"Repeating Decimal" wrote in message
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I normally try to be nice to posters even if they ask inane questions.

That is very considerate of you.

On
the other hand, when it seems that someone asks for help without making
the
slightest effort to learn but expect others to do their leg work for them,
I
do tend not to suffer them gladly.

I quite understand.

I do realize, however, that sometimes
their effort is not well expressed by their words. I apologize for those
lapses in my decorum.

That's very magnanimous of you.

Problems like that tend to show up in scientific newsgroups. Students
sometimes ask for solutions to their homework without any effort on their
own behalf.

I must confess this was my homework actually. My teacher gave me assignments
like "What's hydroponic supply store in Japanese?" "How can I get or make
chelated iron for a lemon tree when the shops don't seem to sell it?" etc.
etc. and without making any effort to answer these questions myself I just
posted here. I'm so lazy!

Such posts greatly irritate me, and my replies cannot hid my
frustration with them.

Yes, it must be very frustrating for you. It's not surprising you don't want
to waste time actually reading the posts you're responding to before
expressing your frustration.

I also get irritated when someone expects specific
answer they can look up as well as the people they are asking.

Yes, life is very irritating, isn't it?