Thank you, DUers: 500 Donations! Guess how high we go & win a T-shirt!

[Skinner]

Thank you, DUers! We never imagined that it would take less than 3 days to hit our target of 500 donations! You really came through when we needed you, and we are very grateful. I think we're going to be in good shape for the next three months.

:loveya:

But the fund drive isn't over yet! ;-) We've still got four and a half days left, and we want to see those donations keep coming in!

Now, the big question is... How HIGH can we go?

The fund drive ends at exactly 12:00 midnight Eastern Time on Sunday night. On Monday morning we will total up all the donations we received during the fund drive, plus all the donations-by-mail that arrive in our PO Box by 9:30 AM Monday. Can you guess the total???

HINTS: Usually, the rate which donations arrive slows down considerably in the latter part of the week. Also, the number of donations by mail is usually a small fraction of the total that arrive by credit card (approximately 5 or 10 percent).

At 2:10PM ET on Wednesday, we had exactly 521 donations. How HIGH can we go by midnight Sunday night?

Post your guesses in this thread. Type the guess in the subject line of your post, so it's easier for us to read. One guess per person ONLY, or you will be disqualified! The person with the closest guess wins!

***All guesses must be posted by 2:00 PM ET on Friday (11:00 AM PT).***

NOTE: In the case of a tie, the people who are tied will be asked an additional question as a tie-breaker. Winner gets choice of T-shirt or other item of equal value from the DU store.

Thank you, DUers, for making this our best fund drive yet!

Skinner
DU Admin

(NOTE: If this thread gets too long, we will open new threads for additional guesses. We don't want to take over the lounge.)

ON EDIT: I changed the procedure for a tie-breaker.

[disgruntella]

1. 741 is my guess

:toast:
Cheers DU!

[cherryperry]

164. 1122

:hi: :thumbsup: :kick: :shrug:

:loveya:



SO SORRY, DIDN'T MEAN TO REPLY TO REPLY 2; THIS IS A REPLY TO THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE, OKAY?

THANKS!

[UrbScotty]

2. Cool! My guess is 776.

[bicentennial_baby]

3. 1026

[Scottie72]

4. My guess?

I would say about 767.

[DemExpat]

51. 940 for me

DemEx

:kick:

[JVS]

5. 666

that's my guess

[Kellanved]

6. 831

[GOPisEvil]

7. Guessing is so taxing, so I guess 1040.

[molly]

8. 810 is my guess

[MaineDem]

9. 802

I hope I'm low. :)

[Bonhomme Richard]

10. My guess is...

599

[ewagner]

11. 912 n/t

[Garage Queen]

12. 743

But, I hope it's waaaaay more!

B-)

[Skittles]

13. 669

YES INDEED

[SiouxJ]

14. 640

That's my guess :-)

[arcos]

15. 723 is my guess... n/t

[KAZ]

16. 820...and I hope I'm way low. n/t

[AWD]

17. 789

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. 1,147

My guess.

[rocktivity]

999

rocknation

[ElsewheresDaughter]

19. 911

[MissMillie]

20. 884 (n/t)

.

[onehandle]

21. 751. nt

nt

[Robin Hood]

22. 850

I need a XXX size shirt.

[Cush]

23. 995, plus tax

eom

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. 1027

just popped into my head...

[gristy]

25. 1116

[LynneSin]

26. 1047

Let's go 4 digits!

edit: rmpalmer and I both posted 1001 at the same time so I'm letting him have it!

[KC]

27. My guess is

985

KC
and my contribution will be after I get paid on Friday :)

[RamboLiberal]

28. 1001 is my guess

eom

[graham67]

29. 890

:-)

[mrsteve]

30. 650 - and I'm gonna cheat

and donate today to move the total higher! :evilgrin:

[SmileyBoy]

31. I will guess 846.

It's my SPECIAL number...:-)

[LynneSin]

32. Who was #500 on the donation list?

We promised that they would get a kiss from the DU owners:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=115076

[rabid_nerd]

33. 732

nt

[magnolia]

34. I guess 919

919

[ima_sinnic]

35. 969 is my guess

[imhotep]

36. 817

[ixion]

37. 1003

that's my guess... but I'm secretly hoping for many more than that.
ixion

[Cheswick2.0]

38. 750... that's my quess

ches

[underpants]

39. 784

:srhug:

[arwalden]

40. $1234.56

[THUNDER HANDS]

41. 1177

:)

[ButterflyBlood]

125. 880

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[curse10]

43. 922

n/t

[OneBlueSky]

44. 715

.

