Just a language thing : ( please take it in the constructive spirit it is offered - your English is terrific and my Dutch terrible )
the expression is "pearls before swine" and while it is not as insulting as a reference to pigs makes it sound, it does connote giving something precious to someone who is either too ignorant or uncultured to appreciate it <s>
>>>So you didn't even TRY it? Before posting it I spent at least 30 minutes to translate the documentation method. The least you could have done is try it.
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>>>Oh well, I will have to let it go. Pearls for the swines. <s>
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>>I don't use your solution and you insult me? And you're supposed to be the nice guy. Peter, you have some issues of your own. You should not take things like this personally. You proposed a solution, then beg me to try it, then when I don't, you whine and pout and insult me. Do you know how many ideas others put out there for different things I post? You are the only one who thinks it's a personal slight if yours is not selected. Grow up.
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>I assume you would not have written this if I hadn't written 'pearls for the swines'. So, there are two questions for you.
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>1) What would have been your reaction if I had not written that last sentence?
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>2) Don't you agree that saying 'pearls for the swines' is giving a signal, rather than making an insult?
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