[Wolves] The good samaritan

[Peter Cannon]

Hi David

On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 13:51, David Goodwin wrote:
> > Mind you (Don't start frothing at the mouth just making an observation)
> > I thought thats what the LUG was for? amongst other things.
> > 
> 
> 
> *froth*
> 
> That's true to an extent - most people don't mind helping someone a 
> couple of times, but eventually the hope is that they will learn from 
> experience and become self sufficient (and therefore be in a position to 
> help others eventually) - at least on the more basic problems. Obviously 
> as they become more experienced they are likely to do wierder/more 
> advanced stuff --- however at this point the knowledge of the LUG is 
> unlikely to be sufficient as it's likely that you would out grow the 
> knowledge of the group in a particular area which may be of interest to 
> you .... so you will have to look outside of your little world/LUG 
> sometime regardless, so you may as well get used to it :)

Oh dear looks like I've put my foot in it again, Christ I don't think my
body can take two birching sessions.

I still waiting for someone to raise an issue that I can be of help with
then I can start earning brownie points.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> David.
> (hoping the above makes sense)
> 
> 
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Regards

Peter Cannon

peter at cannon-linux.freeserve.co.uk