TBH Dave, I joined on .net first a couple or more years ago and although there was a lot of useful info I didn't really feel as though I "fitted in" if you understand what I mean. So I wandered around in the wilderness fro a couple more years and this forum came up from somewhere so I thought I would give it a shot. Almost instantly regretted it as HT lambasted me for having some dubious stickers on my car, but I soon realised he's not a bad old stick after all.
The main difference on here, I find, is it's much more user friendly, ie posting pictures, you tube clips etc. All down to our illustrious leader, he makes it easy even for an old technophobe such as I. Down side is you can spend hours.
Tony.