<p>Love the post of encouragement to others! It is true, on CC if you don’t have 2000+ posts forget it- you are risking even posting- let alone disagree with a “senior” member! The barracuda of senior members may attack and you will retreat for months. But, because it IS a bit like treasure hunting at a “sale” it can be addicting and funny. </p>
<p>Also, because people don’t have a lot of post means nothing- they can lurk for years and gather their info., but at some point may feel brave enough to stick their 2 cents in…might not go so well and the retreat for months again.</p>
<p>Curmudgeon was an active poster when I started lurking, and the sole reason I kept coming back for a read- until I was hooked. Talented writer and very good thinker that Curmudgeon-and funny with grace.</p>
<p>The west coast is under represented on CC considering the population- but they also don’t really care about much more than Stanford, CalTech, UCB/UCLA - really. Harvard is just for fun for most families. But we love to get all heated up about the UC’s!</p>