[AccessD] My Comments

LOL, I think you have been answered many times by many people saying it is best to keep the answers 
on list.  It is not just my opinion.  If you have a specific reason for answering off list, to 
answer a personal question or something, then fine.

This list is terrific, and I keep hanging around for that very reason.  But I am (luckily) very 
busy.  From what I am seeing there are many who aren't.  I scan threads that I could answer and just 
hit delete.  Someone else can answer.  I see very few where there is no answer at all.

As I said, if there is a thread where I have unique knowledge then I am there, fire away, I will 
pipe up.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

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

On 2/19/2012 4:06 PM, Tony Septav wrote:
> 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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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:31 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur
>> Fuller
>> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:17 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> 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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