Amber Listserv / amberlist serv /note from a British scientest

[Mark Collins]

Hi Frank,

I agree with Tom 100%. It's great to have a coleoptera expert join our 
listserve, I'm sure you can contribute a lot despite your "bad" English! 
Some of us do appreciate that the the order Coleoptera is the most diverse 
of all animalia orders, so it's great to have you on board.

Best regards,

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Krell" <f.krell at nhm.ac.uk>
To: "Andy Ng" <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com>; <Maggiecatbird at aol.com>
Cc: <amber at ambericawest.com>; <ronbuckley at fuse.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / amberlist serv /note from a British scientest


> Dear Amber-lovers,
>
> well, it was me, and I was unaware that my English is that bad. Thanks for 
> your friendly words. I am German, by the way. You might try to answer this 
> letter in German, and I will tell you how good your language skills are.
> Anyway, knowing a bit about Museums' finances, I told Ron from the 
> beginning that the valuation exceeds the abilities of public Museum's by a 
> magnitude. If somebody want's to sell something to public Museums or keep 
> objects of higher market value in the scientific community, he has to be 
> rather philanthropic and selfless. It is always a bad deal for the seller, 
> but a great gain for science. I honestly don't know what I would do in 
> this case.
> Cheers
>
> Frank
>
> Dr Frank-T. Krell
> Head, Coleoptera Division
> Editor, Systematic Entomology
> Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
> Department of Entomology
> The Natural History Museum
> Cromwell Road
> London SW7 5BD, U.K.
> Tel. +44 (0) 20 7942 5886
> Fax +44 (0) 20 7942 5229
> f.krell at nhm.ac.uk
> http://www.nhm.ac.uk//research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/cv-3566.html
> http://myprofile.cos.com/ftkrell
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amber-bounces at ambericawest.com on behalf of Andy Ng
> Sent: Wed 04/10/2006 08:59
> To: Maggiecatbird at aol.com
> Cc: amber at ambericawest.com; ronbuckley at fuse.net
> Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / amberlist serv /note from a British 
> scientest
>
> Heya Mags & all,
>
> I got a muddy truck, muddy resinite and a muddy me to wash before dark, so
> I'll make this as brief as my grimy fingers can type.
>
> The spelling is bad, agreed. I know of many technical & scientific types 
> who
> can't spell properly or orate worth a damn, but their minds harbor great
> intelligence and knowledge of their respective fields. Whoever wrote that
> letter is acedemic (pun intended).
>
> Lets look at the real world and real happenings. It'll shed some light 
> into
> the seeming reluctance of museums to buy certain stuff.
>
> 1) Private collectors are always in a better financial position than
> institutions who depend on the largess of government grants and patron
> donations. They (the private collectors) can afford pricy stuff. Museums
> have less cash to play with. If I could offer the Mona Lisa for sale, 
> guess
> who could pay more?
>
> 2) The US embargo on Burmese gems is a farce. Kinda like trying to bail a
> boat with a sieve. Burma rubies often surface as Sri Lankan or Thai
> gemstones, and Burmese opium regularly wends its way to other countries 
> with
> ease, thanks to the co-operation of the various powers that be. With drugs
> and precious gems easily making their way across borders, how hard is it 
> to
> buy smuggled Burmite? As I've stated before in a previous post, it's not
> hard. Pop into Bangkok, talk to the right people and if the quantity 
> wanted
> is right and the price is attractive enough, it's yours. I can say this 
> with
> absolute certainty because some of my Thai customers frequently process
> Burmite. It's an open secret, but purposely kept on the quiet.
>
> I'm off to hose down the mud!
>
> Andy.
>
> On 10/4/06, Maggiecatbird at aol.com <Maggiecatbird at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Ron,  could you tell us who this British scientist is and what museum
>> he is with? His spelling and general use of English is so bad that I'm
>> wondering if it wasn't sent by some sympathetic other party who just 
>> wanted
>> to make you feel better. Any chance? Do you know who it really is? 
>> Best,
>> Maggie
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