The logic in this "doctor/man with hurt arm" analogy is very flawed. No one here is a doctor, we're all just other patients sitting in the waiting room. If you're asking help from us, you're going to hear our home remedies, not sound medical advice. Of course, in this case, the doctor is Russian, speaks very poor English and takes weeks to get back with you.

But still, why ask for help here if you don't want to hear any of it? Deal with tech support.

Ok Ming that enough, I don't have a tomatoe installed so it could not be a vegi problem..I was thinking of trying a watermelon though.

Patient: "Replace the arm?! I'm not crazy about that idea... I've actually grown quite fond of this one. And it has worked great for many years up until just recently. Are you sure that's the only way?? Replace the arm??"

Doctor: "Well, there is one other thing. It would be a lot of work, but you could keep the arm."

Patient: "What is it?!"

Doctor: "Liver transplant."

Patient: "Liver transplant?? Are you serious??"

Doctor: "And a frontal lobotomy."

Patient: "What?!? Are you nuts? How are a liver transplant and a frontal lobotomy going to help my arm?? What kind of doctor are you, anyway??"

Doctor: "I'm not really a doctor. I'm just another patient hanging out in the waiting room."

Patient: "Wha...? Then what's with the lab coat and stethoscope? If you're not a doctor, then why are you out here acting like a doctor, giving out "advice" to people who have problems?"

not Doctor: "I picked up the lab coat and stethoscope at a medical supply store. I like to wear them around hospitals because they make people think I'm a doctor. I just like to give that impression and let people believe that I'm a medical expert."

Patient: "But you've been giving people potentially harmful guidance and advice under the presumption that you are a doctor, a medical expert!"

not Doctor: "Hey... I never actually SAID that I was a doctor. You just assumed that I was because I express myself in a way that makes me sound like a medical expert. If you listen to me and follow my advice... hey, that's your problem."

Patient: "That's crazy! You're just going to absolve yourself of any responsibility for that ill-informed and potentially damaging 'advice' by the disclaimer that you are not really a doctor?? Why don't you just keep quiet instead of giving out poor advice??"

not Doctor: "Look man, if you come in here complaining about your arm problem, people are going to offer advice. If you don't want advice, then quit whining about your arm."

I went to the doctor and I told her "My arm hurts when I lift things"

She said "Well stop lifting things"

Tommy Cooper

Ming

Hedgehog, you're a funny guy. I don't want to get too deep into this hole analogy thing, but when you post a thread here you know who you're dealing with. No one here works for Microsoft/Neoqb/ATI/nVidia etc....

If I remember correctly you posted a thread a while back asking for help and then completely insulted everyone that tried to help you. No one was wearing a lab coat, you knew who you were dealing with.

Patient: "You are a fraud! You really have no idea what's wrong with my arm, yet you gave me all kinds of advice for how to fix it! You're just irresponsible, if not actually negligent and dangerous!"

not Doctor: "If I remember correctly, you're the one who came in here asking for help, and now you're just insulting me. How's that for gratitude?"

Patient: "On the contrary. If you refer back to the beginning of our conversation, you will see that I did not ask for your help. I simply stated that I couldn't move my arm, which seemed like an appropriate thing to share in a hospital waiting room. You approached me, providing/allowing the impression that you were a medical expert, and immediately began offering 'advice' for how to fix my arm problem."

not Doctor: "That's right! I was trying to be helpful! I didn't see you trying to help any of the other people here in the waiting room! At least I was trying to help. You're just selfish."

Patient: "But I'm not a doctor!..."

not Doctor: "Yeah... no wonder you can't get your stupid arm to work. Sheesh. At least both of my arms work!"

Ehhh...perhaps everyone needs to just step back and not take most of this thread so seriously.

While the doctor/patient thing is funny (and fun)...I think it's meant to be taken more light-heartedly.

...heck, continuing on in this patient/doctor vein...


...only an idiot would think SimHQ was a Hospital!


...oh, and btw... dont forget to grease your RAM!(that still makes me LOL - thanks Hedge)

More like an insane asylum...

I hope I'm not coming off as too serious, besides, I can play rof!

And so can Warbirds, the guy who started the thread, and without the graphics corruptions.

Apparently he got a new version of RoF in the last few days, as the old RoF software was completely broken.