Why won't new members post?

This comes from a person that’s lurked around this board, and various other boards since finding the Hubbard site in 2000 or so. When it comes down to it there are, at least in my mind, really only 3 reasons to post. A) an innovation B) a problem or C) to brag. So, just how many innovations are there recently? How many problems are there that haven’t occurred in the past and been addressed? And how many people are there that either really NEED to brag or are equipped enough to actually claim the title of being the largest? Granted there are some, probably quite a few actually, that post just to shoot the breeze, or just to break up the boredom, but for the most part if you were on here to shoot the breeze, you wouldn’t be a “new member” for long. The question does remind me of a saying that I was told once something to the effect of “keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you a fool, but open your mouth and prove them correct”.

I guess that makes me C all the way, unless there’s a D and maybe an E. I think I might be an F actually.

I like your username btw. Ever come across Jelly Monsters?

Well I’ve never posted before because I don’t have anything to add at this point. I spent a lot of time reading before the registration opened up. Since there is no search function for people who aren’t registered, I had to read almost every single thread to make sure I wasn’t missing something important.

I’ve started and I feel like I’ve made some progress, but I’m not planning on measuring for quite awhile. Thanks to everyone here for always providing such useful information.

Welcome to the forum rickym.

>I had to read almost every single thread to make sure I wasn’t missing something important.<

I read the whole of Main Members, the whole Newbie Forum, and most of the Hangers Forum before I started posting :)

(Hey this is a “C” post).

>I’m not planning on measuring for quite awhile<

Why not? How will you judge whether it is working if you don’t measure frequently?

Vic20, I am that way with other forums I belong to. I only post to ask/answer a question. I don’t know how I got sucked into this place. :)

Too much vacuum pressure, that’s how I got sucked in :)

How about - “Bullshit doesn’t interest me.”

I want to do the newbie routine for about a month and then assess my progress. I think if I were to measure on a weekly basis and did not really progress, I would be tempted to jump to something more advanced.

OK, that makes sense. I thought you weren’t going to measure for 6 months or something (some people don’t).

Personally I measured all the time, post routine (to check efficacy), every week to check gains, and every month to record gains.

Yeah I think “quite awhile” sounds a little more ominous than just a month.

:)

I don’t post alot because I don’t know how to type.I only use one finger and I have to search the keyboard to find the letters I want.It takes me forever just to type a sentence. This place is great though.I’m glad I found it.

Here’s a perfect example of why I never post: I was watching TV last night and saw an ad for Enzyte, and thought, “Hey, I should ask everyone on Thunder’s if they’ve tried it or heard anything about it.” So I log on today and noticed there was already a thread in the “Latest Threads” column titled, “Enzyte, how well does it work?” All my questions are answered before I even have to ask! Which in this case probably saved me about a hundred bucks.

:)

The other thing is is you search on a topic, you’ll probably find a series of threads that aren’t in the new threads list.

frankiepunk,

I’ll bet only a small percentage of people here can touch type. I learnt touch typing but reverted to my journalist level B typing (four fingers and a thumb, journalist level A is 2 fingers and a thumb).

Of course most of my posts are complete twaddle, so I maybe type faster because of that.

I agree with what you said, DW. I don’t seem to write very eloquently and I am just a silly child for thinking I will be laughed at. But I agree with you so very much on the things you said. I am going to get laughed at for sure, but I’m not interested in having a man that is eight inches long and has this tremendous girth. I would rip! I am not the world’s greatest lover, but I “Love” my husband deeply. Our life is not all about sex. I love Thunders. It has given me a chance to vent myself.

Ok, I’m ready for :smack: now.