The-Hogs.net - Washington Football Discussion, Redskins to Commanders Era

GoSkins wrote:January 2004...never a dull moment with our Redskins. Thanks for all your handwork and passion for the best sports team anywhere.

No problem!!!

You've been here since 6 months in! Very impressive.

And categorically worth a thank you. I appreciate your patronage and I thank you bleeding burgundy and gold with us.

Deadskins wrote:I found the site in 2003, but lurked for months before joining. Thanks for 10 great years, Boss, but I missed your cut by a couple of months.

Well you're almost at 10 years, and you joined on my birthday to boot!!!

You've been a very active member of this forum for as long as anybody... thank you.

... and you like the Grateful Dead... it's win, win!

Thnik anyone will even remember who they were in 10 more years.

We will! And we'll be... here!!!!

DarthMonk wrote:On Nov 16, at 4:58 pm I'll be in the 9-Year Club.

Well I think we should make a semi-quasi exception for the only two time Hognostications champ, shouldn't we?

I liked Matt's posts and willingness to start good threads so much, that I just asked him to start writing the occasional blog for us. That way, not only does this forum get to see some of the salient points he puts together, but so does the rest of the interwebs.

Keep an eye out for matt's stuff on the blogger/site.

And thanks for 9 years of your time bro.

ferryrich wrote:Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:40 pm

I rarely post, but read new posts almost daily on my phone and really enjoy the match day threads.
Its always my first call for skins news

Thanks so much for posting. See? This is one of those variables that I could not account for in a search - someone who has been here a long time, but might not necessarily post a lot.

For the record, your patronage is no less appreciated. In fact, in some ways it is even more impressive to me when someone hangs, reads and lurks, but doesn't always post.

Thank you for your time.

SKINS#1 wrote:Joined Jan. 2004. THANKS for your efforts in maintaining this site.

Your welcome, and thank you!!!

10+ years man... where does the time go?

I hope we can have a 20y milestone club, and see you there.

SkinsJock wrote:I was drawn to the site in 2003/2004 by the 'input' of CLL, FIOS, Jake, tcwest and many others ... Joe Gibbs came back and I decided to be a part of THN

February 2004 - the only Redskins fan site I use ...

my thanks to Boss Hog and the staff for all the great work ...

Ah the early days of Thn... back when there were only a couple hundred members and we'd actually be happy to see the fans of other F2FA sites come over so that we could fight with them.

Well except for General Failure, cuz the kat was cooler than the other side of the pillow.

Thanks for all your time, and thanks for making us your home.

Cappster wrote:This site was my facebook before I had facebook as in it was a place I could come and talk about pretty much anything. I took me a couple of years to sign up, but I was lurking before I deicded to join in on the conversation.

Does that mean I am going to be Zuckerburg rich one day?

Bahahahahahahahahaha

Ahem, sorry.

I'm glad you found a home, and have kept coming back - it's the fans that make it all go together. We may not all always see eye-to-eye, but we share that common bond...

... that burgundy and gold fever.

Thank you for your patronage.

gibbsfan wrote:I want to say thanks to all the diehard redskins fans on this forum for giving me some great insight.Also at times some back and forths mixing it up but we all are in it together.So thanks to Mark for making this site what it is today and still going strong. 10 years boy time does indeed fly by and glad I was able to search this site and be apart of some of the greatest redskin fans around..

thanks mark

I'll give that a big Amen brother. I know you been here since nearly the very beginning - seen almost all of it - I thank you for giving your time, energy and Redskins sweat to this forum.

I hope we can have many more years to lament and maybe even to celebrate. lol

Irn-Bru wrote:I barely made the cut.

Thank YOU for the past 10 years, Mark. It's been amazing to have a home among real fans. I've learned so much by sticking around.

There wouldn't have been a ten years for this forum, if it wasn't for you brother.

And through thick and thin as well.

I know the trials and tribulations that you have faced.

I don't really know how to say thank you to you properly, so I will weakly just offer the words...

Thank you Daniel. For everything you do and continue to do.

NC43Hog wrote:July 26, 2003 - almost at the 11 year mark. Miss the meetings we had at camp over the years.

NC43Hog

You sir...are missed greatly as well.

Truly and dearly.

I know I have been neglect in my camp duties over the last few years... life keeps getting in the way.

But out of sight isn't out of mind. Your kind heart is greatly missed in my life brother. i shall try to not be such a stranger.

Know that life is getting in the way, nothing else.

Love ya fam.

Warmother wrote:January of 2004, I remember searching for draft information and finding the site. It is still the best. Thanks Mark.

Still remember the day I met you like it was yesterday Steve. Certainly hard to believe that so much time has passed since then.

I gotta get down there and see you again soon bro. Keep keeping it real like you do.

And thanks for giving us your time and your Redskins blood, sweat and tears.

PulpExposure wrote:While I'm just shy of the 10 year club (9 year club here!), just wanted to say thanks for this, BossHog. It's a testament to what you've built that you still have a lot of contributors around for this amount of time.

Thanks bro. Besides, you're just a tad shy and thank YOU for your contributions as a staff member.

And thanks for dedicating so much time to THn and to calling it home.

Rayskins69 wrote:Thanks Boss, I dont post a lot, but I do read everything that is posted

Been a member since JULY 2003.

