How did the other BDers change you?

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I hope this isn't a duplicate thread. I tried looking and couldn't find another one like this so perhaps it can stay and flourish.

I don't think there's any doubt that the Barrowdowns as a whole has affected us in a way, whether great or small. However, what of the individual Downers? In what ways have the people you have met on this website affected your day-to-day life?

A notable change for me has come about because of Diamond18 and her uncanny humour. Once upon a time, in the old 101 things they'd never say thread she posted as follows; Frodo: "Well ruffle my hair and call me Bingo!" It has since become one of my favourite phrases and I use it all the time when I step back into the 'real world' (does that surprise you at all Diamond? ).

Just take the title of this thread as further evidence. I would normally have typed Downers instead of BDers but Fordim's thread in Mirth convinced me that the latter version was more striking.

So please share your ideas if your fellow BDers have altered your life in a good (or even bad) way.