What??? Solopaddler and Irishfield would be "old boys"?? Hell, I have two sons older than they are! What the hell does that make me?? You should be muzzled just for thinking that!
Johnnybass, get an older person to make you a herbal tea, sit down nice and quiet and chill for a while ok? Noone wishes you any harm at all...I promise. You can even shut down the pooter and when you return, things will still be as they were. We will not have suffered through your absence at all. You'll also find that once you return, we all will have aged just a little tiny bit more.
I don't remember if I had welcomed you when you registered but if I didn't, WELCOME! Looking forward to your REPORTS!
edit: I should make it clear that jonnybass is NOT our shirtless "Johnny Bass" that we've grown to cherish over the years for his obscenely hairy chest and unwaivering political (read Liberal) views. Our Johnny will be back once there's no snow on the ground. Then we can all chant "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE's JOHNNYYYYYYYYYYYY!"