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newbie of the north.View MessagesViewing posts 1 to 23 of 23 messages posted.
newbie of the north. “well not really, i live in sarnia a city in southwestern ontario boardering with port huron, michigan. i havent been backpacking yet, but that is all gonna change this summer. i have been lurking for a couple weeks and the forum seems to have a nice atmosphere.. so i made an account.. so .. hi!” 3:04:57 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “I guess if you consider bickering and infighting a "nice atmosphere," you'll fit right in. Welcome aboard, Kid. This really is a pretty swell group of folks.” 3:09:08 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Well hey, you-all. Ontario? Whoa! That's WAY up there! I mean... it's up there around Tennessee or Iowa or somewhere like that. Velcome.” 3:22:40 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Oh God not another Yankee.....” 3:25:47 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Gojo, must be pretty DEEP south. I thought it didn't get "souther" then Georgia, but if Tennessee is north that's bad. I'm from MT, Canuckkid, so I won't consider you a yankee. I'm new here too, and don't let them fool you, they are all nice and helpful.” 5:51:05 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “ Welcome to the wild and crazy world of Trail Talk. In this guide, I will go over various terminology, and ways of the Trail Talk (TT) folk. Use this guide as a reference for any thing that you don't understand that goes on here. However, before I continue, I must warn you that this is one untamed site SECTION A, Spelling and Grammar: Always use your best spelling, and grammar. We have a few English teachers, and one professor, that post here. ACRONYMS must be capitalized if used, and please limit them to the very basic ones of LOL, and BTW, after that the TrailTalkinanes loose it. If you are brain dead, and need help, and training on the laws of basic English we have this web page for you. SECTION B, Scientific stuff: When ever posting any thing that is very scientific, please have sources to back that up, and a link to a web page with the fact on it would be great. Most of the TT crowed are narrow-minded; if you find something hard to believe, don't expect them too. Oh' and one more thing, have that source reliable, "the national enquire" doesn't work here. SECTION C, TROLLS: If you have not been accused of being a troll already, you have good luck today. Trolls are basically people that are out for attention, and they will again that attention by posting completely radical things, for only one purpose, the purpose of creating havoc. If that has not explained trolls well enough for you, we have this great web page that will aid you in you search for what the hell a troll is. The websites most infamous troll is Tarpy, he has posted under the aliases of Wild Child, Mantra, Jara, Tarp Rat, ATBackpacker. In the past, he hasn't post any thing worth while reading, however with in the past week he changed his name to CX, and has posted nothing but normal stuff, and I believe that he is trying to change his ways. We also have another troll, his name is Joe Moma, there are about 5 people with access to that name and post wild things under it. SECTION D, HTML: You can use most HTML in at this site, just please don't go over bored with it. Matt, the Webmaster will change your post if you go to over bored, and he doesn't like us to post pictures often, because they slow down the site (and this site has enough technical problems as is). If you don't know much about HTML, well guess what, we have yet another great web page to educate you about HTML and how it all works. SECTION E, Trail Talk Terminology: A Trail hoe, is a person that hikes a lot. A Trail Pimp is a person that makes up the trips for us to hike on. A Trail virgin is a person that has never been on an over night trip. A Trail B!tch is a person that hikes, and likes it, but doesn't do it as often as the hoes. A Troll, well I hope you know what that is by now. A Regular is a person that posts nearly every day. A thread is the topic that your are posting on. A Handle is your name, AKA Trail Name. A Lurker is a person that surfs the site, however they don't post often or at all. There's more but I just forgot it. SECTION F, Bio's, Calendar, and Photo's: We have a web page with pics of us nuts on it. You can find most of us on the page, and many people that don't post any more. The older photos are at the top of the page, and the lattés ones are at the bottom. That web page is ran by Phil a TT regular, NOT Matt who is the web master. We also have a a bio's page, with all of are bio's. I don't know how accurate they are, but they are there. We also have a page with all of are upcoming events on it. We call it a calendar. SECTION G, Instant Messaging (IM): Most of us have some for of IM, weather it be, ICQ, AIM, MSN IM, , and or Yahoo. Some of us use MSN, a slightly larger hand full of us use Yahoo, more of us use AIM (AIM RULES), and most of us use ICQ. