To: Warpslide
  Re: Re: test
  By: Warpslide to Jas Hud on Sun Dec 25 2022 07:48 am

 > From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_TEST
 >
 >  *** Quoting Jas Hud from a message to Daryl Stout ***
 >
 >  JH> So I basically did all the work with various things and when i was
 >  JH> done he stuck the knife in.  I was young then and never really got
 >  JH> betrayed by a friend like that before.  he was also 27 years older
 >  JH> than me.  so he was 47 when he screwed me over.
 >
 > Sadly it seems that age != maturity.

yeah but now that i'm around that age i don't know of any people in that age
bracket that would do such a petty thing.
i guess he had some mental problems.

Either way his bbs didn't last long after that because it was the mid 90s.
I looked him up and he has no online footprint. so he lives in his house and
does whatever and he's in his 70s now.

 >
 > I don't mind pointing people in the right direction when I happen to know
 > something they don't, but I'm not going to take on the responsibility and do
 > it for them.  I've worked in IT long enough to know that the moment you fix
 > it, it becomes your 'job' to fix it when it breaks.
 >

yeah, that's how it was when i would fix people's computers or setup something
complicated for them.  they'd screw it up or just get a cable unplugged and I
would drive there to fix it.

With bbsing i did a LOT of support over the years. and i just found out that
doing it for them over teamviewer or vnc was a lot quicker.
Otherwise i was up until 3am when I had to wake up at 5:30am-6pm for work.
That's another habit i was glad to cast away.

People don't really *need* help. You can point them in the right direction but
if people don't have the heart they won't last. the best way to learn is by
doing it hands on.
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