Hey all…been roaming around the shadows reading the boards for quite a while. Figured it was time to officially say Hello. So…ummm…Hi! I ,too, am a Chicago Doper…Northside for about 10yrs now and work in the Loop. I figured today was a good day to connect and say hello and maybe celebrate the good things about life and living. More to come…
Glad to meet you.
You’ve already done the board a great service by lurking to get a feel for the place before jumping right in, offending the whole damn place and then whining that everyone just “pickin’ on the newbie”.
Welome aboard!
Zoid…what is that supposed to mean?? How dare you!!..what did I ever do to you!..must you “pick”!..heh… just kidding…Thanks for the welcome!!
Hiya, fellow Chi-doper here! ::looks around:: Nice debutante ball.
You know, whenever I see a Chicagoan on here I wonder if I know them. I don’t know you in real life, do I?
Gundy…turn around…that’s me waving!
Hi. 
Hellboy NWSider here.
Welcome.
Enjoy. It’s a great place we’ve got here.
Hello there, Hellboy fellow Illinois lurker, although I’m 2 hours from Chi-town in the QC.
Hey, my first post. Also a Chicagoan.
South side though, going to U of C. Hello all.
Go Sox!
Quit waving that at me!
Oh, and alla y’all Chicagoland area lurkers need to come to a dopefest of some sort. Just sayin’.
I’m a Chicago suburbanite originally from the QCA.
There’s quite a few ex-Illinoians around here too. I grew up close enough to Chicago to pick up their broadcast TV. Cubs on WGN, White Sox on UHF (32?), Sesame Street, Electric Company, and Mr. Rogers on WTTW.
Hello! Nort’ suburbanite. Welcome.
Or a ChiDope Lunch Bunch. We’ll probably be having another one sometime next month. It won’t hurt. Well, not too much, anyway.
Welcome to the neighborhood.
Welcome to the boards. I can relate. I’ve been lurking for a long time too.
Glad you could join us.
Hi Chicagoans! :: waves ::
Used to pick up the L at Clark/Division. Grew up watching Ray Rainer in the morning. Had seasons for the Blackhawks. Is that Chicago enough?
I’m a gator nowadays.
Maybe a subway series this year eh?
Thanks all for the kind welcome. What a swell bunch of Dopers!