# Newbie hello **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306 "2000-04-19T23:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/41 "2000-04-20T16:58:00Z")
Besides, I have a sneaking suspicion you _already know the answer to that question._ šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/42 "2000-04-21T05:50:00Z")
Eh, UncleBeer doesnā€™t know anything. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/43 "2000-04-21T05:58:00Z")
Welcome geobabe! ---
**Author:** ![iceprincess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e495f1/32.png) [@iceprincess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iceprincess)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/44 "2000-04-20T18:28:00Z")
Hey there GeoBabe. Being a newbie myself (the term ā€œnewbieā€ just brings to mind ā€œickle firsties!!ā€) Iā€™m not too experienced, and still going through my lurking stage. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your time here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/45 "2000-04-20T20:12:00Z")
Welcome to the MB, Geobabe. Sounds like youā€™ll be a welcome addition here. And, as stated in another thread, Iā€™ve had a crush on you for quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/46 "2000-04-20T20:23:00Z")
Another Newbie hereā€¦ I was just wondering when & where to introduce myselfā€“Iā€™ve done a little lurking too, but it just made me scared! Any tips out there? * * * ā€œItā€™s not death I fear so much as leaving something so beautiful as life.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/47 "2000-04-20T21:16:00Z")
Hi Geobabe (and hi Sunshine) Iā€™m a newbie too, and you are so right that it helps to lurk a bit first. Oh, Sunshine - get to know who the regulars are (Wally et al) and show them some respect. Some people havenā€™t recently and boy are they feeling the brunt (at least I hope they are) Geobabe - it must be time for those stories! My father was in the Navy for 24 years so Iā€™m sure Iā€™ve heard worse (but possibly not better) Rock on šŸ˜ƒ * * * The Scots - never trust a race whose national dress includes a concealed knife. ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/48 "2000-04-21T11:52:00Z")
Just another lurking Newbieā€¦ :eek: But hello to all! * * * ā€œIf we knew what we were doing, it would not be called research.ā€ - Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/49 "2000-04-21T14:32:00Z")
To the other newbies around here, if youā€™re looking for helpful hints, I suggest [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000923.html). * * * The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between the lightning and the lightning bug. Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/50 "2000-04-21T15:32:00Z")
Holy spittle, Batman! Look at all the newsters in here. So, Iā€™m guessing, since I donā€™t have any bagels, that you people werenā€™t yold you were sā€™posed to bring breakfast today. Hmmph. Damned lousy moderators. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/51 "2000-04-21T16:08:00Z")
I did send chocolate to Lynn for moving the thread, but I donā€™t know nothinā€™ about no bagels. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/52 "2000-04-21T16:11:00Z")
I guess Iā€™ll just have to suffer along here. Although it _is_ time for lunch now. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/53 "2000-04-21T16:28:00Z")
Where do I send my bagels? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/54 "2000-04-21T16:33:00Z")
[rseaney@teamsigma.com](mailto:rseaney@teamsigma.com) ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/55 "2000-04-22T05:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Geobabe: > \*\*To the other newbies around here, if youā€™re looking for helpful hints, I suggest [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000923.html). > > \*\* Very helpful! Thanks, Geo. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306/56 "2000-04-24T04:25:00Z")
Welcome newbies, come on in. But watch for toes - donā€™t step on any. #1 rule - donā€™t be a jerk. All else is learn as you go. Sunshine said: > [@](#): > > I was just wondering when & where to introduce myselfā€“Iā€™ve done a little lurking too, but it just made me scared! > > Any tips out there? Too late now! Some possible advice - stay out of the Pit until you know some people and they know you. Less likely to have unrecoverable exchanges. (Me, I donā€™t go there at all.) Be easy on the ā€œsmartassā€ until people get to know you. Same reason. Or you can follow Katā€™s plan in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/006642.html) and pick a reg, follow them around posting extravagant praise in every post they post in. šŸ˜‰ (Just heaping some extravagant praise on Kat.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-hello/16306.md?page=2)