Visual Basic is a con !

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Originally Posted by BecauseIcan

I hate the getting old part. I do the math 5+3=8...I am only 8. That is my prospective!

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Hmmm... 7 + 5 = 12, 1 + 2 = 3... Yea... I'm getting younger every day... Daddy may let me use his magic box once I can type...
(Yeah, typing, that's my bête noire)

Pop.

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Originally Posted by Poppa Mintin

Good idea, maybe you should start one...

Here's some more in the same vein.




Poppa.

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I'll start one but mine tend to go over like a lead balloon....

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Originally Posted by TysonLPrice

I'll start one but mine tend to go over like a lead balloon....

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Mythbusters proved you can have a helium filled balloon made out of lead: http://mythbustersresults.com/episode96
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1177696/
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/my...ad-balloon.htm

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Originally Posted by BecauseIcan

I hate the getting old part. I do the math 5+3=8...I am only 8. That is my prospective!

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I hear a lot of old people refer to themselves as young. The young people refer to them as old. But half a century old is not too old.

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Originally Posted by moonman239

I hear a lot of old people refer to themselves as young. The young people refer to them as old. But half a century old is not too old.

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It's not too old but it certainly isn't young. It is old enough to know youth is wasted on the young :)

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Originally Posted by TysonLPrice

It's not too old but it certainly isn't young. It is old enough to know youth is wasted on the young :)

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I can remember being only 53... (Just)
That was a generation ago, but I'm sure my memory was better then... (I think)

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Originally Posted by jmcilhinney

There are undoubtedly some things that VB6 can do more easily than VB.NET but I think that, when it comes to creating a useful application, a VB.NET developer will be able to finish the job sooner than an equally skilled VB6 developer. ...

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I was a stalwart VB6 proponent. The above is completely true. Once I took the time to see that .NET wasn't bad, but simply opened up a whole new set of tools, my productivity went up considerably.