Embracing Newbies....

“I have come to the realization lately that people tend to grow on you. Once I can get over their little quirks I find a lot of people around here really have a lot to offer....even if it is just entertainment value. There are many people here that I hope I get the chance to hike/backpack with one day.

The reason I am saying this is because in all honesty I thought that CrazyMike wasn't for real at first and I apologize for that.

Now I am quite impressed by his enthusiasm and hope to one day hike/backpack with him....of course in a group so I feel safe from his craziness. :-)

Keep the pictures coming!”

“I will embrace the female newbies.”

“I'm a newbie. Come here.”

“I'm sure you will....but will they embrace you?”

“You can backpack with me any time......:)Oh ya I will be good too...:p

Oh and female newbies I can help with that too...:)”

“handshakes are good enough for me - huh skullcap (grin)”

“Just as long as Kyle isn't watching.
Will they embrace me? The hiining babe-magnet?
Back off Mikey. I called it first.”

“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!”

“Hi, I'm Dunadan.

I need a hug.”

“I know who Kyles Mom is!LOL”

“I was a newbie once, m'self. In some ways I still am.

C'mere lemme give ya a big wet one.”

“I will embrace the newbies bottoms

*pinch* Ooochh

and the oldies!”

“Well I just posted my pics so I'm real. Hug me...”

“we were all newbies once. I for one got some great advice when I started bp'ing 20 years ago,,,,and in fact, I have had some great advice during the past year. Do we ever get to the point that we have "mastered" this craft? I don't think so.”

“Yeah I remember way back, when I first came to this site..... Oh yeah, Im a newbie. Nevermind.”

“chili36 has a good point, I learn lots of stuff from "newbies"...sometimes we get so used to doing things like we always have, we forget to think at all....

I think that a true Master of any craft, is one who is still willing to learn......”

“Just because you are a newbie Dare, doesn't mean I'm going to embrace you.”

“Hey, why not...I bathed this week.. or was it last week?”

“P-U! You Stink!”

“I got the worst treatment as a newbie, come to think of it, I still get the shaft often. LOL HF”

“No I got the worst treatment! mostly by rad and biz and a few others”

“What? I stink? No man, those are my natural phermones. I use that odor to attract mates.”

“So Dare...you want to mate with bugs???? :-0”

“poppinfresh, tea,,,,if everyone just ignored you, it would be worse than being ragged out by this crew. If you were unliked, I don't think anyone would spend time "messing" with your mind.”

“lol but i think radagast really dose hate me.”

“They had to weed me out and look I am part of the tt family now..:p”

“You'd think I was. AmyG and I went to the daks last May and I think I may have fathered a few thousand black flies....or at least fed them.”

“LOL”

“LOL,... reminds me of the time I took this friend with me on a hike. He called bugs sex critters and went to talkin` about sex stones and sex trees and the list grew. I had to ask,... it turns out it was fookin` bugs, phukin` rocks and so on and so on.”

“Cool....:)”

“Another hugging thread.. :o)

Is a newbie someone new to backpacking or just someone new to this board?”

“Splash...this was the original hugging thread...that gave me the idea for the other one. ;-)”

“Poppinfresh, no worries. Rad hates everybody.



HOI, just what are you calling me, huh? Does that make Sauron a son of a......?


Sheesh!”

“NO question about it. I am willing to embrace BIZ! aaawwwww heck . . .I'll do bette than that ./ . . .;-}”

“If I go on a TT hike am I still a newbie? and I was embraced and hugged...so mmmmmmmmmmmmmmwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaa to you all...”

“Hugs are cool-
I like the newbies-I was one once.
C'mere poppy boy!

Doing your laps in the pool?”