Amber Listserv / amberlist serv /note from a British scientest

[Andy Ng]

OH WOW! I've always been fascinated by ancient Egypt...now we have a
coleoptera authority with us! Err...wait...that's cleopatra ennit? OK that
was a lame joke. Willkommen zur bernsteinfarbigen liste, Frank. :-P

Andy

On 10/4/06, Mark Collins <collinsmarko at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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