CPs in Canada - Jan's comments
Fernando Rivadavia Lopes (ferndriv@usp.br)
Mon, 5 Feb 1996 16:06:34 -0300 (GRNLNDST)
To all,
> Please don't get me wrong. I do not want to annoy you but progress and
> improvement are more frequently born from opposition than from applause.
> Thus, it is one of my hobbies to disagree. Barry, Andreas, Fernando & al.
> can certainly confirm this (or rather contradict?). ;-)
>
> Kind regards
> Jan
Yes, please don't anybody let yourselves be offended by Jan's
words. I couldn't be happier to have him here with us, a priceless living
library! Who else can answer all our minute doubts about any and every CP
and even related subjects (habitats, climates, evolution, biochemistry,
etc.)? What would we do without his CP nomenclatural synopsis?
He sure keeps us all in line, correcting all our stupid mistakes
and reminding us to choose our words VERY carefully! Just remember to pay
lots of attention to the "smily faces" at the end of his sentences and to
include them in for yourself once in a while. Now that I've met him
personally, I can tell those of you who haven't that Jan has a very ironic
personality, which is not something easily transmitted by a computer
screen unfortunately.
So don't take his apparently harsh statements too hard. When I
read his comments now, I just remember his ironic smile behind his bushy
beard!! ;-)# (That's supposed to look like a bushy beard!)
Fernando Rivadavia
Sao Paulo, Brazil