Thread for new guys looking for advice

[Tommy]

Hi. I'm a new guy who knows nothing about Cobras except I want one some day. Yada yada yada yada ........

Threads that begin this way come along all the time. We could save everyone including the new guys a lot of time by having a section called "New guys looking for basic info." After the first half dozen guys post the same thread and get the same answers, it would become a reference point for future new guys.

[trularin]

Or, they could learn to use the search engine in the system.

[Tommy]

That's the way we do it now. The new guy starts a thread. A few kind old heads tell him to use the search engine or give him a link to one of the better old threads. There's nothing wrong with this approach other than it takes up peoples' time that could be used otherwise.

[clayfoushee]

Good idea. Then, we could just tell them to look in the "thread for new guys looking for advice" instead of just telling them to use the search function.

[Excaliber]

Good point Clay! Yet another to 'blow off' the new guy (hey, just kidding)!