Paul , What good is knowledge if one doesn't share. but i do see your point
, ferret
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From: Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, November 07, 1999 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: Question Man


>Which experts welcome correspondence?
>Very few, sadly. The more one learns about a particular family, the more
>time each new piece of research takes. Most true experts have their hands
>full staying ahead of the game; if they took up even a fraction of the
>correspondence they receive asking for help with this and that or proposing
>collaborative projects and so on, they'd soon fall behind. Think how easy
>it must have been to be an expert on the Muricidae or Buccinidae a mere 50
>years ago, compared to the same task now.
>
>Which ones are on THIS
>> list?
>It thus stands to reason that anyone who is an expert is likely to keep
>quiet about it.
>