My issue, Adam, is that I, too, don't want to read your tripe. However, when you step in and demean a brand new poster by telling them that you know they won't understand something, you just insulted them. Don't you see that?
You accuse me of going over their heads - but the way you give us a bad name is to underestimate the people before you assess their abilities. For example, Elena claims knowledge of the Access GUI and claims some knowledge of tables & relationships. Her weakness is VBA. I figured that out and tailored a response for her to have an easy inroad to VBA by studying what the Access wizards do. It is cheap and easy to do that.
YOUR response to Elena was "I know you won't understand my answer and my web site isn't ready so just learn how to use Google." You arrogant ASS! HOW THE HELL do you think she found this site in the first place? Divine inspiration? Or just MAYBE ... she searched for it with Google.
In order to maintain a standard for the technical level of this forum, which I happen to like, I make it a point to correct you when you are wrong or totally off track - which occurs with distressing frequency. But when the problem is attitude, I don't have a way to wipe up your mess. It becomes visible to all and sundry. Which I actually like, because if I open myself up to PMs, nobody will see your arguments. You'll HAVE to come out in the open and not hide from your problems. If you want to call me "old man" like you did in Elena's thread, go right ahead. I know I'm not young any more. But I know that somewhere along the line, I earned respect in various ways.
Doesn't it tell you something at all that many members of the forum have blocked you? Don't you get that you have demonstrated your true colors and they have shut you out because of it?
If you think I disrespect you, perhaps it is because all relationships quickly become reflections. My treatment of you is a reflection of how you treat me. It is a practical application (in reverse) of the Golden Rule. Obviously, you want to be treated with disrespect because you have not learned to show respect. You seem to think that my old ways are bad. I learned a long time ago that "we do it this way because it has always been done this way" is the WORST excuse of all to do something in a particular way. The best excuse is, of course, that it works better in a particular way. I believe in precedent as a good but not ironclad guideline. Is THAT petrified thinking? Or merely applying old wisdom to new problems to see if they fit?
Next time you call me "old man" just remember that this old man has probably forgotten more about programming than YOU ever knew.
