OK Dogs, here it is, the post you have been waiting all year to see. I've tried to include things of importance to the Yard (although I know I have missed some things, for which I am sorry) and things from the world at large that have made the Headlines. So My fellow Scrapyardians, I bring you "2011 THE YEAR THAT WAS"
2011 THE YEAR THAT WAS
JAN 1.
THE YEAR BEGAN WITH THE TOAL POST COUNT OF 463,971. THAT LEFT US WITH 35,993 POSTS GO TO GET TO A HALF MILLION POSTS.
THE FIRST UPDATE LEFT US WITH THIS MEMORY. OUTDOORS AND FIELDCRAFT SECTION STARTED WITH 19,585 POSTS.
THE KNIVES FORUM SIDE BEGAN WITH 440,007 POSTS.
THE OLD OLD ZDC STARTED ON PAGE 902 AND WE HAVE NOW STARTED ON OUR THIRD DC FOR THE YEAR!
JAN 5.
LAZI POSTED UP OUR FIRST FORUM LOOK AT THE KEL TEC 14 SHOT PUMP 12 GUAGE. I THINK WE ALL LIKED THAT!
JAN 12.
DAN FIRST SAID THAT THE YEAR 2011 WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR, MEANING MORE KNIVES!
JAN 13.
SENATOR GIFFORDS, WHO WAS SHOT IN A MALL WHERE SEVERAL OTHERS WERE INJURED AND KILLED, RESPONDED TO HER HUSBAND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING SHOT.
JAN 19.
TOM (PRIVATE KLINK) AND TODD (RTH548) MADE MENTION THAT I PASSED 20,000 POSTS. AND NOW I’VE GOT 36,061! GUESS I AM A MOTOR MOUTH! BUT YOU CAN TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT I WAS MADE IN AMERICA!
JAN 20.
I FINALLY ADMITTED TO BEING BASHFUL AFTER DAN QUOTED A POST I MADE. (HEY, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN)  AND YOU CAN SEE MY CUTE PICTURE ON PAGE 3 OF THE 2011 UPDATES THREAD. (7TH post down)
FEB 5.
JERRY HAD A GANZAA AND SEVERAL DOGS GOT IN ON THE HIGHLY TOUTED AND COVETED 6.5 REGULATOR. CONGRATS DOGS!
FEB9.
THE ZDC MADE IT TO 1137 PAGES AND ALL THAT POSTING GAVE US NEEDING 28,948 POSTS BEFORE BLADE.
FEB10.
WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD POSTING DAY, WE WENT UP TO 1153 PAGES OF ZDC WITH A ONE DAY POST COUNT INCREASE OF 366 POSTS!
FEB 11.
EGYPT BEGINS IT’S FIRST FULL DAY WITH AFTER THE DEBACLE THAT HAPPENED OVER THERE. WAS IT REALLY FOR THE BEST, ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
FEB19.
THE YARD GAVE BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2011. YUP, OUR VERY OWN IREASH, JYD #124 WAS BORN! “Yes, in the early morning hours in a 23 page run Private Klink, rth548 myketheknife and myself were witness to this most historic of occassions. Ireash, JYD #124 was given the place of honor on the Big Dogs Couch this day.”
FEB25.
ON FEB 24TH JERRY ANNOUNCED THE GO GO GO FOR THE CUPID GANZAA ON OUR VERY OWN SCRAPYARD SITE!
FEB27.
OUR VERY OWN MASTER HANDLE MAKER JARED (JRODEN5446) HAD A GANZAA COUP! YES DOGS JARED SCORED THE HOG MUK LIMITED EDITION SERIAL NUMBER 1! WAY TO GO JARED!
MAR02.
THE YARD ONCE AGAIN GAVE BIRTH, ADAMLAU BECAME THE SECOND JYD BIRTH OF THE YEAR, JYD #125!
MAR11.
