your post is much better than mine. a lot more detailed. what did you learn?
hmmm... we are a diverse group. freakishly so, if you expected there might be any sort of consistency. kids, no kids, employed, lucky (lol), married, single, gay, straight, male, female (some of this didn't come from that thread, which has been buried for a while, just observations along the way), animal-lovers, allergic to animals, students, retirees, tall, short, tight-wads (you know who you are, lol), from all over the world, based all over the world, rich, in debt, comfortable, artistic, scientific, mathematic, philanthropic ... i could go on and on.
one constant - we all have one arm or 2, and we're pretty committed to hanging an H bag on one or both.