I have been a reader for 4 years on this site and, being on vacation this week, I just signed up. I have been a longtime active member on other sites, and I have noticed the the people who populate ETS are more friendly. On some other sites, if you have not been a member for 5 years with 2000 posts and a gold star, you don't get many serious responses to your posts. I am looking forward to passing some frigid winter days talking about survival, the outdoors, and equipment with the knowledgable folks at ETS. To those of you who read this and have not yet signed up, I put my hobo mark here. This is a friendly place.