I seem to recall that a good friend of mine was once a member of the Downs. She has since forgotten her username and all that and gave up on it, but she told me about it and I checked it out.
After messing around with hangahobbit and the name generator for a while, I found the forum and said, "ooohhh!"
So, that's the fascinating story of how I came to the Downs. Next week: How

got his cigar.