Sounds like the post-purchase blues have gone. Be sure to check out using high zoom in low light conditions - the fact that the lens stays bright at high zoom should help to prevent camera shake spoiling shots.
To make the manual less daunting, you could sort it out into subjects that you are likely to need and subjects that you probably won't (for some time, anyway).
Just seems to come natural for this generation. Hell I'm still trying to learn to type withoutspellcheck.
I think kids like txt-ing because it saves them the bother of having to spell properly. I hope kids in the US get taught spelling better than they do in the UK. We used to have to memorise stuff out of spelling books, but someone has decided that it would be too much for the poor wee souls.
Thanks for that. I think I've just sussed out PMP (quick - aren't I). If it's what I think, it's starting to sound a bit messy. Are there any less scatalogical ones I should know about?