Maris wrote (and several other people wrote other things):
> > How about this: I could send you parts for TWO programmers; then you 
> could assemble both and send me one
Come on guys, give me a break, huh?  Olin's offer was a very generous 
offer, and I deeply appreciate it.  Probably more than any of you 
realize, because it affirmed the view that I have of myself, which 
sometimes, usually while lying sleepless just before dawn, I start to 
doubt.  But I can't take charity. Period.  Not in any form, and no 
matter how well intentioned.  It is just a part of who I am, for better 
or for worse.  I'll get my problems solved -- it will just take a little 
time and patience.  And if you all want to swear at me for being so 
stiff-necked, I cannot help that -- nothing that any of you might say 
could even begin to compare with the opinion that my in-laws have of 
me.  :-)  So please drop it, OK?   I'll do fine.  I'm young, healthy, 
and by the time the wee one is old enough for me to start teaching her 
to program, I'll have something going.  I understand that some of the 
previous generations (from what my father-in-law tells me) generally 
spent 2 or 3 years wasting their time (his view) in the military, so if 
I have to spend a couple of years catching up on what I foolishly threw 
away (my education) things should still average out

Bill
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