How can I get clean MT LION install to use my backup?

Hi, I have a 3 year old imac that was running like crap.  I upgraded to 4 gigs of ram, erased the hard drive and did a clean install of Mountain Lion.  Before cleaning the hard drive, I had time machine do a backup onto an external USB 1 tb hard drive.  It created a folder called backups.backupdb. On the install it gave me the option of bringing everything over from the backup.  I did not want to do that because I suspected several of the user accounts were crapped up and I wanted to start completely fresh.  I assumed (which by now I should know better) that I would be able to start time maching and have it see my time machine backup and then I could go in and pick out docs and emails that I wanted to bring back.  But, it just will not see my backup.  I option while mousing over the tm icon and browse other discs but it shows up blank. I have read so many posts on this matter that my head is spinning.  I tried using the info on this page http://bigdiver.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/restoring-time-machine-backups-on-a-dif ferent-computer/  but I just get lost on the terminal commands. 
All I really want to do is go into time machine and see this backup so I can pick out just what I want.  Can anyone guide me? Though I have been using Macs now for five years, I still have much to learn.  Thank you for reading this. John

John Fitzpatrick wrote:
I assumed (which by now I should know better) that I would be able to start time maching and have it see my time machine backup and then I could go in and pick out docs and emails that I wanted to bring back.
Ordinarily, yes, you can do that.  But not on this first version of Mountain Lion.
Enter Time Machine only shows the backups for the Mac it's running on.  The Browse Other Backup Disks option (per Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #17) allows you to see other backups. 
But it's broken on Mountain Lion. 
You could probably copy things from the backups via the Finder, but you'll likely have permissions problems with the copied files (be unable to change or delete them).
Your best bet is to use Migration Assistant to transfer your user home folders. You can omit some broad categories, such as Applications or the contents of sub-folders in home folders.  Then delete what you don't want.  Use one of the workarounds in the green box of Problems after using Migration Assistant

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