Looking forward to another 10 years!

[Whopper Stopper]

I just noticed that today marks my tenth year at HSO. In the ten years that I have been with the forum I have tallied up a whopping (or measly depending on how you look at it) 400 posts. I must admit pretty lame compared to some like Mr. Foss, Mr. Lee or Mr. Tension. I notice they can often do 20 – 30 posts per day.

Very few days go by that I don’t check in to see what’s going on. I hope the next ten allow me to learn twice as much and be able to meet more of the fine people that also hang out here. To everyone at HSO thanks for making this one of my favorite stops on the web!

WS

[Jim Almquist]

Don't stop posting just because you hit 400

I guess I talk to much but just not as much as others

[harvey lee]

Keep enjoying what you have in the past ten years.

Mr Foss, Mr Lee and Mr Tension just [PoorWordUsage] a bit more.

I simply have more time to be online.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Wow, your member number 224... One of the grandfathers so to say.. LOL.. Its a fun forum glad your a part of it!

[Surface Tension]

Happy Anniversary!

[Turk]

Welcome to the ten year club!

[Sifty]

Heres to another ten.

Sifty

[DTro]

Welcome to the ten year club!

Hilarious, I was just going to say the same thing.

[bullhead master]

when was this site made? I dont even think i had a computer 10 years ago. lol

[fishtrap3]

Wow its been that long already!!! Here's to many more...

[jBohmer]

Congrats Whopper, ten years ago I just got out of college and was desperate for a job. About two years ago a buddy invited me to go ice fishing with him. He also introduced this site to me. Since then I have been "hooked" on ice fishing. I have learned a lot since then and saved a lot of money in repairs and advice on not buying useless things. I attribute most of that knowledge to this site. I have got out of a lot of jams from the tricks and pointers here and also had a lot of laughs.

Here is to you Whopper on your ten years and I hope for plenty of more. I almost think that a HSO ten year anniversary is more important than a wedding anniversary (don't tell my wife).

[Ruegs23]

Congrats on the 10 years. Because of this post, I noticed I am almost at 11 years! When I was in college, I heard of Red Lake crappies for the first time. I searched online for any info I could get and I landed on this site. Crazy.

[Wanderer]

Yeah, you find this site when you're looking for help with something and stay because you find it and much more.

I was introduced to it after my first MN lake trout fishing excursion. I needed to know more and boy I found out!

Congrats and thanks to all you 10 year members for making this site what it is!

[Steve Foss]

Ten years can go by in an eyeblink, Whopper Stopper. Big congrats on the 10-year anniversary.

[Rick]

Congrats Guys....I've been here the longest

[Valv]

Happy Anniversary !!

[croixflats]

Toot Toot!

[Whopper Stopper]

Jeepers! Thanks for all the responses and kind words. I think it goes without saying that the biggest reason I keep returning to HSO is because of the people involved. Yes every once in awhile someone gets their hackles up, maybe even a little bickering, but nothing like some sites around the web. The rules here are very well laid out and the moderators do an excellent job in keeping the vessel afloat. Here if you have a question it seems an answer is right around the corner. If you thought it someone has done it. In a lot of cases if it hasn’t been tried it doesn’t need trying.

Anyway time to finish going through the rest of the forums. I just wanted to say thanks and hope HSO is around for many more years to come!

WS

[hawkeye43]

I saw this post and couldn't belive it been 11 years for me. Keep up the good work guys, a great site to come back to.

Try to think about all that has changed in the last ten years of ice fishing, the next ten years will be mine blowing.