Welcome back, Jamie and, as another one who responded to your earlier post, I'm glad that you recognized that we each wanted to respond and help in our own way. I have found TE to be not only a caring, welcoming community, but a wealth of information for me too. Yes, there are a wide variety of personalities, opinions and experiences here, so hopefully that's what you'll find too. It's also a limitation of the written word sometimes that makes it difficult to understand and/or appreciate the different voices and expressions of so many, so I recommend that you assume the best that each one offers and not take offense. I know that I can try my best to write what I would better say in person, so that my communication has my inflections and feelings expressed more effectively, but I don't always hit the mark and then, need to rely on whomever is on the other end of the communication to ask me to explain better or differently or whatever, so that they understand my true meaning...nuff said...hope that you have mucho miles of happy riding ahead of you!
Mary