Jim;

Here we are with the old problem of native English speaking persons not being understood while speaking English. Or is it that other problem of only 4-13% of what is communicated over the Internet is understood? We may never know! Most of all I like the Princeton University study a few years back that contended only 25% of what was said between two persons in the same room while having total view of each other was understood.

The odds of being understood by another person seem to be a universal problem. How often does a spouse loose the ability to communicate? I think the best form of communications occurs between siblings. If you have no siblings then you have no concept of what I mean.

I found nothing in your message offensive. To me your message was simply you have to learn the rules if you want to play the game. There are things we have to learn to accept in life if we are to be social animals. It is nice to ask questions and receive answers but at some point in life one begins to accept some things. In the technical world this is so true. You learn and get on with your life.

I do find punctuation in Spanish to be more interesting than in English. In most cases you know what is going to happen before you begin reading any verbiage except when a period is used! ¿Do you know what I mean? ¡Have a good day Jim!

I hope I have not offended anyone who speaks Spanish! ¡Pena, penita! ¡Que pena! :)

Tom


>Srdjan,
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>You have my apology for the tone of my reply, which you have found offensive.
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>There was no intention on my part to be offensive in any way. I was expressing myself in the clearest way I know how, all the while not knowing your level of expertise or your personality or any of several other factors that might affect the interpretation of one's words to another.
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>>> Sorry, Srdjan, but I still can't call this a "problem" or "bug".
>>> It's kind of like the English language forcing me to put periods at the end of my sentences to make them more readable - it's just something one has to learn to do.
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>>Aldough I did not like attitude of yr message (at all!) ,
>>after rethinking whole thing over my afternoon coffe, I
>>must admit that u are 100% right! It is exactly the same as
>>problem with handling private / public variables along their lifespan ...
>>Tough s***
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>>Thks yr time 4 pure english answer
>>Rgds+
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>>Sorry VFP - I will always love u :))