Thread: A birthday surprise!!

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Well..........a surprise to most of you anyway.

Ten years ago today Brent launched Club Hot Rod. Of course nobody else knew about it til the 6th when he announced it on Club Cobra, so maybe we need to have a three day long birthday celebration.

We've touched on certain historical notes in the past, so won't go into any long stories here, but suffice to say, a lot has happened in the past decade. A lot of good folks have passed through the club house door. Only a very few "originals" are still here, but a number of later arrivals have prevailed and made the house a better place. A lack of hard and fast rules about what constitutes a "hot rod" has contributed to a wide variety of interest/vehicles represented here.

We may not be the biggest, but the ol' site just keeps pluggin' along. People come, people go. Some post a lot (helps to be Norwegian), some, not so much. Lurkers abound. As an example, there must be something about our photo galleries that pops up on search engines. I've noticed my own gallery has had close to 40k hits in just the past 7 months, I suspect others have had similar experience.

I don't have any personal story that stands out "the most", but depending on my "mood" various images pop to mind at different times. I think of some of the generous folks who've helped with projects past. I remember those who we got to know, but who passed on to thier reward; sorrow for the loss, joy for having known them for whatever amount of time we shared. Though most of us will never meet face to face, through the interaction here we get to have a taste of what someone would be like to hang with in person. A few folks I've had the good fortune to actually meet live, and I'd like to believe, it rounded out the friendships formed.

Anyway.......happy birthday CHR! If any of you feel so moved, how about telling us a story about what you found that keeps you coming back.