Re: Stegosaurus preparation photos take two...

[frank bliss <frank@blissnet.com>]

While all this is going on, I recall a reference to EMTs.  Having been 
one for 15 years and having responded to over 400 emergency calls 
qualifies me to say that no...I am not a doctor, but I have saved a few 
lives.  I don't consider myself a paleontologist though I have dug a 
few bones, written a paleontological thesis, belonged to the 
Paleontological society for 25 years this month, and regularly teach 
local children paleontological material.  As an EMT, I am on the same 
team as a doctor but we don't seem to try to make the distinction when 
we are working side by side doing CPR on a patient.  I am not quite 
sure why there is an emotional need to make a distinction between a 
"paleontologist" and a 6 year old who just found their first fossil.  
You both are on the same team. One just has more ego than the other.
Frank Bliss
MS Biostratigraphy
Weston, Wyoming