JAPAN EXPERIENCED AN 8.9 EARTHQUAKE AND SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI, DESTROYING A NUCLEAR REACTOR IN THE PROCESS AND THE WAVE IS EXPECTED TO THREATEN HAWAII AND PARTS OF THE WEST COAST!
MAR13.
FIRST DAY OF THE NEW DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. NEXT THING YOU NOW THEY WILL HAVE US ON IT ALL YEAR LONG!
MAR25.
A BIT TO TRIVIA, WHO WAS WED ON THE JOHNNY CARSON (TONIGHT SHOW) ON DEC 17TH 1969 AND WAS WATCHED BY 40 MILLION VIEWERS? THE ANSWER IS….. TINY TIM AND MISS VICKY! (JUST LOOK UP THE SONG TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS). OH AND WE WERE EDGUMACITATED AS WELL. I FOUND OUT I WAS A MUFFIN TOP. (JUST GOOGLE IT), BUT BEWARE THERE MAY BE SOME YOU you AS WELL THAT SUFFER THIS AFFLICTION.
MAR27.
DAN ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF THE COMBAT GRADE SCRAPIVORES AND A MASHED CAT KYDEX SHEAT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE. PRICE TO FOLLOW. OH AND WE NOW NEED 19,932 POSTS FOR OUR 500,000.
MAR30.
ISHIKAWA BEAT THE BIG DOG IN POSTING THE CG SCRAPIVORES FOR SALE WITH COLOR COMBOS! HE’S GOT ‘EM IN ORANGE, BLACK, MUDDY, TAN AND MOSSY. $49.95 OR WITH THE MASHED CAT KYDEX SHEATH (AT TIME OR ORDER) FOR ONLY $59.90!
APR2.
IN LAST NIGHTS SIP AND TALK Y’ALL HAD 16 PAGES AND OVER 300 POSTS! ADD THTHAT THE OUR VERY OWN “NATUREOGRAPHER” MADE IT INTO THE 10K KLUB!
APR9.
ANOTHER NEW MEMBER TO THE 10K KLUB, TODD (RHT548)
APR17.
ON THE 11TH DAN MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE 4 SS4’S THAT SHOWED UP AT THE SPRING KNOB CREEK. HERE IS THAT QUOTE.
“The story so to speak about the SS4's. I found four SS4's in a box under my desk. I got tired of kicking that box every time I sat down. I decided to see what was in that box....I had forgotten that I put them there a while back...actually before the first offering. They were part of my original design batch. So I had a logo put on them real quick and handed them to Garth as he went out the door for the show. They are made of INFI and I had coated them gray to distinguish them from the main offering.” AWSOME! AND THE ZDC PAGE COUNT IS NOW AT 1519 PAGES.
APR28.
THE DAY AFTER 146 TORNADOES LEFT 85 DEAD IN MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS FINDS THE YARD PRAYING FOR THE SURVIVORS OF THIS TRULY HISTORICALLY TRAGIC EVENT.
APR29.
THE SITE EXPERIENCED A RATHER LARGE POSTING DAY YESTERDAY, AND HAD A POST INCREASE OF 1179 AND A ZDC PAGE COUNT INCREASE OF 61!
APR30.
HAD TWO DOGS MAKE THE BIG NUMBERS, TOM (PRIVATE KLINK) GOT INTO THE 20,000 POST ARENA AND YOURS TRULY BUSTED 25K.
MAY01.
WOW, ANOTHER BIRTH IN THE YARD. ON THIS DATE DOGTIRED BECAME JYD #126! ANOTHER GOOD POSTING DAY, FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS WE HAD 1207 POSTS! AND A 66 PAGE ZDC PAGE COUNT INCREASE.
MAY02.
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT OSAMA BIN LADIN HAD BEEN KILLED BY A SEAL TEAM 6 MEMBER. ANOTHER ONE BITS THE DUST! SO MANY TERRORISTS, SO FEW TO GET EM!
AND FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, THE YARD HAD A BIRTH. YUP, HART MADE JYD #127.
MAY 03.
