[AccessD] My Comments

Hey John
Over the years you haven't changed.
LOL. An answer to a question is better than nothing.............. 
Someone needed help and they got a response that wasn't forth coming. 
For heavens sake lets not mix apples and oranges I am not responding to
everyone "off-line". This list is terrific, with individuals that absolutely
"blow me away" in their knowledge of Access (and I know this response  will
p... you off, I have seen it so many times in the past). You are a generous
person in providing your views and solutions, but sometimes you just miss
the point.

Tony Septav
Nanaimo, BC 
Canada

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Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] My Comments

LOL, and if you are answering off line, how do you know that there haven't
been a hundred answers, all off line.

That is the entire point of the list, that everyone gets to see every
answer.

I know that I don't answer many questions any more.  When I joined the list
somewhere around 97 or so, I was trying to "make a name" and so I answered a
lot, and I was also learning a lot.  Now I tend to send answers to my own
questions where I have had to research obscure things.  Others who have less
time on the list can answer the "how do I" questions that I have already
answered a hundred times in the last 15 years.

Now if you want to know how to do classes, or handle events, or build a
framework, start a thread and I will be there.  Or bind an Access FE to a
SQL Server database over the internet using Hamachi.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 2/18/2012 9:50 PM, Tony Septav wrote:
> Hey Arthur, Stuart and Gary
> I apologize, points well taken. As I have said there are many 
> individuals on this list that give their 2 cents worth on a problem 
> whether they have a solution or not. And that is very valuable, it 
> makes one stop and think about, "Okay how do I use this information I 
> have gotten to solve this problem". When I said I respond "off line" 
> it has usually been to individuals (mostly newbies) who do not seem to 
> be receiving a response from the members on the list (and most of them 
> eventually disappear). And that is what makes mad and why I call this 
> list an "old boys/girls club". Many times these individuals were 
> looking for an answer and basically they were ignored while the "club" 
> was discussing some esoteric concept (Oh! I will get flamed for that 
> comment). Sorry if I have offended any one's feelings. This is first 
> and foremost an MSAccess user group, if it is no longer that then change
the name.
>
> Tony Septav
> Nanaimo, BC
> Canada
>
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> Fuller
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:17 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] My Comments
>
> OK, Tony, point taken. But IMO any question worth posting may have 
> been at least mentally asked by 1000 other listers, and therefore the 
> answer ought to be available to them. Just my $2 (accounting for
inflation).
>
> A.
>
> Only two businesses refer to their clientele as users: drug dealing 
> and software development.
>
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