To not have a clue here?

[mutznutz]

Hi all, I'm new here 'waves' and for the life of me I can't work this out despite going through the settings...so I'm just going to come straight out and ask ya all!!

Is there a way of knowing that a thread you've read or posted on has been updated? Or do you just have to remember the name of the last person who posted and then look to see if it's changed?

I know there's buttons up the top there ^ that say 'I started' or 'Last 15 mins' etc...but is there no little icon next to the thread title to simply show it's been updated since the last time you clicked it?

Oh and if there's any kind of weird initiation ceremony for newbies...involving goats blood and midgets let's just get on with it

Hello and welcome

I find the easiest way is to bookmark a thread you're on, then when you click on Threads I'm On you can see if it's been posted on since you posted.

Get stuck in - no initiation necessary!

Well thanks for the welcome Sidge and for the advice!

Sooo...put the goat back in the cupboard and send the midget back to the panto huh? Lol

If there's any baptism of fire, it's your first posting in AIBU, especially if you get a good roasting.

I'd be very interested to see if anyone could turn your benign OP into being offensive somehow, but then if some posters can't find a reason they just make one up

Lmao Agent...as long as it's not a frozen Aunt Bessie roasting I'm up for it!!

If I can ever find my damn thread again of course....

YABVU...can you not read? There's instructions here

Only joking - welcome to Mumsnet

Mutz... 'a frozen aunt bessie roasting'........... is that somewhat similar to a Premier league roasting, only with ice and knitted bloomers???????????

I can't believe you not only said 'midget' but also implied that you'd like to see one fellate a syphilitic goat. YABU. And sick.

I am new too and still struggling with all the abbreviations.. lol!!!

YABU. Syphilitic goats are soooo 2010. Pandas with chlamydia are the way forward.

Thanks Allieight

Oh I do hope so Radar...somehow it would make my visit here a lot more pleasurable LOL!!

And exactly what 'pink bits' of your horse do you love before you start picking apart my sexual desires for goats???

Charliesmummy...I'm not even going to go there with the abbreviations!!

I only do 'lol' 'pmsl' and few of the other 'normal' ones.

I don't call my family 'darling husband' 'darling children' or any other freakin 'darling' so I'll just be posting words like...son/husband/mum/dad etc.

What if no-one understands me? LOL

As long as you don't say hubby or bubs, you'll do just fine.

Hi and welcome.

You can also 'bookmark' your place on a thread. Move your mouse cursor to the bottom right hand corner of the last post on a thread and a wee blue box with "bookmark" should appear (wave your mouse a bit until it turns up). Click this box and it will save your place. The next time you open the thread ("watch" it so you can find it easily), you'll be taken to the place you bookmarked.

Pandas with chlamydial eye? That explains the markings, but OP please leave my gelding's anal skin tags out of this.

Zachary!! That's exactly what I wanted to know...thank you

I think someone did mention it before but I'm a bit drunk tired now LOL

Oh I certainly won't be saying 'Hubs' 'Bubs' 'Bubby' or 'Hun'...that's for sure!!

Oh good! I hope you understood my convoluted instructions.

(Nods blankly at Zach) Errr...yes, thanks!

Hi new 'uns. There is a link up the top - Acronyms, which should explain most of the MNspeak. By the way, I am a name changer not a troll - which people sometimes are accused of being if they only have a few posts!

Hi Cottage

Yes I understand the acronyms...but they bug the crap out of me so I wont be using them LOL (well..ok apart from LOL!)

It makes me laugh more when someone types a really long post...yet they type 'DS' instead of 'Son'...I mean it's only one extra letter in the grand scheme of things! But each to their own and all that malarky

lol.. mutz, thank gawd I am not alone!!

I tried to read a long post earlier and it just got too confusing with df, db, ds, I wasnt sure who was who by the end of it.. lol!

I will stick with the full words I think, or I wont understand me own posts!

I didn't know that Zachary and I've been here nearly 7 years!!!

Charliesmommy...if the letters were numbers it'd be like a game of bingo lol!!

How do you know how long someone's been posting, fivecoldrings?

But it's not working for me anyway

You don't know how long someone's been posting unless you have the spreadsheet.

I've been here for about three years and have never ever known about the bookmarking thing or dared ask! (Although I can't actually get it to work ...) And I've never seen those Talk instructions either. Fab fab fab