John;

As you know I play flamenco guitar. There is a fellow that owns a guitar store and he charges $3.00 a minute to talk on the phone, and has fees for e-mails and faxed questions. He demands a credit card number up front and then you may talk to him. This does not stop people as they are willing to pay the man.

I receive one to five requests a week at my home e-mail to help resolve VFP questions. People have asked me to design entire systems - for free! Once, a fellow without prior notification, sent me a zipped file which he stated "has my entire project in it". He asked me to find the problems, which he failed to mention. I did not open the 5 meg attachment. Recently, I decided to not answer e-mails related to work. My time is limited and trying to explain something to someone has its limits.

Tom