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Lorry

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dogdoc: Gooooooo Steelers!!!!! hehe Sorry folks, you have to be from the Burgh to understand the devotion.. even when we lose 30 to 13!!! What was that about???? hahahaha

Meridian: My daughter was looking over my shoulder and reading the threads... She loves your online name... and said she is writing Meridian in her Baby Names Book... for the future.... lol

Everyone: Gosh you all sound so nice!!!

Lorry

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 02:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Elle: Glad you stopped lurking... and if there are any other "lurkers", then just stop that nonsense and let us get to know you.... hehe

Eliz87

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 03:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sampatsfan & Lorry, my gift basket site is http://www.boswellsgiftbaskets.com. Thanks for asking! :-)

Ghostmom03

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 03:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi. Im Kay from Wisconsin and Im really becoming a reality t.v. junkie also.I love Survivor,Amazing race and watched Big Brother for the first time this season.Glad to meet you all.

Ricki23

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 03:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi everyone. My name is Ricki and I am a 23 y/o recent college grad from Oklahoma. My major was politics, but I'm working in the banking industry for now. I would love to run a political campaign some day (for the dems of course).

My favorite shows, besides reality, are That 70's Show, The Shield, CSI (the original-not Miami), and Without a Trace. I love 8 Simple Rules, but I assume the end is near.

I work with a bunch of men, and so I'm a recent convert to Fantasy Football and Fantasy Basketball. I was tired of hearing them talk about it, so I decided to join the bandwagon.

I love the holiday season, and am waiting anxiously for the stores to start carrying eggnog.

Catfat

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 04:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi All,
My name is Jacqueline and I live in Port Townsend, Washington, which is on a little peninsula pointing into the Straits of Juan de Fuca. I like to say I live between the ancient forest and the edge of the sea. I can see Canada from the beach.
I am an artist, mostly oil paintings and figure drawings.
My online name comes from my old fat cat named Catfat, we have both seen thinner days.
I am 61 and have been with my husband since we were both 18, he is 1 day younger than I am.
I was born and raised in the hot, dry, gawd-awful Arizona desert and have lived in rainy, foggy, green Washington state for 13 years, thank goodness.
I only watch Survivor, Will & Grace, Frazier (I love his interaction with Patrick Stewart's character) and some things on PBS. And this is the last time I stagger through a summer with Big Brother. I am too cheap to pay for cable or dish TV. I don't think I am missing much.
My best friend is a gay guy in Arizona, and we still laugh and cry together.
All-time favourite books are the Poldark series, as well as the Poldark television series.

Auntiemike

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 04:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Catfat: my neice, Jeannine, is an artist in Port Townsend also. She recently purchased a business downtown...sorry, I don't know the name. She has a clothing line that she sells at select shows and on the internet. It's called "Valiciando". Do you know her?

Texannie

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 04:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Catfat, your town sounds beautiful! A world away from my hometown, Houston, Tx!!!!
I am Ann, Annie to my closest friends. My screen name is sort of obvious and not very clever, but it does tell you my name and where I am from! LOL I am 45 sahm to a boy almost 14 and a girl 9. I have been with my dh for almost 23 years and we will have our 20th wedding anniversary this March..wow, time flies! I had to give up on BB this year, just couldn't take it. I love Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, What not to Wear, Newlyweds, Joe Schmo, Survivor (am so loving this season!!), West Wing and the Bachelor (and really ticked that those two come on at the same time!!)

Auntiemike

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 04:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tex: Port Townsend is BEAUTIFUL and just as Catfat describes! She is lucky indeed.

I live in the eastern part of Washington and we are in the desert! 6" of rainfall per year! You get more moisture in just the humidity in Houston, don't you? My good friend from grade school, etc. lives in Houston with her family.

Texasdeb

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 04:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi y'all. I'm Debra (Debbie)from Abilene, TX. My friends & folks @ the office simply call me Deb. I'm 46, have 2 married daughters (28 & 25), 1 son (18) & 3 grandsons (12,10, & 3) another grand baby is due in May. I enjoy watching most all sports in person. The only TV I usually watch is Reality with Survivor being my #1.

Texannie

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 05:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pretty much, Auntiemike! LOL
Deb..you have grandchildren, my kids ages..damn, I knew I was an old mom, but sheesh! ;)

Daydreamer

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 06:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all!! I'm Michele, 44, from Ft. Lauderdale.
I found this board just a few weeks ago and I love it. I love just about any Reality show and I also love Six Feet Under and Sex and the City.
Right after I found this board Twiggish and I realized that we went to the same Middle School and High School but we were one year apart. Small world!! Hope to see you all around!

