Why start out at the place you should end up at only when all else has failed?
You mean at the Armed Polite Society?
So, this new guy signs up for APS one morning at ten to eight, sets up a poll, logs out at 8:10.
We commence to all clamber over one another to give free advice, and the OP never checks back.
I suppose he might be lurking form a non-logged-in position, but at least send a smoke signal or something to acknowledge receipt.
In full disclosure, I thought this was a continuation of the Cliffh thread.