In 2006, two people got chatting over an archaic web 'bulletin board' and found that they both had a particular dislike of the banking system, and the way in which it imposed charges against the very people who were funding it.
They decided that it might be time to plant a little acorn...
I'm no longer a regular visitor to the site, so it was - in passing - my first view on membership levels for quite a while. I don't know when, precisely, it happened - but there are now more than 1/3 million registered members.
That's one almighty effin oak tree.
Just thought it was worth a mention - and hope it hasn't already been talked to death elsewhere...