Ahem.
*stands slowly, hooks thumbs in vest, looks at all you children with parental affection*
I lurked here for a over a year before I finally found the nerve to register as bilbobagginsx and speak up. Immediately, Finedessert (Bob) greeted me so warmly that I wondered what had taken me so long to post. The very first PM I received was from DMW. I was soon hooked on LPSG - it was a friendly world that I wasn't used to participating in since I'd always been the shy guy, the wallflower, the one in the group photos who smiled with closed lips - you know: the one with somebody's fingers making donkey ears behind his head - the one who kept the whole world at arm's length by acting the clown.
We've been through many good times at LPSG and a few rough ones but the board has been tempered, toughened I think, such that it should be around for a long time to come. We've lost a few good friends, at least 2 to death that we know of, some to mysterious disappearance, some to misunderstandings and temper but the core remains - and the core has grown. We're full of wisdom and wise cracks, curiosity and curmudgeons, flirts and flatterers - and for all that we're still a support group.
How about that?