A hello to all

[Doublegourd]

This is all new to me and I don't learn as fast as I used to, so it's a slow and steady ride albeit indeed a fun ride. Perhaps because maps are certainly not new to me, I've spent a few afternoons at the USGS Library in Menlo Park CA checking out what ever literature I could find about San Luis Obispo County and it's geology. Because that's where I grew up, and that's where I've ended up now. I still have a bunch of books and topo's (hard copies) from the USGS. ok enough
 Hello to all. 
My name is Patrick, user name Doublegourd 

maybe tomorrow I'll figure out what this means

"Hint: @ links to members, content"

[JesseCloutier]

Welcome, Patrick, and thanks for sharing a bit about yourself!  

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And to your question about that program hint, it means that if you type the "@"symbol in your post and follow it with a username or the title of a member's post, it'll activate as a live link. For instance, I can do that with this post so that the result here shows as:A hello to all. 

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