# My first post! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 1, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354 "2007-02-01T01:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/1 "2007-02-01T01:13:19Z")
Wow, I never thought I’d see the day. I have lurked the SDMB for so long I was feeling like a member! I am going to try this 30 day free trial, and then I am sure to subscribe. I have spent so many hours in this web-site for the last, what, maybe 8 or 10 years that everyone here feels like family to me! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/2 "2007-02-01T01:31:21Z")
O-tay! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/3 "2007-02-01T01:42:34Z")
Somehow I just knew somebody would make that connection! That made me laugh, although that is not the connection my username comes from. I have a dog, a Black Lab, and his name is Buck. Sometimes I call him Buckwheat. I will always remember now, that Q.E.D. was the first person to respond to my first post! I will never wash this keyboard again! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/4 "2007-02-01T02:01:03Z")
Welcome indeed! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/5 "2007-02-01T02:02:36Z")
I washed my keyboard once. It didn’t make it through the spin cycle. Life is tough. ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/6 "2007-02-01T02:18:05Z")
That’s funny **imthjckaz**. (Testing the bold feature). I feel like I have joined the “cool click” at school. It’s just not right for a man my age to feel as giddy as a little girl about being here! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/7 "2007-02-01T02:20:26Z")
I guess now you can test the edit feature too. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/8 "2007-02-01T02:23:46Z")
You had the tags reversed-- The one with the slash goes at the end, not the beginning. And I think the word you’re looking for is “clique”. What, don’t tell me you didn’t expect to get pedantically corrected once you started posting! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/9 "2007-02-01T02:25:05Z")
[QUOTE=imthjckaz] I guess now you can test the edit feature too. [/QUOTE] Not until he pays up. ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/10 "2007-02-01T02:28:09Z")
Oh I fully expected to be corrected! 😃 Let me try this again… **BOLD** ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/11 "2007-02-01T02:31:06Z")
Thank you **Chronos**. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/12 "2007-02-01T02:32:49Z")
[More vB code tags](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/13 "2007-02-01T03:22:27Z")
Should someone alert **WOOKINPANUB** to this thread? ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/14 "2007-02-01T03:29:31Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] I feel like I have joined the “cool click” at school. It’s just not right for a man my age to feel as giddy as a little girl about being here! [/QUOTE] How long have you lurked and you think **Q.E.D.** is cool? :eek: Man, have YOU not been paying attention. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/15 "2007-02-01T03:34:28Z")
Hey! I am SO cool! 😛 To quote the inimitable and irrepressible Zaphod Beeblebrox, “I’m so cool, you can keep a side of meat in me for month.” ---
**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:** [February 1, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/16 "2007-02-01T03:54:11Z")
Welcome aboard the Dope **Buckwheat**. Congrats on exiting Lurkerdom. I think there is a waiting list for the Squid and the Goats tonight, you might have to settle for room 3. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/17 "2007-02-01T04:07:54Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] How long have you lurked and you think **Q.E.D.** is cool? [/QUOTE] Of course **Q.E.D.** is cool. Haven’t you seen the little light come on when he opens his mouth? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/18 "2007-02-01T05:15:28Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Of course **Q.E.D.** is cool. Haven’t you seen the little light come on when he opens his mouth? [/QUOTE] Like the refrigerator? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/19 "2007-02-01T14:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ruby] Like the refrigerator? [/QUOTE] Maybe more like Uncle Fester 😛 Welcome, **Buckwheat**! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/20 "2007-02-01T14:41:37Z")
Y’all are on my list, just as soon as I can find my crayon! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354.md?page=2)