HOW TO- Use the Search Function on HDForums!
My fellow detractors,
There's no need to search the Rant. This isn't one... it's actually a simple How-To. \\;
Of course, some of you sensitive HD Riders out there took the tone as condescending and even insulting, but I assure you that it was just me indulging my fun with 50s era instruction manuals directed to kids. (Thus, the initial cartoon.) Otherwise, I might not have bothered with spending about an hour on this. \\;

However, the second post is actually even more informative and does give you better results!
Since I'm not so invested in the negative opinions of others, I'll thank you all for the constructive criticism and feel good that at least one person found it useful. \\;
Cheers,
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I suggest you get used to it and just don't read the ones that are obviosly going to irritate you.
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Much nicer than thinking you are cute and really just being a smart azz"
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* Actually i think you a VERY wrong! it sucks to hear and see the same ? over and over! that is why alot of our great techs have moved on to another forum! I think you owe him a big thank you for posting this, not criticism... I have looked at your posts \\;\\\\\\;and \\;\\\\\\;do not see too much if ANY advice being offered by you... I know i answer ?s all day long many over and over and over! it gets to be \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;frustrating... then when i \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;REAL ? comes up on how to rebuild, or go to a dry primay you get 0 answers! reason, all the major techs are gone! stop asking stupid ?s... \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;that is all, use the search do not be lazy! i do not want to loose any more good wrenches... hell if you can write a check \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;to HD for an oil change i think you can handle the search tool!  \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;
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- i do not mean to come across rude, and i am the first to offer help, but do not give him a hard time for trying to make things flow a bit better and actually HELP out the newer people!
"if you don't like people asking the same thing over and over, you should probably leave. \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; Every forum on the internet, covering every topic imaginable, has the same "problem" "issue", whatever you want to call it
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I suggest you get used to it and just don't read the ones that are obviosly going to irritate you.
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Much nicer than thinking you are cute and really just being a smart azz"
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* Actually i think you a VERY wrong! it sucks to hear and see the same ? over and over! that is why alot of our great techs have moved on to another forum! I think you owe him a big thank you for posting this, not criticism... I have looked at your posts \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;and \\;\\\\ \\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;do not see too much if ANY advice being offered by you... I know i answer ?s all day long many over and over and over! it gets to be \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\;frustrating... then when i \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\;REAL ? comes up on how to rebuild, or go to a dry primay you get 0 answers! reason, all the major techs are gone! stop asking stupid ?s... \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;that is all, use the search do not be lazy! i do not want to loose any more good wrenches... hell if you can write a check \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;to HD for an oil change i think you can handle the search tool!  \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\;
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- i do not mean to come across rude, and i am the first to offer help, but do not give him a hard time for trying to make things flow a bit better and actually HELP out the newer people!
+1 Joe,
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no need to justify yourself
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You can say that again
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I dont think that most people know that there are other Sections besides the DYNA section. \\; Most of this stuff you see lately belongs in \\; \\;OFF TOPIC
I know that this doesn't necessarily belong in this section, and I expected that it might be relocated, but I'm sure that there might be less bandwidth consumed if something of the sort was posted in the sections most heavily used, such as this one.
However, this is more prevalent to me here, since this is the section that I primarily use beside the DIY Tech Tips and the one that Mudpuddle turned me on to, General HD Tech forums. \\; Those don't seem to have as much SPAM.
However, Joe is absolutely right... some times it is hard to get solid information especially when some of the more established wrenchers start spending time elsewhere. \\; \\; And people who might not have the right idea just chime in. \\;
I'm just a simple meat and potatoes kind of guy who feels better by getting as much information as possible so that I can begin to learn and weed out the info that just isn't sound on my own! \\; When I cannot or I get stuck, I look to people like Mud and Joe, who's ingenuity and relative know-how is comforting to a newb like me.
When I decide to create my write-up for my step by step drag bar install and internal wiring, I'll make sure not to use the 50s era directives! \\; [:@]
I know that this doesn't necessarily belong in this section, and I expected that it might be relocated, but I'm sure that there might be less bandwidth consumed if something of the sort was posted in the sections most heavily used, such as this one.
However, this is more prevalent to me here, since this is the section that I primarily use beside the DIY Tech Tips and the one that Mudpuddle turned me on to, General HD Tech forums. \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; Those don't seem to have as much SPAM.
However, Joe is absolutely right... some times it is hard to get solid information especially when some of the more established wrenchers start spending time elsewhere. \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; \\;\\ \\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; And people who might not have the right idea just chime in. \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;
I'm just a simple meat and potatoes kind of guy who feels better by getting as much information as possible so that I can begin to learn and weed out the info that just isn't sound on my own! \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; When I cannot or I get stuck, I look to people like Mud and Joe, who's ingenuity and relative know-how is comforting to a newb like me.
When I decide to create my write-up for my step by step drag bar install and internal wiring, I'll make sure not to use the 50s era directives! \\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; [:@]
No this belongs here and maybe even a sticky or Required reading before posting
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thanks for taking the time
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Best wishes
Punty
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