Reporting in from Florida

“What's up you crazy TT'ers!? I made it to Florida safe and sound, and I must say, it feels very good to be back in my home state.

The drive down was easier than I thought. I had a 15' moving truck with a tow dolly for my Saturn in the back. Driving that thing was a bit crazy, but it wasn't all that bad. I just stayed in the slow lane, but had little traffic and made very good time on the way down.

It'll take me a few more days to get situated and get crap done, but I'll be checking in every now and then until I'm settled. Hope everybody is getting in some killer hiking and hopefully enjoying some spring-like weather.

Laters! :-)”

“Glad to see you made it, Artex!”

“Yeah Really! I-95 through northern Virginia can be a freakin' nightmare, LOL. I especially enjoy the psychoes doing 99 mph in the far right lane.”

“Glad you made it OK. It must be nice to see your family and friends again.”

“Do you still have the same cell #?”

“Congrats! hope you can still come north once in awhile so that you remember what a mtn is. If you get anxious to hike up a some elevation I guess you could try the Tampa Bay Bridge, it is the highest "peak" around.”

“Couldn't take the cold and snow, eh?”

“Good to hear from you, Buddy! Glad you made it down there. Go have a beer for me in the Empty Keg at USF, if they still call it that...”

“Glad you had a safe trip. Best of luck.”

“Hey Artex, which model Saturn do you have? I'm interested 'cause I work at the plant in Spring Hill, TN. Been there since 1990, making trannys for the powertrain. Now I assemble the SUV.”

“Welcome back to FLA Artex. Lookin forward to hiking with you. We'll have to carpool up the the northern hikers sometime.”

“Whadaya mean by "north?" Georgia?”

“Our loss is Florida's gain....

Miss ya buddy. Happy for you though. See you somewhere up here in a few months.”

“Thanks all! Ice, yes, cell phone number is still the same. Feel free to give me a ring.

Buddur - dude, I'm going to miss the cold and the snow! I really enjoy that kind of weather. However, it's hard to complain about the scantily clad women down here. ;-)

Karo, it's a 2000 SL. I love that car, it's served me very well so far.

Big Coop - definitely!”

“Glad to hear your travels went well and that you're safe and sound in Fla.”

“Glad you made it there safe and sound!

We will surely miss you!

Strange, isn't it? Now that you are gone with all your oonga boongas it now starts to warm up here?

:P”

“Treebait - if it snows - it's North in my book. hehe”

“Not to my suprise, the air has gotten alot fresher in the northeast. Hope you make it back up this way soon man. Like I said, if you need a place to crash, just drop us a line.”

“Yo Dare...did you get our message?”

“Hey Crack Puppy - glad to hear you made to the sunny south in one piece! Enjoy Florida for me!

Hey, you're in Tampa right? Go check out this bakery - Alessi's Bakery - 2909 West Cypress St
Tampa, FL 33609 - they have the best goodies in all of the South!

Have fun and be well :)”

“LOL, I thought this would be a post from Algore, still counting pregnant chads.

algorerithm - the repetition, ad nauseum, of a mathematical calculation until desired results are achieved.”

“Allright Dare!

Sooner or later someone had to mention gas!

When its beastly hot there this summer, just try to remember how cold it was in mid-February at Putz Pond.”

“Hey Artex when you get time give me a call ok dude!

8)”

“When Ice Tea said "cell," I thought he meant JAIL!!!

LOL!! Hope you get to dance with hogs again soon!! Good luck to ya ;-)”

“Thanks all! Crazy Mike, I'll give you a ring tomorrow, I'm about to crash now.”

“Glad to hear you made it safe and sound. Hope you can catch a trip up this way sometime.”

“glad you made it down safely, Artex! tell the FL monkeys i said hi.”

“Heeheehee, hey man, you are supposed to be looking for a job, not scantily clad women. Aren't the scantily clad women down Tampa way all 65 or older anyway?”

“I thought Orlando had more t-storms!

Head down to North Port and say hello to my parents for me, please! :)”

“No, Lyndy. The chad hangers crowd is either down in St. Petersburg or out in the East Coast vicinities. Artex is in the right place for the scantily clad girls...”

“REALLY TREEBEARD, do tell more mmmmmmm!!”

“Anyone else hear that chain clanking?”

“Maybe we can pick up a Girls Gone Wild vid and check out Artex having his way with them”

“That was before your time, baby. Doesn't count...”

“I will be looking forward to it dude!

8)”

“The chad crowd is the Miami-Dade area.

I always thought Tampa/St. Pete was the gay area, following
South Beach.”

“You guys are too funny!”