Hey there! I'm new as well, I'm from the UK, I've been reading forums for ages and always had opinions and stuff and now thought lets just join and start sharing them.
I've always wanted to visit the UK. Funny how while reading over the past few months I always wanted to share my opinions and experience, but now the task of 50 posts to get past greenlighter seems daunting.
Welcome to the forum you two! It's actually quite easy to get 50 posts. BL is pretty large and if you hit the "New Posts" link you'll get twenty or so pages of threads.
Halfway there, though I must admit I feel like a threadkiller when I do post. Mostly I revert back to my old habit of commenting in my head like I used to.