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Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and
expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. Some time ago I was perusing around in the Windows XP General group, and came across a post where the op was sincerely complaining about MVPs... something along the lines of "screw all you MVPs because I know you know the answers but you just sit back and laugh at us and not tell us... blah blah blah", because he didn't get an answer to his question in ten minutes or whatever the case was. It's nice to be part of community of specialized professionals, where such ignorance is rarely found. And even nicer to hear back when people who express their gratitude rather than idiocy like the above! -- Jack Leach www.tristatemachine.com "I haven't failed, I've found ten thousand ways that don't work." -Thomas Edison (1847-1931) "Jan Il" wrote: Agreed! Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. I personally know many who are long time MVPs, and many who are not...it is their desire to help others that brings them here. Jan "Leslie Isaacs" wrote in message ... Hello All I hope this will not be deemed to be inappropriate use of these newsgroups, but here goes ... Some of you will know that I have asked for, and received, a great deal of help over the weeks/months(/years!) from the MVPs and others on these newsgroups. I am consistently amazed by the fact that such high quality, often quite in-depth help is made available to people like me by people like ... you all. Not only do us amateurs nearly always get specific answers to our current problems (well - our access-related problems anyway!), but the help we get often goes further in educating us how to use the specific answer in more general situations. I've even got to the point where I have felt able to suggest some answers to others' questions (albeit only where the questioner is evidently even more inexperienced that I am!). Rarely in life have I come across anything that is so useful, and valuable (in terms of the degree of expertise that is offered), and free! So on behalf of all of us questioners, I'd like to raise a glass of nice, warm English beer, and say "Cheers" - you are all great! Just felt I had to say that. Leslie Isaacs |
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Jack,
Funny that you mention that. The thing I find is that the Access groups are the ones where almost every question seems to get answered, sometimes multiple times. As I peruse some of the other groups, it amazes me how many of the questions go unanswered. ---- Dale "Jack Leach" wrote: Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. Some time ago I was perusing around in the Windows XP General group, and came across a post where the op was sincerely complaining about MVPs... something along the lines of "screw all you MVPs because I know you know the answers but you just sit back and laugh at us and not tell us... blah blah blah", because he didn't get an answer to his question in ten minutes or whatever the case was. It's nice to be part of community of specialized professionals, where such ignorance is rarely found. And even nicer to hear back when people who express their gratitude rather than idiocy like the above! -- Jack Leach www.tristatemachine.com "I haven't failed, I've found ten thousand ways that don't work." -Thomas Edison (1847-1931) "Jan Il" wrote: Agreed! Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. I personally know many who are long time MVPs, and many who are not...it is their desire to help others that brings them here. Jan "Leslie Isaacs" wrote in message ... Hello All I hope this will not be deemed to be inappropriate use of these newsgroups, but here goes ... Some of you will know that I have asked for, and received, a great deal of help over the weeks/months(/years!) from the MVPs and others on these newsgroups. I am consistently amazed by the fact that such high quality, often quite in-depth help is made available to people like me by people like ... you all. Not only do us amateurs nearly always get specific answers to our current problems (well - our access-related problems anyway!), but the help we get often goes further in educating us how to use the specific answer in more general situations. I've even got to the point where I have felt able to suggest some answers to others' questions (albeit only where the questioner is evidently even more inexperienced that I am!). Rarely in life have I come across anything that is so useful, and valuable (in terms of the degree of expertise that is offered), and free! So on behalf of all of us questioners, I'd like to raise a glass of nice, warm English beer, and say "Cheers" - you are all great! Just felt I had to say that. Leslie Isaacs |
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I have been participating in these MS Access public newsgroups for over 10 years and they are among the most professional of the MS public newsgroups. All MVPs are volunteers and do not get paid for the time they spend in the many groups and forums in which they participate.
