Here is a tip for everyone, especially the newbies. Read all messages even if it is topic that doesn't sound like would interest you. I have quickly come to learn that if a message starts on one topic it will quickly change to something totally different. For example, the administering medicine topic is now discussing rubella.
Dive in and read all the topics and I think you'll find some interesting tidbit. If not, you'll certainly get a laugh from our insaneness.