[Coral-List] Insults to scientists

[Ogden, John]

Dear Peter,

Amen to that, Brother!  I miss our lives of field work at West Indies Laboratory on St. Croix.  Marine labs and field stations are special places, may they thrive.  Cheers, John

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John Ogden
Emeritus Professor USF
Cell: 727-641-4673


> On Mar 13, 2017, at 9:10 AM, Peter Sale <sale at uwindsor.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I don't know if this is the kind of insult Charles Sheppard was thinking about, but for years I put up with knowing glances and comments about vacations from my lab scientist colleagues whenever I went into the field.  Even the secretarial staff joined in.  Used to bother me a bit - they were disrespecting my science.  But then one day I woke up and realized they were right.  I had a career filled with the joy of field work - even when conditions were terrible - while they were stuck behind a lab bench.  I'll take those insults any day.
> 
> Peter Sale
> University of Windsor
> www.petersalebooks.com<http://www.petersalebooks.com>
> 
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