Texasdeb

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 06:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hello "Miss Introduce Yourself - Texannie" - I was just a fertile mertle & my daughters got the gene. SOooooo good to hear from ya & know you're out here in Survivor land too. For all of you that are wandering - during a kind of low this summer in TVCH, out there in the general disc. area our dear friend, Adven started a thread called "Introduce Yourself" or something like that. Anyway it got real carried away & Miss Texannie ended up winning the whole thing (Of course, I supported her when I knew I had no chance because us Texas girls stick together.

Catfat

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 07:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, Auntie Mike, Yes, I know your neice Janine, although very slightly, and I'm thinking her clothing line is spelled Vaccilando. She used to have a store in the same shop I once had a gallery (huh?)
She recently bought a new bigger store in a historic building which just this week was condemned because of powder post beetles and is completely undermined by the action of the waves at high tide. She had to move lock, stock and clothing to another historic building.
Everyone knows everybody else's business in this small town, and everyone is divorced from everyone else. ;-D

Texannie

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 07:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the intro, Deb...haven't been doing a very good job lately though!

Luvmyjrt

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all! My name is Missy and I live in Asheville NC w/DH and DS (15). DH and I have been married 17 years. I love all Reality TV and my new favorites are Queer Eye and Joe Schmoe. My screen name reflects my love of my Jack Russell Terrorist (Maggie). I also have a Border Collie (Shannon). Fall is coming to NC and it's a bit chilly. Found this board from BB where I feel fortunate to have not poked my eyes out with a kitchen knife. And for those of you from the 'burgh.....I grew up in Penn Hills. GO STEELERS!!!!!

Tabbyking

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 07:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hi, my name is michaela and i'm a tvchaholic. :)
i'm 49 (holy crap, i'm 49?!) and i am a stay-at-home mom after years of working in medical and dental offices, serving on a grand jury, preschool teaching and directing, and working as an e.m.t. on ambulances and in our e.r.
i have a "most-of-the-time, (let's face it, men can be pigs!) great husband", and two kids, who i am immensely proud of.
we live in merced county, california, which is basically 'one watering away from desert'. our home is pretty much equidistant from san jose and fresno.
we are 112 miles from yosemite, san francisco, and sacramento, and a short 75 miles to monterey and carmel.
i love to read, watch the less-sleazy (IMO) reality shows, camp, cook, fish and write. i like to go to reno or las vegas but don't often have good luck at the slot machines!)
i grew up in los gatos (where ryan o of survivor now lives) and have lived in grosses-roches and matane, quebec; the bronx, and boston.
i am a leo and i love the color of tanzanite.

Enigma2

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 08:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
All of you sound just wonderful. You are a comfort. I had just about given-up on the human race (the daily news can lead one to getting a bit frosty around the edges) and here I am finding a group of diverse people –with joys; sorrows; humor; logic; ethics and, mostly, kindness.

Marijke and Sandre: you are the true heroes of this world. Laurie, you remind me of my father (who was determined to live alone at home, and recently died at 92) and the delicate line that needs to be drawn between 'helping' and respecting a person's dignity. Julie –hey– am a graphic designer. Denice, your concern for your son and the air force is at the essence of our concerns for our miltary presence in so many places (Your experience is the most important one –and it never makes the daily news.) Jacqueline, you shoud get a medal from the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce (I engaged in a favorite –albeit, strange– hobby of looking up houses availabe for sale in towns-of-interest. Wonderful views..)

If you folk decided to
engage in a Survivor competition, I would be proud to be a (minor) member.

My only concern is in that –outside of Chuck in Canada– I seem to be the only male chatter. Am feeling a bit isolated and intrusive....

Aus10

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 08:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all! I'm from a very small farming community in Southern Illinois (as you probably remember not far from Olney and last years Butch). But...I'm currently on the road, living out of an RV, traveling the country with hubby's job. He builds oil/gas pipelines all over. I stayed at home for the past 18 years raising our son and working as a secretary at a couple of banks and a funeral home. I too am extremely proud of the boy. He's a great kid (or should I say young man now). Everybody always warned me I'd hate having a teenager, but he and I are great friends, who I had 0 trouble with. He's off at college in Florida now.

My hobbies include: geneology, quilting, & reading.

Reader234

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 11:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You know enigma (and chuck!) funny thing about this here internet, I tend to forget posters have a sex, race, religion... and just "read" and think, or laugh, or disagree with posts!! So I hope we dont drive y'all (ok, I failed to mention, my heart is in Texas, along with many, many relatives - they settled Grayson County actually!!) away!!

