I'm Ingrid.. the username kinda tells that...

My noob experiences is kinda simular to Tracies here, I started lurking here in May, then I decided to sign up, but didn't post much the first month. Then I started posting a lot, I made a lot of friends, and most of my good online friends are people I've met through this board.

The best advice to noobs is to just lurk around for a while, figure out how the board works, and don't get pissed just because a mod closes your thread. There are times when threads are closed for stupid reasons imho, but that isn't really that often. And no wonder the mods get annoyed with people at times when you see them same thing happen over and over again, yet no one seems to learn anything, or listen to what the mods tell you.