Sorry for assuming, but I saw the Oct. join date and one post and figured cheweboy got banned. I also saw the ladies comment and figured it was the same attitude coming across from chewe. Maybe it's just a UK thing. You may have ignored my comment about the worst offender of your problems being from the UK himself.
I guess people are told to search for no reason. Obviously we Americans never answer any questions or help anyone. Obviously we are sending people on a fruit-less search because we never answer anyone's questions, so there really are no answers to be found. I understand the general perception of Americans is that we are a bit hard edged. That may be the case, but it is because those who want to succeed here learn that you need to be motivated and self-sufficient to realize that dream.
I help people out quite a bit, you can see most of my posts are in response to newbie's questions. I can only answer what is asked though. If he had replied with well ok, here are my goals, which would you suggest based on those? I would have probably replied with an informed opinion. Instead he gave attitude and thus got no answers and plenty of attitude back. I do say to search because I, nor anyone else, can really cover every aspect that has already been addressed. I try to give people enough information to make intelligent searches. I did not even assume he was from America (as we arrogant Americans apparently do

) and suggested products based on location. From there he knew two
software products which he could have easily found details about.
My biggest problem when jumping into this hobby was learning what products were available. Once I knew what they were, I took the initiative to find out more about them. I feel that is usually the case, unless people are just too lazy and want to be spoon-fed. Spoon-feeding ample amounts of previously spood-fed information is not something I will do however.
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