...I finally got to the end of this thread!
I guess (looking at my own profile) that I stumbled across this website several years ago (Aug 2005). How time flies. I guess it's about time I introduce myself.
My wife (Rosanna) and I got into timesharing back in '92 with the purchase of a week at Marriott's Cypress Harbour (Everybody's first exposure to timeshare was in Orlando, right?
) Anyway since then we've added two more Marriott's and a week at Kona Coast Resort II in Hawaii.
I joined TUG in '98 and have managed their Permanent Swap page since 2002. I see a lot of familiar user names here. I don't do that much posting either there or (obviously) here but I like to peruse the various threads every now and then, looking for tidbits of info and occasionally helping out when someone asks a question that I actually have an answer for
Since we live in a northern border state (MN) we like to use our timeshare weeks to escape the winter -- Florida, Key West and Ft. Lauderdale, is usually on the list. About three years ago a few TUGgers organized what has sort of become an annual cruise outing. I've been on all three so far and have discovered that I like cruising and getting together with fellow TUGgers and putting faces to names of people I've been conversing with.
I retired this January after 31 years with the same company and am now enjoying the sweet life. My wife is still working--she has a virtual office at home and has been working for the American Express company for 36 years.
As soon as she decides to retire--hopefully in the next year or two--then we can really escape the winters.
Here's hoping I get over here to this forum on a more regular basis.
