It is time

“I have come to the conclusion that it is actually time to introduce myself. I am no troll I am just a girl. Anyway i have been posting here for a bit and and reading and laughing at all your jokes and alla that and it seems Im a tad bit addicted to this site, I now have to check it at least once a day. You are all cool people. Now about me. Im a 22 year old female. One more year left of school after this one is done. I have been backpacking since I was 11 and am by no means a professional but I have fun and that is all that counts. I live in michigan. Thats about it!”

“Well it is about time! Welcome aboard and I hope you are with us for a long time.Sunshine is also a college student from your neck of the woods so maybe you could hook up with her sometime or iffin you ain't got too much schooling left this sememster you could go on one of the many TT hikes that are planned.”

“Hola, bonjour and aloha Ms.AdventureGirl.”

“22 year old female. look out for tarpie.”

“Good to see you. I hope we don't scare you away. We're a bunch of nuts!”

“Yo! A yung bearlet? Welcome!”

“Hey.”

“Where in MI Adventuregirl? Hyper and I are in Livonia. There are a few others scattered around the state too. We try to organize a group hike every once in a while. Would you ever be interested? Nice to have ya around!”

“ooooh, matchmakin matchmakin...a certain blondie boy lives in your neck of the woods, methinks. He used to be a lurker also, but he has since reformed...

Welcome :o)”

“Hiya!”

“Welcome to the funny farm, but do watch out for some of these wild animals and where you step, it gets deep in places.LOL

I`ve heard `em say it a hundred times, but can`t remember how it goes, but it`s something like this.

Don`t sweat the petty things and don`t pet the sweaty things.

Just to be safe,..don`t touch anything in here, or let it rub off on you! A lot of us in here are touched already and it`s to late for us, but you`re young,..RUN,..save yourself!LOL

You didn`t run! Oh well,...Welcome!”

“welcome. Where in Michigan? I'm from Petoskey, went to school in Houghton.”

“adventuregirl, where abouts? What school? Welcome! Make certain you're wearing your thick skin and hip waders. Oh, and don't forget your sense of humor. AND don't forget to take a grain of salt with everything you read here. Talk to Pamster and Mel about getting a cabana boy assigned to you. :o)

trailbuster, my best college buddy and roommate from my first college experience is from Petoskey. We're a *wee bit* older than you so you probably don't know her. ;o)”

“Petoskey is My town. I know everybody. HA!”

“Welcome!”

“Well good morning.

(Note: if it isn't morning where you are please disregard until tomorow)”

“Hello!

Our plan to control the site with upper midwesterners is moving along nicely.

Petoskey, eh? I was in the area this weekend. It's a nice town, but something's gotta be done about that Bay Harbor thing. It looks like Disneyland for suburbanites.

Oh, BTW, I'm in the Irish Hills....and welcome.”

“Yeah, Bay Harbor's lame. and $250 for a round of golf? No way.”

“hi reformed lurker...heheheh...it only took an hour-ish for yer ears to start ringing, eh?

;o)”

“namaste adventuregirl...have fun...”

“"...it seems I'm a tad bit addicted to this site, I now have to check it at least once a day."

You call that an addiction?! There's people here that think this place is a 24/7 chat room! LOL!

Welcome! Stay awhile.”

“wow you all respond rather quick. Joy Im from the Grand rapids Area and yes it would be cool to do a hike with you all.”

“Hey AG, if you ever get up to Holland, look for a guy named Rod Jones and tell him I want my radio back. Thank You!”

“Hi adventuregirl --I like your name. Sounds like it suits you. Welcome. Mary”

“Adventuregirl:
I'm waving but I don't see you ...

"Hi" from across the lake - (in Green Bay)”

“trailbuster,

You may be right. Juli was probably your babysitter! ;o)

She's been living in Alabama for 8 years now.”

“Hey AdventureGirl. Welcome to the assylum. Hope you have a good time.”

“Welcome Adventuregirl...this is a pretty fun place!”

“Welcome adventuregirl! another Michigander, another MIDWESTerner!”

“I would like to submit my name for you to consider to be your cabana boy. I am currently serving Ms pamster, but I think I could help you out too.

Welcome to TT AG. I'm 22 and in college as well, we have so much in common. LOL. Glad to have you hear and glad to have another midwesterner. Welcome.”

“Welcome AG to Matts merry tribe.”

“What state???”

“This can be a rough group (as I haves sampled for my self many times). How ever, we are a good bunch. Well some of us. Just some hints so you don?t have to endure the same pain that I have.

1) NEVER say any thing if you don?t have sources to back you up, they will kill you for that.
2) Always use your best spelling and grammar.
3) If make fun of some one they WILL retaliate.
4) If you never in you TT life made fun of any one, you still may have harsh comments coming your way.
5) If you state a scientific fact that is hard to believe, don?t expect them too.

Now some day to day hints:

1) There are some people that check in here every 5 minutes because we have nothing better to do, we call them regulars.
2) There are some people that post something extremely radical, knowing that they will upset many people, we call them trolls.
3) There are some people that change their name every month, we call him tarpy.
4) There is another web site with all of are pictures on it , and the web master of that site we call Phill
5) This site crashes often so buckle your seat belt and where a helmet.
6) You can use most HTML in on TT (trail talk) and if you don?t know any we have a thread to solve that problem
Some of us use AOL IM (AIM RULES), Some of us use MSN IM, Some of us use Yahoo IM, and more of us use ICQ.

There you go I hope that this has set you on the right foot.”

“Hi adventuregirl”

“Ice Tea thinks he knows everything.
He said the same thing on another thread.
Copy, cut and paste.
Tea...
When you going to work on being a little more original?”

“Mel, you want me to do a new newbi guid for every one?

Okay, next newbie gets a revamped newbey guid”

“Hey Ice Tea how come i dont get a new guide thats not fair!”

“Welcome, there, AdventureGirl... Michigan, huh? I use to live there... In fact, Joy, Livonia isn't far from Allen Park, Dearborn, Royal Oak... my old turf.

Anyway, welcome. Nice to have you. Here, I mean. You know what I mean. right? Huh? Er... mmmmm...uhhhh. I feel dizzy...”

“Welcome!”

“Ice Tea isn't real. He's just tarp rat in disguise and well, Tarpie isn't that creative.


lol”

“DM is gay, and the joke is that I have given that same exact guid to the past 20 new people”

“Yeah, yeah, welcome, next!”

“What is a guid?”

“Global Unique Identifier, at least in Windows 2000 terms.”

“I thought Guid was short for Guido, you know, the mafia guy who'll break your knee caps.”