[AccessD] There and Back Again

Tue Oct 12 14:08:42 CDT 2021

" I have only met Martin and Bryan and Tina personally, and now John Bartow
(unless I've forgotten someone, which could happen, I suppose)."

And it did. Pundit reminded me - I met Alice in St. Louis, and Ed Tesiny
and wife in Del Mar New York. With apologies...

r

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 7:56 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Lists:
>
> I was in Chicago last week for a wedding and we drove up to Door County
> for a few days just to explore a new place. On the way up we stopped to see
> Bartow and his wife - really nice folks. I've got a pic somewhere - I'll
> post it when I find it.
>
> Steve Erbach is also up there, in Green Bay. We didn't have a chance to
> see him but we chatted on the phone. and he sent me this (low res) picture
> of the members at the first AccessD conference.  It was at my house.  How
> long ago was it?  I don't know but feature this - the
> presentations were given using transparencies and an overhead projector.
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KFDBa_Sh4fvYTomGkIYSS1cQLwo1x4I2/view?usp=sharing
>
> Aside from the motley crew at the conference I have only met Martin and
> Bryan and Tina personally, and now John Bartow (unless I've forgotten
> someone, which could happen, I suppose). It would be nice to have another
> gathering but I think that ship has sailed.
>
> Anyway the List saved my bacon more times than I can count over the last
> 25+ years. Truly remarkable group.  As John says, when the original host
> pulled the plug on us, it was like panic in needle park. But in short order
> we had formed a corporation, sold some shares, and were up and running in a
> couple of weeks.  Not really remarkable considering the talent on the list.
> But a great story.
>
> Best to all,
>
> r
>
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:13 AM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Giving thanks is a part of the human genome.  This list has been huge for
>> me as well.  I would not be where I am today had the list not existed.
>>
>> I remember starting to learn access in 1992.  I lived in San Diego County
>> at that time, and real in-person user group meetings were the best we had.
>> And real books as well.  Every month I waited impatiently for the next
>> user
>> group meeting so I could go get my questions answered.  It took so long to
>> learn stuff. Sometime around early 1996 (?) I found this group, at the
>> time
>> owned by the fellow (name long since forgotten) that started it.  It was
>> such a gigantic relief to have hundreds of fellow programmers deep into
>> the
>> bowels of Access and VBA, answers to questions in hours if not minutes.
>>
>> And then the day AccessD mysteriously shut down.  The mad scramble to
>> discover why.  And obtain control from the owner who was very done with
>> maintaining the list.  All old history but part of who we are.  Hard to
>> believe that was 25-ish years ago.  And yes, I too am finding old date
>> stamps in the headers of my code.  Access 97, 1998 in my first libraries,
>> still using them today.
>>
>> Good stuff, great list and many magnificent programmers around the world.
>> And I am also very grateful for all of you guys.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 10:56 PM Bill Benson <bensonforums at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Late to the party, is there any pie left? (No John Colby, I don't mean
>> > Raspberry Pi).
>> > Definitely thankful for this List as well. I am sure I will get back to
>> > Access  coding again one of these days.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 5:25 PM Borge Hansen <pcs.accessd at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Arthur,
>> > > I completely concur with your sentiments about Thanksgiving as well as
>> > > AccessD.
>> > > Regarding 26 November as a day of thanksgiving, it was instituted by
>> > George
>> > > Washington back in 1789. It’s worth googling and reading his letter of
>> > that
>> > > time.
>> > > But why not use a moment every day to reflect on what thanksgivings we
>> > can
>> > > offer to family and friends, to community and institutions, to nature
>> and
>> > > creation in it’s immensity … and to our Creator.
>> > > Arthur, .. and everyone else … thanks for your many inputs on this
>> list
>> > > over the years.
>> > > /borge
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 at 1:17 am, Arthur Fuller <
>> fuller.artful at gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I know the American date is roughly a month away, but here in Canada
>> > > today
>> > > > is Thanksgiving. That means that we pause and take a few moments to
>> > > extend
>> > > > our thanks to those who matter to us. Typically we cook a turkey and
>> > > share
>> > > > it among family and friends, but COVID-19 has pretty much put the
>> > > > kairbosh to that, at least this year, so my little party will
>> consist
>> > of
>> > > > three people, all of whom have received double-vaccinations.
>> > > >
>> > > > Here comes the Thanks part. I want to thank all my cyber-friends
>> that I
>> > > > have met here on the AccessD list -- to many to name, or I would go
>> > over
>> > > > the message-length limit.
>> > > >
>> > > > So far as I know, Thanksgiving is only a celebration in North
>> America,
>> > > and
>> > > > in the USA it's even bigger than Christmas. Geographic distribution
>> of
>> > a
>> > > > moment of thanks doesn't matter. Try a Canadian moment and take a
>> pause
>> > > and
>> > > > give thanks to those you love, and those events that changed your
>> life
>> > > for
>> > > > the better.
>> > > >
>> > > > AccessD is the best site I ever found to exchange ideas and problems
>> > > with.
>> > > > I program in several languages,, but Access +Word + Excel is the
>> main
>> > > one.
>> > > > I've created dozens of apps that begin with Access and then reach
>> out
>> > to
>> > > > SQL Server and Word and Excel -- and one of them, which I am
>> revisiting
>> > > > currently -- I wrote the original code in 2004! (How do I know this?
>> > > Thanks
>> > > > to MZ-Tools, which plants headers in your code that include
>> StartDate,
>> > > > Aurthor, Purpose and so on.)
>> > > > When I look back, I think that trivial apps (those you can write in
>> a
>> > > week
>> > > > or a month) have formed a small part of what I've written over my
>> > career.
>> > > > More often, the apps I've written involve 100+ tables, and now and
>> then
>> > > > 500+ tables. Most of these were written in Access, and in the large
>> > > > examples, with a SQL back-end (the only way to deal with Terabytes
>> of
>> > > > data._
>> > > > I learned a ton from this list, and thanks to you all, I scaled
>> > > mountains I
>> > > > didn't think I could climb.
>> > > > This is Canadian Thanksgiving, and I thank you all!
>> > > >
>> > > >
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