Hey there, I figured the New Year was a good time to make my first post.
I joined a few months ago, after I found this place while doing research on Avant loaders. There wasn't a lot of posts here on Avant, but more than I found anywhere else. I ordered my 860i and some attachments back then, hoping to take delivery before the end of the year (which I have).
I had a dear friend living next to me for 10+ years, who was from England. He'd been in the States since the 70's or 80's, but still had a pretty strong accent. He was a stickler for proper grammer and wasn't shy about pointing out when I wasn't using proper English. I was always impressed with his knowledge and kind of embarrassed at how poor my American public education was compared to his, although I believe much of his was private education.
Anyway, I got the impression that everyone abroad was much better educated than most of us. While I still believe that is probably true, I have certainly been surprised at how difficult it has been for me to follow along with most of the talk here. As I'm reading your posts, I'm guessing most of you are using some sort of dumbed-down slang on purpose. I mean no offense by that, I'm just so surprised at how different everyone here talks.
The flow and rhythm of your posts is just off a bit from what I'm used to, but hopefully I'll catch on. I think a lot of it has to do with the sense of humor used here being different than what I'm used to, but I also have to believe most of you are talking/typing differently than your everyday speech.
Anyway, I've enjoyed lurking around from time to time for these last few months and I hope to contribute a little bit myself moving forward.
Happy New Year.
