Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> Lia, designing a web page is not all that difficult, especially for someone
> who does it professionally. She should have designed a webpage for you for
> free after that dinner! Sounds wonderful!!!


You hit on exactly the sticky problem I've been mulling over all day. I
would never charge a friend for dinner in my own home. Cooking a good
meal is fun and isn't all that difficult once you know how, but it does
take learning how to do. The same is true for webpages. Jim keeps
telling me I should learn to do the webpage for myself. On the one
hand, web design is a professional service one should expect to be paid
for. On the other hand, like cooking, it is the sort of thing one could
do as a favor for a friend once you have the know-how. I'm sure she's
not overcharging me, but she did meet me briefly at a party, volunteer
that she'd like to do the webpage for me out of the blue, then bring up
the price after she'd eaten the home-cooked meal. I have mixed feelings
about all of this.


--Lia