User talk:Thnidu/Dorsai Irregulars

§History

DI History page, § HITTING OUR STRIDE, says

Now the DI number just over 70 active members and have settled into a pattern of continuous slow growth. Since their children now number over 50, it's a matter of survival. Dorsai Thing has continued through the whole time. In 2012, it will have been held in 37 consecutive years in more than ten cities.

"As of 2012"? DI Timeline says

03 14 2014 Thing 39 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "Thing Returns!"

So how many active members now?

1. Open ROSTER of the DORSAI IRREGULARS (as of July, 2014) .
2. Get source
3. Copy and paste to foo
4. Get list of members. Exclude dead members (gray font).
   $ grep '^<td' foo | grep -c -v 888888
104

But are those all active? How can I tell?

And the timeline shows 113 inductions... well, that would include the dead:

$ grep -c 888888 foo
14

104 + 14 = 118

I don't need this level of detail, dammit.

How many cities?

Eighteen through 2014:

Ann Arbor      03 14 2014        Thing 39 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "Thing Returns!"
Ann Arbor      03 16 2001        Thing 26 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "2001: A Dorsai Thing"
Ann Arbor      03 17 1989        Thing 14 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "Kinder, More Gentler Thing"
Ann Arbor      03 18 1994        Thing 19 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "Product 19 - The High Fiber Thing"
Ann Arbor      03 19 1976        Thing 1 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "Dorsai Thing"
Ann Arbor      03 23 1984        Thing 9 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "Back to Basic(s) Thing"
Ann Arbor      03 31 2007        Thing 32 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "SomeTHING Completely Different"
Ann Arbor      05 16 1980        Thing 5 - Ann Arbor, MI USA - "Wed Thing"
Arlington Park 05 11 1979        Thing 4 - Arlington Park, IL USA - "IV League Thing"
Chicago        03 01 1983        Thing 8 - Chicago, IL USA - "ShaiCon - Thing Ate"
Chicago        03 01 1986        Thing 11 - Chicago, IL USA
Chicago        03 11 2006        Thing 31 - Chicago, IL USA - "31 Flavors of Decadence Thing"
Chicago        03 27 1992        Thing 17 - Chicago, IL USA - "Apocryphal Thing"
Countryside    03 15 2003        Thing 28 - Countryside, IL USA - "Things in Flight"
Detroit        02 27 2004        Thing 29 - Detroit, MI USA - "The Revolutionary Thing"
Frankenmuth    03 19 2010        Thing 35 - Frankenmuth, MI USA - "FrankenThing"
Indianapolis   03 06 2009        Thing 34 - Indianapolis, IN USA - "Racy Thing"
Indianapolis   03 09 2012        Thing 37 - Indianapolis, IN USA - "One Last Thing"
Kalamazoo      03 15 1991        Thing 16 - Kalamazoo, MI USA - "The Real Thing"
Kalamazoo      03 18 1977        Thing 2 - Kalamazoo, MI USA - "Far, Far Better Thing"
Kalamazoo      03 22 2002        Thing 27 - Kalamazoo, MI USA - "2002: The Palindrome Thing"
Kalamazoo      09 11 1981        Thing 6 - Kalamazoo, MI USA - "Sixth Impossible Thing  (SwampThing)"
Los Angeles    03 08 2008        Thing 33 - Los Angeles, CA USA - "Beach Blanket THINGo"
Louisville     05 13 1988        Thing 13 - Louisville, KY USA, "Friday, the 13th Thing"
Minneapolis    03 13 1999        Thing 24 - Minneapolis, MN USA - "25th Anniversary Dorsai Thing"
New Orleans    03 19 2005        Thing 30 - New Orleans, LA USA - "The Big Easy Thing"
Orlando        03 25 2011        Thing 36 - Orlando, FL USA - "Category 36 Hurri-Thing"
Philadelphia   02 22 2013        Thing 38 - Philadelphia, PA USA - "Liberty Thing"
Rochester      03 08 1985        Thing 10 - Rochester, NY USA - "Decadent Thing"
Rochester      03 17 1995        Thing 20 - Rochester, NY USA - "Doubly Decadent Thing"
Rochester      03 23 1990        Thing 15 - Rochester, NY USA - "Ambivalent Thing"
Rochester      03 25 2000        Thing 25 - Rochester, NY USA - "Just a Two-Bit Thing"
Toronto        03 01 1987        Thing 12 - Toronto, ON CAN - "Dorsai Dirty Dozen"
Toronto        03 12 1982        Thing 7 - Toronto, ON CAN - "Thing 007 - For Dors Ais Only"
Toronto        03 12 1993        Thing 18 - Toronto, ON CAN - "Dix-Huitest Thing"
Toronto        03 14 1998        Thing 23 - Toronto, ON CAN - "S'nowThing Special"
Toronto        05 05 1978        Thing 3 - Toronto, ON CAN - "Dorsai Encounters of the Third 
Warren         03 15 1996        Thing 21 - Warren, MI USA - "Some Thing Different"
West Lafayette 03 07 1997        Thing 22 - West Lafayette, IN USA - "The Wild Thing"

--Thnidu (talk) 06:07, 24 December 2014 (UTC)