[maveric]

45. 733

[angka]

47. 673, Bob!

nt

[Raster]

48. that would be 763...

...and the shirt would be XXL.

[sexybomber]

49. 869

[Crewleader]

907

:-)

[Imalittleteapot]

50. 772

[leftynyc]

52. 870

[VermontDem2004]

53. 1,024

[binaryline]

54. 861 n/t

;-)

[Booberdawg]

55. 687

[ScreamingMeemie]

56. 647

[ObaMania]

57. 1213 is my guess!

Thx.

[soleft]

58. 892

[catpower2000]

59. 637 nt

[wellstone_democrat]

60. 604 and there is a reason for that

it popped into my head immediately and now I want to see if this means I have psychic powers!!!! Wow, that and mindreading powers would be even better than a free t-shirt don't ya think?????

[MrBenchley]

61. Congratulations!

Can we break 1,000?

[Rabrrrrrr]

62. 1042

That's my story, and I'm sticking with it.

Huck Lives!!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

63. 869

no reason, I'm just dirty :D

[a_random_joel]

64. Congrats DU! My guess = 909

Keep up the good work.

[DianeK]

65. my guess is

1500

[Pillowbiter]

66. 1138

That's THX-1138

PB

[nostamj]

67. 726

[5thGenDemocrat]

68. 755

And I can't send DU an MO until 9/1. I'll include my donation in the total guess.
John
Poor here, too.

[Philosophy]

69. 701

nt

[alcuno]

972. How about posting a picture of you eating a burrito?

It worked for Howard Dean.

[Generic Other]

70. 1000

If x = y than y times 521 divided by a nymber < or > than my math skills should be rounded to the nearest whole number dividable by 2 which equals 1215.6 which is only true if the rate of subscriptions continue to remain constant, so I must subtract 215.6 which equals 1000.

That's how I balance my checkbook, Nifty, huh?

[short bus president]

71. 837

n/t

[Mandate My Ass]

72. 729

I think...or maybe 741, no no make that 759.

Just kidding. 729.

[remfan]

73. 706

[newsguyatl]

74. 612

:shrug:

[Dookus]

75. 624

[Liberal Veteran]

76. 736 is my guess....

:)

[Chico Man]

77. 875

[rock]

78. 852 - it's the average of what everybody

posted at the time I made my guess.

[WhoDoYouTrust]

79. 859

Congrats!

[GAspnes]

80. 1776

symbolic, at least.

[CMT]

81. 849

eom.

[EOTE]

82. 924 is my guess.

NT

[jmm]

83. 970

Hope I'm wrong and it's higher.

[KCDem]

84. 760

[JeniB]

85. 883 is my guess

[catmandu57]

86. 1137

[leftofthedial]

87. 962

[Lady Freedom]

88. 460

I would like an X-large so I can use it as a nighty!

[benfranklin1776]

89. 774

n/t

[Star]

90. 1248

[obietiger]

91. 689

My guess - 689

[Walt Starr]

92. 1287

I don't know why, but that number just sprang into my head.

[ronnykmarshall]

123. 1288

[SoCalDem]

93. 1125

:)

[Cassandra]

94. 1027 for me

[Iluvleiberman]

95. 891

[Mixxster]

96. 797

[Bolo Boffin]

97. 781

781

[FubarFly]

98. 712

[BlueJazz]

99. 741

nt

[Droopy]

100. 885 n/t

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

101. 744

:)

[SiobhanClancy]

102. 797

I hope it's much more...but that used to be my daily number,so I'll pick it for this.

