Hi folks
my little bit. When I first found this list I was amazed, wow, so many
people know so much though things started to become quite clear.......
most of the replies came from the same group of people. I thought I
would be terrified to post a question till one day tearing my hair out
I bit the bullet and posted. The response surprised me, the same with
my next question..... I learned that there are people who reply
publicly and others who will send a private reply and some who wont
send anything which I assumed was not because they didn't want to help
but that they didn't have the answer. I watched one question for a
couple of days, all the knowledgeable ones [in my mind] were sending
suggestions right left and centre, so many technical replies but not
solving the problem. I didn't have the nerve to post my suggestion
publicly, not because of fear or anyone laughing at me, just that I
didn't have their knowledge but hey I was wrong..... I had the answer
Since then I have posted a few requests for help and had mixed
responses, the last not even drawing any suggestion from Shay who
believe me I was in awe of at first.
Anyway the point of my reply...... we are none of us stupid, we do own
Macs after all, and if we try everything we can think of before posting
for help...... well heck we could well have covered everything others
might suggest already
If an effort was made by all to at least acknowledge postings I think
more people would feel welcome on this list and contribute more.
Please no, this would not help, I cannot think of anything more
frustrating when I have a problem than to be bombarded with replies
saying 'sorry to hear you have a problem but I have nothing to offer'.
Lets just share what we can when we can and accept that sometimes we
all know as much about something as everyone else and might not get any
replies.
Happy New year to all..... thanks for the help you've given me in 2004
Yvonne
