How to Get Started: Advice from one Newbie to other Newbies

[Beowulf65]

WOW! TM that was a great post, personally I think it should be on the Main Page, very very good write up. Seems we have another great mind in the Pack.
While I have a little knowledge on the outdoors I am always learning here, everytime I get on here I learn something new.
Anyway I can help anyone out let me know and TM glad that something I posted helped you.
Beo,

[Old GI]

Originally Posted by Rick

I second that...

At the risk of repeating myself - Rick, you are a baaaaaddddd mannnnnn!

[Nativedude]

TucsonMax,

I have been quite busy this summer and have not posted here much, so first I will say welcome to the insanity.

Secondly, that is a very well thought out and beautifully executed post. Much applause!

Personally, I believe the you will be a great asset to the forum and you've learned the how-to and have laid a solid foundation on which to build your house of survival knowledge. It should be very sturdy as learning is an ever evolving and growing process.

Good Luck!

[Icemancometh]

From another newbie, that was very insightful. The devil is in the details.

[smhg]

TucsonMax,

I am still a bumbling idiot (I liked that term in your post) and am trying to learn so I can move to Newbie status.

Thanks for writing an excellent post. Though I've been a member here since earlier this year, I took a hiatus while getting settled into my new, very concrete, South American living environment. We are hoping to get some country land soon so I am just now getting back into trying to learn, and am putting together goals for a 1-year survival plan for a family of 6 (including 4 kids ages 6 & under.)

For some of us who are also trying to put together 1-pagers, do you have a blog or site where you post any of the information you've put together?

[crashdive123]

Smhg - you should pick Pict's brain when you see him on line. He just moved back to Brazil last week.

[smhg]

Crashdive123 - thanks! He has sent a note to me back in April when I joined and I finally wrote back the other day when I came back to the forum. Brazil is a very different kind of place and it is hard to find the things I need/want. I will for sure be picking his brain for tips.

[TucsonMax]

Originally Posted by smhg-in-brazil

For some of us who are also trying to put together 1-pagers, do you have a blog or site where you post any of the information you've put together?

smhg:
Thanks for your kind words.
I hadn't thought of posting my 1-pagers. They need cleaning-up and some more work to make sense, but a good idea. I'll work on in after the 1st.

[Bladen]

heres a tiny thought: if you dont know anything about the topic youre posting to, maybe it would be best to not post at all.

if youre going to inject a bit of humor thats just fine with me. i think we all like the humor around here.

but ive read post after post after post where a guy asks a question and 10 people feel the need to say "sorry, i dont know anything about that." it makes it pretty hard to sift through to get to a bit of knowledge.

just a thought.

[crashdive123]

Originally Posted by Bladen

heres a tiny thought: if you dont know anything about the topic youre posting to, maybe it would be best to not post at all.

if youre going to inject a bit of humor thats just fine with me. i think we all like the humor around here.

but ive read post after post after post where a guy asks a question and 10 people feel the need to say "sorry, i dont know anything about that." it makes it pretty hard to sift through to get to a bit of knowledge.

just a thought.

It's a trade off. If somebody asks a question to which folks that are on-line do not know the answer ---- we've been accused of ignoring somebody because they were new, or asked a "dumb" question. It's not the case, but it seems to happen a lot if no responses are received.