How did YOU get here?????

[Resident Loser]

I was surfing porn and somehow got hotlinked here.

...they mistook aural for oral ...

jimHJJ(...it could happen...)

[topspeed]

...they mistook aural for oral ...

jimHJJ(...it could happen...)

Wasn't Jenna in that one?


OK, OK, before I completely hijack this thread and the newbies start thinking I was serious, my story is pretty much like everyone else. I was researching some equipment, speakers most likely, and came across this site. Thanks to my supreme ineptness on the computer, I had never joined a forum before. IOW, AR was my first and you know what they say about your first time...

It was quite lively back in the day, what with flame wars, trolls, and insults being hurled all willy nilly. However, along with the resident morons, we also had the genius' such as Woodman, Doc Greene, Sir T, and countless others. Thankfully, we still have a lot of knowledgeable members such as Wooch, Kex, Edyct, Geoffcin, and countless others that over the years have increased my knowlege of this hobby tenfold. I've learned more on this site than I ever learned through years of reading TAS, SR, Audio, Stereophile, etc.

This is a much more civil place than before. Not as lively, but not as acrimonious either. Do I miss the wars? Yes and no. I enjoy not being challenged at every turn (typical Mtry response: "You may think you heard that, but you didn't. It's all in your head. DBT's have proven blahblahblah..."), but on the other hand, you can only answer the question "What's the best _______" so many times.

I don't post as much as I used to and when I do, it's usually to goof around with GMichael, Worfster, Cam, FA, Kex, Wooch, and the rest of the knuckleheads in Fave Films or OT. Ironically, we rarely talk about audio. Go figure.

[bobsticks]

No, seriously. It's the first thing that popped up.

Like many, I have always had an affinity for music and have always managed to acquire whatever my flavor of the moment might be. When I was younger I never had any money and as I got some I was moving around all the time so adding more expensive junk to move around and break never made any sense. Having settled down (a bit) the time seemed right.

The cast of knowledgables has already been mentioned and I agree that I too have learned quite a bit--a crash course as it were. That's what piqued my interest and characters like Bernd and JM and JRA and the Rave Recers keep me hanging out. Gotta give props to Flo as well. I think I had posted once or twice and that crazy Bavarian guy was good enough to call me and talk for hour or so on his dime, which is not exactly cheap being a transatlantic phone call to a stranger.

It's probably worth noting that I came in during the Lexmark wars. That kind of entertainment is priceless.