John,

*chuckle*

As I have thought. You can dish it out but really don't like it back. Perhaps the next time you cut someone off at the knees by your not-so-clever insinuations and snide remarks you will remember this message you just sent? We'll see I suppose.

Thank you for confirming, once again, the stark difference between attitude and knowledge.

Lessee... What was that phrase? Oh yeah, "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and to lose his own soul."

I'm more than happy to cede to you that you are smarter than every other human being, living or dead. What do you gain from this? Nothing that will last.

When you are gone, what will people remember of you? Or me?

Why should I leave you alone John? You don't leave others alone and I just figure that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, don't you? I mean let's be unemotional and just deal with the facts without any emotion, right? Or, do you have those emotions but you are to entranced by your own view in the message-mirror to notice? Don't you think that others should use your own standards when conversing with you? Or are there two sets of rules?

Oh, as for your silly attempt to make me feel insecure by insinuating that the others here wouldn't want to have me on their 'short list' I'm perfectly comfortable. My sense of security comes directly from the notion that God loves me and what you may think/say, while it does hurt at times really can't impact me at the end of the day.

I'm also perfectly content to not attempt to dissuade you from the notion that you are by far Mr. Popular. <g> You see, even if no one in this community cared one whit for me that still wouldn't change my thoughts towards them. I cannever give back to these fine friends what they have so graciously and generously given to me John. I am now, and will forever be in their debt. Anything I could ever give to them is little or nothing compared to what they have given to me already. *s*

I'm sorry this has become personal for you John. I had hoped for more. Still, someone had to try and make you see a clear picture of yourself. If I have erred the fault is entirely my own.

The dinner/lunch offer stands. Let's see if you're man enough to get past your petulence and take me up on it.

I honestly would love very much to make your acquaintance. If you do not wish to reciprocate, that's fine, but at least be mature enough to admit it is you that has a tolerance deficit.

Best,

DD


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>I figured there was nothing constructive in your post....< s >...
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>FWIW, this is old news. How old? About 2 years old.
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>Steve's response to you hit the nail on the head.
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>Kind of ironic that the implementation of a new technology is based on something that does not fully support the implementation....< s > What I mean of course is that other tools, namely VB, support ADO fully. Fox supports most of the capabilities. Still, there are some differences in behavior here and there. Where Fox lacks is not so much ADO specific as it is COM related (no support for default properties, events, etc..) Although, there are some ADO specific issues - such as getchunk() and appendchunk, etc...
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>Lunch and/or dinner with you? Your assumption of course is that I would accept your invitation.. Yes, that is exactly what I had in mind, to share a meal with somebody who is chasing after me and continually busting my stones. No thanks..
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>As for where and what I eat at Devcon, I can assure you it is not the hotel and the hotel food as the food quality and selection is usually sub-par. I tend to be a bit selective now. I am almost 40 pounds lighter than New Orleans. I got tired of being on the fast track to becoming a lazy fat slob.
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>As for where I eat, for some reason, I tend to think that you and I would not frequent the same sorts of establishments. And for sure, you would not be on my short list of chosen guests. Then again, I am sure I would not be on the short list of many people here either. But I would be on the lists that count...< s >.
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>Hack away all you want Doug, I really don't care. But, if you rub my nose enough, you will get it back in spades..
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>As I said before, take your best shot - but make it good and make sure it counts....
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>Now, leave me the F*** alone...
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>< JVP >

Best,


DD

A man is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose.
Everything I don't understand must be easy!
The difficulty of any task is measured by the capacity of the agent performing the work.