On an unrelated mouse note- I would like to return to the point the original OP made about you lot ( not me I hasten to add ) being 'orrible and mean to newbies.
I would like to ask that this cease and desists for the month of December .
In October it was Stoptober - a month dedicated to stopping smoking. In November it's Movember- a month dedicated to men growing dreadful tashes under the pretense that its for charity.
I would ask that December we all be nice to newbies - we get them to stay , we widen the gene pool for me to fish in - so it's going to be known as 110ember- a month dedicated to helping facilitate getting 110w laid