BreakPoint
Grumpy Old Men
I try not to be grumpy but who knows, I may fail miserably. I may qualify on the "old" part of the tag, especially considering that I have been doing this stuff longer than Cory has been alive. 
Last time I checked I qualified as a man.
I do like participating here because even us old dogs can learn a few new tricks.
So of course I HAD to peruse the threads that were last posted to within a few hours of Tester generating a new name.
Goals:
- avoid grumps for my own selection of threads (thanks michelle)
- see if a politer response could be of aid to the OP
- help myself by observing a "discussion going down hill" (I'm not the most tactful guy- but I can observe and learn)
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Coming from you, Ray, I take that as a compliment of the highest order!
Think I should change my alias?
Hmm, I guess for some I could count as old since I started to work with LabVIEW when Cory probably just started to learn to walk and I can get a bit grumpy at times with certain people who show a certain attitude that has been already discussed about in this thread.
And I feel it is my right to be grumpy sometimes, when someone starts to yell out about being told to do some work first before asking for a ready made solution to be posted and two hours later inquiring why the free consultant service on this board doesn't give two second reaction time to their grateful requests.
I can't resist! As I have mentioned in the past (while explaining my avatar, the "trilobyte") I'm not only older than dirt, I was on the committee that named it. I agree with many of the posters, the isn't a regular member of this forum that I would say is inherently grumpy, but there are some posters that by their actions can cause some of us to become grumpy, gender aside. I try and factor in that for some the forum may seem a last resort in a stressful time, looking at some of the questions I have posted myself in the last six months would show some seriously high stress levels, I also try and factor in that the language may be a major issue as well, but I do get pretty cranky when the person, asking for free advice to their problem, resorts to being insulting, or just obnoxious. There are people here that have literally decades of experience in a variety of fields, have advanced degrees, and have been using LabVIEW since close to its inception, who take the time, at all hours of the day, to help others try and resolve their individual problems. Their only compensation, other than a sense of accomplishment from helping others, may be a "thank you" note to indicate that their effort was noticed, or a kudo (no "1"star awards, to those who have been on here for a few years). I have been "wiring" for 17 years, am somewhat knowledgeable about LabVIEW and engineering in general, make my living developing in LabVIEW, and this is the first place I turn when I'm stuck. It is a great community, not just as an internet one. I have developed friendships with many of those on here, some more formal than others, and I can't image trying to develop in LabVIEW without this resource.
tst, you said earlier in the thread, tongue in cheek, that your "manhood had been questioned". Was that when you were anonymous, posting ambiguous pictures when asked (search for the thread about 5 years ago where we tried to determine, who, and where tst was, sort of the LabVIEW community's Where in the World is tst?)
