I joined my first forum as required for an editing job many years ago. Then Skip created this place and I haven't looked back... too much. Mostly I enjoy the interchange between peoples from all over the world, as the ones in my back yard are usually very quiet HipForums is where it's at!
I joined HF in 2005 about 3 weeks after my boyfriend at the time dumped me because I was looking to fill a void and waste time I normally would be wasting with him. I found the forums by Googling "long haired hippie boys" because that was what I was looking for. I settled in Random Thoughts specifically because it was, for a time, a wonderful community of different characters from all walks, and I loved being able to be a bit of a tongue in cheek troll of sorts (because let's all admit it, when RT got shut down for that period of time about 10 years ago and we lost many of our members, we had all become pretty bad trolls). I made some lifelong friends here and also met some really toxic individuals I quickly learned to ghost after experiencing them through other forms of social media. And some people just drifted out of my life like ships on the sea. I'm back because I deleted my Facebook...so yet another void to be filled. I also post too much on Reddit.
I love this forum......enjoying so much beautiful pics Makes me happy and laughing. And ya can have a good talk too XX