I wonder why people care so much? We'll say to avoid forum drama, and to come back to tnp without peeps being all, "We knew you couldn't stay away like you said!" I hardly recall, exactly. That was in like 2005. Like a million years ago in internet years!
I can actually say that the course of my life would probably have been remarkably different over the last 10 years if it weren't for TNP and my friends here.
I worry about that too, quite a bit. A few years back now, we had a dear friend and fellow TNPer, Lebedya, (her name's Annie) pass away suddenly when her heart stopped in her sleep. She was quite young, most of us regular OOCers were just teenagers at the time. I think about her a lot and miss her. She was so sweet and kind and funny.
It's so you're closer to the line between opposing traffic, so you can make sure you're not hanging over it or something. I actually don't even know.
I've always wondered how quickly I'd be able to get used to driving on the opposite sides of cars and roads, or if I'd be terrible at it and die in a horrific crash.
I have always wondered why British people think 30 degrees is super hot, and how they would manage arriving into Australia in the middle of a heat wave.