I never even look at the designation. If someone comes on and posts they are new member I try and welcome them. If I see a name I don't recognize I look at the number of posts instead of their rank. There are a heck of a lot of "newbies" here that are freaking experts. I come in a couple of times every day and click on the "show unread posts since last visit" and read every single post. Went down to the beach last weekend for 4 days and even though I took my notebook I didn't have time to keep up. I had major withdrawal but major fun catching up when I got back.