<p>bethievt-
I am trying to think of a clever retort… but I am coming up empty!</p>
<p>I would have sworn that I was the champion thread killer.</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to meeting all of you, if I can make it.</p>
<p>How do you meet? Do you reveal your true identities to each other and meet like normal people or all do you all converge at Grand Central Station wearing bright CC sweatshirts and silly hats and holding signs with your screen names?</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I look forward to meeting you, too. I may need to dump my mother for a couple hours because she’ll just think I’m crazy meeting people from an online site!</p>
<p>Any crazies out there???</p>
<p>My kids thought it was nuts when I made arrangements to stay with some online friends when we were out visiting colleges in CA. It turned out fine and in one case more than fine - the husband of my friend was also a computer geek and had lots of good advice for my son.</p>
<p>re post #165 - I have a very geeky relative with an amazing online social life; goes to stay with his online friends all over the world…which was okay with me until I got an email saying that his online friend Abdul from Saudi Arabia was in my neighborhood and he’d given Abdul my name and number so maybe we could get together…</p>
<p>funny…and kind of scary, too.</p>
<p>Abdul never did call. But Geeky Relative no longer has my phone number.</p>
<p>Muffy - that’s so funny - not only about the geeky cousin and his friend Abdul, but also about us all meeting and holding signs with our screennames! What a sight we would be!</p>
<p>Quick post - just got home. I hate to fly. Still waiting for my stomach to arrive on a later flight. Wasn’t online yesterday - sorry - not ignoring anybody - just enjoying Central Park! Had a great time in NYC. Met up with team_mom on Saturday - and her H and S. (She generally hangs out on the music forum. Has too much sense to come here? Or a life?) Everybody I’ve met IRL is so nice!</p>
<p>As is binx. Glad you got home. H and I really enjoyed your son’s superb musicianship. I hope he had a good night and was pleased with his performance. I am sure all his listeners were, and he is a gifted composer, too.</p>
<p>And thanks for the vote of confidence.</p>
<p>Glad you are home safe and sound, binx! And let me know what flight your stomach is on. I’ll be happy to pick it up at Hartsfield! 
So glad all went well… and… you like us… you really like us :)</p>
<p>Funny jym626…I almost said that earlier, but I thought you might think I was serious! :)</p>
<p>Cgarrett–
When in doubt, use a smiley face or a “jk”… that way us blockheaads will hopefully differentiate the serious from the silly stuff!</p>