So how do you spend your Saturday night?

 I've lately been looking for a copy of the nodelist. Does any SysOp out
there have an up-to-date copy available for freq? (rhetorical question
really)

I finally found a (rather old) version, thanks to Mr. Leniart Esq.

Then went hunting for the diffs.

I started with day 131. I don't know how many nodes were listed. BUT I
did keep notes with each new diff application.

 Day     Nodes    Diff       Time

 138     37262               2:07
 145     37063    -199       2:08
 152     36939    -124       2:11
 159     36781    -158       2:12
 166     36800    +19        2:08    We gained a few 8^)
 173     36770    -30        2:09
 180     36819    +49        2:11    And a few more
 187     36745    -74        2:08
 194     36426    -319       2:09    *OUCH*
 201     36527    +101       2:07    Whoops, a couple more
 208     36496    -31        2:06
 215     36285    -211       2:09
 222     36275    -10        2:07
 229     36171    -104       2:07

By my calculations it'll take 323 weeks before Fidonet disappears 
altogether.

 -1091 nodes/13 weeks=

 -84 nodes per week     36171/84=430.6 weeks

This is roughly 8.2 years. Enjoy it while you still have a node to 
connect to. 8^)

And it'll probably take Traplist an average of 2 minutes 8.5 seconds to 
process the diff.

 Cache Ya,
 Craig.                       chutch{at}nwamiga.apana.org.au

... Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
--- THOR 2.3 (Amiga;FIDO)