FOR THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW, THE YARD GAVE BIRTH. BUT THIS TIME WAS A TRULY HISTORIC EVENT, THE BIRTH OF TWINS! YES MY FELLOW DOGS, SAR5 BECAME JYD #128 AND AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, 0157 HOURS DOGSAVAGE BECAME JYD #129. I KNOW DAN IS PROUD!
MAY07.
YET ANOTHER JYD BIRTH! YUP, STEELEY MADE JYD #130. MAN MAY WILL BE A RECORD LITTER MONTH!
MAY11.
WELL DOGGIES, WE HAD ANOTHER 1000 POST PLUS DAY WITH 1061 POSTS FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS.
MAY12.
MOK (MISTER OVERKILL) BECAME ANOTHER JYD DOG FO THIS HISTORIC MONTH IN SCRAPYARD HISTORY. YUP FOLKS HE BECAME JYD # 131!
AND CHECK OUT THIS INFORMATION:
“On 11 May 2011, a day that will live forever in the Annals of ScrapYard history, a small semi-custom knife manufacturer attained what some would consider impossible. In less than 5 full years of life the dedicated fans, customers, FAMILY of like minded individuals catapulted this small company’s website to an incredible FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POSTS!
First, in 2009 Daniel Busse, our founder honored us with a patch to celebrate the Three Hundred Thousandth post. And now just a year and a half later we have exceeded the 400,000 we wished to attain and stormed the castle walls to SURPASS the Half a Million barrier.
And speaking of historic, check THIS out.
2010 Started off with Banana Clip making the fist post of the year with #358,264 on page 1381 of DC. And at 7:47pm on the ZDC thread he made the 500,000th poston page 2070. What were the odds of that happening.
This Milestone was only possible by a group of individuals coming together into a family. Dan has always treated his Customers as more, truly as a family of friends and acquaintances. Some he has grown to personally know and others only through the “Forums” that he has so graciously provided.
We might have provided the post count to attain this goal Dan, but it is only because of your never ending effort to bring forth the BEST Performance To Price Ratio in the Knife making realm. Thank you Dan for all you do for us.
AND it was not only a Red letter day for the yard, but for one of our own as well. Yes Post fans, Dan’s Pack has once again given birth. Once again there is a new addition to the Junk Yard Dog Hall of Posts. The Big Dog Porch has once again found itself needing to be expanded.
Everyone please go to HIS thread and give a big 4 paws up to this our newest JYD #131 MOK (MISTER OVERKILL)!
Ok, the Outdoors and field craft section of the site is now at 21,239 posts up from 21,224 yesterday morning yielding a 15 post increase.
The Knives Forum side has taken quite the jump. Yesterday morning it was at 472,531 posts. This morning it is at 474,766! That gives us a post increase in this side of the site of 2261.
Ok, the ZDC page count was at 1996 yesterday morning and today it is at 2088 for a 92 page increase, 92 PAGES!
OK now for the moment everybody is waiting for, the TOTAL WEBSITE POST COUNT. Yesterday morning the count was at 498,239 posts this morning after the efforts of SO MANY dogs, this post hits and SURPASSES OUR GOAL. This post gives us a TOTAL COUNT of 500,500, That’s FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED total posts with 2261 of them just within the last 24 hours!
So to all I say WELL DONE and may we only continue to grow, both in our NEW goal, what ever it may be, and in Membership and offerings from our founder. And perhaps even more importantly in our friendship with each other. Proving to ANY who come here, to visit or to stay that people from all walks of life, nations,races and beliefs CAN come together in peace and harmony, proving that friendship transcends ALL barriers, both perceived and man made.
LONG LIVE THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE YARD!”
MAY14.
ON THIS ANOTHER HISTORIC DAY, DAN AGAIN BECAME A PROUD FATHER. TURBOTECH BECAME JYD #132.
MAY28.
