Actually I got on OSO in October 2000 but lost my password and had some old hotmail address so I had to rejoin Jan 2001. I was on the newgroups rec.boat.power.racing before than...if anyone was on those newgroups you really needed some thick skin...we had a blast back then...Llama Racin' and all!

Llamas??

Decade plus 1

:daz::daz::daz::daz::daz::daz::daz::daz::daz::daz:

Phillip turned me on to this site in mid 2001 and I will never forgive him....neither will a number of other people I presume.

T2x

1 Year
 

Found out about this site after I bought my FASTech. However it has been one steep learning curve in my 1st year. Hope to have as many informative years as others have on this great site. Congrats to all that have 10+ years.

Yep,
joined in Nov 2000, and have meet some great people here and have enjoyed the banter also.
Dean

Same thing happened to me Mike. I remember talking to you back in the days we both owned 29 Fevers. My screen name back then was .....29Fever...Go figure!!

Who do I talk to about regaining my senoirity??? :coolcowboy:

Tim

Short timer!

Sounds like your family plan...


:drink:

I agree with that. October 9, 2000 is my join date.

When I joined I was a sales representative, I was married, had some money, life was good. Now I am divorced, and an attorney. Life changes. My screen name changed three times too (former handles were Old School which I gave that name to Craig since that was the name of his boat, then Hairy Canary -my father sold his boat called the Hairy Canary, then Smarty aka Stephen "Smarty" Jones)

My life has changed but one thing remains consistent, I am on this board constantly (sometimes just not logged in).

OSO is a major part of my computer internet time.

1284 posts in 11 plus years, I guess I don't say too much.

except when you're temporally banned !!! LOL :lolhit:

That is true. Your post just made me laugh.

I have to remember to play by the rules.

man . . . i certainly hope they never put an hour meter on my profile on here. :D

I lurked for months before I actually joined so unknown to me the site had probably just started. I didnt think it was my place to join as it seemed an exclusive West Coast Socal site where you needed a real badazz boat to join....it seemed 90% of the people had Cigs with twin blower motors..Jefffrey, Nort, Dman, River Girl, Blonde Cig Chick....they were def the core of the site.....I remember I spoke to Audiofn in chat one night (who was also a core member but east coast) and I could not believe he wasnt an old friend of any of the core members.....he had met everyone on the site. wow, that was an eye opener!

I remember I finally had the nerve to join when I saw a guy in the Formula forum that had a twin sbc boat, cant remember his name but he ordered that twin sbc 28 AT that he sold to Spillman....we talked back and forth, nice guy.....its his fault.

Who was that guy from Florida with the "Bayliner Cobra" he was funny as hell.....did anybody ever meet that guy? was the Bayliner thing just a joke and he had some killer boat???

I would imagine that would be me, and I still pass through OSO often, although admittedly reading more than posting. Nice to see you are still here too.

Although I didn't order my 28 AT new, I did buy it used directly from Pat, and I believe Spillman's was one of the other few made. To the best of my knowledge, that boat went to CA via the fellow I sold it to from Ocala, FL, only to be sold once again, whereabouts unknown.

I remember the old OSO quite well, and met many members back in the day. There was a large group from western MI, nearly as large as those from CA. Those were fun times.
Jim

Congrats to you long timers. :coolcowboy:
I know in my brief year and a half I've learned a whole bunch and laughed a whole bunch too.
You guys and girls are the greatest!!!

See ya,
Kelly

This site rocks! Joined when I had a PQ 28, and have been thru a few boats. The friendships I have made with many on here are priceless.

That would be a very, very bad thing! :lolhit:


So where's Jeffrey been? :party-smiley-004:


You guys have a few years on me (in this contest anyway), but thinking back over all the funny sh!t, con artist/scum bags (cough Too Old, cough Troutly, etc), and all the Apache BS over the years, I can certainly say OSO has been countless hours (thank goodness Dave!) of nothing but good times!!! :cool:

Jafo, BillR, Glassdave,
Good to see you guys are still around. Met a lot of nice people on OSO!! From all over the world, pretty cool! TY OSO!
Bill, they just auctioned off the PQ plant contents. I remember taking some pics of your 340 for you.. Those were the days!
Many more years to everyone!!

October 2000 was a "re-boot" date for the site. Anyone with that join date could have signed up for earlier versions of the board. I'm pretty sure that I signed up some time in late 1997/early 1998. A lot of good, bad, ugly and wacky has gone on since then....

Just into my 10th year..... Misunderstanding/timeout not withstanding.

:party-smiley-004:

Anyone been here longer with fewer posts than me? Does that mean LURKER?

Maybe???????....

Been a while,I saw OSO Steve in the PP offices and decided to Join.

11 years and 3 months=20K plus posts. Member #110 I think. Missed that Charter member stuff but I have friends in high places. :p

Jim! hey.....didnt know you still stopped by, like I said its your fault lol.....yep still have the same boat but its a heck of a lot prettier now than in the early days of OSO....wouldnt mind moving up but Id have to sell mine first, there lies the problem.....so you still have the Formula cruiser??

Nort, it has been a very interesting decade in here!!!!!!!!

Still have the Formula SC for cruising and camping on the Mississippi River, but the recent purchase of a farm in southern WI has slowed down boating plans for a little while.

We still have our heart and soul in offshore performance boats, and I fully expect there will be one sitting in the new 40x70 toy shop I just built in the near future. Another AT certainly would be a possibility, but Pat says no twin SBC's in his new 29....
Jim

Dang Nort, you've been here over a decade and made 11,000 + posts and I have yet to see you offend or piss anybody off. :evilb:

Looks like I just became a member of the Decade Club myself. Apparently time flies even when you are wasting it :)

Been around since the early days.. did have sum fun.. this board will never be as good as it was long ago.. did lose my original name and started a new one.

Traviss

I remember your posts. Are you still on the hunt for MILFs?

Hey Trav!!!!

What a decade it has been!! I sure miss the "good ole days" when we used to have fun. It seemed that there were alot less people on here back then that didn't own boats and were internet experts!!:drink::evilb::drink::evilb:

I'm not sure when I actually started coming on, but had to re-sign back up under the name of Craig223 and then my current name.

Who remembers that Mikey guy from LOTO that claimed to have a triple 900SC 42 Fountain. He was always kicking everyones azz!:lolhit::coolcowboy: Old board, late 90's.

Naaa not anymore. Been married for a few years now.. she is the same age as myself. But last Friday she told me I am going to be a daddy.. so all in all I kinda made my own Milf lol


Anybody ever here from troutly lmao lol

Still have the first t shirt (fits a bit tighter now)

Biggus- Hope all is well with you and family!

I remember a Mikey from the Fox Chain of Lakes (outside Chicago area) that prowled the board in the early days and called everyone out. If Klaw is still around, I'm sure he remembers him.
Mikey...... he had the fastest boat....... in the whole world.:rolleyes:

Jafo!!! Long time no talk my man. Good to see you! :coolcowboy:

Don't be a stranger. Know that you have been missed.

Buck

Alot has changed in the last decade when Jeff took over the refi boom was just getting on a roll and life was good boats were bought and sold daily and the internet was getting dependable with some speed.Alot can happen in a decade....:eek:

11+ yrs and still my favorite website.:drink:

Been on the site since Jeffery owned the site..... Now that was a free-for-all :D

I have enjoyed meeting and knowing many of you personally, what a great dysfunctional family we are :D