With now over 7,150 messages on these forums, you've got to have a plan if you're don't want to get overwhelmed.

Here's my suggestion. First click on that "Today's Messages" link at the top of the listing of Forums. What you'll next see is a list of threads from various forums and the most recent addition is at the bottom of each thread. But since you're new, you can read the whole thread (or decide it's not for you and click on the browser's BACK button. This will give you a feel for what's 'hot' on the Forums now. Take note of which forum each message is in and take that into account as you read the messages.

From the Forum listing page, you'll note that some forums have 1,656 messages or another has 45, etc. But when you click on that forum, perhaps only 23 threads are listed. That's because the default for reviewing messages is 30 days. If you want to see more and older messages, click on that "Show Topics From Last 30 Days" and change it to one of the longer choices (like "Show Topics From Last Year". Then click on the gray GO button and more threads will appear.

Some Forums were added recently and there may be no messages over 30 days old. Others have been around for over a year.

Read the Forum and the threads in that forum that interest you. Don't be concerned about reading them all. There will NOT be a test later.

If a subject interests you and you can't figure out what lingo someone is using, click on the SEARCH link at the top of each thread listing.

Don't be overwhelmed, And don't spend the time you should be with your family reading these messages!! (You can always print them out and read them at work!)

John