The best way to get to know people here, is to click on "New Posts" and join in on the threads that are currently being discussed. You will find people from all walks of life on this site, but their is probably only one opera loving nutty professor.
Welcome to the site - where education is a two-way street - hope you find the engagement and social interaction enjoyable
i was just being a contrarian. although there's plenty of posters here that i don't really know, so it's quite possible that some of them are boring as hell.