Phil visiting Flint, MI 11/9

“Sass - that would be great!

I made it to Flint OK. It is COLD, but having a great time so far.”

“bringing this back to the top.

Great time so far. Looking forward to tonight at 6 p.m. at the Big Buck Restaurant!”

“It was awesome meeting the Michigan TTers tonight! We met in Auburn Hills and had a great time. Birch & Sassafrass, Reformed Lurker, "Q" & family, ltwthiker, Smiley Girl, dhutch, and tarabull were there to show me a good time.

Thanks everyone!!”

“Oh, yes...and a call from Buddha Bear on Tarabull's cell phone for dessert!!! Cool!”

“That is sooooooo coooooool. I love this about TT!!”

“Glad you guys had fun..It's cold there? ugh”

“It was fun! Wish we could've stayed longer. It was great to meet you Phil, and it's always fun getting together with the MI folks.”

“So.... did anyone get into a bar fight? (or was that only reserved for the Nashville stop on the tour? "Microphone!!!" LOL!!!)”

“Well, Reformed Lurker and Phil were going to fight just to show that they've got a mean streak in them, since girls don't always go for the nice guy. :)

Phil's cool. But, I'm sure you all knew that anyway!”

“Phil, Sooo nice to meet you, next time make time for a hike! The food was great, wine was good, the company was even better. Nice to see you all!”

“Me and the family had a great time. What a great capper to a great day! I hope you can make it out here fer a hike sometime, so's we can spend more time together. Or maybe I need to visit my sister out there!”

“Sorry I couldn't make it Phil. A funeral Friday offset my weekend plans by half of a day...

I guess I'll just have to travel out your way to meet ya!”

“where are the pics?”

“Got home a few hours ago. Bought a car and am now doing pics.

smiley girl - I forgot about the "nice guy" conversation...still working on my image.”

“le Subtil - Sorry to miss you! Maybe next time!

Got some pics up! Enjoy.”

“Phil, it was a pleasure to meet you face to face. I am sorry we had to take off so quick, to add insult to injury the food at the next place wasnt all that good....”

“birch - great to see you and sass in person!! Next time we can talk more. The food at Big Buck was pretty good!”

“Great pics, Phil!
Thanks for posting them!”

“food at P.F. Chang's wasn't good? That's the first I've ever heard of that. Crazy.

Thanks for posting the pics, Phil. The dood I'm dating wasn't thrilled with the idea of me having dinner with people I met on the internet. Maybe the pics will calm him down!”

“Bring him out to a get together, We'll slap him around a little and show'em we're nice :)”

“I dunno. He's already met Sass, Tara, ltwtbpkr, and Wolfeyes. That's enough to scare anybody! LOL!”

“Forget the food, how was the beer?”

“Aw geez, tell him we've known you longer and to knock it off! Years longer!!”

“smiley girl - Show him newgirl's page also.

I was telling my wife about the gathering in Michigan. She is totally amazed that I can post that I will be in a major city and a bunch of people show up to meet and have a good time! Not only that, when we meet it is like we had already met before. That's what makes this place special!!!”

“Great pics, Phil! It was very nice meeting you!

Rob”

“Phil, it was nice to briefly talk to you. Wish I could have been there! Hopefully nobody put any 6 day old mush in your pack, you have to watch those characters ya know!”

“my pics came out bad. the lighting didn't work out for some reason. i'm gonna try and play w/ them a bit and will post if they turn out post-worthy.

sg - doesn't he know that you've known us all for two years?

oh, and i agree w/ sg about p.f. changs. i've always had great experiences w/ their food. but, i've only ever been to the one in troy so maybe there's a difference.”

“tara - I had to photoshop a couple of my pics...they came out dark.”

“i'm only half joking about him being frightened by you. you have to admit, its weird that we all met on the internet. but, i am my own woman, and i still am gonna do what i want!”

“I am woman hear me roar!”