Hi melanoma - I am old school too and love to solve puzzles and exploration too. I agree that some of the questions are simple to some of us that are of that mind - but we all had to start somewhere.
As colourmehappy said a lot/some of the users here are young and have not had the experience/opportunity of having to wait or experimenting for themselves - others just ask so that they can communicate with other people with similar interests.
Also WELCOME to the forums for the great games!!!!!