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To: Seaworthy Lyric who wrote (30308)	10/3/1998 8:15:00 PM
From: Paul Angell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Jerry, Fair enough. You are right to be bothered by excessive optimism on threads, but you have to give people leeway and respect the energy they put in. I have worked in the oil business for 14yrs and know a lot about my particular specialized part of the business; but I sure have learned a lot about the oil world outside from threads like this. I think it was in "Whirlwind" - James Clavell's epic novel about the middle east that one of his Russian spy characters made an astute observation. He said that "oilfield engineers knew a hell of a lot about their business but they knew nothing about anything else!" It is half true, Paul.