>>I just printed out your message and will read it every day. I praised you and gave you encouragement when you were a nobody. It shows how far I have fallen.
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>>Mike....anyone who knows Mike Cole knows he doesn't need defending....but regardless, he has never, ever been a "nobody".
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>>I remember when he started posting .NET questions several years ago - his questions were always very well-phrased, and the person giving him an answer (Bonnie, myself, later Viv, whoever) always knew that Mike "got" the answer. A forum can have the smartest technical solution providers on the planet, but doesn't have any value unless someone starts off an exchange with a good question. He's also been able to turn around and help others out.
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>>Mike Cole has always been a decent guy up here - and you've really pushed the limits with him...implying he was racist, implying he's a "nobody". Fortunately, he's a bright enough fellow to consider the source.
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>I was completely out of line.
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>Normally I do not make New Year's resolutions. This year I need to make a couple. One is to stop posting like a drunken idiot. Not like, as. The other is to start answering tech questions again. It was before your time but I really was an MVP on merit. And what chattering I did was in fun, like the Merry Punster Club.

then move to the forums that matter.... (MSDN to answer your questions...), doing it here won't help... and do it in .net, c# etc... VFP won't help either..