# First Test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 1, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304 "2003-03-01T02:59:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Canadagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Canadagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadagirl)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304/1 "2003-03-01T02:59:04Z")

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Hey this is my first post

This looks kinda complicated

Any tips for a newbie?😕

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**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304/2 "2003-03-01T03:13:06Z")

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Welcome,  
When adressing another poster always put a :wally emoticon before their name.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304/3 "2003-03-01T13:18:48Z")

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Hi, **Canadagirl**. Bring any Canada geese along with you?

😃

As for tips… well, you can spell, code, and seem to know the use of basic punctuation. That already sets you a few steps above the newbie crowd, not to mention some of the old farts. 😉 `Don't be a jerk' covers the rest, pretty much. And what that don't get, `have fun’ does.

Have a nice, long stay here at Carmel-Covered Crack … eh, the SDMB.

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**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304/4 "2003-03-01T14:35:41Z")

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Canadagirl… welcome to the boards 🙂

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**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304/5 "2003-03-01T14:37:03Z")

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While I am here I guess I can test my new sig 😃

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**Author:** ![Canadagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Canadagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadagirl)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304/6 "2003-03-01T14:38:40Z")

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Hey, **Derleth**

Thanks for the tips. And no, the Canada geese are relaxing down South.😉

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-test/158304/7 "2003-03-01T20:26:56Z")

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Most important: if you haven’t yet, read FAQ threads in this forum and every forum you post in.