Wow this place is a blast from the past!
I don't think I've logged in on here for around two years now but I do check the forum occasionally, I've just had to reset my password as I forgotten it lol.
So when did I join the forum? Back in mid 2003 when it was known as BigForums and I was 14, I was introduced to the forum by Walrusbonzo as he is known on here (is he still around?), he was doing work experience at one of my old schools at the time. Back then I think I was known on here as "Punk Computer Kid" of something really childish like that haha. I was quite an avid poster for a good couple of years and you could say that this forum is what introduced me to the world of internet forums. Unfortunately since that hack & the re-opening of the forum back in 2006 ish I haven't really posted much.
So what's changed? After I left school at 16 I enrolled at college and after two years I came out with two IT Support diplomas in 2007. After that I was lucky to land myself as an IT techie in a school but that only lasted for a year sadly as I was made redundant with the impending late 2008 recession looming. After that I went to work as an Admin for my Dad's Logistics company and I was there until mid last year when the company folded.
Unfortunately since then I've only had temp or contracted jobs (not been fortunate to find anything permanent) in Warehousing and Distribution. I'm also still living at home (Yay! ...not, though I did used to live with an ex GF for a few years) and currently unemployed again at the moment but once I manage to secure a good permanent job and get myself financially secure then I will be getting a place of my own (that is my aim for the end of the year / early next year at the very latest).
It's good to see some old familiar faces round here still!
I really should stick around here more often, admittedly I did discover the OcUK forums back in late 2008 and you could say that's where I've mostly been posting ever since! As already mentioned, it is a shame that this place doesn't seem no where as busy as it used to be, I remember when I first joined that it did have quite a fairly large following and the number of users online in the evenings was a lot!
Liam