Maybe I need my own forum. I could talk to myself and add my post count up x 2!
I started out lurking for a few years. Maybe came here every other month, if that. What got me participating was the need for good info. I'd see questions given inaccurate answers and guesses (like FB is now), wait to see a good answer, and finally I registered to answer a few posts in one day... very cautiously. I remember starting off with "What I was always told..." or "From what I've seen..." or "The way I always understood it..." etc. I remember the day Longhornman told me "You're one of us now". I felt like you do at Burger King when they give you a paper crown! Biggest day in my life!!!