Profiling The Average TrailTalker

“HMmm... are we stereotypical? With all the hype lately regarding racial/ethnic/criminal/political profiling -- I wonder what we would discover, if we were to stereotype the typical TrailTalker.”

“Man, all the fun threads always start just as I have to go to work! No fair.”

“*same problem here, Sassafras*..

but at least there should be some fun posts by the time I get to read this thread tonight.

(wouldn't it be kewl tho if NO one posted to this thread all day?.. ).. LMAO..

hMmm.. profiling the average TT'er.. that's a tough one. Personally? I think we are a DIVERSE group that would be impossible to stereotype -- EXCEPT for the fact that all of us spend a lot of time looking at gear/clothing/shoes, that most folks would fine ridiculously expensive. Not us tho. We know the value of nice stuff -- and the really creative ones (JerBear, Radagast.. et al.. ) have found ways to re-create the VALUE without the COST.

I wish I was that smart.. Anyways, back to the subject. I would say that a lot of us are frustrated writers, but I have found that we have a bunch of LURKERs here too.. so we can't really make that claim.

hMMM... profiling the average TT'er.. what do ALL of us have in common.. I can see one of the thought police pulling over random people to the side of the road, and either asking a few simple questions, or worse -- by how we LOOK.. deciding we are TT'ers and therefore we need to be interrogated.

1) In the last few days, have you eaten at least one meal at Hooters?

2) In the last few weeks, have you salivated over your brand-new gear catalog?

3) In the last few months, have you worn out another pair of shoes, or lost at least $50 worth of personal property due to an act of God?

4) In the last year, do you remember having a dream with BB or WD in it?”

“I say one of you computer-genius TT regulars (cough.. cough.. Violin) generate a composite person based on all of the pics on Phil's photo page! Now that would be a riot!”

“I smell a challange”

“i think a picture of all you people would look like...Violin.
:-D”

“Most of us are upper-middle-class wasps, I suspect.”

“Not me. I'm a hornet.”

“If the police pulled over a carload of TTers, he would ask one question and subsequently receive a string of wisecracks from each successive rider in the car. We can't resist the opportunity to carry out a new thread.”

“what kind of bee gives milk?























a boobee.....


hahaha”

“Very TITillating, Maple!”

“undead flesh-eating zombies”

“your flattery will get you nowhere!”

“I dont think getting laughed at is flattery....





LOL @ ME”

“I am an Irish Paperwasp.


bzzzzzzzz ... ... ...”

“If a cop pulled over a carload of TTers, first thing he should do is radio for backup!”

“You're right, Geobeet, the smell of us would probably put him out cold within seconds..”

“Backup should respond in full riot gear, gas masks, and decontaminations units.”

“That bee joke is the dumbest, cornyest thing I've heard in years..... :)
Gotta go now and tell it to all my coworkers!”

“Hey, c'mon, we're all the same here aren't we; black, male, inner-city, age 18-24, gang member, criminal record and unemployed, who love to backpack?”

“Profiling is politically incorrect.

What are going to do with this info? Search our checked luggage for fuel cannisters? Bic lighters? Fuel tablets?”

“If you want to profile, the average Trail Talkers are over at the: HMWH Club Secret Special Emergency Meeting. ”

“Hells yeah, aero. Sheeeeeeeyit, homeslice knows what time it is. Woooooooord up.”

“Wait - I thought we were all 24 year old Mormon mothers of 8. I guess all the discussions of food dehydrators threw me off.”

“ok ive gone backwards in age and ive changed my color and im a
Mormon now.
have I got this right”

“LMAO Maple!”

“So I now have religion and I'm in touch with my feminine side . . . great.”

“I'm an 18 y/o Asian waitress, woman, posing as a middle aged, white male professional.”

“I'm me. Twenty-three yr. old single mom, part-time student, part-time seceretary, beginning backpacker, frequent poster, avid reader, and proud member of a dysfunctional family.”

“I think it's usually the other way around, Pathman...”

“It takes all I've got to be me. I can't be anybody else!”

“Newgirl and Geobeet - You will be assimulated into collective. Resistance is futile.”

