I'm a relative newbie on the site too, I've had the rise taken outta me too, well they tried, but when they thought I'd swallowed it hook line and sinker, I didn't spit my dummy out, I just spat the hook out and took it in good part. After all, I had read the stickies (apologies to the more senior members for doing that), I'd had a good look at many of the threads and I saw the way that some people were getting flamed, usually for asking questions without doing a search on the site first or filling in their first introduction post with demands for advice.
I knew what I was taking on when I joined the site!
There seems to me to be just three types of members here:
- Those who will answer questions for as long as they're asked; they've got the patience of Job; not many of them though, but they do contribute.
- Those who will answer questions freely but like most of us get a bit fed up with answering the same thing week in, week out, but they too contribute, and have some fun while doing it.
- Those who join the site ask their questions without looking first, expect an immediate answer then vanishing into the sunset without even a thank you.
On the dreaded subject of round, black rubber things for wheels (no use of the "T" word here) that was one of the first things I realised about the site, seek and you will find, don't just jump in asking without searching.
There are so many variables to the subject, and it is such a personal choice, finances, projected uses, sizes, styles and so on the only sensible thing to do is discuss it with a local supplier/fitter.
They say "there's no such thing as a dumb question, except the one that isn't asked". But when the question has been asked and answered dozens of times before, you can't blame the seniors for getting the flame throwers out.
Basically, it's all about contributing ... give and take!
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