Xaq_Pyro_Ithorian

(Kennen)

Met April of 1999

Xaq was the first chatter I ever met face to face. We both had planned to be in Nashville, Tennessee for different reasons. He was from Indiana and I'm from Pennsylvania. As it turned out our seperate events fell on the same weekend. We joked in the days leading up to the weekend that Xaq would bring the rum. I don't drink so instead he agreed he would bring the Mountain Dew. I was staying at the Opryland Hotel. I had been there a couple of days before the weekend and had managed to take my laptop with me. Jokingly, I gave Xaq my phone number at the hotel and behold when I returned from the convention Friday evening there was a message from Xaq. He was in Nashville and would drive to my hotel. After hanging up from discussing our meeting, I realized that I had no clue what Xaq looked like as we had not exchanged photos. I was beginning to wonder if he would show up, when in walks a guy carrying two cans of Mountain Dew. We roamed the vast expanses of the Opryland Hotel before settling into a place outside one of the bars where we discussed life in general.

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Cathy and Jerry Robbins

Cathy or Cat as we called her is a nurse. The standing joke with Cat was that you didn't upset her or she would come after you with her defibulator. Jerry (Dread) is a Pharmasist. Cat and Dread were the second chatters I met "in real life". She, Jerry, and the two kids, Josh and Justin, were on their way through from Indiana on vacation to Washington DC. Since the kids needed a break, they decided to stop here and visit. I helped them find a local hotel and when they arrived we went to the local lake for a picnic. The kids seemed to have a blast and we had a pretty good time too.

Dreadfamilyrobbins has had a recent addition in July of 2003.

Catrionamcpherson (Cathy)
Dreadpiraterobbins (Jerry)
with Justin and Josh

Met August 2000

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Giggles2. I recently had the pleasure of meeting Danni and her husband in person.  They came for a visit while they were in the area visiting other about and hour away. Danni laughs very easily. She hid behind the menu when we went to eat because Rick (see Phantom_309) and I were discussing the rather unique names Pennsylvania has to offer.

Danni_quee_jedi_knight

(Sammy)

Met August 2001

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Danni's husband. Rick drives trucks for a living then decides to take long weekends to drive some more. He is one for a good joke and with my silly sense of humor thats a good thing. Rick and Sammy were both really nice folks and I look forward to catching up with them again.

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Phantom_309_01us

(Rick)

Met August 2001

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Keeper of the Evil Jawas. This stems from one night when Kier (as we call him) had his webcam on. In the background were several reflections that look mysteriously like silver jawa eyes. He claims they were ashtrays, but we know differently. Vince came to work with the company I worked for in Mid 2002. Talk about fun. I give Vince a lot of credit. When my back went bad, he carried on trying his best to keep getting things done. Vince went with me to meet Gert. We all had a blast. See the "Weekend at Gerty's" Photo Pages for more fun stuff with Vince.

Met the Evil Horse Cat on Aug 25th, 2003. Now THATS a cat!!!

Kieran_halcyon_vmax (finally)

(Vince)

Met July 2002

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She is the keeper of the evil horse cat and several rug rat type humans (better known as the jawas) that tend to run amok throughout the house.

(A special Thanks goes to Dee for letting me drag Vince off to meet other chatters)

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Shecatwitch

(Dee)

Met July 2002

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Jedi_Gert

(Niki, With Curtis (L) and Vince (R))

Met September 12th, 2003

Giggles! This girl is always giggling. I've talked with her for quite some time on the internet and recently we have begun talking on the telephone. She has maintained her sanity (?) through many trials and always sounds bubbly when you get her on the phone. But watch out. Lurking behind that giggling exterior is "the mad goat" as she fondly calls herself. But I've found her to be mostlly a cool person to talk to. She lives four or so hours away. (Ok. It used to say "maybe someday we'd finally catch up in person" here). I picked up Vince and we spent the weekend at Gert's.

Well, since I've mentioned Vince's Evil Horse Cat, I'll mention that we also met Gert's Cat Cammie (?) and dog Mandy and Gert's Mom.

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Heh! I knew I was forgetting one chatter that I've met. Sorry Gerb!!!.. Gerb is a local chatter who lives about 30 - 45 minutes away in Ohio. We met at the Ohio Welcome Station (about a mile from my house as the crow flies) when he was there with the Boyscout Troup serving coffee. He used to be a regular in chat. Then like many of the old time chatters, he got a life. Actually, he showed up in chat the other night and it reminded me who I was forgetting.

gerbysixtynine

Met 2000

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thenewandimprovedhope

(Hope, with Vince(L) and Curtis(R))

Met August 25st, 2003

Monday, August 25th, 2003. Vince (Kier) and I met Hope and her dad for breakfast at Eat N Park in Erie, Pa. Hope was on her way to college in Mass. We had a good laugh. Our visit was kept short in order to allow them to make the college this evening. Hope inspired the question.. "What is it with the female population of chat? They all seem to get the giggles."

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Jaina64 (and Kieran_Halcyon_Vmax)

Jess

Stopped by early May 2004

Jess aka Jaina64 came for a visit. Her recent move northward, has put her within about an hour and a half or so driving range. Jess has been around the Star Wars Chat Room for quiet a while.