Sorry to take you seriously if that was not your intent.

You just happened to make jokes about one of the traps I see here. I find the average age of VFP developers to be higher then Java/.Net developers. I believe that's one of the reasons for people here trying to hang onto VFP as long as possible.

I read an article not too long ago about the pitfalls of the IT industry. It was even published back in the heyday (5 yrs ago). Early burnout was listed as one of the pitfalls, with many older folks (in their 30's) talking about their lack of free time due to the amount of out-side-of-work studying they needed to do to keep up.

As John mentioned to you, unfortunately you are trying to joke about something that has raised the cackles of many.

PF

>All due respect to you, Perry.
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>If you'll notice my member #, I've been here a long time and I doubt that you will recall much if any participation on my part. I don't spend much time here. I mainly like to peruse the postings and then get back to work.
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>I had some free time on my hands today and decided to play his game for a while, only in reverse.
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>Sorry if you took me serious. I'm not really such a bad guy when you get to know me.
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>And, I have no problem getting new customers and keeping same:)
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>Dale
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>>Dale,
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>>All you've proven to me is that you are the poster boy for why many people are reticent to hire someone in their later years. The argument has always been how difficult it is to get older people to change their behavior.
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>>Your arguments prove nothing other than you don't like change.
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>>PF