RE: What is going on here?

["Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>]

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Danvarner@aol.com [SMTP:Danvarner@aol.com]
        Sent:   Tuesday, September 01, 1998 9:21 PM
        To:     wgp@dana.ucc.nau.edu
        Cc:     dinosaur@usc.edu
        Subject:        Re: What is going on here?

        In a message dated 98-09-01 21:44:52 EDT, you write:

        << That is what
         motivates myself and if I do die of starvation from being a
paleontologist
         they are going to find me face down at a fossiliferous outcrop with
         my rock hammer in hand and a big grin on my face. >>

          But if you're face down, how can they see that big grin on your
face? >Ain't
        I a stinker?!!?< I think a lot of you folks should go to Sears and
get the
        right-sized  Craftsman brand wrench and loosen it up about a turn
and a half.
        For safety's sake! Of course. Dan Varner.

        Right Dan!

           It's all a matter of perspective.  If, say a Tyrannosaurus Rex
were on your trail looking for a quick, two bite snack, none of this would
seem pertinent.  UNLESS (of course) the Tyrannosaurus Rex was really a total
scavenger, in which case being run over by a territorial Triceratops might
be your main concern.  UNLESS ceratopsians weren't really territorial,
then... well, you get the point.
        To me, dinosaurs are a kind of addiction.  They were marvelous and
fascinating animals and amazingly successful.  We should only hope to do so
well! :-)

        Dwight