Davey,
Thanks for the welcome!
I've always been fascinated by the technology (cars and electronics), history, and language. I'd love to travel to Japan one day, and learning Japanese would make the trip more fun and worthwhile.
I have a lot of Japanese American friends, but their families have generally been here for four or five generations, so none of them speak Japanese. Discovering this forum has piqued my interests to all things Japanese.
See you on the board...