On reflection, it is amazing how many of the happiest moments of the last 10 years includes folks I met and know from on Mudcat!!!
I have noticed something else too, It usually cannot be "planned" for!!! the best and happiest times grow naturally from events and situations, spontaneously.
A small example
I was visiting friends and was due to travel early next day, The person I was staying with and I were going to have a meal and a quiet evening, we decided almost by accident to include another friend, and 2 more called to say goodbyes and decided to join us, and out of this grew an evening of music and singing (as the Irish so eloquently state "drink was taken") and laughing that was just perfect, everything just clicked together and we all went away from that happy and knowing we had shared something special, A truly Golden evening, remembered with a warm glow.