First, I apologize for my knee-jerk response...to Stuart and all of you. I really, truly had no idea what type of information you would need to answer such a question. A polite request for that information would have been appropriate, and appreciated.
-----Original Message----- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:13 AM To: natalieb at backstreetmedia.com Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Why am I losing page and column breaks? Natalie Bircher wrote: > Stuart!! > Where do you get off busting my chops? > > You apparently need more help than the others that have answered my question > with the information I gave. I didn't need to give them my OS or FM version > to answer this question. > > Your tone is arrogant and self-serving. > > You would do better to keep to yourself. > > Natalie > My apologies, Natalie; I did not mean to offend. Obviously I should have sprinkled the posting liberally with winking emoticons, as the intended friendly jibe apparently didn't make it through cyberspace. I admit it is a pet peeve of mine that so often people who are supposedly "professional communicators" post (on this and other lists) questions that border on the insulting, they are so haphazardly and carelessly formed. Surely our peers deserve a little more effort on the part of the questioners, out of simple respect (and self-respect). If you didn't know what was causing your problem, how did you know that no-one would need your OS and version information to solve it? Have you never encountered version- or platform-specific bugs? It is long-established netiquette to include such basic information as a matter of course, though you are not by any means alone in omitting it. I am happy that the psychics on this list were able to identify the cause of your problem so quickly. Please do share the solution. I promise to keep to myself in regard to any future postings from you. (And thank you, Peter, Rick, Kelly, Richard, and Art, for your supportive remarks.) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "On the contrary." -- Henrik Ibsen (last words, after a nurse said he "seemed a little better.")
