Re: disappointment

[kyle robert brudvik <krbrudvi@midway.uchicago.edu>]

In future, think again before addressing messages to the list with
Gentlemen, Gentlemen.  The whole palaeontology-is-a-men's-club reference
is unappreciated.

Kyle Brudvik 


On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 bert.dol@philips.com wrote:

> Gentlemen, gentlemen,
> 
> I must say that I am a bit disappointed. It is not like me to voice my 
> opinion like this, but I really must get this of my chest. I have send two 
> emails to the list with a request for information about Solnhofen. Although I 
> am very proud to have started 
> another thread, the Re: Solnhofen, I only got two replies to my first email 
> by David Marjanovic and Dan Varner. A third person, G. van Enck,  offered me 
> the opportunity to take a look at his library and fossil collection of that 
> period of time: this is 
> also much appriciated and I will take the time to do that also. I really 
> would like to thank them for taking the time. The information they gave will 
> be used.
> I really need this information: it will be used to create a 3D world of 
> Solnhofen for the internetsite of Ilja Nieuwland. I was not planning on 
> spilling the beans on this, but maybe my earlier requests didn't sound 
> important or serious. It is. This will 
> be a hell of a job as I will attempt to do this in my sparetime (I have a 
> fulltime job.) That means long nights at home behind my PC and tired at work. 
> I estimate it will take about 6-7 months to complete the task. I hoped to be 
> able to get good, correct 
> information so the world would be as realistic as possible. If I can't get 
> the information I will have to make guesses and speculate a lot (I am by no 
> means an expert in paleontology) Then I know I will get at least some 
> responses from the list for 
> inaccuracy when the short movie is made available. I would rather have it the 
> other way around :-) 
> In short: are there no people on the list who can help me out with my 
> questions? I bet if I made a spelling error like Archeopteriks I would have 
> gotten at least three (seven immidiate replies if I would have made an 
> cladistical error). 
> 
> I am sorry if this email, actually a third round request for more 
> information, sounds bitter, but I thought this list was about helping people 
> out, sharing information and intelligent discussion. I know I take the time 
> to read requests for info or other 
> questions and do my best to help them out. Most of the time somebody beats me 
> to it: my library is at home and not at work and often there is an 8 hour 
> difference in time at least :-) If my request is not realistic, too much to 
> ask or just plain stupid I 
> would also be very glad to hear that. I would hate to abondon this project 
> due to lack of information: I know there is enough out there. I just need to 
> get it.
> I hope this does not lead to a time-out. I know it is not custom to send 
> these kind of emails, but I just had to say this. If it does: I accept and 
> regret sending this third request with my opinion.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
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