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Andy,
 
   Well spoken!  Thank you for pointing out that we can _all_ learn from each
other, hobbyist, commercial, and scientist alike.  There is absolutely _no_
one who knows everything - there's always something new to be learned.
 
   As many have said, it is quite easy to hit the delete key if a message in
the list comes through that one is not interested in.  I have done this on
occasion myself.  Sometimes I must delete messages due to lack of time,
sometimes lack of interest in the particular topic.  Sometimes, later, I
wonder if I have missed reading something important that I deleted.
 
   I have not seen much posting from the scientists on the list.  Perhaps,
instead of contemplating leaving the list, they would post something.  Most
likely, other scientists would reply and a thread would be started.  Perhaps
some hobbyists would reply as well.  We can all communicate together!
 
Laura Downey
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