ANOTHER HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM “DAN THE MAN”HIMSELF…
“WOW, WHAT A DAY! The WAR DOG is here and it is an almost 1/4 inch thick piece of INFI goodness! Yeah Dan announced the Birth and had pics and orders open at the store for everyone quick enough to get in on this RARE piece of ScrapYard goodness!
Here is what Dan said, in his own words:
Dogs:
I had to drink a lot of Blue with Boss Hog to get my hands on this scrap INFI steel but the hangovers were worth it. This knife is willing and ready since it sports a newly designed Resiprene C handle. The ScrapYard War Dog has a .235" thick full height flat ground INFI steel blade. The hand applied satin finished blade features a blended convex zero-edge for excellent cutting power and strength. This combination provides an incredible feel that you will not want to put down. It is priced at $179.95 plus shipping and handling. There is a limited number so when they are gone they are gone.
Here are the specs for the War Dog
Overall Length: 9 3/4"
Blade Length: 5"
Steel: INFI
Hardness: 58-60 RC
Grind: Full Height Flat Grind
Weight: 6.2 ounces
(Jerry said the cutting edge is close to 4 3/4 inches long)
Expect this to go up on the site today or worst case tomorrow. Best of luck getting in on this one
Dan
JUN02.
DAN ANNOUNCED THAT THE WAR DOGS ARE SHIPPING IN THE LAST DAY OF MAY! GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE OF US WHO GOT IN ON THIS WHAT HAS PROVEN TO BE ANOTHER CLASSIC OFFERING FROM DAN. I THINK THE LEATHERSMITHS AND KYDEX BENDERS BETTER GET BUSY!
JUN05.
DAN HIMSELF MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT ALL THE WARDOGS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. THEY ARE NO MORE, EXCEPT ON THE SECONDARY MARKET.
JUN10.
ON THIS THE OPENING DAY OF BLADE 2011, OUR POST COUNT IS 510,426 POSTS! YUP, 7 HOURS BEFORE BLADE OFFICIALLY OPENS, WE BEAT OUR GOAL OF 500,000 POSTS BY 10,426 AS OF THE TIME OF THIS UPDATE.
JUN12.
AT 0741 ON THE LAST DAY OF BLADE 2011 JARED (JORDEN 5446) MADE THE 511,000TH POST.
JUN15.
TOM (PRIVATE KLINK) WAS AWARDED THE FIRST PRIZE FOR HIS BEER BOX HELMET ENTRY. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT YOU NEED TO SEARCH IT OUT, IT IS AWSOME! OH AND HE ALSO RECEIVED A MODERATOR TROPHY (SHOULD BE THE MODERATOR OF THE YEAR THOUGH)!
JUN22.
WE WERE REMINDED BY ARCHITECT, POP AND A COUPLE OTHERS THAT WE SHOULD not RELY ON DOCTORS FOR OUR HEALTH. We NEED TO TAKE CHARGE OF OUR DAY BY DAY HEALTH ISSUES, MEANING GET FIT! THIS SHOULD BE A NO BRAINER, BUT TO MANY OF US IT IS NOT….
JUL07.
A FLORID JURY LET THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICA WALK AWAY SCOTT FREE ON A MURDER CHARGE WHERE SHE MURDERED HER SMALL LITTLE GIRL. YES DOGS, CASEY ANTHONY WAS ON THIS DAY SET FREE. MAY SHE PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR THIS HORRIBLE ACT. (These are of course my own thoughts on this matter).
JUL17.
CASEY ANTHONY WAS LET OUT OF JAIL THIS MORNING AND WAS GOING TO AN UNDISCLOSED AREA. I SHALL LEAVE MY THOUGHTS ABOUT HER GO UNSAID, BUT THEY ARE NOT NICE!
JUL18.
MAN, ANOTHER BIRTH! SF45ACP BECAME THE 133 JYD SINCE THE YARD BEGAN.
JUL21.
THE SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS HAS LANDED BRINGING AN END TO 50 YEARS (MAY 5TH 1961 WITH FRIENDSHIP 7) YEARS OF THE U.S. MANNED SPACE PROGRAM.
