Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Word Association

[Viffer]

Hiya - new here, thought I'd get your measure with a little word association

ELEPHANT

[antonye]

NOOOOOOOOOO!

Admins - kill it NOW!

[Viffer]

Well thats not very nice Antonye

[moto748]

But for the best.

[Viffer]

What a lovely welcome Perhaps I should have introduced myeslf in a different way, but hey - you live and learn.

Hi, I'm Jill and as you may have guessed I own a VFR. I'm 28, been riding for 6 years and am considering buying a Multistrada. My local dealer suggested this might be a friendly site full of welcoming and nice people Instead of just asking the question I thought I'd see what a less direct approach might bring - try and suss the club out so to speak. I guess that was a mistake!

The good news is I'm not a potential member living in Essex

[Edited on 22-8-2005 by Viffer]

[Mad Dog Bianchi]

too bad.....initial impressions can be misleading. If you do decide to get a Duck, this is the place to come fro great help, great feedback, great suggestions. Some people may be put off by what we think is an unusual or cute approach (I did the same thing), but the fact of the matter is you cannot find a better duck site anywhere. I am a Yank and that is definitely hard for me to say!

[antonye]

Sorry Jill but posting a Word-Association-Thread-Of-Doom as your first post doesn't really do you any favours!

If you want to suss the club out, hang around for a bit and read through the posts first, get to know the names and see how the style sits with you before jumping in feet first.

As a wise person once said, think of any online community as a pub full of regulars who are chatting about various subjects, not necessarily all ones you are interested in. The regulars all know each other to some degree, but that doesn't mean that they're not interested in what you have to say. Just try not to run into the pub and shout the house down on your first attempt.

[Viffer]

Thank you both for the advice. I didn't realise that my approach could be seen as being unfriendly, however, I take the feedback.

I very nearly didn't come back - perhaps thats worth noting too

[antonye]

Four posts and you've already nearly left once! I reckon we'll have to keep an eye on you...

[Mad Dog Bianchi]

antonye said it best. I don't think your post was unfriendly, just kind of odd in this era where users have become a little wary (weary) of strangeness....Get to know the folks here, get your questions together and enjoy the PUB!