I have often been totally amazed at how they manage to accurately figure out some questions posted in these groups that would seem to require some form of Rosetta stone to decipher. They are usually so good at it I even once asked one of the MVPs a few years ago if they are each given a special code book as part of their MVP award to help figure out such confusing questions. :-))) But, there are many others that are not MVPs who also volunteer in these groups and share so generously of their time and knowledge to help others are a great asset to these groups as well, and their efforts on the behalf of those who come to these groups seeking help is also very much appreciated. Jan "Jack Leach" dymondjack at hot mail dot com wrote in message ... Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. Some time ago I was perusing around in the Windows XP General group, and came across a post where the op was sincerely complaining about MVPs... something along the lines of "screw all you MVPs because I know you know the answers but you just sit back and laugh at us and not tell us... blah blah blah", because he didn't get an answer to his question in ten minutes or whatever the case was. It's nice to be part of community of specialized professionals, where such ignorance is rarely found. And even nicer to hear back when people who express their gratitude rather than idiocy like the above! -- Jack Leach www.tristatemachine.com "I haven't failed, I've found ten thousand ways that don't work." -Thomas Edison (1847-1931) "Jan Il" wrote: Agreed! Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. I personally know many who are long time MVPs, and many who are not...it is their desire to help others that brings them here. Jan "Leslie Isaacs" wrote in message ... Hello All I hope this will not be deemed to be inappropriate use of these newsgroups, but here goes ... Some of you will know that I have asked for, and received, a great deal of help over the weeks/months(/years!) from the MVPs and others on these newsgroups. I am consistently amazed by the fact that such high quality, often quite in-depth help is made available to people like me by people like ... you all. Not only do us amateurs nearly always get specific answers to our current problems (well - our access-related problems anyway!), but the help we get often goes further in educating us how to use the specific answer in more general situations. I've even got to the point where I have felt able to suggest some answers to others' questions (albeit only where the questioner is evidently even more inexperienced that I am!). Rarely in life have I come across anything that is so useful, and valuable (in terms of the degree of expertise that is offered), and free! So on behalf of all of us questioners, I'd like to raise a glass of nice, warm English beer, and say "Cheers" - you are all great! Just felt I had to say that. Leslie Isaacs |
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....hiding my Crystal Ball...
-- Gina Whipp "I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" - Tremors II http://www.regina-whipp.com/index_files/TipList.htm "Jan Il" wrote in message ... I have been participating in these MS Access public newsgroups for over 10 years and they are among the most professional of the MS public newsgroups. All MVPs are volunteers and do not get paid for the time they spend in the many groups and forums in which they participate. I have often been totally amazed at how they manage to accurately figure out some questions posted in these groups that would seem to require some form of Rosetta stone to decipher. They are usually so good at it I even once asked one of the MVPs a few years ago if they are each given a special code book as part of their MVP award to help figure out such confusing questions. :-))) But, there are many others that are not MVPs who also volunteer in these groups and share so generously of their time and knowledge to help others are a great asset to these groups as well, and their efforts on the behalf of those who come to these groups seeking help is also very much appreciated. Jan "Jack Leach" dymondjack at hot mail dot com wrote in message ... Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. Some time ago I was perusing around in the Windows XP General group, and came across a post where the op was sincerely complaining about MVPs... something along the lines of "screw all you MVPs because I know you know the answers but you just sit back and laugh at us and not tell us... blah blah blah", because he didn't get an answer to his question in ten minutes or whatever the case was. It's nice to be part of community of specialized professionals, where such ignorance is rarely found. And even nicer to hear back when people who express their gratitude rather than idiocy like the above! -- Jack Leach www.tristatemachine.com "I haven't failed, I've found ten thousand ways that don't work." -Thomas Edison (1847-1931) "Jan Il" wrote: Agreed! Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. I personally know many who are long time MVPs, and many who are not...it is their desire to help others that brings them here. Jan "Leslie Isaacs" wrote in message ... Hello All I hope this will not be deemed to be inappropriate use of these newsgroups, but here goes ... Some of you will know that I have asked for, and received, a great deal of help over the weeks/months(/years!) from the MVPs and others on these newsgroups. I am consistently amazed by the fact that such high quality, often quite in-depth help is made available to people like me by people like ... you all. Not only do us amateurs nearly always get specific answers to our current problems (well - our access-related problems anyway!), but the help we get often goes further in educating us how to use the specific answer in more general situations. I've even got to the point where I have felt able to suggest some answers to others' questions (albeit only where the questioner is evidently even more inexperienced that I am!). Rarely in life have I come across anything that is so useful, and valuable (in terms of the degree of expertise that is offered), and free! So on behalf of all of us questioners, I'd like to raise a glass of nice, warm English beer, and say "Cheers" - you are all great! Just felt I had to say that. Leslie Isaacs |
