A bet (was Happy Birthday, Megan!)

[David]

Megan wrote:

> Due to some mobility problems I
> will be 
> more housebound than usual in the coming months, so to look on the
> bright side, perhaps I will get more time for fun online.

I'm sorry to hear about your mobility problems - I hope you overcome 
them.

 I know that
> OotP will 
> cause a huge swell in list traffic, so I hope to get back into 
things
> by then. 

I think there is great scope for 'fun online' in the meantime: what 
do you all think will be the size of the 'huge swell'.  Here are a 
few things to guess at:

Number of posts the day the list opens after closing for OOP (my 
guess: 95)
Number of posts the week after (750)
Biggest-posting day after OOP (Thursday 10 July 2003)
Number of posts that day (230)
Biggest-posting week after OOP, Sunday to Saturday (the third week)
Number of posts that week (1050)
Longest post in the six months after OOP (105K)
Date of longest post (Nov 25 2003)
Max number of posts by one person in the month after OOP (97)
Number of active posters in the month after OOP (342)

Any other guesses?  Any other statistics to guess at?  Prizes for 
the best guesses?  Who should pay?

and... no gratuitous posting just to win your bet!

David