Hi Robert,

Ouch.

I hope so. I appreciate your reply, although we disagree as to the nature of
others' contributions to this thread (FWIW, I thought that Alan Beban's
reply was right on the button). I hope we can disagree without being
disagreeable.

Of course you're right, it can be difficult to discern the sense, or
sentiments, of a typed reply. That's why it's incumbent on someone as
generally well regarded as Messrs. McGimpsey and Grove to take care with the
tenor of their responses. I regard them (their responses in this thread,
that is) as dismissive, and I think it's particularly important for an Excel
MVP (I think that they both have and deserve that designation) to adopt an
encouraging tone. Before I resigned from the MVP program, I tried hard to do
so. Particularly in an unmoderated newsgroup, I think it's important to take
care with our responses. Perhaps I failed to do so myself.

--
C^2
Conrad Carlberg

Excel Sales Forecasting for Dummies, Wiley, 2005


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Ouch.
Conrad,
I think it is a shame you read the responses in the way you did.
They didn't come across as having any negative sentment to me.

I think it is a well recognised shortcomming, of the typed word that
sentements are often missunderstood.
Short of us all typing <g, <vbg and others through our text, this is
unlikely to change

My experience as a 'dabbler' in these excel groups is that, with the
exception of an odd Access Fixated Troll, regular contributers wants to
help and share knowledge in a positive way.

If I am wrong, and they are here to show off and brag, that would be
pitiful. Somehow I don't think that is the case.

be happy
RES