I am new since January .. but I had lurked since November 2004.
I got to this site via WT Observer site. I tried a couple other discussion boards but some weren't very user friendly (interface-wise), and some were very off-topic and lots of porn and stuff.
This site has been a great help to me personally, and I love having this wealth of knowledge insight and experience here. I have learned alot and think stuff like this is good, because we are building on something that was originally forged by lots of other so-called "apostates" that didn't even have the Internet to make a decision.
I listen to some of those MP3's of the old judicial comittee meetings back in the 70's and 80's and can't believe the wealth of knowledge some of those people had and the balls they had to take on the old school elders ... geez.
Of course ... I am breaking my news to my wife any day now ... sometimes I wonder if I have the balls to do that ...
-ithinkisee