<div dir="ltr">Dear Awtar,<div><br><div>I have a drupal 6 site - www.planttreaty.org- that needs to be converted to Drupal 7, preferably into a theme called 'Global_News'</div><div>How long would it take and what would it cost?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Eljay</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Awtar Singh - QC <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asingh@quantum-coders.com" target="_blank">asingh@quantum-coders.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks for your responses. I appreciate it!<br>
<br>
Awtar Singh<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Marty Landman<br>
Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 12:36 AM<br>
To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers<br>
Subject: Re: [consulting] Are you looking to hire dedicated Drupal<br>
Developers at lucrative hourly rate? (Awtar Singh - QC)<br>
<br>
Could be that Awtar is an Oxford grad who could teach the rest of us<br>
a thing or two about proper English, and the goal was simply to get<br>
all this attention. Which he's done brilliantly I might add. :-)<br>
<br>
Marty<br>
<br>
At 02:54 PM 7/2/2014, Sam Moore wrote:<br>
>It's not terrible, it's just not quite perfect (or "idiomatic" as we<br>
>might say - another one you might enjoy looking up :-).<br>
><br>
>Of course we all read a lot of marketing copy every day - ads, etc -<br>
>and personally I'd expect to read something like "attractive hourly<br>
>rate" instead.<br>
>The ambiguity is around just who is receiving the benefit - you or<br>
>the customer?<br>
><br>
>This is why professional translators never translate into their<br>
>second language, but always into their home language.<br>
><br>
>It's quite subtle - don't feel bad. Plus email pretty much sucks as<br>
>a communication medium.<br>
><br>
>I must say though you certainly got some attention.<br>
><br>
>Cheers<br>
><br>
>Sam Moore<br>
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>On Jul 2, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Awtar Singh<br>
><<mailto:<a href="mailto:asingh@quantum-coders.com">asingh@quantum-coders.com</a>><a href="mailto:asingh@quantum-coders.com">asingh@quantum-coders.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>>Guys -<br>
>><br>
>>I called it "lucrative hourly rate" because we wish to work with<br>
>>groups or people filled with work and it means "profitable hourly<br>
>>rate". Was it wrong?<br>
>><br>
>>Awtar singh<br>
>><br>
>>Sent from my iPhone<br>
>><br>
>>On Jul 2, 2014, at 10:06 PM, Debi Easterday<br>
>><<mailto:<a href="mailto:debi@linkstechnology.com">debi@linkstechnology.com</a>><a href="mailto:debi@linkstechnology.com">debi@linkstechnology.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>>Thank you all for the bit of comic relief. This is the best<br>
>>>thread I've read in a while. Hope you all enjoy your long weekend ahead!<br>
>>><br>
>>>From:<br>
>>><mailto:<a href="mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org">consulting-bounces@drupal.org</a>><a href="mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org">consulting-bounces@drupal.org</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> [<mailto:<a href="mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org">consulting-bounces@drupal.org</a>>mailto:<a href="mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org">consulting-bounces@drupal.org</a>]<br>
>>>On Behalf Of Doug Johnson<br>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 11:31 AM<br>
>>>To: <mailto:<a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a>><a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a><br>
>>>Subject: Re: [consulting] Are you looking to hire dedicated Drupal<br>
>>>Developers at lucrative hourly rate? (Awtar Singh - QC)<br>
>>><br>
>>>It's possible he's just being VERY VERY honest. "Yeah, like I am<br>
>>>SO going to make a ton of money working with you"<br>
>>>On 7/2/2014 9:56 AM, Anna Kalata wrote:<br>
>>>I interpreted it to mean that it would be lucrative for the people<br>
>>>who hire them, because they're cheap? Agreed, not the best use of<br>
>>>vocabulary...<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>Dude, you really need to look up what "lucrative" means.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>--<br>
>>>"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and<br>
>>>the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell<br>
>>>Doug Johnson<br>
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