HELL YES! I'M HERE!Let's be frank. Is it such a loss?
What humor's that?I think you and I joined around roughly the same time, Julian. How we've managed to survive Pete's humour for this long beats me
I actually came across this place by accident, emailing Hamish, who for some unknown reason thought was Scottish, asking him why i could not sign in with my registered name. Turns out it was the wrong site (this one) I was attempting to sign into one I'd joined somewhere else. So desperate for members Hamish let me in 
Then I thought their was a genius of a Scottish photographer and top correspondent here from Edinburgh . I was not wrong, along with an excellent west coast smiley American who'd not lost his Scottish twang, ( of which I understand very little) the fellow who likes all that modern film stuff. All in all I'd have to say and I am not sure if I aught to admit this, I have chuckled more than once or twice, for that alone my life is a little bit richer. 
I appreciate your empathy Rob!
I certainly am not going to make any remark to thisOh, that's good. I prefer yours!
Yes, good place. I prefer the photos I did in the first couple of years here. More experimental, or so I'd like to think. The reality was that I didn't have a clue what I was doing. Sadly I now know a little more, but my photos are suffering from it. Still, one must keep plugging away. Got nothing else to do anyway.
We are all so different but yet quite comical it seems.
In Norwegian some would call it rart!Cheek! This is ART in capital letters!