Calling for 10 year and longer members

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Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby robfisher » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:25 pm

Has anybody else wondered if an old forum friend still checks in from time to time? I've been reading and posting in this forum since January 2005. Many have been here longer. It would be fun if our longest running members would just check in and let us know you are still out there, still interested and still reading this forum, even if you never post anymore.

We have over 22000 members. I still find that exciting. I don't wish to exclude anybody because each member is amazing. I would just like to know who of the original members are still with us. If you've been a member over 10 years please take the time to say hi. Let's see if this works
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby Greg M » Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:51 pm

Wow, I've been here since 2005!
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby bdosborn » Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:01 pm

12 years for me!

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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby Kevin A » Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:03 pm

I'm still here, for what that's worth. LOL
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby capnTelescope » Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:25 pm

12 years for me. I caught the bug back in 2004, found this forum and lurked off and on for the first ten years. I had no place to do a build until a few years ago. I finally got to scratch that itch, and I'm loving teardrop camping.

Bruce, you got me beat by about 2 months.
I'll burn that bridge when I come to it.

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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby Nobody » Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:51 pm

I joined the forum in January 2006, & began to build our TD in May. Made the first camping trip in Sep 2006, even tho the TD wasn't completely finished inside. It was campable & I finished construction that winter. We've since towed the TD close to 30K miles & still enjoy it but as we age we find we 'need' more comfort than the TD can provide.For the past year we've been making our trips in a 2001 Casita 17' Spirit Deluxe. We find the bathroom & fridge in the Casita are more to our liking. Still visit the forum daily unless we're 'on the road', & enjoy keeping up with the activities of forum members, some of whom we actually know, & others that we feel we do... Our grandaughter & her husband have laid claim to our TD, & they may end up with it eventually?
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby halfdome, Danny » Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:52 pm

WOW :shock:, next month makes 11 years for me, I had no idea.
I still check the forum several times a day and post when I can contribute something worthwhile.
It's been a fun ride. :vroom:
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby WizardOfOdds » Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:48 pm

Wow, what timing - my 10-th year anniversary was just 2 days ago.

Although I enroll in almost nothing on the net, I decided to join this forum about a month after I purchased an HF kit but had no firm plan as to what I was going to build. My problem was I spent too many years with paper, cardboard and engineering calculations looking for the perfect design without ever actually deciding what to build (the so called analysis paralysis). Although I never found any interest in traditional teardrops, I encountered a post that finally encouraged me to act. (I’ll edit this and put a credit here if I relocate it). It was not his trailer that inspired me, no, it was his philosophy (at least as how I reacted to it): Building a usable trailer should not be a single endeavor to build the perfect camper, rather build what you can and improve as you use it camping. To that end, I am very thankful.
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby RAYVILLIAN » Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:38 am

Not quite 12 years. 8 days till my forum birthday. :beer:

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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby doug hodder » Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:44 am

Almost 12 years, and 7 trailers. Doug
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby bobhenry » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:10 am

Damn , Damn , Damn I didn't make it ! 9 years 5 months and 16 days :NC

643 threads of my own

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5 tiny trailer builds

and two tiny house builds

and have NEVER missed a Hoosier Chapter Tearjerker gathering in 9 seasons of camping!

but I can wait if I have to :cry:
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby dmb90260 » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:25 am

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Found my way here looking for information about teardrops.
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Used it a few years until I moved on to the vintage standie, 1960 Kenskill that I still use.
I still check the forum most days and blame it for my cast iron collection.
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby robfisher » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:13 am

bobhenry wrote:Damn , Damn , Damn I didn't make it ! 9 years 5 months and 16 days :NC

643 threads of my own

2141 images in my album

5 tiny trailer builds

and two tiny house builds

and have NEVER missed a Hoosier Chapter Tearjerker gathering in 9 seasons of camping!

but I can wait if I have to :cry:


Bobhenry, Just as Barbossa said of parlay, 10 years is really just a guideline. You have contributed incredibly to this forum and I kinda thought you we here back in the dark ages. Thanks for taking the risk and Welcome to 10 Years After.
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby Bigwoods » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:15 am

May 2004 for me. This forum helped me with my build and I could not have built my tear without your help. the other side is all the entertainment and even help with non teardrop problems is just amazing. Been there in good times and bad. Thanks everyone.
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Re: Calling for 10 year and longer members

Postby GPW » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:34 am

Hi !!! :D
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