# Timidly Posting First Time... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 20, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750 "2005-01-20T17:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/1 "2005-01-20T17:34:07Z")
Been lurking and enjoying this board for months, so I thought I would practice post here before I make an attempt here before entering the deep end (aka where the extremely itelligent and scary people post) šŸ™‚ After proofreading this 4 times I am still scared to hit submitā€¦I gotta get a back bone! ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/2 "2005-01-20T17:35:18Z")
> [@Mint Julep](#): > > Been lurking and enjoying this board for months, so I thought I would practice post here before I make an attempt here before entering the deep end (aka where the extremely itelligent and scary people post) šŸ™‚ > After proofreading this 4 times I am still scared to hit submitā€¦I gotta get a back bone! And I still butchered itā€¦Not ready for The BBQ Pit huh? Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/3 "2005-01-20T18:38:56Z")
Donā€™t worry about a few smelling pistakes, apart from myself most people make them. ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/4 "2005-01-20T19:04:15Z")
Thank you Vetch. I am not sure my IQ is high enough to even be here (no MENSA membership in my pocket) but I will try to keep the grammar correct and the thoughts as insightful as my mind will allow šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/5 "2005-01-20T19:40:00Z")
> [@Mint Julep](#): > > Thank you Vetch. > > I am not sure my IQ is high enough to even be here (no MENSA membership in my pocket) but I will try to keep the grammar correct and the thoughts as insightful as my mind will allow šŸ˜‰ Well somebody has to **ASK** the questions! ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/6 "2005-01-20T21:04:54Z")
> [@Mint Julep](#): > > After proofreading this 4 times I am still scared to hit submitā€¦ Oh,relax, youā€™re amoong friends. Iā€™ve posted plenty of times with typos I noticed to late and nobody has ā€œsaidā€ a word. (I didnā€™t even correct ā€œamoongā€ or put in a space after the first comma above. I guess Iā€™m getting less perfectionistic.) Having someone here with a wide-eyed ā€œkittenā€ look can only help people like me look smaret. ā€¦And some days I need all the help I can getā€¦ šŸ™‚ * * * True Blue Jack ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/7 "2005-01-20T21:51:30Z")
> [@Mint Julep](#): > > Thank you Vetch. > > I am not sure my IQ is high enough to even be here (no MENSA membership in my pocket) but I will try to keep the grammar correct and the thoughts as insightful as my mind will allow šŸ˜‰ Donā€™t worry, there are plenty of us on the short bus. Just look at [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266994) . You are not alone. Donā€™t bump that thread, itā€™s old. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/8 "2005-01-20T21:57:19Z")
If itā€™s spelling youā€™re worried about, just get over to [ieSpell](http://www.iespell.com) for a freeware utility that provides one-click relief for all you spelling woes. Canā€™t recommend it enough. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/9 "2005-01-20T22:04:17Z")
:smack: Spelling errors, but not grammatical errors! ---
**Author:** ![Calabi\_Yau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Calabi\_Yau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calabi_Yau)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/10 "2005-01-20T22:23:19Z")
> [@Mint Julep](#): > > Been lurking and enjoying this board for months, so I thought I would practice post here before I make an attempt here before entering the deep end (aka where the extremely itelligent and scary people post) šŸ™‚ > After proofreading this 4 times I am still scared to hit submitā€¦I gotta get a back bone! Itā€™s OK, donā€™t worry, when theyā€™ve finished with you thereā€™ll be hardly a blood stain left. šŸ˜‰ I joined just a couple of hours before you, so I, too, have felt the FEAR! In other news; the best thing I have seen on these boards so far is ā€œGaudereā€™s Lawā€. Genius in itā€™s simplicity, and proven post after post. Oh, and mind the goat. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/11 "2005-01-20T22:39:22Z")
Welcome, **Mint** , glad to have you with us, and donā€™t worry: timidity in defense of virtue is no something-or-other. Gaudereā€™s Law is that anyone posting to correct someone elseā€™s grammatical errors will, themselves, make a grammatical or spelling error in that nitpicking post. One of the things that most of us have learned from these boards is to see beyond spelling and grammar. My own grammar, alas, is dead, and soā€™s my grampar. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timidly-posting-first-time/285750/12 "2005-01-21T04:04:24Z")
Well, congratulations for getting off the porch and running with the big dogs! (I lurked for a couple of YEARS before registering! šŸ™‚ ) Welcome a-board!