I have calmed down, taken three deep breaths and said three hail marys Whew feel better already.

I reread the parables below which gave me fresh perspective. Enjoy!

Parable Number 1:
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the
crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?
The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below
the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit
and ate it.
Management Lesson: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting
very, very high up.

Parable Number 2:
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the
top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well,
why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're
packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that
it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.
Finally after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top of the
tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of
the tree.
Management Lesson: Bullsh.. might get you to the top, but it won't keep you
there.

Parable Number 3:
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird
froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a
cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the
pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually
thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for
joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following
the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and
promptly dug him out and ate him!
Management Lesson:
1) Not everyone who drops sh.. on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of sh.. is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep sh.., keep your mouth shut!

Parable Number 4:
The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along, they
passed some people who remarked, "It is a shame the old man is walking and
the boy is riding". The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so
they changed positions. Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What
a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They decided they both would walk!
Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when
they had a decent donkey to ride. So they both rode the donkey! Now they
passed some people that shamed them by saying "How awful to put such a load
on a poor donkey." The boy and man said they were probably right so they
decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip
on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned.
Management Lesson: If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose
your a s s.


>Sounds like it's time to go fishing to me!
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>>Hee.. Hee.. Hee.. You guessed it. Popped a cork, lost some marbles, turned left in my garage, ....
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>>>Having a bad day, are we?
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>>>>Display issues have plagued fox and VFP since its inception. Yes, I know cheap video drivers are part of the problem but come on. What is with VFP 7.0's screen resizing having such a profound glitch? How did this part of VFP 7.0 get out of quality control?
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>>>>The main reason people use a database product is to report on the data entered. By ignoring the report designer the VFP design team hobbles a great selling feature of the product.
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>>>>MSFT is trying to cobble together an integrated report writer for SQL Server. It seems to make sense that they would use the VFP report writer as a test bed for reporting on database. Learn from what you are doing and make it better sort of thinking.
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>>>>Lets all get behind a standard we like Mindseye, Crystal, RR Report Writer,etc. and demand that MSFT build to the standard. Trying to write reports with one hand and one foot tied behind your back is brutal.