“ooooo I want to be your leader!!!

can i can i”

“"Newgirl and Geobeet - You will be assimulated into collective. Resistance is futile."
Santartex
04:03:56 PM
12/19/02

Just so we're not assimilated!”

“Leve me and mye speling uhlone!”

“I're jist funnin ya paal!”

“Me fail English? That's unpossible!”

“Yeah, what Geo said, I definitely am not down w/ ASSimilating. (Not that there's anything wrong w/ that, each to their own.)”

“True profile:

Computer literate

Most have a computer at work.

Most backpack (ha, ha), vast majority hike

66% like beer

50% like wine

10% (could be higher)ahem, "herbalists"

75% male

25% female

100% gear junkies”

“You forgot one: 100% wise-a$$...lol...”

“you got that right! Quite an oversight on my part.”

“all the men are handsome
all the women are strong
and all the children are above average.”

“i dunno, i think im on the younger end of the spectrum around here, im only 19

i kinda envision lean, weatherbeaten people around here- ive got the lean part, and im pretty weatherbeaten for my age

i see the steriotypical backcountry hiker, i guess- not that all steriotypes are always right, but its foolish to ignore them, they do have to come from somewhere

later,
-nate”

“not all of us are lean....

is it better to be assimulated then just simulated?

prepare to be stimulated by the collective?”

“Nate if you are nineteen and a little weatherbeaten, I have just one word for you:

SUNSCREEN

”

“I think the majority here have a deep appreciation for the outdoors and are interested in sustaining it.

I also belive that many here are searching. TownDawg mentioned frustrated writers, which I think is true. I also think there are others who are frustrated with other forms of expression. Their jobs and families take up only 80% of their brain time, the other 20% churns on gear, trips and TT threads.”

“The stereotypical TrailTalker would be John Bulushi in the movie "Animal House".”

“Backpacking for me is a fun activity. I got other priorties but I like to get out a couple times a month when the temps cool down. I've hiked pretty much everything within about a 3 hour drive of my house. I've been BPing for almost 15 years and so unless I'm taking someone to a place that I've walked a zillion times, I prefer to scrap the 1 night trip and cut out farther from home and do at least 3 days or more and see a place I've never been. I don't go out and hike just to be hiking anymore.”

“I just did a search on the phrase "some of us are". In the order they appeared:

Some of us are nuts.
Some of us are clowns.
Some of us are flagrantly evil.
Some of us are still around.
Some of us are looking at the stars.
Some of us are.
Some of us are even capable of smiling.
Some of us are wondering if meatsmoker is going after the 200,000 post landmark.
Some of us are here.
Some of us are Lesbian or Gay.
Some of us are brave.
Some of us are looking up at the sky.
Some of us are tired of the same ole microphone!
Some of us are still just waking up;-P
Some of us are struggling with sorrow or grief.
Some of us are certifiable.
Some of us are bigger.
Some of us are doomed.
Some of us are becoming rather exclusive.
Some of us are (in)famous :)
Some of us are still without any gear...
Some of us are Aggressive With Our T-LevelsBouncing...
Some of us are older than 16 and want quiet. n/m
Some of us are *never* ready for the fries...
Some of us are enjoyiing this...
Some of us are just too darn confused and troubled when we find this forum.
Some of us are REEAAALLLLYYYYY behind the times --
Some of us are young enough to know better -
Some of us are meeting up.
Some of us are simply vulnerable.
Some of us are tired of being Pinoys -
Some of us ARE mother#&%!$ers.
Some of us are more outnumbered than others.
Some of us are enslaved.
Some of us are table 'hosts' not hostesses (lol!) nm
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
Some of us are being insensitive.
Some of us are born beautiful.
Some of us are taking a break from the
Some of us are insane.
Some of us are true Jamaicans...
Some of us are true Bajans...
Some of us are movin' on up.
Some of us are more prone to colds and flu than others.
Some of us are 'newbies'.
Some of us are the roses, delicate, soft, shapely and beautiful beyond words.
Some of us are quite happy with our 286s and 386s...
Some of us are blind and can't use a graphical interface.
Some of us are even 'incomers'!
Some of us are involved because we simply love to collect!
Some of us are also fine jewelers. Some of us are weavers or create wearable art...


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