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20,000 LumberJocks Celebration

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#1 ·
Day One



I was dreaming about reaching 100 LumberJocks one day when I launched this website in 2005… Then, when it got going, 1,000 seemed likely but 20,000? No way! Fast forward to July 2010 and it's party time once again in our family of 20,000 LumberJocks. I'm thankful and overcome with happiness that you decided to make this online community part of your life.

Sometimes I come across a post about 'the good old days'. Yes, 'the old days' were really good but despite our huge growth I'm sure that our core essence is still intact and it will prevail. This woodworking community is still about creating, sharing, inspiring, motivating and learning. As a result, you can admire more fantastic projects and follow more successful woodworking stories every day.

I assure you that great news and updates are coming soon and that I will always strive to preserve our unique LumberJocks spirit.

So let's all look forward to 'the good new days'!

Also, I decided to celebrate this day with a special LJ shirt giveaway. We will have one new LJ shirt owner every day for the next 20 days. First ten will be randomly selected from 100 most active members while next 10 will be randomly selected from the remaining 20,000 members.

And here is the LJ Shirt Winner for Day One: jockmike2.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR MAKING LUMBERJOCKS HAPPEN !!!
 
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#4 ·
CONGRATULATIONS! MARTIN.

Good for you jockmike2, wear it proudly.
 
#5 ·
It's amazing to me that a community so large can still feel so familiar and friendly. Goodonya, Martin, for doing what no one else on the intarwebs appears to be able to do. And this is just about the only web site for which I have disabled my AdBlock Plus plugin. :)

You have every reason to be proud today. Enjoy the celebration!
 
#7 ·
I look at this site several times each day, and I love it. The people are kind, the projects are great. Thanks to the whole Lumber Jocks team who keep it going! If you were all here I would give you a big manly hug…..
 
#9 ·
this is a great day and im happy to see that this site has grown so much…i think our craft is one of importance and by this high number of people who have joined, show's me that wood working is well and alive…i will always believe that wood workers are the best people on this planet..and now we have over 20,000 of them here…....here is my toast to you martin and to all of us here…lets keep it going…viva le saw dust…......grizz
 
#10 ·
YAY!!! Congratulations on a GREAT site! Even though we are many, it is a very personal community we have here and it is so easy to navigate and find our interests. Although I am relatively new here, I have thoroughly enjoyed the people, projects and inspirations. Thank you for doing such a great job with the site!!! I love it here!

Sheila
 
#11 ·
Congratulations Martin on a major milestone….......... WOW, 20,000 !!!!! As has been said before: This is the greatest site on the internet and it is comprised of the best people in and all around the world!

Look forward to another 20,000 in the future !

Thanks for all you do Martin !
 
#12 ·
Congrats Martin, aaaaaall the way from South Africa. I feel honored to be part of this AMAZING online community!!
PS. I don't think there are any LJ shirts in Africa. Just so you know…;^)
 
#20 ·
Congratulations! You saw a need and met it even as it grew. This site is so friendly that I feel like everyone is my neighbor. In fact, it is so large, now, that you can pick what neighborhood in it you want to concentrate on. I live in a town of about 8,000 people, so there are almost 3 times as many people just on this site. One thing that really impresses me is that there is no eating the young here. People are so eager and willing to share their knowledge. Maybe it has something to do with the spirit of a person who enjoys working with wood. Maybe it is the spirit of the wood coming through. I think I'll go hug a tree.
 
#23 ·
THANK YOU MARTIN, WHAT AN HONOR AND GIFT, PRIVILEGE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. YOU ARE RIGHT, THE SIGHT HASN'T CHANGE, WE'RE THE SAME BUNCH OF FRIENDLY FAMILY TYPES THAT HELP EACH OTHER AT THE DROP OF A HAT. FAMILY IS WHAT IT IS. I REALIZED THAT WHEN I FIRST JOINED EVERYONE WAS HELPFUL, INCLUDING YOU, I DIDN'T KNOW SQUAT ABOUT COMPUTERS AND STILL NEED HELP SOMETIMES AND YOU OR DEB HAVE NEVER, I MEAN NEVER BEEN TOO BUSY NOT TO HELP. THIS IS REALLY EMOTIONAL FOR ME TO WRITE, I GUESS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WITH THIS SITE SO LONG AND HAVE MADE SO MANY WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL FRIENDS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL, I WISH I HAD SOMETHING REALLY PROFOUND TO SAY, BUT I DON'T. EXCEPT THANK YOU MARTIN FOR CREATING THIS BEAUTIFUL, VIRTUAL WORLD, WE ALL ENJOY SO VERY MUCH. MIKE
 
#24 ·
Congrats Martin AND to all the other guys who have gone by the rules and kept this the (mostly) well mannered International, woodworking it has grown to be. Martin Deserves a lot of credit for all the work, effort or whatever he has put into it; and to all the members who deserve some of the credit who have cared enough to keep it from exploding with growing pains.
 
#26 ·
pull out the box of tissues!!
I was beaming from ear to ear as I saw the 20,000 reached - -and then to see that it was JockMike to receive the first LJ t-shirt in honour of this special day - oh tissue time!! How wonderful.

Congrats to Martin, to all the LumberJocks, and to our friend, JockMike :)
 
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