Welcome to Susan's Place. I think you find a large number of possible people to meet as I have seen as many as 700 people a day visit this site. As for learning, we have over 10 years of posting history so many of the questions you might ask have been discussed. If there is anything I can help you with, let me know and I will do my best to answer it.
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