JUL23.
NORWAY EXPERIENCED A NUTJOB GOING OUT AND KILLING AT LEAST 91 PEOPLE IN A BOMBING AND SHOOTING RAMPAGE. THERE IS NO WHERE THAT IS SAFE.
JUL24.
T1MO, OUR FINNISH FRIEND BECAME JYD #134
JUL29.
THE UNITED STATES FACES THE PROSPECT OF OFFICIALLY GOING BANKRUPT UNLESS THE MINDLESS AND SPINELESS IDITOS BACK EAST DO WHAT THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO, INSTEAD OF FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER.
AUG06.
THE ANNOUNCMENT WAS MADE AND I POSTED THIS “On this Greatly historic day, a day that brings shame on our fore fathers, the U.S. credit rating has been downgraded! We are no longer a AAA country (something many of us have known for many years) for the first time in 94 years. Since 1917 (when ratings started) we had remained a AAA nation. I can't begin to explain the sorrow, the shame, the embarrassment for our country brought about by the Narcissist in chief and the other selfish stooges in Washington D.C.”
SEP01.
THE FIRST OFFICIAL ISSUE OF “THE POKEY TIMES” A GREAT NEWS INFORMATION SOURCE FOR BUSSEKIN BLADES DONE BY A GREAT LOOKING DOG/HOG/RAT. HUM…WONDER WHERE HER LOYALTIES REALLY ARE! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
SEP07.
MONSTERDOG, ORIGNALLY FROM DENMARK AND NOW A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BECAME JYD #135.
SEP09.
CAZIO BECAME THE 136TH JYD IN SCRAPYARD HISTORY, THE PACK GROWS! WE HAD ANOTHER 1000 PLUS POSTING DAY WITH 1045 POSTS AND A ZDC PAGE COUNT INCREASE OF 47 ALL FOR ONE 24 HOUR PERIOD.
SEP10.
FLUX BACAME JYD #137
“On this Solemn day, September 11th 2011 the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack of the World Trade Centers the country is once again remembering. I just hope and pray we will always remember this day, not just on the anniversary date, a day that the World will Never Forget. Remember this day, remember all those Brave Heroes that WILLINGLY have given their lives to save others 10 years ago and also those Heroes that still go into harms way to preserve our way of life, the freedoms we hold so dear”
SEP17.
“This week Dan Announced that Our beloved Scrapyard is 5 years old this month. What a ride it has been, especially for you fortunate folks that got in on the start. BUT it's NEVER to late to join on in, so what's holding ya back?
AND Jerry announced special pricing for the B10, check out the thread to find the B10 thread to find out the info on how to get this never to be repeated special.”
SEP29.
“THE ZDC IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE NEWEST NEW DEATH CHAT!!!
Yup you read that right folks, the OLD Zombie Death Chat is dead. It died a euthanized death at 0128 on page 3214 and post count number 538,278 on 9-29-2011. The anesthetist was our own Private Klink. He recognized the symptoms and knew there was no hope for it's revival.
BUT the NEW NEW Death chat was born Eight minutes later with post number 538,279.
The first poster (after PK's initial birthing post) was your truly, Yeah I'm every where, I'm everywhere, just like chicken Man!
The First to say Hello on the new thread was Coyotebc (Yote) and he said it to Flux, the first one to sign on after the birth. This was all done at 0456 with post number 538,737. We ended the spree with 5 pages of the NNDC at the time of this update. Not bad for a newborn!”
OCT06.
Today (Wednesday)October 5th 2011 the world lost one of it's great business geniuses of the past 100 years. Like him or not, Steve Jobs was an innovator, a man with his finger on the pulse of what it takes to great a dominant empire in today's business society. Rest in Peace Steve, Rest in Peace. Your shoes WILL be hard to fill, if they ever can be. THE NEWEST NEW DEATH CHAT IS JUST 7 DAYS OLD AND ALREADY IS UP TO 60 PAGES.
OCT08.
