Is ANYONE else addicted???
 

I have only a few posts...but I am addicted to this message board. I can sit and read for hours.

Thanks to all for all of the great advice and information. All of the tips and advice helps to make any trip more enjoyable!

Keep up all the great posts.........

Elizabeth

Me too!!! It's fun to read about others experiences and relive your own experiences. Especially while at work.

I have a serious problem. I am afraid THEY may be planning an intervention.

Hey Marilyn,

Great idea. A convention for Fodorites. Where shall we hold it?

In San Francisco! Unless San Jose intervenes.

I, myself, am always wondering if there is a 12-step program for this.

I have to admit, I'M HOOKED!!! It all started when I decided to go to Italy next year and needed some opinions on hotels, luggage, train travel.... Now I can't seem to go a day without checking these posts. I really enjoy having all this info at my fingertips, especially at work..
Thanks for all the feedbacks....

We are all addicted, are we not?

ira, you goofball, I said "intervention" not "convention". You know, where they put you in a room and try to deprogram you? Come to think of it, I really like the convention idea a lot better.

Faina, YES! SF is the perfect place, because we are both here. (And so is PCH, apparently)

Personally, I must check Fodor's a couple of times a day. It is really an illness, you know. I'm not responsible!

Seriously, I am truly thankful for all the help I have gotten from this forum. I think travel helps all of us to understand other people and cultures and, hopefully, be more loving and tolerant. Thank you, Fodors!

i hope fodors has lots of money as they will soon be a co-defendent in my divorce case

Addicted beyond belief!
I came for advice on Spain, I stayed for all the behind the scenes drama...San Jose, San Fransisco, name changes and bee booties???...no idea what it all means and I read it all the same.
Oh, and the travel tips of course.

rhkkmk - LOL!!! Me, too!

Confessions of a Fodorite:
Guilty. I'm glad I'm not the only one in over my head. My DH went to bed the other night leaving a note on the bathroom counter that said, "My wife left me for the internet." It will be awhile before I actually get to go, so for now, I go vicariously through you! Recently, I did share your pre-trip excitement.... all the way to the theater to see La Divorce. I couldn't wait to see Paris! My day is punctuated with Fodor check-ups. If I had a job, I'd probably be in trouble by now. I, too, can read your comments for hours. I have always railed against the dangers of chat rooms and talking to strangers on the internet, and make sure my teens don't do it. And, here I am. My family thinks I'm nutty for my passion here. I tell them it's legit, comprised of nice people who are sophisticated traveler's who are generous enough to share a wealth of info that we can all benefit from. They say, "Oh, sure..." However, they do enjoy the funny stories I recite to them. :)

YES!
Grrrr......
But what fun....
:-)

Completely addicted!

My husband (or DH, as we Fodorites like to say)is also wondering what I'm up to. I tell him I'm just planning for our upcoming trip but I find that I'm now reading all the different boards, not just Europe.

I love reading about everyone's travel experiences and perspectives, good and bad, and I, too, have gotten lots of valuable info here.

And yes, let's do the intervention/convention in S.F. - I would love to meet all my NorCal Fodorite neighbors.

I didn't know there were so many Northern California types on this board. Anyone else? What did you think of the thunderstorm last night? Tough to sleep.

When my wife asks me what I'm doing so long at the computer, I answer back that I am corresponding with my mistress.

She always sighs, and as she walks away she says with a shrug, "Oh, you're on the Fodors Board again."
((H))

I'm totally addicted. And if you don't believe me, you can always ask the Network Administrator where I work who is probably tracking all this ; )

I must stop! My trip is long planned but I live vicariously through eveyone elses. If I don't cut back I'm going to get fired!

I'm totally addicted too -- I can't tell you how many times I've had to do a quick "minimize" so my boss doesn't see.
I started by looking for information for an upcoming trip to Paris. The trip is in three weeks (I promise to do a trip report) but I guarantee I'll still be checking daily even after the trip. The advice has been wonderful -- spot-on and often funny. You folks are great.

P.S. I'm a northern California gal too!

