Hi all. I've resisted the pull of the forum as long as I could - now we finally get to chat.
You've certainly been good friends to my wife over the last few years. She actually is married to SomeGuy who can write, type, and has a working computer, though it must have seemed that none of the above was true.

Now I'm gunna have to learn the names of all those green things I said would look good in the bathroom.

I knew you could do it Dan!

Hey welcome to the forum Dan!! Hope you have lots of fun!!

Rita

Welcome to the forum, Dan! Nice to meet you.

We have heard a lot about you already (all good, so don't worry...), but would love you to tell us about yourself...

BTW, we think your wife is the forum sweetheart around here. Can't beat Triss as one of the sweetest people on the www...

Dianna

Hi, Dan.....
Welcome to the forum!


Cindy

You're hooked now! We'll reel you in slowly, but you'll never get away!

Hi Dianna

You know, all across the web, people are admiring my wife and thinking, some guy gets to hold her every night!

I'm the guy!

Oh my, and I let him join WHY???

That's funny, Bill - reel me in slow. I was hooked when you took me and all my kids on tour 1 of that paradise you call Cedar Hills. I JOINED when my wife came running into my office saying, "Honey! Bill sent you a message on the forum! You have to join now so you can respond!"

Dan, we think you are a pretty lucky guy, and we think Triss is a lucky gal, too. We have read about your family and now we claim y'all as kin. You will fit in so nicely around here with all of us relatives around...

Did you all see that? We can blame Dan now for anything....



Dianna

I'm sitting here scratching my head,
going "Who is this "Guy"??

But now, does this mean, if you're on and Triss is on, the kids are running a~muck behind you two, swinging from the ceiling fans???
Just kiddin', I just couldn't resist....

Dianna, I laughed so much when I asked him what his sig line should be. I knew someone would catch it pretty quickly.

Actually they are racing their cars all over the kitchen. I am about to get them all ready for bed though.

Actually, they've brought all their big cars into the kitchen and have been enjoying a nice peaceful demolition derby.

I've been on my computer every minute Triss has been on hers for the last few years - I guess you just assumed I was parenting while Triss was Foruming.

The chandelier fell out right after we got here, so as long as they stay away from the exposed wires, the kitchen is a great place to wreak havoc.

Well, looks like we don't have to worry about who we are going to blame now while Cindy is on vacation away from it being all her fault...

Dianna

hi dan
welcome to the fourm
you have a wonderful wife and BEAUITFUL kids!

Thank you Sibyl, Dianna, Weezie, Cindy, and Bill.
I appreciate your kindness.

Welcome Dan. Triss is one of my favorites. She welcomed me here with my posies and my Down syndrome son when I was a newbie and made me feel at home.

hi dan!

Be nice to Dan!
I have plans for him!

Run Dan, Runnnnnnnn!!

You get him Bill!

He has these diabolic plans, but he can only implement them when I find a way to get my troupe north again. I'll let him protect me from you wiley women and not worry about the plans yet.

(This blank space was created by SomeGuy....)

Hey Dan...:-)

Hi Dan, will be fun to have a husband of a member on here together!!!

You posted: (The chandelier fell out right after we got here, so as long as they stay away from the exposed wires, the kitchen is a great place to wreak havoc.)

I can tell you are as much fun as everyone else on here. All I do is laugh on this forum.
It's not a Gardeners place; it's a Comedy Club!!

Hi Dan
Welcome to the forum
Nice to meet you.

Hi Dan!!!!
Welcome to the Forum.
I'm the one who called your house and pretended to be Triss's MIL so i could surprise her....remember that

Hey, my posts look different than when I went to bed! Perfect Avatar, Bill, for when people are looking for SomeGuy to blame...

I love it!

From now on when I get blamed for something I can do this...

Blame this guy SomeGuy

So with all the talk of blame, I wake up singing "Some guys have all the luck..."
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You all could be a HUGE distraction to a guy without a boss who needs to sit at the computer and work all day... I'll have to ration my check-ins, treat them like Scooby snacks

Goooooooooooooooooooodddddddddd Luckkkkkkkkkkkk!!!
My :p husband asks me what I did all day???
I don't even have to answer

Well now that I have him addicted as well (checking in before I can even get online), he won't be able to give me a hard time for being here.

And you can always leave him lists'
and notes for things to do..
Anddddddddd he can't say, I didn't get the note..

And you can email each other back 'n forth
when you want to talk with out getting up and going to the other...

(I email my husband as a joke everynow and again,
when it's time for bed, and we're both on our
computers...most of the time the message is,
"Get your hand off that mouse and back away from the computer", other messages' I can't repeat.. )

I do email him from my computer a lot, especially when the phone rings and rings and I know he is swamped.

Hi there Dan!!!!



BTW, I don't know if Triss told you, but let me introduce myself...I'm Laura, the forum angel!

Hello Laura, pleasure to meet you.

It is so nice to be able to show off our bathroom handiwork without people first seeing the driveway, the yard, the living room, our bedroom, my workstation... my mom sees all that and tries to convince Triss that I could not possibly have been involved in the bathroom beyond grunt labor

Once he gets lured into a Friday night party, the hook will be set and he'll NEVER get away! mwahahaha!

Does that mean you are hosting this weeks Friday Night party Bill?

Do Friday night parties start after kiddy lights out? These parties must be tame - Triss has attended for 2+ years and I've never noticed?

Dan, Triss is the bartender!

Or is that why Triss always demands Saturday as her day to sleep till noon?

Oh man I missed that Loz, trying to pass yourself off as an angel again when we all know you are nuttin' but trouble.

You angel really needs to look a lil more like -->

Oh man I am caught.

Yep, I tend bar and make the best drinks in town.

I like that angel!

Dan you should come to the party friday night! Triss is quite the skilled bartender by now!

Heavy sigh... She cuts me off so quick, i never get to experience the full debauchery of deepest drunkenness... Can we put someone who likes me, like Bill, behind the bar?

Oh you mean you want that 2nd drink then?

I must say, it's really nice to hear her belly laughs in the other room and finally see myself what caused them, not just "it's a forum thing, honey..."

Required reading....

But it really is a "Forum Thing"

Hey Bill! I get to come help clean up CH wind damage all by myself - don't have to figure out getting family up! Whoo hoo! Drive up north, put on a flannel shirt, and start tossing logs around! They won't think I'm a digi-nerd now!

Oh yeah... you can borrow my wide red "Sultan Saw Shop" suspenders too... At the end of the day we can go down to the local logger hangout and challenge them all to a tequila drinking contest!

Welcome to the forum Dan!

Hi Dan
Seems to me you are quite at home here already!
Sending a warm WELCOME! from Southern Ontario!

Oh how true, how true Dan. I tell my husband that all the time!

Welcome! We're so happy you made it here at last!

Hi Plantqueen, Netty!

Warm welcome from Ontario - I'll take. Radio's full of the UNwelcome Canadian air we're expecting tonight - wouldn't mind if that stayed up there.

i wonder how many husbanbs hear its just a form thing!

i dont think i ever seen a new member get these many pages before!

Sibyl, if you could just get a few friends to discuss the relative merits of a newbie getting so many posts, we can fill this right up!

Yep hon, you fit right in here. This may be the first newbie post to need two topics!

Hey Dan!!!! Welcome!!!!! Glad you joined us!!

You won't regret it I promise!!!!

Dan I welcomed you last night in Banter Hall but wanted to welcome you here also . I know you will enjoy it here. Like Triss said you fit right in.

Wow, looks like I'm Jonny come lately. Hi Dan, nice to meet you. Looks like you're already having a lot of fun on here and I'm looking forward to what evil plans Bill has in store.

Hi there, Chermoni! I was staring at your button, trying to make out your name (Chermomi? Chermorii? Didn't look close to a Jonny...) Then I looked at your screen name and felt like an idiot. Pleased to meetcha

Dan...only because you are new here, and Triss' husband...and a friend of Bill's...I won't do a "Cindy Thing" and leave off the last two letters of the last word in that quote...

Oh you should have Cindy!

Cindy, Triss knows all about my propensity for button staring. I've even mentioned to her how interesting I find buttons like yours. She says as long as hers is the only button I push, I can stare away.

Oh, Triss...you have no idea the self-control I had to come up with.
I mean...it was just too easy...it left me wide open for a comment that...well, you know me pretty good...you can imagine.

Just so you know... Dan can take it and will probably toss it back to you ten fold.