# They want me! They really want me! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991 "2001-05-10T13:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Home\_of\_the\_Braves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Home\_of\_the\_Braves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Home_of_the_Braves)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/21 "2001-05-12T12:12:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > **HotB** - I know how many tears you’ll shed, and I wish I could stop them from being there. I’ll miss you, but thank you for standing behind me. In less than a year, I’ll be back, even if it’s for a short time. {{{HotB}}} \*\* You better be! How can I get married without my Maid of Honor? BTW, you gotta come back to see my new house when it gets built. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/22 "2001-05-12T18:32:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > **I’ll be working for HIP, an HMO health provider** **PAWN OF THE DEVIL! PAWN OF THE DEVIL!** ::runs away:: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh[sub]hhhhhhhhhhhhh![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/23 "2001-05-12T19:00:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > \*\* > > **RalfCoder** - Thanks for the advice! At least it’s only a 10’ truck rather than something bigger. \*\* How big??? \*\* Git off the road!!! They were outa 10s, she has a 24!!!\*\* [sub] not even she can get a truck in a subway tunnel, can she? [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/24 "2001-05-12T19:48:29Z")
First … congratulations on the job and the living arrangements. **TruePisces** , you say,\* I’m taking a slow drive up to NY, probably taking I-95 up.\* How are you getting from SW Fla. over to I-95? Are you going to take the Mickey Mouse Highway (I-4) thru Orlando (not advised), or stay on I-75 to I-10 in North Fla., or stay on 75 to some point farther north? Anyway, if you’re coming thru Jacksonville, go around, use I-295. We got major construction where 95 crosses the St.Johns River, and it often backs up. So take the bypass. And good luck in the Big Apple. BTW, smart to move now than in winter, this way you’ll be able to get used the colder weather up thar. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/25 "2001-05-12T20:35:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > \*\*\*\* Git off the road!!! They were outa 10s, she has a 24!!!_\* > > [sub] not even she can get a truck in a subway tunnel, can she? [/sub] \*\* Ok, my darling dear smartass! I can plead total exhaustion when I get to NY and have **you** drive the stupid thing the rest of the way. Or even better, find someone in the area to talk into **forcing** you on a Tampa-bound plane Monday night and having you help me with the whole drive up there! 😛 It is not wise to mock me… especially when I’m moving closer rather than being safely tucked away in Florida! 😃 **PlanMan** - I was planning on taking I-10 over rather than I-4… That stupid highway has been enough of a headache for me through the years. I’d really rather not give it another shot! I’ll change my plans to adjust for Jacksonville, though. I’ll probably be leaving here around 6, I think, so that should get me there around noon. (If my calculating is correct.) Anyone know any other particular hazards I should watch out for? Especially if I’m driving a 24’ moving truck?!! ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/26 "2001-05-13T07:18:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > **DRY - Thanks for the congrats and the well-wishes. It _is_ a big move… but I think it’s more than worth it, for a variety of reasons.** Yes, and I know what one of those reasons is. Love, or the opportunity to pursue a possible love interest, is ALWAYS worth it. [sub]Not that I’d know a great deal about love[/sub] Continued best wishes to you! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/27 "2001-05-13T23:56:52Z")
Jus git yer butt here as fast as possible, super congrats on the job and the 24 footer! Hope you got some spare change more than you thought for the truck. You’ll rock their NYC world with your charm and go-to-it-ive-ness, and get the corner office in no time. FL will miss ya, young lady. Take care up there! ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/28 "2001-05-15T17:54:19Z")
…she’s swimming upstream - passing thru GA a little while ago. Should make NYC Thursday. Asked me to pass along her best. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/29 "2001-05-19T22:35:27Z")
Well, she’s here. Got here Thursday, she’s kicked in with Maeglin and Pucette for a while, but they access from work, not home, so her posting will be spotty for a while, until she gets her own place (the first fell thru.). Thanks to Falcon for putting us up when I met her outside Baltimore (she was afraid of a little driving thru NYC… imagine that…but she did it.) And yes, Bill, she knows she’s on your crush list… she said to say thank you. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/30 "2001-05-19T23:17:59Z")
Thanks for the update lurker. Please give her a big hug from hardygrrl. 🙂 And let her know that things just keep getting better…she’ll know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991/31 "2001-05-20T04:29:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey, I’m just coming back home. 12 years ago I moved from NY down to Florida. (Ok, ok… it was upstate rather than City, but STILL ) Hell, TP, I grew up so far north, we considered Lake Placid downstate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-want-me-they-really-want-me/64991.md?page=1)