How big will it be at New Year

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HOW BIG WILL IT BE AT NEW YEAR. Champagne Contest. !

The number of people receiving this e-mail has grown enormously and amazingly this year. !The site was launched around 20 Feb 2003 by at 12.01 am Jan 2004 there were 44,502 receiving the email, as I write there are 136,100 people (26.10.04 at 5.30pm). !

So how many will there be at 12.01am Jan 2005. !Put your predictions here, the nearest wins a bottle of champagne.

Best answers:

• I'm sure there'll be some mathematical formulae to help someone, but I have no idea about that sort of stuff, so I'll just take a guess at :
  163,830 people.
  Seems like a nice number to me ;D
  TM
• my wild guess mathematical calculation seems to be leaning towards - 172, 312
• my mums let me have a go and i guess.................. 199,999
  can i have a power ranger instead of champagne please mr martin?
• 155,161
  Bottle of Cristal Rose 95 please !;D
  Edited because divadee's a smart@rse ;D ;D
• Little miss divadee and Pal Junior ;D
• 157,322
• 450,000
• 148,500
• 200,000
• 189,653
• 159,362 ;D
• 158,333 enlightened folk
• 180,071.
• 164,000
• 158,455
• I'm going to go for a total of 148,500.
  Art.
• Zero, unless you are sad enough to be hitting the send button with a glass of whisky in your hand!
  Or if you mean how many people on the mailing list at that time....well.........146,291
  Stay Safe, keep you hand on you wallet,
  RJW