This thread has been running since 20 February 2005, at which time Regulatory Reforn had been running for sixteen years and seven months. My guess there is a number of years yet to the life of this thread.
It is now 23 years and two months and probably somewhere north of $200 million in cost since Regulatory Reform commenced. Like a long running theatre comedy, only the actors change.
I am not taking Creampuff up on his bet!