Re: Andmoreagain...

Kathlyn and I have a standard line we use with friends who think we should do them a "favor" since it won't take us long to make them a commercial, edit a video or repair their computers...

We basically tell them: "Would you mind swinging by tomorrow with your crew and painting our restroom? After all, you're the expert and have all the equipment -- it should only take you a couple of hours or so. We'd really appreciate the favor." You can always tweak the recipe ingredients to suit the tastes of the person you are dealing with.

For some reason, what we do is not a "real" job, it's hard for people to get their heads around work such as that which is done in this industry. But if you can translate it into their realm of experience, they get the message real quick...

Eric, our code guru, likes to say that one of these days he is going to get a t-shirt that says: "No, I will NOT fix your computer. Sorry."

Sure, we've done favors, I think we all have -- but we have been asked for many more than we've actually done. The above recipe has helped us cure the problem in most cases.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom