New member
 

Hi all :wave: I'm a new member to the board but not to TV. We've been there many times and it's always great! I've enjoyed reading through the forums so far but plan to read a lot more now that I've found the board.

Welcome!! And feel free to contribute as well!

Bill

Hi Justanothernormalgirl,

Actually you are the first one I've ever met! Normal girl, that is. ;)

Anyway, :welcome: Please stick around and join in our conversations!

Thanks for the welcome Bill-n-Brillo and Pturner! I plan to read the forums and stick around for a while but man, we're getting swamped with Trick-or-Treaters tonight. I actually had to send my husband out on a 'candy run'!

Pturner, I was born in Normal so I figured I was entitled to use the name :)

Oh, I love it!! Welcome justanormalgirl. Pull up a chair and sit a spell...after the little trick-or-treaters settle down. You know what? We just moved to Pennsylvania. We were all excited and bought candy for Halloween. I put it in my little pumpkin, turned the porch light on and waited...and waited...and three children showed up.

Well anyway, welcome girl from Normal!!!

Will do bkcunningham1 and thank you for the invite. We finally have a lull in the Halloween action so I can sit for a minute. Last year we only had about 10 kids but this year we got swamped. My poor little dogs are gated in the laundry room so they don't run off with the kids, I think they'll be glad when the trick-or-treaters are gone and they can come back out to snuggle on the couch!

Welcome! I know you will enjoy it here. :D

Normal, IL?

Bummer!!

Reminds me of where we used to live. Private lane with 8 houses on it, we were the first house, lived there 31 years................and had maybe 2 trick-or-treaters the whole time. :shrug:

We still bought candy pretty much every year......and ate it all ourselves!!! :) Happy Halloween!

Bill

Yep :) Uh oh, I hear kids again.

How are things in Redbird land?


Too early here yet for the kids but I turned on the lights just in case.



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Getting cold!

:welcome::coolsmiley::welcome:

Glad to have you aboard!

Welcome NORMAL, some of us aren't and that makes it pretty much fun here on the forum.

When will you be heading down here for a long stay in lower Paradise?

Thank you K9-Lovers and graciegirl. Not sure when we're heading south just yet, we have some things to take care of up here first. It's getting cold though so I'm getting ready, anything below 70 is too cold for me! :cold:

Do I understand the rules right and I have 1 more post in this thread, then I get booted out of the new members forum?

Teri

First, welcome! So glad you found us.

No, you won't get booted, you can respond to this thread all you want. But if you start a new thread, suggest you do so in General or whatever forum is appropriate for you. The newcomers thread is for less than 10 posts and you've almost reached that, but I can't imagine Tony or Jan getting upset with you happily responding to this thread. So, have at it and have fun!

Do you have a place here or rent when you come down or stay with friends or ....? Either way, hurry on down. The weather's beautiful, the people are great and the squares are jumpin'.

Normal, IL
 

OK, you know the old joke about Normal and another Illinois town, but let's share it with the rest of the board:


Newspaper headline announcing upcoming wedding: 'Normal man to marry Oblong woman'

Hi Justanothernormalgirl. We are originally from the Peoria area & love TV too. We are heading there this Friday for 10 days and can't wait. Wish the yard ornament in our front lawn was actually producing a buyer for our house so we could stay in TV permanently. Don't miss the cold weather up north.:)

redwitch, we actually own property in Ocala. We lived there full time a few years ago and now want to go back but just part time. We visit TV often when we are in Florida and we love it. I hope my initial post wasn't confusing, we don't live in TV but we do visit several times a week when we are in Florida so I am new to the forum but not new to TV.

cybrgeezer, I remember that joke!

Shalyjo, I grew up in Peoria!

What a small world. Our son graduated from ISU.

I know the area well, we used to live right down the street and I remember the traffic jams when the new year started and all the students came to town! Have you seen the campus lately? There are new buildings and new student housing all over the place.

Have only passed through recently....I remember "move in day"! Can't imagine dealing with that traffic on a regular basis....glad he's out & earning a living.

Hello, fellow "flat landers," from near Champaign :wave:

It was serious traffic for sure Shalyjo, we got into a routine of timing our trips out of the house just so we could get back in our driveway, now, that's traffic!

Flat land is right, champion6, especially now with the crops down, you can see for miles, and miles! The bad thing is pretty soon there will be snow blowing across those empty fields, brrr!

Welcome "justanormalgirl" and "Shalyjo". I hope this is the beginner on many post.

We had Lake effect snow for halloween. Nothing stuck to the ground. All I kept singing was, I'm dreaming of a white halloween. Be in tv in four days.:clap2:

............and what's the name of the town in PA where they'll be honeymooning.....????? :22yikes:

Bill

Welcome!!

An after thought about Halloween:

Eons ago, when my daughters were into going up an down the street (private and, theoretically, gated), I'd usually accompany them, while my wife manned our own door. Many, if not most, of our neighbors at that time also offered the chaperoning parents a little something to fortify themselves. It was always something liquid!

In later years, after the daughters were either gone or didn't care anymore, we became completely disillusioned with the whole scenario, especially when certain elements from outside began arriving by the carload. Treats for tall, dark, muscular teen-aged youngsters were seen as safety precautions, and we soon kept the lights turned off and stayed in the back of the house.

I found that over the last several years, I hated the night intensely!

SWR
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Intercourse, PA?

Ummmmm......ahhhh.....errrrrrr......well...... I'll plead the 5th! :1rotfl:

Bill

:)