Tent Pegs ???

“Okay, since I didn't ask ..... I set my Eureka Tetragon 7 up in the living room, hmmmm. . pegs won't work... ok... cinder blocks!!! Now, to waterproof it... got the seam sealer... done that.. sprayed the Scotch Guard... messed up the carpet... oh, well... maybe it wear out. OR.. maybe it needed it anyway!!
Okay, doing the test run on the new mulit-fuel Primus stove in the tent with the candle lantern hanging from the dome.
Well, the insurance adjuster and fire marshal just left. . ..
are you guys happy NOW that I didn't ask some dumb ass questions??

p.s. . .. how much longer do I have to be a effen TROLL ???”

“Once you stop starting such ridiculous threads.”

“How 'bout those Fumes!

BTW, some people don't have a problem with open flame in a tent, though I don't know anyone personally... <GRIN>.

Now, if one combines the flames with the fumes...

Are you familiar with the Darwin Awards? <VBG>”

“you didn't ask a dumb question but you told a dumb story.

sorry dude, you got at least a week of me being an #&%!$ after your little tirade. i might consider taking you seriously later on. i very much doubt it though.”

“Forget it, TJ, you're marked for life.”

“The poor guy's done been branded.”

“maybe. Newgirl got a hard time when she first signed on. So have a couple of others. And look at Prowler. A prime example of the old saying "There's no such thing as bad publicity." LOL.”

“"Branded, scorned as the one who ran,
What can you do when you're branded...'”

“You have to admit, Pathman, this guy's either a troll or he's profoundly stupid.”

“Ok, so now he's a smartASS. What's next?”

“i know he hit the nail on the head and all but that sure was rude. im just stickin up for you man.”

“"and you're only a man.."

Is that how it went?

Tent pegs? Tough question if you don't have a stand alone tent. Rocks, trees, whatever works.


Stoves: dangerous toys if not used properly. Gas in a closed space? bad idea, especially if the closed space is nylon.

I do my tent waterproofing in the garage or back yard. My wife isn't ready to replace the carpet yet.”

“I admit nothing!!!! I don't know him! Really! Today is the first I've ever heard of Trekker John! Please, please don't ban me!!”

“Hey, this is way too cool!!!
I have been rejected, dejected, branded, scorned and scarred for LIFE!!!
Now can I have my membership card???”

“Nope.”

“See, you are already making progress. A thick skin is the only membership card needed. Really, there are lots of great folks here, with lots of experience and vast ranges of experience. It's just that the place seems to attract people with a "dark" sense of humor.”

“Shhhhh, quiet, Pathman, you'll ruin our reputation.”

“You guys haven't told him about the real initiation, have you? You know, the one where he ends up squealing like a pig? We'll have to lead him into that one all subtle-like, you know.”

“This is too much fun, but I have to go to a dinner meeting. :(

Should I have the salmon, ravioli with spinach and pine nuts, or beef?”

“Definitely the salmon. Enjoy!”

“Did someone say "squeel like a pig"?”

“Welcome to TrailTalk dude!

8)”

“i would have used nails into the floorboard and made sure to light the candle latern while the seamsealer fumes were still really strong...then i would have duct taped skully down, wrestled artex's pig to the death, tripped corp nasty, made fun of map leafs gear, called the SAR on JOSH, drank all of joshmans beer, rote en s-a for eyec Tee, banned geobeet, and then gone hiking with crazy mike cause that KICKS ALL KINDA @$$!!

WELCOME TO TRAILTALK!!....

hey..i wasn't branded a troll when i first showed up..I"M PI$$ED now!!!”

“dude, they would have been like "we're not going out and getting that mofo again, he needs to quit getting lost"”

“Hey dumb @ss, never light a stove in your tent!

Hey dumb @ss, why the shìt do you have cinder blocks in side your house?

Hey dumb @ss, are you trying to kill your self? If so, don't waste my time.

Hey dumb @ss, welcome to trail talk. I like you already!”

“

"The New Newbies Guide .2"

Welcome to the wild and crazy world of Trail Talk. In this guide, I will go over various terminology, and ways of the Trail Talk (TT) folk. Use this guide as a reference for any thing that you don't understand that goes on here. However, before I continue, I must warn you that this is one untamed site

SECTION A, Spelling and Grammar:
Always use your best spelling, and grammar. We have a few English teachers, and one professor, that post here. ACRONYMS must be capitalized if used, and please limit them to the very basic ones of LOL, and BTW, after that the TrailTalkinanes loose it. If you are brain dead, and need help, and training on the laws of basic English we have this web page for you.

SECTION B, Scientific stuff: When ever posting any thing that is very scientific, please have sources to back that up, and a link to a web page with the fact on it would be great. Most of the TT crowed are narrow-minded; if you find something hard to believe, don't expect them too. Oh' and one more thing, have that source reliable, "the national enquire" doesn't work here.

