cobweb if you notice quite often people reply to a post without reading the date of when it was origonaly posted, i must assume they are so overwhelmed that they "know the answer" the do not look at the date of posting, and are just trying to be helpful.
It is similar with posting a plumbing question in the "general" forum again people do not read.
I did the same thing when I first started but got better as you go along and depend how often you use it.The problem with forum or websites is that there're getting better and improving all the time and can be too much to learn in one go.I always learnt the hardest way.
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