Hi David,
You are welcome. I am greatly enjoying your contributions to this Group.
Kind Regards,
Pat
--- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, "David Tolson" <drtolson@...> wrote:
>
> Pat,
>
>
>
> Thanks for the hearty laugh this afternoon. It takes all kind to make this
> world go-round. My proudest achievement and my fulltime job is that I am
> father to a 16 year old young man who has never given me or his mother a
> moment's worth of trouble.no exaggeration. I also devout full-time to a 27
> year marriage, and in my spare time, I do a little writing: blogging, speech
> writing, writing for hire, and on top of all of that I have managed to
> publish two books. I do get paid for my writing, and although I do not get
> paid for the programming (mostly bartering), Access programming is the most
> relaxing thing that I can do. I have a friend who owns a yacht, and he
> swears that riding on the river in his boat is more relaxing than spending
> an hour talking to a Psychiatrist. When he explains why, he makes a good
> argument, but I'll take 4 hours behind my PC working on an Access project
>
> Over spending the day on the Potomac River with him.
>
>
>
> I picked up database development (and I use the word "development' very
> loosely here) during the old dBase days. Back around 1999, my first dBase
> app was a Personnel tracking system that automated the personnel department
> of the company that I worked for. I recall the module that took care of the
> affirmative action requirements: it used to take me about 2 weeks to prepare
> our annual DOL reports before I created the dBase app. After completing the
> app, all I needed to do was obtain 5 figures regarding employment statistics
> from the District of Columbia government and enter them into my database,
> and after hitting print, all of the reports were printed in about 2 minutes.
> I stunned my employer, and he gave me a very nice bonus the following year.
> In fact, we used an affirmative action lawyer who told me that he had
> clients who were paying as much as $80,000 to get their affirmative action
> requirements automated. Now you can buy those programs off the shelf for a
> few hundred dollars, but it was a pretty big deal 22 years ago.
>
>
>
> Here's to hoping that you parlay your new status into something even more
> meaningful.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> David
>
> From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of patrickawood
> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 11:29 AM
> To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MS_AccessPros] Re: Thanks to this Group I am now an Access MVP!
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> I wanted to share a little bit more with you. Many of us began a career
> developing Access in just such a manner as you and I. A.D. Tejpal was an
> engineer and after retiring from a career working for the Railroad began
> tinkering with Access and now he is an Access MVP, a moderator of this
> Group, and has about 160 sample databases he has provided for us in Rogers
> Access Library.
> http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=45
>
> But I should warn you it is dangerous to keep developing Access Databases
> because you can get "Access Fever" which is often diagnosed when the patient
> begins speaking in SQL or VBA. For example:
>
> Making an order at McDonalds: "Select All from Menu Where MenuItem = 2 and
> Beverage = 'Sprite'".
>
> I have seen a documented example of a the patient talking to the children
> during the meal something like this:
>
> On Error GoTo TimeOut
>
> If Not Vegetables.Eaten Then
> Desert.Denied
> Else
> Desert.Granted
> End If
>
> TimeOut:
> MsgBox "Go Sit in Chair For 15 Minutes.", vbCritical
>
> Kind Regards,
> Pat
>
> --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com> , "David Tolson"
> <drtolson@> wrote:
> >
> > Congratulations Patrick on your recent award from Microsoft. When I first
> > saw your announcement, I did not realize its significance; however,
> > yesterday I was searching for an answer to an issue that I ran into while
> > developing an Access application, and I found that Microsoft has awarded
> > this prestiges award to only a few hundred people worldwide. That gave me
> a
> > different appreciation for your accomplishment, so although I am sure that
> I
> > still do not fully comprehend its gravity, it looks like a pretty big deal
> > to me. Therefore, I offer my heartiest congratulations.
> >
> >
> >
> > I read your profile and see that you began your Access career creating a
> > free church management application. I guess there is hope for me too,
> > because I also created a free church management system that I made
> available
> > to a number of churches. Not to "cheapen" the art of Access development,
> but
> > I am a shade tree programmer, whose time does not permit me to stay on top
> > of all of the latest versions, but every so often, I challenge myself with
> a
> > job to try to preserve my limited skills.
> >
> >
> >
> > Have a great day today and an even finer day tomorrow,
> >
> >
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of
> patrickawood
> > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 6:34 PM
> > To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [MS_AccessPros] Re: Thanks to this Group I am now an Access MVP!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks Paul!
> >
> > --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com> , "Paul" <pbaldy72@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Congrats and welcome Patrick!!
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com> , "patrickawood"
> > <pwood57@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am announcing this award here before anywhere else because this
> group
> > encouraged me when I needed it most and taught me so much that I owe a
> great
> > debt of gratitude to you all.
> > > >
> > > > There are so many that have so much more knowledge and experience and
> > deserve it more than I do. I am greatly humbled by this award and know
> that
> > you all will keep me on my toes.
> > > >
> > > > You can see my MVP Profile at
> > https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Patrick.Wood
> > > >
> > > > My specialty is Access with SQL Azure development--Cloud computing.
> You
> > can visit my Microsoft Access and SQL Azure Information Center for
> > Developers at
> > > > http://gainingaccess.net/SQLAzure/AccessAndSQLAzureInfo.aspx
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to you all!
> > > >
> > > > Gratefully yours,
> > > > Pat Wood
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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