I promise to help all New Warriors by posting in your threads, Giving free valuable eBooks,+ MORE if

George, this is very generous of you. You're a real stand-up guy. I'd like to
join you in your pledge, though my time is limited these days. But I'll do
what I can.

I'd love to add something to what you said but the truth is, you really pretty
much covered it all and said it a lot better than I ever could.

Sadly, as Jay said, those who need to see this thread never will.

But just maybe it will make a difference to at least one person.

One can only hope.

Yes, yes, yes!

Can we start a petition?

Jay,

After my first cup of Folgers Gourmet Supreme I have to agree with you. While I was typing this I was sure a little band of rag tag Warriors would completely fix the problem. Alas, you are correct Jay. One can dream.
George Wright

Thanks Oscar. So easy once you know how :-)

I had actually done that, but didn't scroll down on the page far enough.

Sandy - George knows we are heckling him only with affection. George is respected by all of us and most of us have learned much from him. His offer is actually one which you will find many a Warrior willing to match. I think it was stated mostly so the newbies can understand more of the tradition of the forum as there are so many others that attempt to be what this place is.......and will never make it. Mostly because of Warriors in the old tradition - like George.

As far as being an older newbie....I've only been online since a few weeks before I accidentally fell into this community and I'm no spring chicken, trust me on that one! I congratulated myself for even figuring out how to post the first time!

As far as the more you learn the more you learn there is to learn......LOL - I've said that so many times, word for word. And no matter how much I learn, I just keep saying it, but never feel inferior because I've never met anyone here yet, no matter what their skill level that isn't muttering the same phrase about some aspect or other about this business. There's a lot more to learn than any one person could ever master in a life time.

But that is part of why this community is so darned vital, too. Because we not only form a support network of people with varied skills outside of our own capacity, but we make friends and friendships can become JV's of partners who have skills we lack but together form highly skilled teams.

I can honestly say that almost everything I have learned about IM, I've learned right here, and I have been extremely blessed in having some personal attention from some very expert Warriors. They gave to me without hesitation and I know the help infringed on their own time. How could I not respect and cherish these wonderful people? The only means I have to show my appreciation is to answer those pm's when they come in and do my best to share my limited knowledge when able and just every once in awhile, I find that I get to be the one who helps one of them in my own fields of expertise...which I can guarantee you isn't technology!

If you are not shy, you will find that there will be times, no matter how new you are, that you will be the one with the expert information that someone else needs, so never let being a newbie throw you off balance. And please recognize that sometimes when you see bickering or a little light hearted harrassment, it is often done via the comfort of friendship.

It's the truth though that we need to do a little searching to avoid the same old questions all the time. There's many days you can come into the main forum lately and see the same question posted several times on the first page alone. There's one right now about ezinearticles.com that's been posted 3 to 4 times today. It doesn't hurt anyone, new or not, to at least take a cruise through the first few pages and join with any relevant threads they find instead of posting their own totally new one. It would sure help get the questions answered more efficiently.

LOL - so you mean I gotta get my mind sorted out!!! nobody told me.. darn it!