# Brand New, figuring out how to post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255 "2007-04-09T02:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Traveling_Riverside_Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/1 "2007-04-09T02:48:00Z")
Testing, Testing, 1,2, uh 1 2 3 4. Ahem. [Link](http://www.straightdope.com/) > [@](#): > > How does quote work? , ok, seems good, what else should I figure out how to do before joining in the madness? (I like this preview thingy). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/2 "2007-04-09T03:08:42Z")
Welcome to the Dope, what version of **Traveling Riverside Bluesman** are you? Robert Johnson, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, or someone else? šŸ˜‰ Jim ---
**Author:** ![Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Traveling_Riverside_Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/3 "2007-04-09T03:09:49Z")
All three, actually. Thatā€™s part of the reason I picked it, but Iā€™d have to go with Zeppelin. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/4 "2007-04-09T03:20:07Z")
[QUOTE=Traveling Riverside Bluesman] All three, actually. Thatā€™s part of the reason I picked it, but Iā€™d have to go with Zeppelin. [/QUOTE] Great answer, Zeppelin is my favorite version. šŸ˜ƒ Enjoy ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/5 "2007-04-09T03:54:21Z")
Welcome. You might also want to know that you only have 5 minutes to edit anything you post before itā€™s permanent. Have fun and enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/6 "2007-04-09T03:58:26Z")
Welcome, **'Bluesman**. You should look over the million and a half stickies in this forum. They have information, interesting facts and rules. However the rules boil down to donā€™t be a jerk. Being a Bluesman, Iā€™m sure that wonā€™t be a problem. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Traveling_Riverside_Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/7 "2007-04-09T04:02:46Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] You might also want to know that you only have 5 minutes to edit anything you post before itā€™s permanent. [/QUOTE] Can guests edit? I will have to go look this up. (I read the stickies, but I wanted to make sure my computer would even allow me to post. It is a bit old and very wonky) ---
**Author:** ![Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Traveling_Riverside_Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/8 "2007-04-09T04:09:04Z")
Nope, I canā€™t edit. at least not until I sign up for good. Now, should I wait to sign up and enjoy my free month, or should I sign up now to get all those cool benefits? Hmmā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/9 "2007-04-09T04:21:13Z")
[QUOTE=Traveling Riverside Bluesman] Nope, I canā€™t edit. at least not until I sign up for good. Now, should I wait to sign up and enjoy my free month, or should I sign up now to get all those cool benefits? Hmmā€¦ [/QUOTE] I say sign up now. Czarcasm, The Totally Impartial Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Traveling_Riverside_Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/10 "2007-04-09T04:26:29Z")
Well now Iā€™m worried! I wonā€™t have access to payment until at least tomorrow! Should I sign up for one of these credit card offers I got in my junk mail? Help! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/11 "2007-04-09T04:30:02Z")
[QUOTE=Traveling Riverside Bluesman] Well now Iā€™m worried! I wonā€™t have access to payment until at least tomorrow! Should I sign up for one of these credit card offers I got in my junk mail? Help! [/QUOTE] Well, I guess it can wait, then. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Traveling_Riverside_Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/12 "2007-04-09T04:31:52Z")
But now I want my _BENEFITS_. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/13 "2007-04-09T05:11:11Z")
What did it say on the old bluesmanā€™s grave? Didnā€™t wake up this morninā€™. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/14 "2007-04-09T12:18:30Z")
Welcome, indeed! In the category of ā€œwhat elseā€ to figure out, note the three threads on the entry page to this forum that are titled ā€œFAQā€ and take a quick read-through. In the category of ā€œjoining this madness,ā€ take a quick re-read of Aliceā€™s conversation with the Cheshire Cat (ā€œYou canā€™t help going among mad people, weā€™re all mad here.ā€) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/15 "2007-04-09T13:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=Traveling Riverside Bluesman] ā€¦but Iā€™d have to go with Zeppelin. [/QUOTE] Welcome, friend. šŸ˜ƒ Now, rather than start a new thread, can someone tell me how to do that [put a strike through the word] thingy? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/16 "2007-04-09T13:46:38Z")
Never mindā€¦ found an old thread. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/17 "2007-04-09T13:46:50Z")
[del]like this?[/del] use square brackets and do this {del}like this?{/del} ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/18 "2007-04-09T14:53:53Z")
[QUOTE=Traveling Riverside Bluesman] what else should I figure out how to do before joining in the madness? [/QUOTE] For the first few weeks, at least, dancing a jig while holding onto your ankles is a pretty useful skill. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/19 "2007-04-09T19:06:09Z")
> [@Bluesman](#): > > what else should I figure out how to do before joining in the madness? You should figure out how to send quality chocolates and large amounts of money in small, unmarked bills to the mods and admins so they donā€™t hit you with the ban stick. Also, learn how to send good beer to the Charter Members, so theyā€™ll be nice to you. šŸ˜‰ Welcome, **Bluesman**. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255/20 "2007-04-10T13:32:09Z")
1. Cool name? check. 2. Likes Zep? check. 3. Knows about punctuation and the shift key? check Welcome. Welcome, to another year at Hogwarts! (oh, sorry wrong thread). Welcome to the boards. Pony up your entry fee. The [del]ceremonial goats for the initiation ritual[/del] cake and ice cream for the welcome party are all ready in MPSIMS. (Are you getting nervous, yet? :D) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-figuring-out-how-to-post/399255.md?page=2)