disappointment

[bert.dol@philips.com]

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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