(re-posted from last night’s open registration thread)

re: #28 Sharmuta

I wouldn’t mind if some older Lizards share theirs either.

Coming out of lurking again (briefly) to answer the call :)

I’ve attempted to find my first posts from waaay back (there were only maybe a handful) to say how long I’ve been around, but could only find one as far back as September 2008. I know I’ve had a few posts prior to that, but who knows why the aren’t out there anymore.

I came to LGF by way of the Independent Women’s Forum way back before registration was required (I think some time in ‘02). I don’t read there anymore, but am grateful that they pointed me in this direction. Even then, I lurked for the most part. In late ‘03 or early ‘04, I quit reading for a bit because of the tone that had become prevalent - the comment had become increasingly violent and unpleasant in all sorts of ways and that didn’t seem like a healthy thing to mentally ingest. I missed reading the news that was being missed by the major media outlets, though, and came back to lurk in late 2004. I didn’t know that registration had been implemented a few months earlier, but did notice the drastic improvement in the tenor of the blog and began lurking semi-regularly again. At some point, I tried to post and found out that registration was required. My timing was TERRIBLE. It took me forever to find an open registration window. But, eventually it happened. I’ve been a regular to semi-regular lurker ever since (with a few bouts of absence due to “life”). Because I mostly read from work (Big Brother, ya know), learn more from reading because I’m ill-qualified to discuss many of the subjects intelligently, and am usually playing catch up reading in dead threads, I very rarely post. But I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the things I’ve learned from reading the exchanges of my fellow lizards.

And that’s my story of how I came to LGF. Thanks, Charles, for such a great place and for your anti-idiotarian stand. Thanks, fellow lizards, for lively, nuanced debates from a wide array of opinions and positions. I love reading and learning from you!