I know you were. Its funny though because as I was typing the original post and getting ready to hit save I was thinking this one is bad grammer even for me. I just never bother with the form thing.

Only spent about 30 years of my life there. Still have tons of childhood friends there and it was a great place to grow up. In fact the town I grew up in is very similar to Carlsbad where I live now, that is without the weather and beach.