Re: A WASTE OF TIME?

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-09-01 08:08:20 EDT, darren.naish@port.ac.uk writes:

<< But do I agree with George that there 
 is thus >absolutely no incentive< for me to produce papers for 
 journal publication? I'll let you decide that.
 
 And if wonder if John Hutchinson, Pete Makovicky, Jeff Wilson, Gareth 
 Dyke, Oliver Rauhut, Steve Hutt and a number of grad students on this 
 list all feel the same way? >>

How other people respond to their situations is no business of mine. I just
stated my reasons for doing what I do; take them or leave them. I really,
really don't give a damn. When you get to be 52 years old and have to cover
house payments, health insurance, the usual monthly bills, and so forth,
paying work will seem a lot more precious to you. I did my stint as an
underpaid, overexploited grad student myself back in the 1970s, and that is
the last I >ever< want to see of that life, from either side. Dinosaur
paleontology is not my career; it's just a sideline.