The best way to avoid getting flammed is to come in often and get aquainted just as the rest of us did.Insinuating that this is some sort of club open to only the insiders is simply not true. Wanna know something? ASK.Just be aware of the impact on people whom you don't know, and who don't know you.What you meant, and how it is heard are often two different things.

I remember when I first discovered the Mudcat. Didn't know the first thing about it, but over time I learned just by being a regular. In time, I was accepted, and all I did was not piss anyone off.