Sometimes some members loose sight of the scope of this site.

I just checked the "Who's Online" page.

Currently thirteen members and about another 360 "Guests". Over 28 guests per logged in member. What we write here is an awesome resource for the global Access developer community.

Sometimes some members loose sight of the scope of this site.

I just checked the "Who's Online" page.

Currently thirteen members and about another 360 "Guests". Over 28 guests per logged in member. What we write here is an awesome resource for the global Access developer community. In my opinion this site is moving more in the direction of Social Networking than "global Access developer community". Just look at the more popular threads. It's more important to say "Happy Birthday" than answer some question about reports.

Blaster,

this kind of junk (conduct) was ushered in with the Obama administration. But that doesn't mean that you have to buy into it. IMO, it's just as easy to make money in this country right now than it was in the past. The difference is that, it's much much lonelier now. The current administration has turned the entire country into a socialistic nightmare, and the followers that don't know any different have bought the sales pitch, hook line and sinker.

I think you're absolutely right about the fact that you mentioned, but it doesn't mean that you have to conform to it. But be ready to be even more disliked by the the majority of people in the world that you were before, if ever.

I've personally always dealt with people not liking me, but I'm used to it and rarely have to confront it because it washes off my back like water off a duck's back. I do enjoy coming here, but if it does keep going this way, I might just hightail it. But I'm sure that won't come to pass for many years, even though the world is changing for the worse at the moment...

I've personally always dealt with people not liking me, but I'm used to it and rarely have to confront it because it washes off my back like water off a duck's back.

I am not surprised that you are not liked. You shoot your mouth off for the sake of it and mostly it is just rubbish like the stuff about Obama who you apparently believe has altered the culture of the entire US nation (and the rest of the planet for that matter) overnight.

In another recent post you criticised me, basically for being polite while claiming that it was better to "tell it like it is" and how you prefer the Republican way for that. Again you repeated you bizarre perspective on Obama's influence.

Actually the Republican way (and yours) is to tell it "how you think it is" regardless of the independent advice. For example the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" in Iraq that the professional investigators said did not exist.

But no, the "tell it how you think it is" way prevailed and the "short war" (that only your government envisaged as short) in Iraq dragged on for a decade and has achived nothing besides the destruction and destabilisation of a country. Regarding the purported benefits of making a safer world, most pundits conclude that the problem has escalated.

"Tell it like we think it is" the world can handle but unfortunately the Republican Way so often becomes "Enforce the way we think it is" with the backing of the US military machine driven with all the ferverent religious attitudes of Joshua's massacres.

History is littered with the damage caused by Republican arrogance driven by short term goals while they and there supporters remain as recalcitrant as ever. They still don't acknowledge they got it wrong. The best we got was Donald Rumsfeld offerred as a scapegoat.

If asked to name the single most destructive and divisive force on the planet I would not hesitate to choose the Republicans and their supporters. Unlike you I can back what I say with facts. Take a llok at this one.

In post #8 of this recent thread (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=205096) you once again "tell it like it is" but the ongoing discussion clearly shows just how incredibly far off the mark your assumptions actually were. I noted you did not return and acknowledge your misguided attitude. Once again, not "The Republican Way".

Perhaps you could learn humility but it doesn't seem within your nature. Personally I find your contributions, as knowledgable as they can be, are not really worth the cost of putting up with your arrogance.

I am not surprised that you are not liked. You shoot your mouth off for the sake of it and mostly it is just rubbish like the stuff about Obama who you apparently believe has altered the culture of the entire US nation (and the rest of the planet for that matter) overnight.
I really hate to disagree with you, but this is complete rubbish as well. I accept the fact that I'm not liked in "some" circles, and as a matter of fact it makes me feel good about myself. Again, like I've said countless times on this board, and you've obviously missed it AGAIN, I don't give a hoot WHO is president. I don't vote anyway (and yes, I'm ready for your next post about why I shouldn't even be typing if I don't vote).

The most power any individual in this world has is controlling their little corner of it to the best of their ability. As far as repubs and dems go, you've also missed my point "again" on this front. I don't believe in either of these sides because both of them have the same agenda, just different ways of getting to it and methods by which to do it. But be it GWB, Obama, Clinton, Reagan, and as far back as you want to go, everyone one of these clowns have the same problem: They are completely unable to put themselves in another person's shoes...a person that will be affected by their decisions.

And IMO, intelligence is defined as the ability to do THAT, and many other things that 99% of human beings can't do, like figure out how their actions will affect people around them. Presidents are no different, and excuse me for saying so, but sometimes this makes me absolutely sick.

