“I have seen it...Its very comfortable...and big...she gets it really squashed down and uses bungie cords to keep it so, then she straps it to the outside of her backpack...but...I did notice that her pack was very clean (almost like it has never been on the trail). Its a newer pack, I think acquired from BPBaby...Lizs also has a great backpacking tent (it only weigs a miniscule 9 lbs)...sleeps 4 and easily accomodates the big pink foamy thing (once it is allowed to expand) easily...she also has these 2 great (big) backpacking sleepy bags...I think they are canvass on the outside and flannel on the inside and filled with some sort of warm (bulky) filler.

All in all, I think that Lizs is ready for the trail...and should we get the opportunity over Thanksgiving weekend (she's coming down to my home for the weekend), I think she could easily carry my canoe too...she'd hardly notice with all the "lightweight" gear she has.”

“Hey Lizs, with friends like yours .... it is no wonder you are a "mess".

A big tent is great for cards games out of the wind!”

“Dang stik, you telling us Lizs is your pack llama, LOL???

No wonder she rarely hits the trail.”

“Llama, Sherpa, whatever. I'm all for having someone carry my gear.

J/K.

So, when did stikmon and lizs become an item? How did this happen? Inquiring minds want to know!”

“we're not tellin....right HONEY???”

“I bring one of those egg crate things when car camping with the grandkids. You mean to tell me it squashes up small enough to take backpackiing as well?”

“Stikmon --

This is CLASSIC sitcom material.


Boy meets girl. Boy and girl like each other.

Boy and girl knock boots on a pink foam mattress thingy.


BOY ANNOUNCES IT TO 300 MILLION OF THEIR CLOSEST FRIENDS.








Boy is banned from pink mattress thingy. Girl gets 3/4 thermarest and BOB accompanies her on the next trip.”

“Aww, stikmon, you guys are NO FUN! :))

As long as you guys are having fun, that's all that really matters!”

“you have to see how Lizs squashes it...its masterful how she rassles it and rolls on the ground tieing it up...I thought she was having some sort of seizure.”

“i said'''I saw and it was comfortable...please don't read what hasn't been written.”

“GOOD STORY, LEE!!! LMAO”

“Stik --

I swear I wasn't reading between the lines . . . . I was merely stringing some together.

e.g. (these are quotes)

Its very comfortable [indicates first hand knowledge]

2 great (big) backpacking sleepy bags

(TWO??????)


Forgive . . . PLEASE!! for leaping on (i mean TO) any conclusions!!”

“If the egg crate mattress is so great, what's she doing with the thermarest I gave her? Selling it? Have I been scammed?”

“with Lizs...I think its worth 2 extra bag nights for the effort.”

“LOL, Pathman.

You guys just haven't tried the pink egg shell mattress thingy. LOL!

OK, I'll have a photo of it ON MY PACK posted on my webshots page after lunch. (no, it's not the awful shot taken earlier that you saw, Pathman...lol)”

“I'M NOT sure...but I will be sure to ask her...I suggested she bring the thermarest with her for the T-giving visit...she said something about "not feeling right not being with the """big pink""".

I think the transition is going to very difficult...some deep rooted emotionl connection, or something like that, But I promise, I will make every effort to help her and support her.”

“you all want to really know how it started????”

“Where's the hip waders??”

“twigbeater? that sounds so mean...
:(”

“I've got some hip waders if you need 'em lizs.

Is it really pink? it looked yellow in the picture I saw, but was forbidden to share. (nothing racy, just not flattering)”

“Yep!”

“Aren't they all pink on the inside?
/o:”

“yeah inquiring minds want to know how a TT relationship starts.”

“Much awaited photo of rolled-up pink thingee just moments away... STAY TUNED.........”

“argghhh....

I CAN'T STAND THE THOUGHT, IT'S JUST TO TERRIBLE!

”

“toooooooooo funny”

“Lizs is that the mattress you admitted to laying on with stikmon ... on that other thread???”

“So you going to tell us?”

“Can We Stand The SUSPENSE???

<YAWN>


LOL!”

“Alrighty

the photos are at the BOTTOM of this webshots page>>>

PINK MATTRESS THINGY all packed up!

(sheesh, the things I have to do while trying to enjoy chicken dumpling soup at lunch)”

“You sleep on Sponge Bob Square Pants?

I bet that thing will absorb plenty of rain.”

“hmmmmmmmmm Steve...... maybe YOU were trollizs, eh??”

“LMAO! Oh man, this thread is tooooo funny. Nice egg crate, lizs! You're a lucky guy, Stickmon! Hahahahahaaa...”

“I used to have one of those egg crate things on my mattress. Very comfy. Never thought about bringing it outdoors, though!”

“yep, I am...

as for telling you all how it started.......stay tuned as I really do work and am now just getting back from lunch...not with Lizs, you bunch of preverts...and I need to take care of matters at hand and will post the history later. Sorry to make you all wait, but gotta make some money, so I can buy Lizs a nice christmas present...maybe a new pink thingy.”

“ok, just make sure you post it before i leave work tomorrow (eastern standard time here) 'cause i'm not going to be near a computer on Friday! :)”

“Why don't we just cut to the chase. Lizs, stikmon, autobiographies please. Get right on it. All the juicy details - don't leave anything out. There should be a chapter, at least, devoted to Svetlina for Big Foot's sake.”

“cannot resist any longer.

must post.
















SURRENDER THE PINK!!!!!!”

“You kids please use condoms, we don't need any lil' lizs's or stikomons runnin' around!”

“would this union produce pokemons???”

“lizstikomon”

“or stikolizs”

“stikolizs - sounds like a dinosaur.”

“or a brand of vodka...”

“Looks yellow to me.”

“Pink Lizsstiks?”

“get to work you slackers...or I'm calling each of your employers...”

“

stikolizs
"Spiny Lizard"


Stikolizs was a huge meat-eating dinosaur that had a series of spines on its back. This enormous dinosaur lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 98 to 95 million years ago, in what is now Africa.

ANATOMY
Stikolizs is called "spiny lizard" because it had a series of large neural spines up to 6 feet (1.8 m) long coming out of its back vertebrae, probably forming a sail-like fin that may have helped in thermoregulation, mating rituals and/or intraspecies rivalry. Stikolizs had a relatively flexible upper spine (these vertebrae had modified ball-and-socket-joints) so it could arch its back somewhat, perhaps being able to spread the sail (like opening the ribs of a fan).

Stikolizs was bipedal (it walked on two legs). It was about 40-50 feet long (12-15 m) and weighed 4 tons or more (some paleontologists estimate it weighed up to perhaps 8 tons); it is the largest known spinosaurid (a type of large, meat-eating dinosaur). It had a large head with sharp, straight, non-serrated teeth in powerful, crocodile-like jaws. Its arms were smaller than its legs but were larger than the arms of most other theropods. It may have gone on all fours at times.

WHEN Stikolizs LIVED
Stikolizs lived during the middle Cretaceous period, about 95 million years ago in the tropics near sea level. At the same time and place, there was another sail-backed dinosaur, Ouranosaurus, a large, bipedal plant-eater.

BEHAVIOR
Stikolizs' huge sail may have been used for regulating its temperature. It could collect warmth from the sun and also disperse excess body heat when in the shade. The presence of this sail as a thermo-regulatory device is evidence that Spinosaurus may have been a cold-blooded animal. The sail may also have been used for mating rituals, attracting mates. The sail may have been brightly colored, like the fins of some modern-day reptiles.”

“Shhhhhhhh, stikmon's gonna tell!”

“LMAO @ Buddha.”