Been lurkin

“around, reading the posts and getting familiar with the site. Live in northern Michigan. Usually backpack midweek due to a poor career choice that has me working one weekend day or another...but Crazy Mike...gonna hook up with your group SOMEDAY! Anyway, wanted to introduce myself before someone noticed my lurking and accused me of being OH in drag.”

“:O! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. Troll!”

“Hello Ivygal...there's a big Michigan group that's much closer to you...you should get with Sass or tara, they're real nice folks.

Welcome to board!”

“tHaNKS for tHE vIsIOn, YoU arE sUcH a WoNDerfUL PerSonAge.

ArE yoU liKE tHe IvY thAT BelL bIV dEvoe SinG abOuT?

Pa pA PA PoISOn, PoIson, POiSon...”

“thanks for the welcome bp. hey br, I do inject poison (medication) in the iv (ivy) but it's not deadly. At least I don't think I've ever killed any personages :0!”

“Hi Ivy! SE Mi here but we get up north alot. There are loads of MI folks here and often there's something going on. Email me if you're free next weekend and want to meet some of the girls. Email's on my profile!”

“guess I'm not that familiar with the site. Supposed to meet sisters new love interest next saturday at some stupid dinner. I could get sick?? I'll check out the profiles.”

“Just click on the name...”

“hhhhmmmmmm, writing style looks AWFULLY familar. And that name really rings a bell....”

“I sure hope not. The style doesn't actually remind me of the dreaded coyote. Not enough punctuation, imo.”

“...but burn me twice, shame on me. Benifit of the doubt will be extended, of course.

Welcome, Ivy. I hope you might find time to post a pic on Phil's website and/or join us for a dayhike sometime. Please don't take what I said personally, my hide is still tan at a certain level from a while back.


BTW - Sass - K sez she's running a tad late ('bout 15 minutes or so).”

“where's that? laqtis I didn't take anything personally. However, I'm sure in time I'll be hated for all these questions. Sure hate being the dumb newbie.”

“Me from MI too. A link to Phil's photo page is on right hand side of screen...scroll down. Post a pic, and fill out your profile which is clicking on your name. If you don't post pic and fill out profile, you stand to be mistaken for someone you may not be...like a troll of some sort. :) By the way, I have weekdays off too sometimes.”

“Give us some facts about you. From your post to laqtis are you a doctor or nurse? Just a short bio would be nice.

Everybody (well almost) has no problem helping out with honest questions. Just do a search first many questions have been asked and answered already.

Welcome and enjoy the asylum!”

“well maybe thats not a troll...Sorry for the knee-jerk reaction, we get lots of that around here. I will be out that way soon and will need to make lots of new friends and hiking buddies :) Welcome Ivy.”

“I'm a nurse. Not ornery enough yet to be a doctor. I do contract travel nursing throughout Michigan but live in Cadillac. I'm 41 and divorced...translated: happy and free in my prime. I bp with my faithful "Maui" huskey/shepard/?. Favorite trail is the Manistee River Trail. Hope that's enough for now. Beautiful day...gonna head to the nearby pathways. Take care y'all. Thanks for the welcome mcmb :)”

“Oh I guess I'm just chopped liver with my welcome! j/k”

“Tango watch out when you say that, Maple might be lurking...RUN FOR YOUR LIVERS!”

“LOL, you're right I'm still groggy. I'm working midnights and just woke up.”

“Welcome lvygal!

And as for the troll accusations you're encountering: There's a scene in "The 13th Warrior" where a ship docks at Viking camp. The Vikings ignore the ship, as they don't trust their eyes because they are used to seeing things come out of the mist that aren't real. There is a boy on the ship who politely stands in plain sight, and waits patiently because he understands that Vikings must determine he is not an apparition. After a while, he is allowed to approach the camp and deliver his message.

Point being, stick around and you won't be labeled as a troll after a little while. Trolls are common around here, and we fear the fire dragon.”

“Errrr.. not a "fire dragon".. but the glow worm.

Fear the glow worm.”

“can i have his spleen?”

“Welcome, Ivygal!

I live in SouthCentral Michigan, but I pretty much catch a hike when I can - mostly dayhikes. Anyway, I look forward to reading your posts.

rl”

“Welcome to the board!!!


Shoot me a email sometime.


8)”

“Welcome abroad...eh, that's aboard...heh heh.”

“come back....I say again...COME BACK!!!! Jebus Cripes...single...prime...sort of a husky dog....

I'm in love....come back here, I want some IVYYYYYYYYYYYY.”

“Hello, Ivygal. I'm from Mich, too. Hope to hike w/ you someday.”