[matcom]

103. 1042

good luck!!

[tom_paine]

104. 794

tom_paine

[IndianaGreen]

105. 860

:beer:

[Desertrose]

106. 997....

but I hope its way more ....

Peace
DR

[The Night Owl]

107. $1,500

$1,500

[Rhiannon12866]

108. There was a post on this just yesterday. I guess 1000!

I just don't want to steal any thunder from VermontDem2004 who came up with that number first.:shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=109763&mesg_id=109763

edited for typo:grr:

[Chuckup]

109. 817

[sandnsea]

110. 878

[Arbustosux]

111. ummmm, 784

[notadmblnd]

112. 1059

[Enraged_Ape]

113. 814

[MercutioATC]

114. I'm predicting 872

.

[kmla]

115. 946

plus or minus a few...

[Kamika]

116. 781

seven eight one

[iluvchicago86]

117. 886

nt

[LifeDuringWartime]

118. 730

that shirt = mine

[dolo amber]

119. 721

YAY DU!!! :bounce:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

120. 1200

[Andy_Stephenson]

121. 792

nt

[Fridays Child]

124. 793

[karlschneider]

122. 649

;-)

[tkmorris]

126. 917

[gully]

127. hmmmm 610.

[Spazito]

128. 713

*

[screembloodymurder]

129. Guess

698

[foxy]

130. my guess

is 1277:9

[kispoko]

131. 689

yep

[Patriot_Spear]

132. 721

...just a guess.

[papau]

133. 728

make that XXXXL version!



(but if the diet works - this time - maybe just XXL)

:-)

[0rganism]

134. 700

using a geometric model with a half-time of 1 day,
550 donations in 3 days =~ 315 + 158 + 79
Running the sequence for 4 more days,
40 + 20 + 10 + 5 = 75 more donors, for a total of 625.

But I think this is a lowball, and I'm guessing double that many.

[Catherine Vincent]

135. 599

But I wish it would be x 2.

[philosophie_en_rose]

136. 783

[GOPBasher]

137. 943

That's my guess. :)

[hlthe2b]

138. I'll bite: $1080

I'd love a t-shirt!

[mcd1982]

139. 894

[hedda_foil]

140. 783

[alfredo]

141. 798

will diebold machines be used?

[Mari333]

142. 888

.

[MGKrebs]

143. 695

Or maybe 691. Hehe. LOL!

"What's your favorite color?"
"Blue...no, green. Wait!"

[Kurovski]

144. 972

.

[Skip Intro]

145. 910

yep, 910

[SyracuseDemocrat]

146. 814

n/t.

[rawb]

147. 804

I hope we're playing by "Price is Right" rules... closest without going over ;)

[Pale Blue Dot]

148. 747

[blondeatlast]

149. 1342. Just because.

[LuCifer]

150. Well, I was gonna say 666, but since it's at 550 now, no way! I say 1,909.

How's that for a nice random # heh?

What if I guessed 1,000,000 or something WAY high like that, but, NO ONE else go it and were all under?! Would that be like the one twit you always will see on Price Is Right who goes "ONE DOLLAR" and he WINS! What a dick!

Lu

[PartyPooper]

151. 789

:-)

[Oracle]

152. 723

[Syrinx]

153. 778

[geomon666]

154. 969

Might as well take a shot.

[Doomsayer13]

155. 890

890 my guess

[berry]

156. 1003

hoping for an anomalous late-week surge!

[corarose]

157. 1124

I will be giving this weekend.

[imax2268]

158. 602

I'll take a XL please...!

[Rhiannon12866]

159. Do I get more than one guess?

I will be sorry always if I don't post this. Final answer. 12866!
Rhiannon :-)

[Dead_Parrot]

160. 824

n/t

[MoonGod]

161. 1003

[kathee]

162. 874

[Junkdrawer]

163. 819

[sybylla]

165. exactly 823

[meegbear]

166. 825 donations

[AlabamaYankee]

167. 1252