Hope to be for many more.... This is our year I have a feeling

Wowsers! Again, I'm really taken by the guys who don't always post a lot, but have been here so long.

And you truly have been here since the beginning. While I opened the forum OFFICIALLY in June of 2003, it took me weeks to figure it all out - get it all set up etc. So really... July of 2003 was basically when this site started taking on message board members.

And you've been here the whole time.

Kudos. And sincerely, thank you.

langleyparkjoe wrote:I'm not a 10 year member but when I hit the 10 year mark, I want nothing from you bro.
This site is a huge gift for me and I'd never take it for granted.
So on the 10 year anniversary, thanks for everything!!

I've never liked you anyway bro.



So Imma try make you leave before you get the satisfaction!

Bahahaha.

You know I love you bra... stay the same as you are fam.

BossHog wrote:
You sir...are missed greatly as well.

Truly and dearly.

I know I have been neglect in my camp duties over the last few years... life keeps getting in the way.

But out of sight isn't out of mind. Your kind heart is greatly missed in my life brother. i shall try to not be such a stranger.

Know that life is getting in the way, nothing else.

Love ya fam.

Likewise brother. Interesting tidbit - I was 43 when I joined the site.

and RIP to our members who passed on to another life..
From the site was first formed we've had quite a bit of losses but none of us will forget.

So again, thanks Boss for everything.. met some good people from THN and I hope I continue to do so!
and a big shoutout to the staff too because they also hold it down.

GO SKINS!

will be 10 years for me in July, i've enjoyed reading all the forums for all this time. I can honestly say, aside from vacations, that I check this site pretty much daily. Thank you!

Joined in Dec of 03, haven’t posted a lot recently, but I have nothing but fond memories (camp, tailgates, and road trips) of the past 10+ years. I still come here to keep up with Redskins news, always (and still do) enjoy the site. I’m still bitter over my “Scrapple” lost to RfansinR…I crushed him!!! LOL!!!

BossHog wrote:

Warmother wrote:January of 2004, I remember searching for draft information and finding the site. It is still the best. Thanks Mark.

Still remember the day I met you like it was yesterday Steve. Certainly hard to believe that so much time has passed since then.

I gotta get down there and see you again soon bro. Keep keeping it real like you do.

And thanks for giving us your time and your Redskins blood, sweat and tears.

10 years ago my life was in a rough patch. My daughter was in the hospital for several weeks, and it was touch and go for her. Then I lost my father early that spring. But that summer I went to training camp for the first time, (wearing my TheHogs.net t-shirt), and met Mark, Jake, Chris and several other members. Mark you made everyone feel like we'd been friends for years. I still smile when I remember the big rainstorm that hit before the 2nd practice that day, and you (Mark) invited us back to your hotel for a beer and dry shirts.

TheHogs.net gave me an escape during a tough time and it also gave me a good friend in you Mark. I thank you for that.

Oh by the way, I spent a couple of days in Niagara Falls chasing my now healthy daughter around last summer. We were going to head up to Toronto and I was going to see if you were available, but that was when Toronto was having some flooding so we headed home instead. We do plan on coming back to the great white north though and the Toronto area will be on the agenda.

Member since Sept.04' here.

I take in a lot of Skins info through various media and it's great to have the opportunity to let my voice be heard here with fellow knowledgeable fans.

Mar 27, 2004

What a ride

Thanks Mark

BossHog

I've been hanging out here for nearly 10 years, Dec 26, 2004!

When I was young I lived in Silver Spring, MD. Sorry to admit, I was a Colts fan (because of Johnny U, John Mackey, Bubba Smith, Mike Curtis, Bobby Boyd, etc... and they were the MD team), then daddy Irsay drove them out of Maryland so I decided the Skins were closer than Indy! Really happy I made the move to the B&G. Worked in DC when the Skins won the 3 Super Bowls...took leave from work to enjoy the parades through DC...wow, that was so cool!!

Boss -- thanks for all you did to get this board going -- and all you still do! Had seen a post that weren't well, glad you're back!

I live near Holden Beach NC now so I plan on visiting Richmond this summer, maybe I can meet others from this board.

Fred

fredp45 wrote:I live near Holden Beach NC

I'm in Atlantic Beach right now. Will be heading back to Arlanta in the morning, going right past ypu.

fredp45 wrote:BossHog

I've been hanging out here for nearly 10 years, Dec 26, 2004!

When I was young I lived in Silver Spring, MD. Sorry to admit, I was a Colts fan (because of Johnny U, John Mackey, Bubba Smith, Mike Curtis, Bobby Boyd, etc... and they were the MD team), then daddy Irsay drove them out of Maryland so I decided the Skins were closer than Indy! Really happy I made the move to the B&G. Worked in DC when the Skins won the 3 Super Bowls...took leave from work to enjoy the parades through DC...wow, that was so cool!!

Boss -- thanks for all you did to get this board going -- and all you still do! Had seen a post that weren't well, glad you're back!

I live near Holden Beach NC now so I plan on visiting Richmond this summer, maybe I can meet others from this board.

Fred

All good. I grew a Skins fan always but my grandma and grandpa were Johnny U fans.... Its all good. I got upset too when they moved at night those cowards. lol

Been here since (almost) the beginning. In fact, this is the first message board that I ever joined. Thanks for creating a home away from home for all of us.