Can't find where else to put this query in the forum and my LCD searches produce nothing....but I'm having trouble addressing 2x16 LCD.

Do you have to put delay before every LCDOUT command or just after switch-on?

I have read the book over and over and still cannot reliably put characters in the right place on the display.
I sometimes have to use umpteen white space characters to get it right..like
LCDOUT $fe,1," What's up Doc?"
and when the LCDOUT is in a FOR-Next loop it screws up the placement of characters as well and in a random fashion?
Anybody?
Rgds