03-23-2017, 12:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-23-2017, 12:54 AM by NovemberRain.)
Hello and welcome, Furyan66! 
Yes, life and those curve balls! Sometimes I feel like I'm playing the old game "dodge ball", I'm the target, and there are kids with balls to throw at me, yet no basketballs or those rust colored rubber balls the school had back when I was a kid. What they have instead are balls made of metal! And just when I think "Phew! Finally the game is over!" more kids show up.
You will find that this is a very well-managed forum, and that there are so many wonderful members always willing to help.
The rules are the most important thing. Even long term members read them again and again, often before they post. I too, read them again and again.
Also, my known mantra on here is "READ! READ! READ!"
You will learn more by reading, than asking questions. I am not saying you cannot ask a question, but most can be answered by reading as much as you can on here. Even threads that don't seem like they will interest you. In that very thread, you may often find an answer to a question you had, or find out about something you had been worried about, etc. This has happened to me so many, many times! I am still reading threads.
Since you have been lurking, I am sure you have been reading. Read as much as you can. Whenever you are on the forum, read, read, read. That is something that will serve you VERY well on this forum.
Trust me: The more you read on here, the more you learn, and the more you'll find answers to your questions. Even questions you think you'll never be able to figure out the answer to. And you'll find your answers to those questions without ever even having to ask.
I remember when I first joined I'd be reading and I had so many questions and I'd be thinking "WHATTTTT?" and "I just don't get it!" "How...?" And "What does this person mean?"
So I read. And read. And then re-read. Often from start to finish on a certain thread. And many times the answer I was seeking was on the first page of the thread, yet I had missed it, until I went through the thread again, reading all of it.
Welcome again and glad to have you here!
Abigail
Yes, life and those curve balls! Sometimes I feel like I'm playing the old game "dodge ball", I'm the target, and there are kids with balls to throw at me, yet no basketballs or those rust colored rubber balls the school had back when I was a kid. What they have instead are balls made of metal! And just when I think "Phew! Finally the game is over!" more kids show up.
You will find that this is a very well-managed forum, and that there are so many wonderful members always willing to help.
The rules are the most important thing. Even long term members read them again and again, often before they post. I too, read them again and again.
Also, my known mantra on here is "READ! READ! READ!"
You will learn more by reading, than asking questions. I am not saying you cannot ask a question, but most can be answered by reading as much as you can on here. Even threads that don't seem like they will interest you. In that very thread, you may often find an answer to a question you had, or find out about something you had been worried about, etc. This has happened to me so many, many times! I am still reading threads.
Since you have been lurking, I am sure you have been reading. Read as much as you can. Whenever you are on the forum, read, read, read. That is something that will serve you VERY well on this forum.
Trust me: The more you read on here, the more you learn, and the more you'll find answers to your questions. Even questions you think you'll never be able to figure out the answer to. And you'll find your answers to those questions without ever even having to ask.
I remember when I first joined I'd be reading and I had so many questions and I'd be thinking "WHATTTTT?" and "I just don't get it!" "How...?" And "What does this person mean?"
So I read. And read. And then re-read. Often from start to finish on a certain thread. And many times the answer I was seeking was on the first page of the thread, yet I had missed it, until I went through the thread again, reading all of it.
Welcome again and glad to have you here!
Abigail