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Title: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: Tyler on January 02, 2009, 09:11:14 AM
It's great to be part of the treksinscifi community. I've been listening to the podcasts for more than a year now, maybe two. On trips I play them in our car, and my wife (who enjoys Star Trek but not like I do) and I have come to feel like we're friends with Rico and the gang of regulars. I'm 46, and we both work in healthcare marketing. Rico, my wife wants to hear more from your wife on the podcast. (Your wife, Lynn if I'm recalling correctly, recently did an intro and I played that for my wife.) I think she's curious about other women who marry self-professed geeks like I am.

I've loved sci fi and Star Trek for a long, long time. While I got hooked on syndicated reruns in the 70s, I do have a very early memory of Star Trek when it was originally aired. Remember that really creepy scene when Charlie X takes away that crewman's face? I can remember being really scared of that as a child. Must have been, what, four or five at the latest when I saw that. Funny how things make an impression on you.

Well, I'm rambling. Good thing I don't do a podcast or I'd never stay on track. Thanks, Rico, for all the hard work you put into all of this, and I hope you and everyone on the forum has a terrific 2009.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: Rico on January 02, 2009, 09:18:37 AM
Big welcome Tyler.  Sounds we are of similar eras and experiences.  I'll try and get Lynn to come on the show sometime soon.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: Meds on January 02, 2009, 09:28:27 AM
Welcome Tyler good to have you on board. Look forward to chatting with you about many a geeky thing. My wife has no intrest what so ever about geeky goodness though she occasionally puts up with my Dr Who ramblings.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: billybob476 on January 02, 2009, 09:40:36 AM
Welcome aboard! Hmm...a sci fi wives show/segment could be an interesting one. I might even be able to convince my wife to get in on a chat like that.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: M-5 on January 02, 2009, 09:42:53 AM
Howdy Tyler! :cheers
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: Ktrek on January 02, 2009, 10:15:40 AM
Welcome from a fellow Texan! I hope you enjoy the site and be a regular contributer in our discussions. Glad to have you aboard!

Kevin
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: Geekyfanboy on January 02, 2009, 10:42:59 AM
Welcome to our cyber family Tyler.. sounds like you'll fit right in here.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: Jen on January 02, 2009, 10:47:17 AM
Welcome Tyler!
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: KC on January 02, 2009, 11:42:15 AM
Hiya, Tyler!  Glad to have another Texan on board.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: Feathers on January 02, 2009, 12:54:09 PM
Wow, theres getting to be a real Texan presence here these days!

Welcome.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: billybob476 on January 02, 2009, 12:55:34 PM
You mean like the UK presence?

Need more Canadians! I think there's only two of us right now.

EDIT: Make that three now that Christian joined! We're taking over!
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: moyer777 on January 02, 2009, 04:37:32 PM
Welcome Tyler! You will love it here.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: wraith1701 on January 02, 2009, 04:39:34 PM
Welcome aboard, Tyler!

Quote from: billybob476 on January 02, 2009, 12:55:34 PM
You mean like the UK presence?

Need more Canadians! I think there's only two of us right now.

EDIT: Make that three now that Christian joined! We're taking over!

Nope.  Texas owns this forum!   ;)
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: X on January 02, 2009, 04:52:11 PM
Yeah, while I don't live in Texas anymore, it is the place of my birth and you can't stop being a Texan.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: wraith1701 on January 02, 2009, 04:56:06 PM
Quote from: Just X on January 02, 2009, 04:52:11 PM
Yeah, while I don't live in Texas anymore, it is the place of my birth and you can't stop being a Texan.
EXACTLY.  I've lived in Kentucky for the past 3 years, but I still consider myself a Texan.  I try to explain it to my friends here in Louisville - Texas is like a country unto itself.  Being born there gives you Texan citizenship.  And a lucky few can eventually become naturalized Texas citizens.  ;)
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: ElfManDan on January 02, 2009, 10:10:36 PM
Welcome to the Forums, Tyler.
Title: Re: Greetings from Texas!
Post by: Jen on January 03, 2009, 08:00:32 AM
Quote from: wraith1701 on January 02, 2009, 04:52:11 PM

EXACTLY.  I've lived in Kentucky for the past 3 years, but I still consider myself a Texan.  I try to explain it to my friends here in Louisville - Texas is like a country unto itself.  Being born there gives you Texan citizenship.  And a lucky few can eventually become naturalized Texas citizens.  ;)

Not to derail the "welcome aboard" too much...Welcome again Tyler. :)  Bite size history lesson: Texas was an in dependant nation (called the Republic Of Texas) before it joined the U.S.A. in 1845 as a state. I am a direct descendant of a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence (from Mexico), and the Texas Constitution. Also had two ancestors fight and die at the Alamo. They were twin brothers and were played by two actors who made brief appearances in the John Wayne movie, The Alamo. They were Tennessee  Volunteers who came over with Davey Crockett. OK...History lesson over. :D