I found a new browser by the original Opera creators. I don't plan to use it all the time, yet, because it isn't ready for primetime, but . . .

You might want to check it out. www.vivaldi.com.

On my original question, I guess I just have to reset them every time. Thanks for the advice guys.

At the end of the day when I shut down my computer for the night the tabs that I pin are reset. The next day when I start up Opera I need to reapply the pinned tabs again. There should be a way to save the pinned tabs so they are still pinned the next time Opera is opened.