“OK, the BIG and EXCITING news is that Our Inside source has been successful in snapping a Picture of Mild and meek mannered Renee, whom we all know and love for her Fantastic service to make sure WE, the Extended "Family of Dan" gets what we want, even when we constantly change our minds.
In the Picture you can see Renee transforming into her True Identity in order to bring us the TRUE information on Dan's NEXT release!” FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO KNOW, GO TO THE 2011 UPDATE THREAD, PAGE 43 (4TH POST DOWN) AND YOU CAN SEE RENEE’S TRUE SECRET IDENTY!
OCT13.
JERRY’S BELATED BIRTHDAY WISH (IT WAS ON THE 11TH) HEY BROWN NOSING NEVER HURT! (DID I ACTUALLY SAY THAT)?!
OCT16.
THE LAST DAY OF THE FALL KNOB CREEK EXTRAVAGANZA! JIM ADMITED TO MAKING SOME FANTASTIC SCORES AND WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OTHERS.
OCT21.
“On this day, a new beginning for the peoples of Libya, a beginning, the results of which are not truly known” WE REALIZE THAT THE WORLD IS EVER CHANGING. FOR THE BETTER, ONLY THE FUTURE WILL BEING THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, WE CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY.
OCT29.
THE BIG NEWS! “The SHOW ME STATE, has once again shown the world that it is worthy of the state motto! Congratulations Cardinals. Sorry about that Texas. It may be the biggest state (NOT counting Alaska), but at least in this case it wasn't the best!
NOV11.
The yard once again gave birth to a new member of the Big Dogs porch. JYD #138 Gun Dog is now relaxing next to the front door.
NOV19.
“We were told on 11-17-11 that a local boy, died in Afghanistan from an IED. I know this death is no different than thousands of others, and I mean NO DISRESPECT to anyone but it just hits home more when it happens to someone we know, even if only slightly.
Remember ALL those that have sacrificed, Military, Police, Fire, Medical and any of the other thousands of jobs that have claimed the lives of those that have tried to spare us from hardships, ranging from loss of freedom to loss of our creature comforts. So many things we take for granted.” AND WHAT IS POSSIBLY A RECORD FOR THE YARD, THERE ARE THREE KNIVES FOR SALE ON THE SCRAPYARD WEBSITE!
DEC07.
“1941, Sunday morning in the American Paradise. The GREATEST disaster (man made) to date occurred. Please, let us remember and honor all those that gave their lives on that day, and all the days thereafter that were brought about by the tragedy of that day.”
DEC 10.
And another birth, JYD #139 Hooker joined the ranks of the Few, the Proud. The porch is getting crowded but it can always be added on to.
DEC14.
“Sad news in the Dog pound. T Newest New Death Chat is dead, LONG LIVE THE DEATH CHAT!
The old Death chat died a troubled death at 0110 on the 13th of December. It had fought it's way to 434 pages of fun, frolic and frovility! It was finally locked down by our Supermoderator Private (Tom) Klink. The last message it accepted before it's untimly demise was post number 551,352.
The new "Chat", "NEW DEATH CHAT---- REDOUX is alive and well!”
DEC15.
“Well my friends on this another historic day I bring you the statistics. Oh WHAT historic day you ask: The OFFICIAL ceremony for the "End of operations in Iraq" The Colors (flag) have been retired, shrouded in acu they were removed as an Air Force band played the "Theme" song from each branch of the Military.”
DEC31.
SAR5 MADE THE LAST POST OF THE YEAR AT 2345 WITH POST NUMBER 554,307 IN “THE NYE CHILLIN OUT BY THE FIRE THREAD”.
I hope everyone had a good year overall, I know there was much happiness and sorrow but overall I hope that everyone’s 2011 was better than 2010 and not as good as 2012 is going to be.
2012 SNEAK PEAK
On Jan 1 2012 at 0006 SAR5 made the first post of 2012 in the “SCRAPPY NEW YEAR! WHAT’S UR PLANS”? thread with post number 554,308.
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