# Newbie here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670 "2002-10-31T06:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/21 "2002-11-01T03:49:46Z")
Warm welcome, **Leg** and **Siegfried**! I hope you enjoy your stay, and that your stay is a long one! ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/22 "2002-11-01T03:55:42Z")
Oh, rats…I missed a bunch of others…Well, warm welcome to you all, too. **garius** , **Tupug Anachi** , (what am I missing about your user name?) AND **Winston Smith** …my best wishes for a long and happy life…both here on the board, and elsewhere. [sub]There, did I redeem myself?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Triss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Triss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triss)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/23 "2002-11-01T04:03:38Z")
:: 'nother newbie chimes in :: Hey, Leg. Hey, everyone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/24 "2002-11-01T04:24:42Z")
Ok, first of all: Mentally go through your daily schedule. Know that portion that is penned in as “sleep”? Erase that. Put in SDMB. It’s worth it. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/25 "2002-11-01T04:31:19Z")
Ok, first of all: Mentally go through your daily schedule. Know that portion that is penned in as “sleep”? Erase that. Put in SDMB. It’s worth it. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/26 "2002-11-01T04:33:09Z")
Oh, and double posts are a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/27 "2002-11-01T06:09:42Z")
Welcome **Leg** , from another newbie! **clayton\_e** : can you dispatch me a crack-ho, doubletime?? I’m DESPERATE! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/28 "2002-11-01T06:37:53Z")
Hello, **Leg**! If you haven’t already lurked for a while, you may want to do that before jumping in. It helps to lurk in order to get the feel of a place. I did that for _months_ before registering. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/29 "2002-11-01T07:00:17Z")
Welcome, both! Intellectual? Well, they let me post. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/30 "2002-11-01T07:19:39Z")
Yeah, and they even let you sing a couple tunes, too… Absolute proof the Beatles used drugs quite heavily. 😉 [sub]Sorry, I just got in a Bill Hicks mood fer a minute there.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Leg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@Leg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leg)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/31 "2002-11-01T08:02:50Z")
Thanks all. I can’t seem to access the forums half the time…maybe the server is overloaded…? Hmm…I need to sleep…been feeling especially tired the past couple days even though I’ve had a decent amount of sleep…maybe it’s the weather getting rainy + such. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/32 "2002-11-01T08:49:30Z")
Indeed, the server is, well… stressed, quite frequently. Nose about in ATMB (About This Message Board) and you’ll find a metric truckload of threads discussing the situation, as well as possible solutions, and the possible solution that’s apparently in the works at the moment. **clay** ’s dead on. Sleep is about to become a nostalgic memory for ya. Enjoy. [sub]Oh, and howdy, too. Forgot me manners while channeling Bill, there.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Biba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Biba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biba)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/33 "2002-11-01T14:12:09Z")
Hello Leg and Siegfried, from another lurker!! I just don’t get around to posting, there’s too much to read… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/34 "2002-11-01T14:45:31Z")
Funny, I don’t FEEL channeled! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/35 "2002-11-01T16:17:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Leg \* > \*\*Hey everyone! > > The forums seem semi-intellectual at times, so I thought I should join… > –Leg > (the name is from an Arzachel song, which has one of my fav guitar “solos” in it) \*\* Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/36 "2002-11-01T23:41:51Z")
Welcome, from another newbie! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/37 "2002-11-02T00:34:17Z")
Welcome! I look forward to getting to know you all. There are two things I should warn you about. First, this place has been referred to as “cybercrack.” When you find you know people on this board better than you do some people in real life and refer to them in real life, you’ll know you’re hooked! Bwu-ha-ha-ha-ha!! 😃 Second, there are rumours that we eat our young. Don’t worry, polite folks like you are safe, but examples of such usually appear in the Pit. Also, we don’t actually eat our young – we feed them to the hamsters who run the Board. I’m told it’s good for their diet. 😉 Enjoy your stay! We’ve got some of the finest people in the world on this Board. CJ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670.md?page=1)