Who are they?

Karson and Scott are 2 “old timers”

Roger, Here are the first 12 pioneers. Just go to the most recent tab and they are on the last tab (383).

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

So what page are YOU on folks? From newest to oldest, I’m on page 377 of 383.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Sorry, Charlie- didn’t mean to exclude you!!

I came a few weeks after Karson . I am on 382 of 383 :)

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

I think the question should be to the active old timers. I looked at the list and there are a lot of people here more than 1000 days with 1 or no posts and nothng in their profile. Guys like Karson, Scott, and Charlie should be further up, or down depending how you look at it, the list.

These are the guys who had made this site work to begin with and the growing active community of today are the ones who keep it going. Go to the Jocks page and order by most active. Those are the LJ Superstars.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Yeah, yeah…. Wake me up when the cash prizes for longevity and verbosity are being handed out. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I’m with you Charlie. Our prize is and has been the priveledge to gain the most knowledge over the longest time. All you younger whipper snappers (in time) have a lot of reading to do to catch up.

Rex if you lock at the jocks icons and view it in most active order you will se a lot of the Gray or missing hair people that are usually around and have been here for quite a while.

I’ve always wondered what happened to the real early people that signed up for this site and never came back. I know a couple were Martin’s friends that he had sign in as a test. But then again there are a lot of people that signed in a week ago and haven’t posted anything else either.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I feel like such a newbie at page 372! I’m also somewhat amazed that apparently I’ve posted a message for every two days I’ve been a member; I don’t feel nearly as active on this site as all that.

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

On the last page of Jocks Phillip Edwards and Ellen show up every once and a while. Phillip makes hand planes in England and he does some fantastic work, Ellen makes boxes and also does some fantastic work.

On the next page back Mark Decou, Pat Sherman, John of birdhouse fame and myself are the only one active. Matt shows up ever once and a while when he isn’t on his web site doing his pod cast.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Interesting question Roger
I just looked under members and checked out how many days they have been here.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

366 of 383 here.

-- Guy Kroll

Page 62 of 383 newest to oldest here. I guess I’m not an old fart then…

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.

Karsons been here so long some of his projects are for steam trains.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

So to the original question: The thing I notice now is that I read the titles of the Forums and Blog entries, but only click through when something catches my eye, and almost never browse the projects. Thus there are a number of people I used to run across all the time that I rarely see any more: Karson, MsDebbieP, GaryK, dennis mitchell and a few others.

Because of that, I think we’ve lost a bit of the intimacy that the early site had. When oscorner died it was a big deal, but with thirteen thousand members, and the demographics of woodworkers, I’ll bet other jocks have died since and I’ve not noticed.

In fact, I need to use the “Watch” feature, because there are a bunch of woodworkers that I didn’t bother following back when I could keep up with everything happening on the site, that I’m reminded of now in going back through some of the early member lists. On the other hand, several of those folks haven’t posted anything of their own, just been commenting on other people’s stuff, and I don’t think the “Watch” brings those messages in…

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

Well i made the first mistake i started from the back when i should of started from the front it would of been quicker.
........ page 265 hell it feels like i have been here for so long and met so many good friends on here Something i did notice is the amount for guys from the early days that just looked but never posted anything which is a real shame and i bet they would kick them selfs now if they looked to see how LJ’s has grown since Martin started this site
ITs nice to see the old timers still giving thier vast knowledge up to us young-uns so freely and long it may continue as i for one still need it

This was interesting to say the least …......

-- cut it saw it scrap it

Pommy, quick way to find yourself (although you’ve already done this…):

Go to your profile, note that just to the right of your pictures it says something like: “591 posts in 997 days” (ie: mine right now). So you’re looking for “997”. Now you’re going to do what we computer geeks call a “binary search”. Go to http://lumberjocks.com/members/by/date/page/1 , and there at the bottom you’ll see how many pages there are (383 right now). Divide that number in half, ie: 192, and replace the 1 with 192. If your day number is higher, split the half above, ie: 287, if lower, split the lower, ie: 95. Repeat.

