Which are the longest and longest running PH threads?

[DickyC]

It's a loaded question as I'm wondering if the Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life is either the longest or longest running thread on PistonHeads.

Can any of the backroom boys do the numbers?

TUSRTAYL is on Volume 25, had its 250,000th post in May of this year and is five years old at the end of July 2015.

[hornetrider]

It's certainly not the longest running, not by a long chalk.

[DickyC]

Nah. Doing it by elimination will take forever.

[ali_kat]

hornetrider said:

It's certainly not the longest running, not by a long chalk.

So what is?

Flemke?

[DickyC]

Marvellous.

[ali_kat]

Thanks Gaz xx

[DickyC]

Thanks ali xx

[ArsE92]

Thanks everyone xxx

[Wacky Racer]

What about Mornington Crescent?

[DickyC]

ArsE92 said:

Thanks everyone xxx

We see through your attempt to make this the longest running thread.

Thanks ArsE xxxx

[rix]

Longest running thread I can find... http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

There are older, open, threads for the taking I'm sure (closed threads don't count!)

Edited by rix on Friday 2nd January 08:06

[DickyC]

Should there be guidelines to distinguish between a running thread and a thread left open but unused? For example, a long running thread could be defined as "having at least one post per year since its inception" rather than just "still open."

The Mornington Crescent thread sleeps for ages and then wakes up, witnesses a burst of surreal outpourings and then goes to sleep again. The TVR thread quoted above opened in 2000, has three post in total but hasn't been closed. They're different beasts, I'd venture.

[WinstonWolf]

DickyC said:

Should there be guidelines to distinguish between a running thread and a thread left open but unused? For example, a long running thread could be defined as "having at least one post per year since its inception" rather than just "still open."

The Mornington Crescent thread sleeps for ages and then wakes up, witnesses a burst of surreal outpourings and then goes to sleep again. The TVR thread quoted above opened in 2000, has three post in total but hasn't been closed. They're different beasts, I'd venture.

I vote for the Mornington Crescent thread, if only because I started it

(And as it's a solitary Friday at work after the holidays I believe it's double points all day!)

[Kinky]

DickyC said:

Should there be guidelines to distinguish between a running thread and a thread left open but unused? For example, a long running thread could be defined as "having at least one post per year since its inception" rather than just "still open."

The Mornington Crescent thread sleeps for ages and then wakes up, witnesses a burst of surreal outpourings and then goes to sleep again. The TVR thread quoted above opened in 2000, has three post in total but hasn't been closed. They're different beasts, I'd venture.

You did that yourself in the thread title.

Longest running is the TVR thread.

And longest? Dunno. Can't be arsed to look. It really can't be that difficult to spend some time looking. Can it?

[DickyC]

Kinky said:

And longest? Dunno. Can't be arsed to look. It really can't be that difficult to spend some time looking. Can it?

It surprises me that there isn't a diagnosticky thingy PH could just run and put me out of their misery.

Don't they want to know? Like, ever?

[Shaw Tarse]

It's the Tell us something Trivial one,

[DickyC]

Oh, you're just humouring me now.

[ali_kat]

Dicky please can you clarify what do you mean by longest?

Oldest thread still open? Because technically the very 1st one is still open

Oldest thread still regularly posted to?

Longest as in most posts?

Other?

[DickyC]

ali_kat said:

Dicky please can you clarify what do you mean by longest?

Oldest thread still open? Because technically the very 1st one is still open

Oldest thread still regularly posted to?

Longest as in most posts?

Other?

You're right, ali. Clarity is what is required.

By Longest, I meant, The thread with most posts.

By Longest Running, I meant, The oldest thread still regularly posted to.

[FourWheelDrift]

The fastest answered but longest currently running thread - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Started on Tuesday 2nd November 2010