# MASTER LIST (Newbies only) part 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355 "2000-10-18T02:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/262 "2001-09-16T22:17:43Z")
Hey! Over here! Look at me! Yes, I’m a newbie. Been lurking for a while, but I was lured out by a few posts. So hello. * * * ## This space could probably be better used. ---
**Author:** ![natb71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@natb71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/natb71)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/263 "2001-09-16T22:19:21Z")
Newbie here, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ludo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ludo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/264 "2001-09-16T22:31:44Z")
If it weren’t for my lurking on this board, my private life would be very boring indeed… ::scamper, scamper:: ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/265 "2001-09-16T22:49:47Z")
But this is my first time. Posting. Hi! _nervous wave_ ---
**Author:** ![Bookworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Bookworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookworm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/266 "2001-09-17T00:28:33Z")
~grins~ VERY new here. I think this is like my fourth post, so not only am I a newbie, I am a \* definitive \* newbie. But um, ~waves~ hi everyone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disciple_of_Alf)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/267 "2001-09-17T01:13:39Z")
_Disciple of Alf removes his Lurker Cape, Lurker Mask, and Lurker goggles. He steps out of the shadows and begins to speak._ Just checking in! _Disciple of Alf returns his Lurker clothes to where they once were and vanishes back into the land of lurk._ ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/268 "2001-09-17T01:49:36Z")
¡Ay! Some people have over 30X the posts I have: and still say they are “newbies”. I need a drink… ---
**Author:** ![Lost\_In\_Reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Lost\_In\_Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost_In_Reality)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/269 "2001-09-17T02:22:56Z")
\ Did I make it? Did I make it? Yay, I can register as a Newbie, wait is that a good thing? ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/270 "2001-09-17T02:51:20Z")
::stands up:: Hi, my name is PigBoy and I’m a newbie. It’s been over a year and I haven’t been able to overcome my newbieness. ::returns to hole in the ground:: ---
**Author:** ![FoxForceMia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@FoxForceMia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoxForceMia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/271 "2001-09-17T03:52:06Z")
I have arrived! ---
**Author:** ![croaker67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@croaker67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/croaker67)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/272 "2001-09-17T03:59:43Z")
Goodness I feel so vulnerable. Hope to be around awhile.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jen\_Jen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@Jen\_Jen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jen_Jen)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/273 "2001-09-17T04:08:53Z")
I have nothing witty to say, so hello. ---
**Author:** ![AM\_PM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AM\_PM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AM_PM)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/274 "2001-09-17T04:50:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nostradamus \* > \*\ ***newbie** : (_niu-bi_). 1634. **1**. A newcomer, _esp_. one who provides new insights into an existing framework of knowledge-based systems, thereby acting as an antidote to those currently within said framework. > **Source** : The Shorter Nostradamus English Dictionary. \*\* That’s for real? 1634 ??? I didn’t even realize Al Gore was alive to start the Web back then 😉 ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/275 "2001-09-17T05:20:55Z")
Here. ---
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/276 "2001-09-17T05:50:15Z")
[sarcasm] Me? A newbie? Nope, not at all! [/sarcasm] ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/277 "2001-09-17T06:32:12Z")
Hang on a sec, (crinkle, snap, sound of tearing plastic) AAAH! Just got off the last of that darn shrink-wrap! Well, I’m heeeere! I’ve been cutting a wide swath the last couple of weeks. Lots of posts, serious attempt to read the WHOLE SITE! Only problem? Sleep, sleep, need–to—sleep… (snore)… ---
**Author:** ![Spydergirl\_87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Spydergirl\_87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spydergirl_87)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/278 "2001-09-17T06:39:51Z")
I’m a new poster but a long-time lurker. I’m on here just about every day. I spend entirely too much time on the computer. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/279 "2001-09-17T10:42:58Z")
To echo all those who have come before me, “Long time lurker, new poster.” I read pretty much everything, but rarely delurk for anything but the computer geeky threads in General Questions. Anyway, Moo. -FDISK ---
**Author:** ![vex77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@vex77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vex77)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/280 "2001-09-17T12:31:37Z")
New to posting but not reading ---
**Author:** ![Gamelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@Gamelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamelan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355/281 "2001-09-17T13:53:50Z")
Normally I’m against lists or cannons of any kind, but since there is no ranking involved (yeah, right :)), I’m enlisting…er, joining the Master List. Thanks, Gamelan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-list-newbies-only-part-2/37355.md?page=15)