SECTION C, TROLLS: If you have not been accused of being a troll already, you have good luck today. Trolls are basically people that are out for attention, and they will again that attention by posting completely radical things, for only one purpose, the purpose of creating havoc. If that has not explained trolls well enough for you, we have this great web page that will aid you in you search for what the hell a troll is. The websites most infamous troll is Tarpy, he has posted under the aliases of Wild Child, Mantra, Jara, Tarp Rat, ATBackpacker. In the past, he hasn't post any thing worth while reading, however with in the past week he changed his name to CX, and has posted nothing but normal stuff, and I believe that he is trying to change his ways. We also have another troll, his name is Joe Moma, there are about 5 people with access to that name and post wild things under it.

SECTION D, HTML: You can use most HTML in at this site, just please don't go over bored with it. Matt, the Webmaster will change your post if you go to over bored, and he doesn't like us to post pictures often, because they slow down the site (and this site has enough technical problems as is). If you don't know much about HTML, well guess what, we have yet another great web page to educate you about HTML and how it all works.

SECTION E, Trail Talk Terminology: A Trail hoe, is a person that hikes a lot. A Trail Pimp is a person that makes up the trips for us to hike on. A Trail virgin is a person that has never been on an over night trip. A Trail B!tch is a person that hikes, and likes it, but doesn't do it as often as the hoes. A Troll, well I hope you know what that is by now. A Regular is a person that posts nearly every day. A thread is the topic that your are posting on. A Handle is your name, AKA Trail Name. A Lurker is a person that surfs the site, however they don't post often or at all. There's more but I just forgot it.

SECTION F, Bio's, Calendar, and Photo's: We have a web page with pics of us nuts on it. You can find most of us on the page, and many people that don't post any more. The older photos are at the top of the page, and the lattés ones are at the bottom. That web page is ran by Phil a TT regular, NOT Matt who is the web master. We also have a a bio's page, with all of are bio's. I don't know how accurate they are, but they are there. We also have a page with all of are upcoming events on it. We call it a calendar. To make life real easey we have a page with where we are all from, so if you want to stalk/kill/rape/rob(this works real good because we all post the time and date that we wont be home)/hike with us you will know.

SECTION G, Instant Messaging (IM): Most of us have some for of IM, weather it be, ICQ, AIM, MSN IM, , and or Yahoo. Some of us use MSN, a slightly larger hand full of us use Yahoo, more of us use AIM (AIM RULES), and most of us use ICQ.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This site crashes often so by a helmet, posting heavy HTML, or when ever Matt tries to make a change, it crashes. You will often get a line saying something about line 28, or line 26, don't worry about it. Its not you computer it's the crazy server. To survive here you are going to have to grow some thick skin. In conclusion I welcome you to the nut house, enjoy.

”

“
did that fix it?”

“I can't say one way or the other.

(that colorblind thing comes in handy sometimes)”

“Looks like that Guide needs to be updated.....”

“I was never initiated or roasted when I first came onboard...but I did loose lots of gear on my first canoe trip...so I guess I get the dumpass award too.”

“I had a boss that was green-brown (I think) colorblind. He was in the Navy during Korea. He was a photo analyst, because his colorblindness made it easy for him to pick out camoflaged enemy positions.”

“Letting people blow themselves up by spraying combustibles on their tent and lighting lanterns or stove inside is counter-productive. This is nature's way of keeping the gene pool clean.”

“I have a large assortment of tent pegs. I watch the weather and try to base my decisions on which tent pegs to bring upon weather and terrain of the trip.

The pegs of choice usually are my Moss groundhog stakes...nice and light and can be pounded into real solid earth. Sand stakes when Im heading to water areas and T-Bone Steaks for dinner usually with potatoes and vegis, lots of beer.

does this address the topic of the tread?”

“Waddaya mean posting on-topic? Ya trying to ruin this board or what???”

“ya but what sauce you pack with yer steaks?”

“a-1...dehydrated of course...silly question.”

“HERETIC!!!!!

Dale's Sauce is the only thing fit to marinate a steak in...”

“and then in the snow you can use your skis and poles for stakes.”

“You know... most of us took months or even year to make it on the TT most hated list. Every time it is revised there are those whining that they were passed over again. Here comes this newbie and makes it on in a single day! I say BAN TREKKER JOHN.”

“Is this #&%!$ing guy for real. Dip#&%!$.”

“Trekker John, there have been so many people who come on the site, introduce themselves, ask questions, and after about 50 well meaning, informative posts by regulars, the poser admits to living in Trollville. So accept your fate, and wait it out.

Opie, we DEFINITELY would have called you a troll, but you joined this site after hiking with regulars, so we had no choice but to accept you as a real opie.”

“Happy Trolls to you
Until you post again
Happy Trolls to you
Keep riling until then
Happy Trolls to you
Til we post again”