January and A Ponderosa Pine are very gracious hosts and we appreciate them very much. They're not likely to mention this, because they're so nice, but I will.
Jan and Pine don't have very many rules but they do have some. Be Nice is one of 'em. The one that seems to be the most overlooked is "maximum of 6 emoticons per post. This has something to do with computer/ web/ server capacity or some such technical thing. Let's pay attention to this one since we don't want to crash the site ... or whatever happens when capacity gets too full.
The rules are here. It's a short read.
Now, with all the newbies showing up and Pine still being beat up by the evil villain Real Life, Jan's got her hands full. (She's got to welcome the newbies, sweep the floors and put mints on everybody's pillows and such).
If you've got technical questions, go here first: viewforum.php?f=27
The Gallery is a different account than the forums, so you'll have to give Jan a chance to approve you before you can get in to that. Be patient, she's only one woman (WonderWoman certainly, but still just one of her. We're working on a clone).
OK, that all said, make yourselves to home.
and 
Proud member of BHA
to all of Boomers' new members.
and Welcome to all new members. We're happy to have you here at Boomers.....make yourself at home 
