I think I am doing something wrong...when I post something, I can't see it anywhere afterwards, and I don't know where to look for replies...I'm very very new to this (obviously) but have already made my mind up that these are wonderful people!!! Thanks!

Ok, when you post a reply to something are you sure you're hitting the 'submit reply' button? If you are, you should be taken right back to the thread that you were reading, and your reply should be there. There is also a ton of forums on the main PTO page, sometimes it's easy to forget where you've posted or responded to if you don't remember the name of the forum you were in. There is an option on the bottom of the reply page that says 'Email Notification'. If you check that box an email will be sent to you when someone responds to your thread, simply open the email in your account and click the link...it will take you to that specific thread. As far as posting a topic, if you remember the forum on the main page that you put it in...ie. New Users, General Prison Talk etc....you can click on that forum from the main page, you should see the topic you started there....just click on it and that's where any responses will be. Hope this helps, let me know if you need me to be a bit clearer....since most times I can hardly understand myself. :D