For 383, this guarantees you’ll find your number in less than 9 page loads (in each section you’re splitting the search domain by 2, and 2^9 is 512). The cool thing about binary searches is that even if there were 4 billion pages of LumberJocks users (at 35 per page, that’d be over 23 earths worth of users) it’d only take you 32 page loads.

And here endeth your geekery for the day. Mine, however, continues…

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

I need a hash table to find mine…. That or a guide dog.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Dan you lost me on line two LOL….....

-- cut it saw it scrap it

I’m on page 375 currently.

The site has changed a lot since I’ve been here—- bigger and better but the essence of the site is the same: friendly, supportive, positive.
Of course, where there were fewer members it was easy to keep up to date on all the postings.
Since I joined, Martin has changed the site “in leaps and bounds”, adding tools to help the members and fine-tuning processes to meet out needs. The “favourites” and the “pulse” are just two of the wonderful assets that he has provided.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

As a prize, I suggest we send Karson, Charlie, and the others “senior cotributors” all of our used ROS disks.

I knew I had been saving them for something. Guys if you will give us an address, we will get them coming your way.

Seriously though…..I truely apprecieate the vast amount of experience and knowledge that these people contibute to my woodworking adventure

Thanks
Trev

-- Trevor Premer Head Termite and Servant to the Queen - Heirloom Woodworking

Page 345; LumberJock #1341. I didn’t expect to be here for the 2+ years I have. I tend to get easily distracted, but this place keeps you coming back. I guess after 800+ days, I’m not the new kid anymore.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

I have never seen a site anywhere grow so much in the last 4 years as this one has . Great job Martin !!
Also thank you to MsDebbie for all the great work she does too !

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

I just took a look through the members list by date joined and I did notice that after Karson joined following members have hardly been seen or heard from since, and most never posted.
Do you think there is anything to that?
He he

-- Roger, Rep. of Texas

Wow. I’m on page 231 so that makes me LJ # 5319….............Man…....it has more than doubled in size in 431 days….........I’m getting old….......................LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Roger: Now play nice. LOL

I’ve sent PM to most of the early people and never got any response.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Looks like I’m #4306 of 13000. Amazing how many make one post and are gone!! Must just have a single question??? Who knows.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

#3707 on page 277

-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "

Karson,
Glad you thought to do that. It is a pity that many of the “founding” members have not kept in touch.
Sorry Karson I just couldn’t resist the keg pull. I like people with a sense of humor, mine can be a bit cranky at times.

-- Roger, Rep. of Texas

I’m on 369 and looks like #489.

And I really AM a grandfather!

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

I like a great “Gotcha” myself also. Nothing taken.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Well this has been a real eye opener, lots of infamous members been here a long time:
There’s Karson who joined just after the pyramids were finished – then, in another life he was known as Karnak and was notorious for trying to grab Cleopatra’s asp.
And there’s Charlie (M1958, man that guy is the biggest sucker in Louisiana – crawdads that is, Yuk, just don’t’ let him breathe on you.
What about Grizzman and his gastronomical experiments. He has secret sandwiches recipes he boasts about and which are prepared on a slew of DeGoose cutting boards.
Now a1Jim is another piece of the furniture. He has a sweet wife of many years who wished that he would draw up some of the plans in his head as he talks about them in his sleep.
Then there’s Patron who has been at it (woodworking) for 45 years and has never had a splinter in his finger. How does a guy working with wood all the time never get a splinter? – makes you wonder what he actually does.
Lastly there is Topamax, lovingly referred to as Wiki Britannica as he is a wealth of knowledge on the most diverse subjects. Rumor has it that he is studying “all there is to know about woodwork” so he can be a greater help to us all.

You guys consider yourselves ROASTED.

-- Roger, Rep. of Texas

Notice I keep my mouth shut about wood :-)) I here to pick their brains!!

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

It’s hard to take someone seriously when they look just like Alfred E. Neuman. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"