I'm sorry old bean, I thought I was being light hearted, not smart arsed. I may be new on the forum, but have been lurking long enough to know that it's easy to be taken the wrong way. I think I'm a nice guy too. I'd never come across Choice before, so thanks for the heads up. I've had a look at their site and they seem to carry a lot of strains that Herbies don't. So far I've only used Herbies and Pickandmixseeds.co.uk.
As for my newbiness...
You're right. I don't know the scene man! I'm not familiar with most of the seedbanks or their products or of the history of the strains or of famous characters or of political intrigues.
I'm 46 and have smoked dope nearly every day since I was 16. The only days I haven't smoked in that time were whenever there was a complete drought, which thankfully is pretty rare around here.
I've smoked a lot of very good hash and weed over the years and have enjoyed several trips to Amsterdam. Unfortunately in my part of the UK, good hash is a rarity these days. You can get some fair weed if you hunt around, but it aint cheap.
I've grown a couple of plants some years ago, but have only been trying in earnest for the last year. Started out with CFLs (which I gradually increased) and have recently purchased a 600W dimmable HPS which I now sort of regret, wishing I'd gone for a good LED board instead. But hey ho, I'll get one or two of them as funds allow. In that time I've had a couple of so-so harvests of nice smoke and a couple of crops ruined by gnats and root rot. I realise I've got a long way to go, but I feel I'm making slow progress and I'm not too worried as I'm generally so brilliant and amazing that I will undoubtedly be canonised by the Dope Pope as the patron of saint of weed farmers by Christmas! Haha, in truth I'll be over the moon the first time I manage to yield a dry oz.