I need to escape, and I love the moderated boards. (I like to glean info from others, but I tell you they are so young, it scares me!! I was impressed that I actually posted positively on Sucks and didnt get flamed!!)

I love so many that are willing to share thier lives, and become "real"... I can only imagine the wonderful parts of this beautiful land, and to know I have "new found friends" there!!

Lancecrossfire

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 11:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey there Enigma--not to worry, as there are other males who post on the board. It is tipped quite a bit to the female side for numbers, however all are welcome at TVCH.

I know what you mean about the human race and getting to be icy around the edges because of all that we hear. While I wonder about the human race as a whole, I am sure that the good deeds of individuals keeps us up and above water--and has for a lot of years.

Enigma, I hope you get to a point where you don't feel like an intruder. I know I sure don't consider you that--I see you as another member of this community. :)

Catfat, I've been to your neck of the woods a few times because of work--the company I work for has a lab in Sequim, WA. You do indeed live in a beautiful area.

I live in the same area as AuntieMike--and her hubby works for the same company as I do. Sometimes it feels like a big world, sometimes like a very small world.:)

Squaredsc

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 12:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hi everyone! ive been here for a bit and survivor and tar and decorating shows are my fav. i am heavily into the deadpool, but im mostly lurking in the survivor discussion threads like i did during the bb discussion threads.

this is a great board and you can make lots of new friends. welcome.

Rabernet

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 02:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all, my name is Robin and my screen name is my first inital and part of my last name, and a login I use all the time, so not being too creative, just used it here! LOL!

I'm 37, work as a vendor analyst at a business to business point of sale company. I live in the Atlanta 'burbs in Marietta.

I'm adopted and am active in the adoption community here and manage a search and support e-mail list for adoptees and birth family members whose adoptions stem from GA.

In fact, in the first week of November, I will be flying to OK (if Travelocity will put their flights back up....they're updating fares right now) to visit with my birth uncle and his family. It will be my third visit out there. I adore them all! And my mom and my aunt e-mail all the time and hope to meet each other soon too (my mom and dad live in NC)

I also volunteer with a wonderful organization called Canine Assistants that trains service dogs for the physcially disabled. Part of my volunteer work involves bringing some of the dogs home for home visits and taking them to work with me on occassion to get them used to being in the work environment in case they are placed with someone who is in the workforce. Additionally, we take them with us wherever we go (today was the shoe store, the bank, the library, the convenience store and IHOP) so that they get used to all sorts of experiences in public and they have access by law everywhere. I have one laying at my feet right now that I picked up last night, as we have a new group of recipients arriving tomorrow to be matched with their new partners (the dogs that don't go in a particular camp love to go home with volunteers, since their staff trainers are busy the two weeks of camp working with the graduating dogs and their new partners).

I'm a reality TV junkie and also love CSI (the original), Without A Trace, The District, the new Cold Case and different shows on A&E (City Confidential), National Geographic, The History Channel, some of the documentaries on PBS (just recently watched Pioneer Quest), and all the news magazines (Dateline, 48 Hours, Dateline, 20/20, 60 Minutes, etc).

And of course, I love lurking for the most part here, and posting occassionally! Nice to meet you all!

Teachmichigan

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all!

I'm mainly a lurker, but will post occasionally. As you can tell, I teach (and live) in Michigan. We're on the West side of the state, only 10 minutes from Lake Michigan. I teach English and Spanish (to mainly seniors and sophomores) in a small, rural high school and live on a gorgeous 40 acres with a cherry orchard, natural spring and about 5 acres of hilly woods. I've been married for 14 years and have a 3rd grade son. We have 2 border collies, 1 cat, 4 fish and 2 miniature frogs.

I love Survivor, TAR, BB(except this year), ER, Friends and Boston Public. In my spare time (hahahahaha)I read Diana Gabaldon books and play the piano. I am also the assistant drama director.

Other than two other (much smaller) boards, this is my favorite place to hang out....such a diverse group, intersting opinions, and polite postings, even when differing opinions occur.

Reader234

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 04:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK Teach, I need you to show me where (I've got my HAND - not palm!! up - how far up that lake Mich side?!! My fav part of Michiganders btw!! We honeymoon on Macinac Island, far away from the tourists, dh was born in Michigan near Detroit41 yrs ago!!)

I LOVE these posts btw!! Thanks for sharing - Robin, you really are sharing your heart!! (and others as well, thanks, and thinking of you too Auntie - I'll never remember all that I should... remember, CRS is setting in, and my mind keeps wandering back to the family of the 6yr old boy who died in our town from the freak soccer post falling on him... this will get better, time... thanks for the escape)