lococo,
I appreciate your thorough investigation of my request - it's nice to know people here do not hand out invites recklessly.
To address your concerns:
1. I'll try redoing my speedtests and proofs by first creating templates, so that the timestamps will be closer together.
2. I'm not sure why you don't see a speedtest in
my intro thread, but it displays fine for me. Perhaps it's worth a second look.
3. As with any well-established community, choosing where to make first posts can be awfully daunting. Perhaps you would be willing to provide a poor newbie with some tips on how to get started as a community participant? (I.e. what types of discussion are appreciated around here? What would instead constitute spam? Etc.)
Excellent avatar, btw! I really should catch up on the new season.
[Edit: Updated my request with new speedtests and proofs. The new speedtests are actually 2 minutes apart, but you can see that it is because I tried churning out one of my proofs in between speedtests. Alas, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually.]
Cheers!
nefariousbob