# New here.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664 "2016-10-25T04:51:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/41 "2016-10-25T20:00:58Z")
> [@Libbey](#): > > Ah! I was debating between there and here. I had a 50/50 shot, but I failed! > > Thank you for letting me know! Well, as long as you took the shot, you didn’t fail. However, you may have missed. But since there is now here and I’m slow to catch up on my required reading (again)\* might I ask if the previous here was Great Debates? > [@jtur88](#): > > I’m going to assume that Libbey is perceived to be female. I can’t recall dopers getting all huggy over new male posters introducing themselves. Yeah, didn’t happen for me, either. But, then again, I broke protocol and just posted some responses and a question that turned into a flamestorm. So people know little about me and only from what they glean from my exceedingly colorful posts. In any case, [COLOR=DarkGreen]Wilkommen Fraulein![/COLOR] –G! \*Which is why I thought the ice scream was choco-late. But perhaps that was last week. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/42 "2016-10-25T20:10:39Z")
> [@Libbey](#): > > …That name “Hbk4894” is familiar to me. I have seen many, many questions posted by him/her during my lurking, so many that it kind of made me tired… You ain’t the only one sister. Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![Libbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Libbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libbey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/43 "2016-10-25T20:17:44Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > Well, as long as you took the shot, you didn’t fail. However, you may have missed. > But since there is now here and I’m slow to catch up on my required reading (again)\* might I ask if the previous here was Great Debates? > Yeah, didn’t happen for me, either. But, then again, I broke protocol and just posted some responses and a question that turned into a flamestorm. > So people know little about me and only from what they glean from my exceedingly colorful posts. > > In any case, [COLOR=DarkGreen]Wilkommen Fraulein![/COLOR] > > –G! > \*Which is why I thought the ice scream was choco-late. But perhaps that was last week. Well, I definitely failed to obtain the better side of that 50%. Oh well, at least I tried! Not exactly sure what you mean by Great Debates, but this is my first time joining this board. Thank you for the warm welcome. I look forward to reading your colorful posts! ---
**Author:** ![Libbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Libbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libbey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/44 "2016-10-25T20:19:08Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You ain’t the only one sister. > > Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. This made me laugh. Thank you for that! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/45 "2016-10-25T20:56:19Z")
> [@Libbey](#): > > This made me laugh. Thank you for that! I’ll have the last laugh. * * * Sent from my Samsung Note 7 ---
**Author:** ![Libbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Libbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libbey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/46 "2016-10-25T20:59:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ll have the last laugh. > > * * * > > Sent from my Samsung Note 7 And you’re welcome to it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/47 "2016-10-25T21:50:58Z")
> [@Libbey](#): > > Whew. Tough crowd here! > Sorry if I did not follow proper form, I figured I would post a bit first before anything. > So no mud fetishes, though. > In my 30’s, have been lurking because I have had a very rough year, including the loss of my father, and moving, among other things. I was more in a mode to lurk, rather than to post. Sorry to hear that. I lost my sister a couple of years ago, and then my brother last year. Most recently, my brother-in-law a couple of weeks ago, and now it looks like my first cousin is going to cash in his chips very soon. Too much in too short a time. ---
**Author:** ![Libbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Libbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libbey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/48 "2016-10-25T22:04:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sorry to hear that. I lost my sister a couple of years ago, and then my brother last year. Most recently, my brother-in-law a couple of weeks ago, and now it looks like my first cousin is going to cash in his chips very soon. Too much in too short a time. So very, very sorry to hear that. My heart goes out to you. Losses like that are so freaking tough. There are no words. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts. In addition to my Dad, I have had other family members too that have recently suffered from cancer, and have unfortunately not won their battles either. Got to love genetics sometimes. Too much in a short time is so hard, you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/49 "2016-10-25T22:06:57Z")
> [@Libbey](#): > > And you’re welcome to it! 🙂 No, you take it.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Libbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Libbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libbey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/50 "2016-10-25T22:15:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > No, you take it.☹ I just couldn’t! It is all yours! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/51 "2016-10-26T02:07:40Z")
Sorry about the ice scream… That was a weird auto-correct, I think because my keyboard was set to French. The dessert is frisky but harmless. Well, _mostly_ harmless. And I’m so sorry to hear of the deaths in your families. I went through a period like that, and it’s rough. ---
**Author:** ![Libbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Libbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libbey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/52 "2016-10-26T02:21:13Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Sorry about the ice scream… That was a weird auto-correct, I think because my keyboard was set to French. The dessert is frisky but harmless. Well, _mostly_ harmless. > > And I’m so sorry to hear of the deaths in your families. I went through a period like that, and it’s rough. Heh, oh it is OK, those pesky keyboards have a mind of their own sometimes! 🙂 And thank you for your kind words. It has been very rough, indeed. Sorry that you have had to go through it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/53 "2016-10-26T15:51:56Z")
Good morning, Libbey, and welcome to the Straight Dope! I am relatively new here, and there are many Dopers who have been here a long time. I hope you enjoy being an active participant here, it is a good place to learn and grow. It has for me. ---
**Author:** ![Libbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Libbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libbey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/54 "2016-10-26T18:38:03Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Good morning, Libbey, and welcome to the Straight Dope! I am relatively new here, and there are many Dopers who have been here a long time. I hope you enjoy being an active participant here, it is a good place to learn and grow. It has for me. Good afternoon! Thank you for the warm welcome, it is nice to “meet” another new person, though you are not as new as me! From all the reading I did, I can tell this is a great place. Just have to get completely out of lurking mode and start posting more. I am getting there! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664/55 "2016-10-27T20:18:47Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You would like it, like it, like it, on our table, table, table! > [@Libbey](#): > > Ha. I like this greeting! Thank you! I think I probably would like it at this table… Just in case you don’t [get the reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs1e2PPqTOE), here’s a blast from the past. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here/769664.md?page=2)