and your only exposure was to the hobby was TER message boards, would you hobby?

You have been on these boards for years and your posts are always ridiculed  Has this stopped you from "hobbying?"
A second question: what does your handle mean?

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Many of the gals I've met have been because of their posts on these boards.

Yes, there are several great ladies who post on these boards. Steph, Rasha, Zay, and Jayda to name a few. But how would one set up a session without private contact info? Right here on the boards? I can just see it on TER General. Hey Rash, you busy on Tues. at noon? By the way, what's your hourly rate, and do you dfk? Sorry, I don't have any refs. Oh, can you post a naked pic here, and post your incall address?  What are the chances Rasha would accept? What are the chances she would say, MJJ, GFY?

2. If I told then you would know.

I did start here at TER.  Learned how to navigate in the world and used the TER reviews for my first encounters.  The first provider suggested I get p411 too.  So yeah.

A recent suggestion on S&P ("Links in Profiles") asked for a faster way to get a Provider's picture containing posts on Photo Only and Ads (via a hot link of some sort).
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I said the same thing as mrfisher: "And I would kind of disagree with your suggestion anyway. YOU want to see pics, so you want a link to her photo board and ad board posts. SOME of us want to get a feel for her personality, interests, sense of humor, intelligence, etc. so we want to see ALL of her posts on ALL of the boards."

It was all hobby horror stories, like it is the majority of time.

was TER. I found it first after a couple of other advertising sites.  I learned about P411 here and followed up with that.
It had been a few decades since I worked as a bouncer in a legal brothel in Sydney, so P4P wasn't new to me, it was new to me over here.

I think we're all aware of the risks already, which is why we searched for something like TER in the first place.

First foray into the hobby was with a superstar provider who was visiting NYC.  I followed all the rules that newbies should, and met with her with little difficulty.  Since then, the hobby became a significant part of my life, and I have made friends with many wonderful ladies.  In fact, I could write a book on the many adventures, and travels that would never have happened had I not taken the initiative on that fateful night back in April '04 in a hotel in Philly.  

I could join a cult, or the circus and get as many adventures in.