# Test post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 5, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307 "2001-07-05T06:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NotBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NotBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/1 "2001-07-05T06:31:15Z")
This is my first post of all time! Just trying to get the hang of it before i make a fool of my self. ---
**Author:** ![NotBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NotBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/2 "2001-07-05T06:38:13Z")
Now I am replying to my self. This seems to happen a lot. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/3 "2001-07-05T06:42:06Z")
Hi NotBob, welcome to the board. Abby ---
**Author:** ![NotBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NotBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/4 "2001-07-05T06:46:00Z")
Thank you Abby. I have been reading the posts on the SDMB for a few months now and finally decided try and contribute. Your welcome is muchly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/5 "2001-07-05T06:50:32Z")
How funny, you’ve been lurking longer than I’ve even known about the board! I only lurked a week or two and registered at the end of May. I bet you’ll enjoy yourself here. I sure do. Abby ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/6 "2001-07-05T06:51:39Z")
Well, I know you aren’t Bob, so welcome whoever you are…unless you you thought we wouldn’t suspect you were Bob because of that trick name of yours. Well don’t think for a New York second that’s gonna fool an old dog myself. I’m keeping an eye on you BOB! You slip up for one second and your history. Hear me? FINISHED!!! ---
**Author:** ![NotBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NotBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/7 "2001-07-05T06:58:25Z")
Really, I am not bob. The name came about after a friend a few years back named a character in…hmm…DND, BoB. So in retaliation I named one NotBob. Just kind of stuck from there. BTW the real name is Nathan. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/8 "2001-07-05T07:19:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NotBob \* > \*\*Really, I am not bob. The name came about after a friend a few years back named a character in…hmm…DND, BoB. So in retaliation I named one NotBob. Just kind of stuck from there. > BTW the real name is Nathan. > \*\* 😃 Yeah, sure, right. We believe you! [aside to the guys in white jackets] Psst! Hey buddy, call the new mate Nathan, ok? [/aside to the guys in white jackets] Abby [sub] I’m not telling anyone my real name, you’ll have to figure it out, [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![NotBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NotBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/9 "2001-07-05T07:24:49Z")
I am liking this place already! Probably NotBob, but who can tell? ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/10 "2001-07-05T07:34:38Z")
Hi there, **NotBob** (a.k.a. “Nathan”). Be sure and click on the link at the very bottom of the screen (or at the top, if you’re at the “Post Reply” screen) that says “vb code is On.” This will open up a new window that tutors you on how to bold, italicize, underline, superscript, etc. your posts. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/11 "2001-07-05T07:35:25Z")
Hey Nathan [sub]or Bob or whoever you are[/sub] some guy in a brown shirt and short pants just handed me this package to give you. It appears to be your SDMB training wheels and provisional license. Nice pic, BTW. Now that you have them, you can post to other threads too! Abby [sub]I’m still not telling anyone my name.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/12 "2001-07-06T00:13:53Z")
sig test ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/13 "2001-07-11T08:53:19Z")
Hey, I finally created a sig! ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/14 "2001-07-11T08:55:11Z")
And I forgot to check the box. DOH! ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/15 "2001-07-11T08:57:02Z")
Grrrrrrrrr! One more time… ---
**Author:** ![Neon\_Frying\_Pan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dfb087/32.png) [@Neon\_Frying\_Pan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neon_Frying_Pan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/16 "2001-07-11T21:47:46Z")
\\Well, actually the post is basically a rant ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307/17 "2001-07-12T08:06:54Z")
Dear Bill, Make yourself at home, you’ll find some Milo in the pantry. Uncle Les and I should be back about 10.30. If you lie on the bed **please remember to take your shoes off first** as your brother got the eiderdown a bit grubby last year. love, Aunty May