I changed computers a year or two ago and lost my original password. So being computer challenged, I changed everything and simply signed up again.
Yep. And I'll bet there are a lot here besides you and me who've done the same.
I understand being suspicious of newbies, but I think I've established my bona fides here (anybody else here remember bcjohnson? or the golden olden days of the pre-exodus, with mojo, trixie et al.?)
Even true newbies should be judged by their reasonableness, not by the fact that they signed up recently. But hey, that's just me.