Missed the WEF. Occasionally posted on the engine, mostly lurked, but did get a shirt. Don't really follow stuff here anywhere near as much as I did on the engine.
The Engine put up with a lot of my lurking. I'm pretty sure I posted a handful of times, but I'm awful like that. It's rarely because I don't have anything to say, but usually because what I do that is of any value is far too jumbled in with the gin. That and intimidation, perhaps. I meet so many new people in my day to day life, one should think that the screen of the intertubes would make it even easier. Strangely, not so much.
The Engine: I, too, enjoyed the pro's dropping by. Truth be told, Warren's message boards are the only ones I've ever really frequented, because while they each had/have individual qualities and rules, the way he runs 'em keeps them habitable.
I used to hang out a bit on the WEF, and I sort of lurked a little bit during the Engine days, but didn't really spend as much time as I had the WEF. Work issues, mostly. In the WEF days, I was pretty much unemployed, and during the Engine days, I was pretty busy. Nowadays, not so much. I just haven't been as sociable of late. Got old.
I was around and chatted on WEF and went to WEFUK drink-ups while I was over there (Warren actually showed up at one and while drunk I can remember talking to him about BLACK HAWK DOWN), I want to say that was on Father's Day 2001. I lurked on the Engine and mostly lurk here. Made loads of friends on WEF and the sat communities and then ended up meeting my wife at a concert I went to because a fellow WEF member had recommended Belle and Sebastian to me. So in a convoluted way Warren was the butterfly who set in motions the things that lead to me meeting my wife in Sept 2001.