.

I first joined in May of 2005...but since I just created a new name ...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:09 PM

STILLFLYIN2

27201 June 2007 StillFlyin2

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:16 PM

KIRKULES

Nov. 19, 2007

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:19 PM

MAL4PREZ

#13731 October 27, 2005

I have to share because I'm not getting enough pity on the home front: I just got hit in the nose with a hockey puck, and it hurts.

Carry on.

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hmm-burble-blah, blah-blah-blah, take a left

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:33 PM

WINDIE

Member: 14039

Friday, November 04, 2005 05:45

Lurked for a long while before joining, then felt the urge to comment and join in. Don't post much but visit most days. Not always from my own "puter" so not always logged in.

I just like the place and do not feel it's drying up. Just remembered back to when the domain stopped working, was very lost for a couple of days.

Keep posting I like the characters on the board, you generally make me smile.

Why have they taken the sky from ME

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:42 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

#1373 Monday, October 07, 2002 09:06

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:03 PM

DEADLOCKVICTIM

25166 - thursday, feb. 8, 2007 DLV

normally i would refuse to join any club that would take me as a member... but Browncoats are the friendliest folks in the verse...

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:55 PM

GOYSU

I don't know my member number, but here it goes...

December 2006 goysu

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:25 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Quote:
Originally posted by mal4prez:
#13731 October 27, 2005

I have to share because I'm not getting enough pity on the home front: I just got hit in the nose with a hockey puck, and it hurts.

Carry on.

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hmm-burble-blah, blah-blah-blah, take a left

Oh Damn! Sympathy and an offer to kick said hockey pucks ass is sent to you with a hug!

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 02:58 - but I lurked for about a year or so beforehand.

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

Yes We Did!

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:10 PM

KAREL

Flying on duct tape and a damaged registry.

I started lurking in January 2003 after seeing Firefly (when it originally aired (such as it was)) and then getting the Firefly DVD for Christmas (thanks, MalsWay!).

I finally made it official on Friday, September 23, 2005 18:40

#11960
"Whatever is wrong with you is so right for me." -- Marillion.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:10 PM

REDLAVA

Not sure of my number, but I joined this site on Saturday, December 24, 2005. But I've been a browncoat since day 1.

Forums usually tend to slowly fade away when they are based on 1 particular subject. Everything gets talked about, more than once, and there hasn't been too much news on anything new happening. Few might lose hope, most just run out of stuff to say.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:23 PM

MAL4PREZ

Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
Oh Damn! Sympathy and an offer to kick said hockey pucks ass is sent to you with a hug!

Thanks - I feel better already!

Stupid puck.

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hmm-burble-blah, blah-blah-blah, take a left

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:33 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

Quote:
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
A recent post postulated that this forum is dying off, or similar talk.

Please post when you joined, if you can recall, and if you post your member number, that's handy, but we can check that anyhow. I plan to list them in sequential order here. Some of you may see where this is going, but I won't spell it out to spoil or taint the replies.
Thanks for participating.

I'll start:

Member# join date handle

28350 Sep 2007 Jewelstaitefan

Member Since: Sunday, November 06, 2005 11:31 NC Browncoat.

It was just after I saw the BDM for the first time.

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:35 PM

GRIZWALD

17228 Member Since: Sunday, January 22, 2006 Grizwald

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High Priestess of Pork and Ag-Related Activities of the MYTHICAL LAND OF IOWA

Click on my profile for my Annoyingly Long List of Firefly Links.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:15 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Quote:
Originally posted by mal4prez:
#13731 October 27, 2005

I have to share because I'm not getting enough pity on the home front: I just got hit in the nose with a hockey puck, and it hurts.

Carry on.

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hmm-burble-blah, blah-blah-blah, take a left

Just slip on down to the Infirmiry. If yer lucky, after Simon treats you, River or Kaylee will tuck you in.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:51 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

Member since: 4/17/08 Shinygoodguy

Not sure of my number.

SGG

Tawabawho?

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:12 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Thanks so much for all the responses so far.
Several things to learn from this. I'll explain a another day or 2, hopefully after more info comes in.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:37 AM

STINKINGROSE

Thursday, July 20, 2006. Stinkingrose (SR)

Unsure of member number, as all the scrolling and mousing completely failed to make any numbers appear on the screen anywhere.

I'm guessing somewhere between 00001 and 50000...

**edit**
Penguin is magic! I found it!

21482

I was close..

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:33 AM

NAVYSEILS

Member #: 19145

Member Since: Monday, March 13, 2006 07:19

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:50 AM

COZEN

#8797, 17 Jan 2005

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:20 AM

STINKINGROSE

Okay, why are some people's member numbers higher than others even though they joined long before the lower numbered member? Are we recycling numbers? Is it randomly generated numbers? Is Haken just messing with our heads?

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:24 AM

DREAMTROVE

#12703
Member Since: Sunday, October 09, 2005 08:50

For those people who don't have their #, it's in the URL. A fact I know because it's a little annoying because when you want to view a member profile, like to send a personal message, you can't just type in their username, it has to be their user number.

Edit:

Note: try not to use the 10/9/05 notation because some of the forum members are from europe, and some are from the US, so this will just get very confusing.

If you don't have anything else to go on in posting the final list, sort of user number, and then you can correct the inversions.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:24 AM

SAVEWASH

Now I am learning about scary.

February 8, 2006. If I'm reading it right, my member number is 17969.

I still hang out here (usually lurking) so I hope it continues to be popular and never goes away!

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:35 AM

SICKDUDE

Registered on March 30, 2005. I'm number 9371.

"Your gratuitous jello awaits." - Dr. Helen Magnus, Sanctuary

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:16 AM

MAL4PREZ

Quote:
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
For those people who don't have their #, it's in the URL. A fact I know because it's a little annoying because when you want to view a member profile, like to send a personal message, you can't just type in their username, it has to be their user number.

In the interest of annoyance avoidance...

You can do either. I can be found with

www.fireflyfans.net/showprofile.asp?un=mal4prez

or

www.fireflyfans.net/showprofile.asp?u=13731

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hmm-burble-blah, blah-blah-blah, take a left

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:40 AM

ZEROKIRYU

#25791

Member Since: Monday, March 19, 2007 16:42

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:44 AM

ROXYFREEFALL

Woman, you are completely off your nut.

RoxyFreefall - 23286- Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:29

But technically I've been on the site since:
Sunday, January 08, 2006 13:37 as Chyna - 16433

Wow, over 3 yrs. O.O Has it really been that long?

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Just when you thought it was safe...

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:57 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Joined Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Member # 12119

So, yeah... been here a while.

Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:24 AM

KAREL

Flying on duct tape and a damaged registry.

Quote:
Originally posted by RoxyFreefall:
But technically I've been on the site since:
Sunday, January 08, 2006 13:37 as Chyna - 16433

Wow, over 3 yrs. O.O Has it really been that long?

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