[Boomer]

I had not looked at this thread, and now that I have, I just have to get in it. I have glanced through the whole thing and it looks darned civilized to me. A little discussion. A little back and forth. Unless I missed something totally.

That thing keeps coming up around here about not wanting to post. If you look over there under my name, you will see that I have managed to write 14 buzillion, 892 guzillion posts. There was an initial reason why I gave myself the last name BeBack. It had to do with the plan to be back to TV at some point. Now, it seems to also apply to the obvious fact that I cannot seem to STOP posting. (Although now, I secretly want to change my name to just Boomer. You know, like Cher. I think the BeBack part has become way too obvious.)

My number of posts has surprised me a lot. When I check in here, I seldom know if or what I could end up writing. It is so nice not to have a plan for the first time in my life. So I circle and I often find myself landing somewhere and I start typing away. And when I talk about the computer in the kitchen -- oh yeah -- it's a problem -- too easy to check in. I come here often. Just for a few minutes(?) at a time. But nobody has ever been mean to me on here. (Well one time I had to make a little face at somebody, but considering my 14 buzillion, 892 guzillion posts that I can't seem to stop writing, I would say that is a pretty daggone nice percentage.)

And I have asked some questions from time to time. And I always get help. There are nice people here.

There is a little irony in this. When I arrived here last fall, I was absolutely certain that I would never post. There is something about putting it out there that took some real getting used to for me. I have never been on a board. I kept thinking there had to be that real internet underbelly on here somewhere. But I truly have never seen it. The gatekeepers do a good job around here, from what I can see.

And the people who write stuff here say things well. And even when they may beat each other up a little, ever so gently, from what I have seen, TOTVers just seem really decent. And if that were not so, I would have been history a long time ago. And the rest of you would have been history, too. You are not the kind to hang around some nasty operation. (Sometimes Boomer knows stuff.)

And JohnN, please tell Mrs. JohnN that I was once absolutely terrified to post anything. It took me awhile. But tell her that I also completely understand wanting to stay private. There are things that I just cannot put out there. But I did manage to go from the Midwest, to Ohio, to Cincinnati. And that took me forever. So who knows. Someday, you may all tune in and there will be a video of Boomer dancing on a table or something. It has indeed been a process.

So anyway, TOTVers, thanks, and overall, this one sure works.

Boomer