But in terms of "shooting my mouth off", it really doesn't bother me how many times you say that, because people have been doing that to me my entire life. But you might want to know, that I've also had the same number of people praise me for being a leader and giving them what they want and need: Guidance. And I'm not talking about inspirational speeches that are given for the sake of securing a cozy chair in the white house. But again, what you've obviously missed is the fact that I don't blame any of these government clowns for doing stupid things, OR smart things for that matter! Rarely has any country in the world seen a president that truly had "intelligence", the way I've defined it here.

I have respect for everybody even though I do think that 99% of the people in this world have their headlights off. And that's absolutely fine, because it wouldn't be a world of human beings if it were any other way. But the thing I won't do, and never have for that matter, is let someone else run over me and tell me the way it is. In a meeting room? Sure. On the street? Hell no.

Everytime I say something like this to people, I think about all those times at grocery stores, convenience shops, airports and whatever else. Just the other day I was standing at the meat counter in Fareway and there wasn't quite enough room for one cart to get through the isle. Obviously I don't stand there all day blocking isles. I was waiting for the guy to package the beef! So what does this guy do?? Takes him damn cart and tries to push me and the other lady to the side with it so he could get through! And guess what...he got shoved right back to where he was, by ME. And the funniest thing about it was that he gave me a look like "what? what did I do?". I almost laughed, but I just walked off. Actually what was even funnier about the whole situation was the fact that he was a smaller guy, and me weighing 230 and having plenty of muscle on me, he wasn't about to say anything back. LOL. (even now, I'm laughing about this, because it's happened alot!!)

The reason I say that is because, IMO, Obama is clearly not a hard-nosed person, and I think that hurts the natural competitive nature of human beings. After all, that's how the USA was built and became so great. Now do I care that he's doing it? Of course not. I make plenty of money and my life is just fine with me. But it gives me an uneasy feeling to know that many people in this country are following his leadership and sacrificing things in their own lives like standard of living, simply for the sake of being "nice" to everyone. Again, IMO, most people would rather not do that and make a life for themselves by way of competition. But that's not being preached anymore at the leadership level. But this is a free country, and until the president officially becomes a dictator, I'll do what I damn well please because there are still plenty of people out there that look up to me and see me as a symbol of hope to preserve the way that things were in the past. I don't have that power, but it's a damn good feeling to know that I support that way of life and will never conform to "pop culture". If I'm in a bad mood, I'm in a bad mood. You won't ever see me manufacture feelings just for the sake of wanting someone else to like me!

Sometimes some members loose sight of the scope of this site.

According to that logic this thread would be a very good demonstration of that fact!

In my opinion the strength of forums is that anything is up for debate.

:rolleyes:

How this thread moved from post #2 to post #3 I could never guess.


In my opinion this site is moving more in the direction of Social Networking than "global Access developer community". Just look at the more popular threads. It's more important to say "Happy Birthday" than answer some question about reports.


I think that is unavoidable, and not necessarily a bad thing. There are a ton of websites, forums, etc. to assist with Access. If forum members use this site for Access but also to share their latest jokes and add onto the neverending story, it helps to keep those users coming back.

In my opinion this site is moving more in the direction of Social Networking than "global Access developer community". Just look at the more popular threads. It's more important to say "Happy Birthday" than answer some question about reports.

What wonderful brilliant logic prevails here. Hopefully it only takes a limited number of posts to answer a techie question, but the number of posts on a Social thread is fairly limitless, hence they are the "top" threads.
Isn't that pretty obvious?

Brian

FWIW
The watercooler and Political forums have approx 1500 threads and 72,000 posts between them, the Forms forum alone has 227,000 posts and , s**t I've gotten how many threads, short term memory is on its way out, anyway you can check for yourselves.

Brian

The current administration has turned the entire country into a socialistic nightmare,
Anyone who thinks that the Obama administration is socialist has clearly never lived under a genuinely socialist government.

How this thread moved from post #2 to post #3 I could never guess.



I think that is unavoidable, and not necessarily a bad thing. There are a ton of websites, forums, etc. to assist with Access. If forum members use this site for Access but also to share their latest jokes and add onto the neverending story, it helps to keep those users coming back.

I don't agree with you that its "unavoidable". But I respect the fact we can disagree without hurling insults.

Anyone who thinks that the Obama administration is socialist has clearly never lived under a genuinely socialist government.

I have no doubt that you're right. From what you've seen though, do you think this admin in the USA would be socialist if they didn't have any opposition in the government to fight against? I think that all signs point to that, but I also think that they found it extremely difficult to implement because of the tension and recourse from the other side.

I really think that was their true intention by securing the office, regardless of whether or not their intentions of ruling meant well or was simply power-driven.

Sometimes some members loose sight of the scope of this site.

I just checked the "Who's Online" page.

Currently thirteen members and about another 360 "Guests". Over 28 guests per logged in member. What we write here is an awesome resource for the global Access developer community.
True, it is. However, there are a lot of those "guests" which are GoogleBots and BingBots (more Google than Bing) as well as a few other search crawlers.