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:52:07 -0400, "Gina Whipp"
wrote: ...hiding my Crystal Ball... Huh. I used to use a crystal ball, but I gave up on it. Just couldn't see any future in it. -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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Jan Il wrote:
.... I have often been totally amazed at how they manage to accurately figure out some questions posted in these groups that would seem to require some form of Rosetta stone to decipher. They are usually so good at it I even once asked one of the MVPs a few years ago if they are each given a special code book as part of their MVP award to help figure out such confusing questions. :-))) .... Speaking of indecipherable posts, do you remember Slim? He always got a reply, but there were a few of his questions that went unsolved. -- Marsh MVP [MS Access] |
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"Marshall Barton" wrote in message news Speaking of indecipherable posts, do you remember Slim? He always got a reply, but there were a few of his questions that went unsolved. Oh my goodness, yes! LOL!! IIRC, it was determined at some point that Slim might have been using a translator program of some sort to both post the questions and read the replies to them. Slim had some very puzzling posts at times that no one could figure out. But, it was amazing how many folks could figure out and provide an answer! Grin Jan |
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"Jan Il" wrote
Agreed! Those who come to these groups and give of their own personal time time and expertise, no matter how little or how much, to help others are truly deserving of our sincere thanks. I personally know many who are long time MVPs, and many who are not...it is their desire to help others that brings them here. Jan Jan, It's good to see you posting! Hope all's well with you! Larry |
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"Leslie Isaacs" wrote
So on behalf of all of us questioners, I'd like to raise a glass of nice, warm English beer, and say "Cheers" - you are all great! As one who mostly answers, these days, thanks for the kind words. As one who learned much from others in newsgroups, and on projects with knowledgeable people over the last fifty-few years, and in researching to be able to answer questions, I'll say "Hear, hear" or "Amen to that". Larry Linson Microsoft Office Access MVP |
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I add my appreciation and gratitude for this wonderful group with much
enthusiasm. Besides asking questions, I often come in here for exhilerating reading, and/or to learn something new and/or to solve some problems (without even needing to ask them, as a previous person said). I enjoy Access's challenges and worry any problem that arises like a dog with a bone, and try to solve my problems on my own and to quote Hamilton from the A Team, "I LOVE it when a plan comes together!" However, sometimes it seems contra-productive when it takes too long and what a wonderful experience it is to interact with these wonderful, willing, patient people who give so much help to so many. I understand that a person who asks a question is an OP and that the highest position here is an MVP, but what do both of those stand for (also MCP), please? Presumably, the M stands for Microsoft, perhaps the P in MCP for Professional? "Leslie Isaacs" wrote: Tony You're on - and that goes for any of you: if you can make it to Liverpool I'll buy you all the lovely warm beer you can drink! Les "Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Leslie Isaacs" wrote: I hope this will not be deemed to be inappropriate use of these newsgroups, but here goes ... Some of you will know that I have asked for, and received, a great deal of help over the weeks/months(/years!) from the MVPs and others on these newsgroups. I am consistently amazed by the fact that such high quality, often quite in-depth help is made available to people like me by people like ... you all. Not only do us amateurs nearly always get specific answers to our current problems (well - our access-related problems anyway!), but the help we get often goes further in educating us how to use the specific answer in more general situations. I've even got to the point where I have felt able to suggest some answers to others' questions (albeit only where the questioner is evidently even more inexperienced that I am!). Rarely in life have I come across anything that is so useful, and valuable (in terms of the degree of expertise that is offered), and free! So on behalf of all of us questioners, I'd like to raise a glass of nice, warm English beer, and say "Cheers" - you are all great! Thanks for your kind words. If I ever make it over to England for a tourist trip you can buy me a pint, or two, of beer. smile Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ |
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