I've seen this type of thread for so many years (I first came to Ironworks in 1999), and am really glad to see it still going on!
Glad this place is still kicking and hasn't died out like many other places that blossomed at the same time IWs did. No doubt IWs isn't what it used to be in its first years, technology was so different then and we lacked a lot of features. LOL, I remember a person who could make a smiley was considered this amazing person LOL, cause nobody knew how to do the codes LOL.
One thing I love is that when I first came here in November of 1999, I was welcomed warmly. Today people are still welcomed warmly, if they introduce themselves. It is just kind of neat to me, that things are the same in some ways, even though there are now different people here than back then. Seems no matter what, no matter what time goes by, or how many people may come and go, this place still has a way of being this really special outpost that is attractive to visit.