There is definitely a camaraderie in strength sports that you will NOT find in BB...in competition they will literally give you the shirt (bench) off their back if necessary.
Our sports aren't pretty at all...most of us look pretty rough when we compete...lol. We compete and train this way because we LOVE it...not because it is popular. True bodybuilders do the same (I believe).
If you ever decide that you want to cross the dark side and over to the insane side...let me know
spatts: no prob. if you guys are interested in building a weight tree check out the joeskopec site. i just built one of these cheap ass things and it is awesome. i would do some minor tinkering with the specs if i had to do over. i don't know if you already have trees or not but these plans sure saved me money. i built one for my standard weights and for my olympic.