I'll tell a favorite story of mine about what I learned on FR.
Last election, the weekend before, I went to a HUGE wedding in Chapel Hill with some of the biggest GOP donors in NC there; everybody was all down in the mouth, saying Bush wasn't going to win and blah blah blah.
I am embarassed to say that I gave a virtual lesson in the Electoral College right one the spot based solely on information I had read on Dales EV projection threads, rmemeber those?........LOL. Right in the middle of a wedding reception.
Naturally, of course, when Bush did win, they all now think I'm brillant!
Your secret's safe with me!