i can't remember how i found hip forums, but when i did, i just noticed a post where i knew i could help, because i had been through something similar, and wanted to post, so i joined... i also wanted to meet new people as i have spent far too long isolating myself... then i found the games forum and it was, and still is a fun outlet for me... i laugh a lot here, especially the games forum, but also other threads and forums, and that can only be good!... it's taking me a long time to get to grips with the whole of the site... keep finding new things... i have crap social skills, and crap computer skills too, or atleast, i think i do, and just being a part of this community will help me hone those newly aquired skills if, as and when they manifest... arf arf... one day, i would hope to meet some of you in person... there are also some i would hope never to meet... just like in the real world... it feels safer to get to know people this way... i am a little worried sometimes about how i come across as i have a totally crude sense of humour and definitely do not intend to offend... bit infantile really but hey, it makes me laugh and i would hope that if i did offend anyone, they would let me know and it could be resolved or we could just agree to disagree... so, in a nut-shell... i came here initially to help someone but have found ways of helping myself, having fun and getting to know and maybe sometimes help other people at the same time... gawblimey i canarf go on... nuff said