We can get our frustrated DH's or signifcant other's to bring us to a Fodorite Intervention (singles not to be left out), then we can all enjoy the convention! They really would faint if I said I wanted to travel to meet these "strangers" in person.

I tell them that they should read too. What a great supplement to at least our educations anyway. I have learned more about art and history than in school. I'm sorry to say, that my highest education was two years of college, and even then I knew nothing about art and little about anyone's history nor was I inspired to want to. Your comments intrigue me to research things you mention seeing. I am grateful that you mention it, and it's my job to figure out it's significance. I LOVE learning about it.

In a debate about whether kids should miss school due to travel, one poster (an educator or attendance clerk, I think it was) said, "Don't let school get in the way of education." I think it should be excused absence within reason. I once let my kids miss a few days due to travel only is they assured me they would not let thier school work fall. Much later I learned my son got some 0's because he never asked for his work. The teacher left the responsibility up to him and let him be accountable. I hated it, but what a great lesson.

Oops! Sorry, I am way off the subject of the original post.

I haven't posted much, but I read constantly! But, can anyone tell me, are trolls exactly what they sound like, and what on earth is DH short for?

... yes, Marilyn, in SF, but only for a while. Then, you know, PHC, and Malibu, at Surfrider Beach, on the beach. Someone said I never travel. I wrote this cute rejoinder, then the Fodor system ate it all up and characterized it as indigestible. I post from atop the hill, if you know the Ritz. The walk up earlier, after much wine and much fun talk, was ... shall we say, virtual. Cochon_Damne would appreciate that.

Addicted? No, I'm not! I am here only Mon-Fri, not every day! And I can quit any time, just don't want to! And I am not in denial!

DH = Dear Husband. And, those who let us surf this board half the night are, indeed, dear husbands.

And here I thought it stood for Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof. :)

hi
My name is Lewis and I'm a ......
:d

My DH, who is an avid baseball fan, thought it was Designated Hitter...

... Faina, may I laugh? Giggles galore, thanks.

Guilty as charged.

Andre

I am totally addicted. And now that I have dsl at home I am REALLY hopeless! At least tying up the phone lines was a deterrent.

Welcome to my World!!!!Sometimes I wonder what the day would be without reading Fodors' funny, interestings, educationals POSTS?

Oh yes . . . I have mentioned on many a thread what a Fodors addict I am. I am so addicted that I keep thinking, rather wistfully, "Gee, I'm really going to miss the Fodor's board while I'm in Europe next month!" I mean, I'll actually BE IN EUROPE and I'm worried about not getting my Fodor's fix.

That's sick . . .

Jennie :)

It would be overstating the obvious to tell you if I am!

Just wait until you are IN Europe, go to an internet cafe for emails and just check in on Fodors for a quick peek and end up staying on waaay too long, then you know you are really addicted.
This is what I did in Sorrento earlier this year.

My DW ?? (Dear wife I guess) has also gone to bed.
She gives up on me !
When I got the internet years ago I never ever imagined there was a forum that I would base my travels on !!
Off to Tokyo, Australia and Singapore from Wales in 110 days with 2 teenagers ...oh my god will fodors pull me through !!!
Muck

The true test of addiction is when you check in daily even when you are not planning a trip. I have been watching the transition of addicts over the past six years or more and it seems to be contagious. I am not aware of a antidote--- once an avid Europhile.

I actually did a focus group here in San Francisco for Fodor's market research when fodors.com was in the planning stages.

They were right; travellers love to talk and share.

I sort of come and go depending on whether we are planning a trip, but I always return and am always happy to be a small part of such a cool and knowledgeable group.

Yes! Yes! Let's do a SF int...er....convention, ie Get Together. A bunch of us did that a few years ago and it was great fun. We met at a hospitable Fodorite's beautiful apartment in SF and walked to a local Italian restaurant. Decided that maybe a potluck at someone's home might be more conducive to good conversation. It's hard to mingle at a restaurant. Anyone want to step up to the plate (figuratively)? DH and I will come, I'm sure Kal (from the US board--lives in Sacramento) and DW will come and probably bunches of others. Shall I start a new thread to check for interest?