I am not kidding. Do you have the problem too?

Webnauts · 10-18-2005, 08:50 PM

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mondine · 10-19-2005, 01:58 AM

Heh, good one.
And it applies equally to any other profession or trade, and the value that 'friends' can see in your work.

I recently had a friend ask fo my help with fixing-up an old wooden sailboat (translation = "please do this for me because you can and I can't").
It was in pretty bad shape. I scraped and sanded the old finish, repaired damaged sections of wood, and rebuilt some others that were beyond repair. Cleaned and restored hardware, and applied six coats of marine varnish. Probably spent about 60 hours, altogether, on the project.

When it was finished, I jokingly pointed out that, had I been working for a client, I'd be enjoying a rather fat paycheque for my efforts.

His reply? "Well, I did buy the beer!".

Çãt JåÐí$ · 10-19-2005, 08:57 AM

Haha very good stuff!

Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks · 10-19-2005, 10:49 AM

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darrenstraight · 10-19-2005, 04:07 PM

I completely agree with this, to me it seems as some people just think they can get everything for free and give nothing in return, it's like when people ask me on the net if I can help them, sure I'll help them to a certain extent but I cant help everybody for free as I would lose a lot of time that could be spent in better ways (i.e. Studies)

mondine · 10-19-2005, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by darrenstraight

I completely agree with this, to me it seems as some people just think they can get everything for free and give nothing in return, it's like when people ask me on the net if I can help them, sure I'll help them to a certain extent but I cant help everybody for free as I would lose a lot of time that could be spent in better ways (i.e. Studies)

Funny, I thought that 'here' was where this reply of yours belonged, when I saw it in the thread about ebooks.

How the heck does that happen?

darrenstraight · 10-19-2005, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mondine

Quote:

Originally Posted by darrenstraight

I completely agree with this, to me it seems as some people just think they can get everything for free and give nothing in return, it's like when people ask me on the net if I can help them, sure I'll help them to a certain extent but I cant help everybody for free as I would lose a lot of time that could be spent in better ways (i.e. Studies)

Funny, I thought that 'here' was where this reply of yours belonged, when I saw it in the thread about ebooks.

How the heck does that happen?

What my post turning up in the ebook forum, I dont know!

10-18-2005, 08:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
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mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Heh, good one. And it applies equally to any other profession or trade, and the value that 'friends' can see in your work. I recently had a friend ask fo my help with fixing-up an old wooden sailboat (translation = "please do this for me because you can and I can't"). It was in pretty bad shape. I scraped and sanded the old finish, repaired damaged sections of wood, and rebuilt some others that were beyond repair. Cleaned and restored hardware, and applied six coats of marine varnish. Probably spent about 60 hours, altogether, on the project. When it was finished, I jokingly pointed out that, had I been working for a client, I'd be enjoying a rather fat paycheque for my efforts. His reply? "Well, I did buy the beer!". __________________

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darrenstraight Microsoft Student Partner Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 5,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I completely agree with this, to me it seems as some people just think they can get everything for free and give nothing in return, it's like when people ask me on the net if I can help them, sure I'll help them to a certain extent but I cant help everybody for free as I would lose a lot of time that could be spent in better ways (i.e. Studies) __________________ Visit my Tech Blog!

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