Posted by Becca/FL on 12/29/04 4:17pm
Msg #14892

HisHughness, Brenda or someone please.......

Post the "canned message" for all the new folks who have flocked to the forum of late.

I'm bored with fees, printers, SS's for newbies and HELOCS, etc.!!!!!

Ugh!

(I must be pms'ing)

Reply by someone please on 12/29/04 4:25pm
Msg #14894

why not sign off the board that bored you and go watch soaps?

Reply by Becca_FL on 12/29/04 4:41pm
Msg #14895

Found it!

Advice for new notaries

Above the menu of posts, click the "First" button. Go all the way to the very first post in June 2003, "Welcome to the General Discussion Forum." Read all the way to the last post today. You will find your answer many times over in the intervening messages, along with far better information about being a signing agent than you ever got in your certification course.

courtesy of HisHughness

Also of interest to the newer visitors: Msgs #6809, 7145 & 3399.

Thank you

Reply by Ted_MI on 12/29/04 8:44pm
Msg #14924

Becca,

Let me preface what I am going to say by first acknowledging that I have a lot of respect for both "His Hughness" and for Brenda. That being said, I think the "canned" message (going back to the first message and proceeding from there) is a little impractical. There are only so many hours in a day. Maybe it is an overstatement to make a point. Conceivably the point being made is to review past messages. I do believe that is a good idea, and I myself reviewed messages going back several months when I was still wet behind the ears (I use that phrase as I know that Hugh hates the term "newbie").

Personally I think better advice would be to do a search prior to submitting a question. That way the wheel would not have to be re-invented every other week, so to speak. I believe there are very few issues that have not been addressed here, at some point in the past. But I am sure that those who are knew just don't go through that sort of thought process.

Reply by BrendaTX on 12/29/04 9:03pm
Msg #14928

Regarding canned message - I have never posted it.

However, when I got started here last year there were about 4000 messages. Now there are about 15000.

Newbies should search first, then ask when needing a specific question answered.

For enlightment in general - Read through the posts.

Tip: For best results, read enough forum talk to learn the right questions and you'll get more help than you ever dreamed. (That was my experience.)

Ted: This is just another view...when I came on here, having had to scratch and dig all my life for what I got out of my own endeavors, I was completely awestruck that Sylvia, sue, and PAW NS would take the time to answer questions.

I was very careful to make sure that when I had a question, I did my research first before asking them to put time into helping me so that I did not burn them out and run them off permanently.

I want to give back (and I enjoy the company here) so that's why I hang out, now. However, you'll notice that I seldom answer a straight notary commission type question because that's readily available in one's state materials and it is readily available.

Each state, I feel sure, provides EACH what wording is acceptable on a jurat or an ack. Sometimes they are sent to us squirrelly, but that's when you get your edu. mat'ls out and make one of your own. It's that simple.

When one of those kinds of questions come up...OR...a question that's been answered and easily found by a quick search...what's that tell you?

Besides, back in the old days (01-2004) there was NO search button here.

Reply by HisHughness on 12/29/04 10:49pm
Msg #14936

Brenda patiently explains:

***I want to give back (and I enjoy the company here) so that's why I hang out, now. ***

I, on the other hand, hang out here trolling for women. Brenda? Becca? Loretta? Maureen? Charlotte? Jennifer?

Well, okay, then. Ted? Paul? Mike? CaliNotary?

Notary Dog?

Reply by The Notary's Dog on 12/29/04 11:22pm
Msg #14941

Ruff Ruff, big boy!

Reply by Not the same Anonymous on 12/29/04 11:44pm
Msg #14943

Due to the nature of Hugh's post, and I'm glad he didn't pick me as I'm happily married and not into alternative lifestyles, I decided to post this anonymously.

Thank you Hugh, for not picking me.

Reply by kim/CA on 12/30/04 11:22am
Msg #14996

oh... now you're doomed!

Reply by Not the same Anonymous on 12/30/04 1:00pm
Msg #15009

I know!!! That is why it is anonymous. ;)

Reply by Eatha/PA on 12/30/04 9:30am
Msg #14976

Re: HisHughness, I think I'm insulted. . .

Hey! Why not me?! I'm a voluptuous 50-year-old, have a big ol' trust fund, and owe a chain of liquor stores.

Reply by HisHughness on 12/30/04 10:01am
Msg #14982

Re: HisHughness, I think I'm insulted. . .

Eatha chides:

***Hey! Why not me?! I'm a voluptuous 50-year-old, have a big ol' trust fund, and owe a chain of liquor stores.***

50 years old? Eatha, at my age that's almost child molestation.

Reply by colorless/AZ on 12/30/04 11:28am
Msg #14997

Re: HisHughness, I think I'm insulted. . .

Eatha/PA

"...and owe a chain of liquor stores."

did you really mean to say "owe" a chain of liquor stores? That sounds like some really heavy drinkin' girl HA HA

Reply by BrendaTX on 12/30/04 11:33am
Msg #14999

Re: HisHughness, I think I'm insulted. . .

That was going to be my next post, C.

Reply by colorless/AZ on 12/30/04 11:48am
Msg #15003

Re: HisHughness, I think I'm insulted. . .

I'm so sorry. I should have known my place. Next time I'll wait, giving you and the others the first shot at posting. I should, of course, wait in line behind such greatness and grandeur. And, of course you are a lot funnier than I am, so I missed out on your response as well as everyone else. I apologize profusely and shall never post haste again.

Reply by Eatha/PA on 12/30/04 2:18pm
Msg #15027

Re: HisHughness, I think I'm insulted. . .

Yeah, my fingersh were shtumblin' on the keysh. . .

Reply by colorliss/AZ on 12/30/04 3:44pm
Msg #15036

Re: HisHughness, I think I'm insulted. . .

jissss checkkinn hic