Adelle Hartley wrote:
> Hi John,
>
>> You can answer yourself by saying something like
>>
>> "I know I've replied to at least 3,000 questions for help"
>
> I'll let others on this list be the judge of whether my answers are helpful
> or not. I Sometimes I get a bit long-winded trying to explain the minutae
> of something that probably deserved a shorter answer.
>
> I'd like to put put in a good word for Steve Manser though. He seems to be
> able to come up with illustrative metaphors that people understand, for
> things that I have difficulty explaining.
>
> Adelle.
Speaking as a lurker hobbyist programmer, I find your
answers very informative, at least the ones I can understand 
Contributions from the others mentioned before are also very
helpful.
Marc
.