...........and yet another welcome from Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
I too "lurked" for a long time, and I am now gradually coming "out of my stall"
There was a short while that my computer was "pooched" and I could not get the forum and it drove me crazy, because the information you will find here is priceless.
I love the "brainstorming" that goes on when a topic is raised.
It is so valuable when things happen in your barn, and you haven't had the experience before, just raise the topic and help "floods in".
Conversely the experiences that you have yourself that are either good or bad, and you share them for others to learn.