A little embarrassed....

[Parapluie]

Don't be embarrassed. We are all family here. Even from day one.

So it seems; people have been fantastic here from the beginning of this thread to hearing from you.

[Spanky]

Glad you are here to be, Parapluie.

The fact that you are thinking about what you are doing means you are a valuable and respected member. 

I've been here a while and still embarrass myself in ways I can't predict.  This is the best forum, the best people, welcome. 

Spanky

[Parapluie]

Glad you are here to be, Parapluie.

The fact that you are thinking about what you are doing means you are a valuable and respected member. 

I've been here a while and still embarrass myself in ways I can't predict.  This is the best forum, the best people, welcome. 

Spanky

That means much; especially because I have been working generally to be more focused and present in my speech, and in my activities....
Of course, like you said, there will inevitably the figurative stair to stumble on, but every person I've interacted with has been a good one so I trust that once I end up tripping on that step (or just waxing idiotic as I'm prone to), I trust the folks here to be as kind as they have since I've been here.

[IceWizard]

We don't bite.... Very hard at least

Ice

[Parapluie]

We don't bite.... Very hard at least

Ice

Haha!

It did indeed get a laugh out of me---but for some reason it got misdirected to a spam folder, so, I apologize for neglecting it this long

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Glad you are here to be, Parapluie.

The fact that you are thinking about what you are doing means you are a valuable and respected member. 

I've been here a while and still embarrass myself in ways I can't predict.  This is the best forum, the best people, welcome. 

Spanky

By the way I'm sorry not to have acknolwedged your PM earlier, but thank you for it.  I might be a little unclear on board rules here but, if I had your permission to make a reply--I assume that since this is in an introductory post and relates to me introducing myself, I think.

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@ Spanky--hopefully you the comment that I seem to have included in a response to Icewizard. And actually:

@Icewizard and @ Spanky--sorry to both of you for making that a bit of a messy reply.

[MoJim]

Welcome!
I myself lurked for awhile before becoming a member. This is a great forum full of kind and caring people. Nothing to be embarrassed about.
MoJim