I've never been one to hold on etiquette but I do believe two weeks is as long as you can wait with a formal introduction without being rude.

The name's Hawkeye Pierce, ex-Captain, perpetual healer of the sick and all around swell guy, if I do say so myself. I've been told some of you already know me, so I'll try my best to not repeat myself. ( Read more... )

[The post starts with your usual newbie fumbling - fingers brushing over the microphone, buttons being pushed, the distant mumble of someone talking to himself as he investigates this newfangled doo-dah. ]

--kind of like a two-way radio? I was never good with these technical things...

[And the feed finally clears up. Looks like he got the hang of it ( Read more... )