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08-17-2007, 06:30 PM
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To Smart For Mensa
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5000 - A look back.
Well as this is going to my 5001th post I thought I would reminisce over my time here at travelpunk and remember who I was when I joined and how so many of you have helped me become something more. About how so many of you are like family to me and I hold several of you dearer than any of my local friends. Travelpunk is more than a website to many of us, it's a rare community of like-minded individuals seeking to better themselves and the world through the dispelling of ignorance by global travel. It's a support network, a living encyclopedia and a family.
After traveling around the country and the western hemisphere, having been to several meetups, I am still amazed by the seemingly instant connection that I share with each and every one of you when we meet face to face. It is remarkable. As travelpunk grows there will continue to be expansion groans and we will continue to grow as a community to accommodate these needs.
Travelpunk, that's for being here. Here's to another 5000. 
my first post... 07/27/2004 as JakeThePunk
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HELLO TPUNKS!
I just found this site yesterday and as of right now i think it is the single greatest travel forum i have ever seen! Major kudos...
Anyway I am a 20 year old american male leaving for my first backpacking trip on sept 6 to BRAZIL! I will be there till christmas and I have no idea what I am doing. I am mostly sick of working in america and sick of all the crap with elections and whatnot.
Well If you have any ideas on where to go or what to do or if you are going to be in brazil during my stay let me know... I am also a nOOb at this whole backpacking experience so some advice is always appreciated!
--- your new bunkmate---
jake
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08-17-2007, 06:52 PM
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french touch
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Here's to you and the many years to come ! 
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08-17-2007, 07:30 PM
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Right on Jake!!! I feel the same about this community. Its like a family of peeps who feel and think the same. I look forward to my 5000th post too  Oh wow!!! this was my 800th post. Just noticed!!!
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08-17-2007, 07:39 PM
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call me Condi!
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That's so cute!! Congrats, old-timer!
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---Ibn Battuta, CE 1325
Latest travel crushes - Arizona, Morocco, The Baltic States, Tunisia, Portugal, Mexico
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08-17-2007, 08:20 PM
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awwwwww, you were a noOb
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08-17-2007, 08:26 PM
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always trippin'
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I´ll drink to that, and to many more posts to come!
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08-17-2007, 08:37 PM
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No one regrets traveling
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That is so cool you still have your very first post!
5000 more sounds good to me, okay kid? 
--Joey
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08-18-2007, 03:56 AM
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lover of Germany
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congratulations Jakers!!!
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Do to list: [color=blue][color=black] Australia, New Zealand, Austria India and Bolivia.
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08-18-2007, 11:47 AM
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Don't cut the red wire...
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Congrats Jake!!!
Though I haven't nearly the activity here that Jake does, I have to say that over the couple years that i've been here, I've found this to be a tremendous community, both in terms of travel advice as well as a really wonderful bunch of people.
When I first came here, I was at war, looking for a cheap way to a couple weeks off in Europe. It developed quickly to become a really great core of friends that helped me get through some tough times (Thanks again KCL, SV and SD). I found some really fantastic people that I am proud to have known, and feel that I'm a better person for the experience (WWM, Jengt, Benna, Jake, Jill and Steve - as well as many more), I've had some tremendous times that wouldn't have happened without this place (can you say 'First Annual T-Punk Campout'?) and a few moments that really made my day (like a drunk-dial from a couple Canadian hotties that I'll leave nameless to protect the <not so> innocent)...
Thanks Tony for creating this place, and thanks to people like you Jake that really are the core of this community and keep it all going for me!
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08-19-2007, 03:23 PM
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***** gear guru
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ah jake! this place would be radically different, especially for myself personally, without ya bro. much love.
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08-19-2007, 07:17 PM
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Tpunk Senior Moderators
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Ahh, Jake, I just noticed that you surpassed Tony on post stats... How does this make you feel?
Congrats! Can't wait to see someone get to 10,000! :O
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08-20-2007, 06:14 AM
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Assistant to the Manager
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congrats man. You definitely add spice to the forum. Dont lose the edge in age. I think everyone is looking forward to hearing stories from your next adventure, cause that shit is entertaining.
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08-20-2007, 07:19 AM
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TPunk Emeritus
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I know what you mean about feeling an instant connection with people when you meet them off the boards. I have felt that way many times at meet ups.
We love you Jake! I hope to spend more time with you in the future!!
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08-20-2007, 12:26 PM
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Minister of Offense
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And to think, only half of that was from your stat-padding days
Welcome to the club!
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08-20-2007, 12:52 PM
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Drifter in the making.
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Awwww Jakey!!! 5000!! well done. Remember when you kept proposing to me!! Those were the days... seems ssooooo long ago now.
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08-20-2007, 01:17 PM
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To Smart For Mensa
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offer still stands but remember you are the one who shoved me off after the brazilian hooker fiasco! oh those were definitely the days!
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08-20-2007, 04:21 PM
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No one regrets traveling
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Brazilian hookers? I think we need some storytime in the "Evolution of the Jake" thread.
Btw, intercourse with a Sao Paolo whore is probably the sexiest form of Russian Roulette 
--Joey
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Last edited by joe7f; 08-21-2007 at 10:35 AM.
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08-20-2007, 04:26 PM
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Drifter in the making.
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I remember it like it was yesterday..... the year, was 2004. Jakey was planning a trip to Brazil while i was planning to wait patiently here in North America.
When I got word that my beloved jake was canoodoling with South American pro's my heart was torn apart.
It was just never the same....
 hehe such good times
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08-20-2007, 09:21 PM
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You want fries with that?
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Awww, Jake's all grown up. :P
Edit... 2068. Gotta catch up. Stupid work gets in the way of my post-whoring...
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08-21-2007, 05:07 AM
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***** Senior *********
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I Love the jake, but we have created a monster
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