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This site crashes often so by a helmet, posting heavy HTML, or when ever Matt tries to make a change, it crashes. You will often get a line saying something about line 28, or line 26, don't worry about it. Its not you computer it's the crazy server. To survive here you are going to have to grow some thick skin. In conclusion I welcome you to the nut house, enjoy. ” 6:29:39 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “LOL Ice--you're sure getting the miles out of that one.” 6:33:36 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Welcome newcanuckkid! Hey, you have to promise to go on some hikes this summer. I live in Southeast Michigan. Hyperpacker and Joy live in Livonia. Tarabull, I think, is in Sterling Heights. And there was another new person from Ferndale on the states string. We could have a nice little SE Michigan/SW Ontario hiking club if we wanted.” 6:41:19 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “that would be really cool.. i am looking for experianced people to hike with/learn from.. my only real problem is transportation, i have no car.. but i have another friend interested in bping. if she doesnt want to go, i can just take a train or bus wherever...” 7:08:59 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Welcome Canuck! Have fun BPing. It's totally addictive. Gojo Since when is Tennessee a northern State? EEEEEEEEEEK!!!” 8:04:04 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Tea, nice job with the user's guide. Now, if I may, I have a couple suggestions. 1. Check your cut 'n' paste for currentness (it's been well over a week since Tarpie's last name change). 2. Please knock it off with the color changes. The changes in color do not aid in the readability of the guide. In fact, some of the colors are near impossible to read on the background. Use color for appropriate emphasis. Other than that, looks good.” 8:13:29 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Hey Y'all to ta Kid from the flatlands of Texas..yup..no mountains down here 'cept the ones on us women!!! And Yes, Tennesee IS a northern state!! Kid, if you want some good info on here..you may have to wade through the BS (with shoulder waders on) to get to the real jewels...speaking of jewels...where IS that bacpac??” 10:24:42 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Tea, email me that dang user's guide and I'll correct the spelling and grammar for you. And cut the crap with the colors: they're a pain in the ass.” 10:38:55 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Hey now Tennessee is not a northern state.....” 11:59:26 PM 5/29/01 RE: newbie of the north. “NAKID, Canadians cannot be Yankees! Welcome Canuk.” 12:04:30 AM 5/30/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Maybe if they're from Toronto Joy. Welcome!” 1:18:46 AM 5/30/01 RE: newbie of the north. “You're shorely right Joy. We don't care atall for them Yankees, but we REALLY don't care for them snowsniffers upair above them Yankees. As for Tennessee bein a dang Yankee state, 'at rebel flag on my porch says otherwise. Who on 'is dang Earth said that Tennessee was a filthy Yankee state anyhow!!? A direct qoute from one'a my favorite movies Deliverance "I'll blow hiz goddang balls awf...."” 1:51:33 AM 5/30/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Then walkindude'll smirk "Did he bleeed?" With a smile I'll report back "He bled."” 1:53:57 AM 5/30/01 RE: newbie of the north. “LMAO, Nekkid!! If Tn is Yankee, that means Ky is Canadian doesn't it? Oh Noooo!” 3:09:05 AM 5/30/01 RE: newbie of the north. “bpbaby; Re: KY If you are in the Bluegrass region or in Northern KY you are a Yankee. The rest of the state is Reb territory. Canuk; Welcome.” 9:52:10 AM 5/30/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Well, that would make me a southern girl! I'm in the far southwestern part.” 10:43:50 AM 5/30/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Hi Newcanuckid, Welcome, I'm pretty new here too, but I like this site. I've learned a lot from these people. Don't let them scare you, I think maybe they are really nice way down deep.” 11:32:18 AM 5/31/01 RE: newbie of the north. “Welcome Canuck of the East! We're heavily outnumbered by the lowly ..oops lower 48, but you may occasionally get a word in. Just don't mention 1812 :-) And remember, when they say 'mountain', they mean 'hill' and when they say 'cold'.. well, you get the idea. They're actually a pretty decent bunch. So add your 1.26 cents worth. The exchange is pretty fair. Have fun!” 11:48:59 AM 5/31/01
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