Yo Colonel. Congrats. A well-deserved promotion too I must admit. Not only do you submit jokes and make us laugh, but you contribute some really wonderful stories regarding the war and your experiences. I love it.
I need more people to do this. But I guess I should be happy that we have people like you and Joe and Rocky and Papa Art, and so many others that have taken the time to share their words.
I know there are more out there that maybe are just afraid of the NEW and maybe don't feel comfortable, but I wish they would take a moment to try. Hey we don't mind mistakes. That's how we all learn. Heck, I had to learn to do all this stuff too a few years ago. I had been on the net for a long, long time before I tried my hand at FORUMS. It's a bit scary at first I must admit, and being a :gang: is always a bit nerve-wrecking.
Back to doing a bit of homework... I agree that if you do a bit of study and do it right the first time, it saves all of us a bit of aggravation. I have really tried to make it easy on the new guy with all the built in HELP sections. Also if anyone has a question about how the forum works, please post it in that section also. We have three moderators including myself that help out, and lots of helpful members who could find their way around in the dark. 
Sometimes people ask what they can do to help me, well one is to actually read the sections that I've pointed out. It really helps me if I don't have to repeat the same thing 20 times. 
Thanks in advance. 
Sorry for blabbing... Back to collectables. Sometimes I don't know when to stop... 
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"