# My First Post **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177 "2005-01-17T12:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eeess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Eeess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eeess)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/1 "2005-01-17T12:21:03Z")
Ok…here goes nothing… BTW, why do I keep getting stopped by various messages when I try to do a search? Eeess ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/2 "2005-01-17T12:30:50Z")
Welcome to the SDMB! Hope you stick around. The reason you can’t search on this MB is that that feature is only avaliable to paying members. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/3 "2005-01-17T12:47:47Z")
Welcome aboard. You’ll get a better reception in MPSIMS as a debuting poster so I’ve notified the moderators to move your thread there for you. Hope you enjoy your trial period here and find us pleasant enough to pay up and stick around. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/4 "2005-01-17T12:49:01Z")
Welcome. **Eeess**! And ditto to what **Angelic Gemma** said about the “search” thing. Never mind - you will get hooked and sign up for ever, no doubt. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 17, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/5 "2005-01-17T13:40:26Z")
Welcome, **Eeess** , we’re glad to have you with us. I’m going to move your first post to the forum called “Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share” (affectionately, MPSIMS), because you’ll get more responses there. You were quite correct to post in the “About this Message Board” forum (ATMB), you were testing things out, and that’s appropriate and just fine. Generally, however, people don’t tend respond to “test” posts in ATMB in the warm and friendly way that they respond to first-time posters in MPSIMS. So, there’s no criticism of you intended whatsoever, I’m just moving the post to help encourage you and (I trust) give you a larger-audience reception than you’d get in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/6 "2005-01-17T13:57:26Z")
Welcome, **Eeess**. Hope you have as much fun here as I do. **C K Dexter Haven** that was such a nice “I’m moving this thread” post. Will you be my Big Grandfather? ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/7 "2005-01-17T14:11:07Z")
Welcome, **Eeess** , to the happiest place on earth™\* \*Not actually the happiest place on earth. SDMB should not be combined with alcohol or used while driving. Excessive use of SDMB may cause hair loss, infertility or the inability to pronounce the word “raincheck”. No animals were harmed in the creation of this post, unless you count my bird, who’s been quite neglected lately, and has learned to fetch his own food from the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/8 "2005-01-17T14:13:27Z")
**cue the goat** Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Mysjkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mysjkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mysjkin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/9 "2005-01-17T17:11:13Z")
And this is my first one. Thought I’d post it in this thread instead of making a new one. About infertility, I think there could be a risk if you have your laptop on your lap (like me right now). ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/10 "2005-01-17T17:15:32Z")
The infertility seems to be a side effect of the umm…welcome ritual. The goat has been bored as of late so good luck. Can you two hang on a sec? The orange jello hasn’t set yet. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/11 "2005-01-17T17:17:22Z")
_hauls out the welcoming goat, calamari, lollipops, etc._ Welcome, welcome! _smooches_ ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/12 "2005-01-17T17:27:15Z")
Hey! I never got any welcome goat, calamari or lollipops! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/13 "2005-01-17T17:46:27Z")
Pssst… Strinka, you should be very, very grateful… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/14 "2005-01-17T17:47:05Z")
Oooh…shouldn’t have admitted THAT! Now you get the goats…with **interest**! The lollipops are really just here because the ball-gags are on backorder. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/15 "2005-01-17T18:15:09Z")
Hello **Eeess**. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/285177/16 "2005-01-17T18:49:40Z")
Interest? I’ve been here a month. Do have a twelfth of a goat or something? And I like calamari. Welcome **Eeess**. Did you just pound on your keyboard when it asked for your username?