# Stupid Newbie Question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 8, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301 "2007-12-08T17:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/21 "2007-12-09T14:50:22Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] They’re like extremely bright 4 year-olds, really. [/quote] But they’re _so cute_ at that age. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/22 "2007-12-09T15:40:05Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] _grumble grumble_ [/QUOTE] Don’t grumble. You have clarified stuff I have written about 8,759 times so far. It’s about time I get one. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/23 "2007-12-09T15:48:47Z")
Not to worry. It was only pretend grumbling. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/24 "2007-12-09T16:17:16Z")
[QUOTE=justanoldvet] BINGO! THANKYOU!!! [/QUOTE] Hey, now that it is fixed. . .are you an old _veteran_ or _veterinarian_? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/25 "2007-12-09T17:46:25Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Hey, now that it is fixed. . .are you an old _veteran_ or _veterinarian_? 😕 [/QUOTE] Veteran. ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/26 "2007-12-09T17:51:23Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] “Stupid” is not the same as “unknowing.” You asked for information, that’s not stupid either. Perhaps you will get more satisfaction by editing your profile options. 1. Click on “UserCP” in the blue bar at the top of most every SDMB page. 2. Click on “Edit Options” in the list of things to do on the left hand side. Here you may custom tailor your message board experience as you like. The categories are mostly self-explanatory but ask about anything you don’t understand. What I think you want is down towards the bottom. “Message Editor Interface.” Click for “Standard Editor – Extra formatting controls” in the menu box. Click on “Save Changes.” Go on about your business. See if that makes any difference for you. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE] It turned out to be a thingy ( technical term that ), in Firefox, but thank you nonetheless. ~ You CAN teach an old Frog new tricks; it just takes a while ~ ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/27 "2007-12-10T13:22:08Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Hey, now that it is fixed. . .are you an old _veteran_ or _veterinarian_? 😕 [/QUOTE] He/She coulda been both !!! ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/28 "2007-12-10T13:45:09Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] He/She coulda been both !!! [/QUOTE] Agreed. Note however that “been” would be incorrect after retirement for a veteran, who would _retain_ veteran status. After retirement most _veterinarians_ stop paying state licensure fees and thus they “were once” a veterinarian. So there. 😛 Oh, and welcome **justanoldvet**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/29 "2007-12-10T20:12:20Z")
Smilies on Foxfire come and go, depending on the update. I noticed earlier last week, they were disallowed, but now they are back. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/30 "2007-12-12T03:00:35Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Agreed. Note however that “been” would be incorrect after retirement for a veteran, who would _retain_ veteran status. After retirement most _veterinarians_ stop paying state licensure fees and thus they “were once” a veterinarian. So there. 😛 Oh, and welcome **justanoldvet**. 😉 [/QUOTE] …grumble grumble… boy, you try to pay someone a compliment around here… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/31 "2007-12-12T13:55:30Z")
😃 hehe. sorry, bud. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301/32 "2007-12-12T19:42:22Z")
If, OTOH, you’d been a licensed vet before volunteering for duty in Iraq training bomb-sniffing dogs, then your civillian license to practice veterinary medicine expired while you were overseas, then you returned to private practice and renewed, you’d have to change your name to **VetExVetVetVet**. I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301.md?page=1)