04-13-2004, 06:58 AM
For various reasons, I knew for a fact that both cats were channel cats, however,
"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."
I learn something new on a regular basis from reading stuff on this forum, and I try to pass along things I know. I like generating dialogue too. It's great! However, think critically. I know I'm stating the obvious here, but beware of taking the word of another on a complex or even simple subject unless the one giving the advice qualifies it with some substance like TubeDude and some others have in this thread. TubeDude in particular is always good for some substance and then some.
"F[size 1]isheries biologist" can be in error too. Many years back when I was studying invertebrate zoology in college, the DWR were protecting crayfish and there was no harvest on them. As worded in the proclamation, it was illegal to harvest or harm "crustaceans" (an entire phylum). I pointed out the error to my professor, and because he was an authority on invertebrates, I had him send them a letter pointing out the fact that they had not only made it illegal to harvest crayfish, they had also made it illegal to harm a pill bug (rollie pollie, sowbug, potato bug, etc). Taken literally, it was illegal to poison the little %$#@! eating the strawberries in my garden.[/size]
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"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."
I learn something new on a regular basis from reading stuff on this forum, and I try to pass along things I know. I like generating dialogue too. It's great! However, think critically. I know I'm stating the obvious here, but beware of taking the word of another on a complex or even simple subject unless the one giving the advice qualifies it with some substance like TubeDude and some others have in this thread. TubeDude in particular is always good for some substance and then some.
"F[size 1]isheries biologist" can be in error too. Many years back when I was studying invertebrate zoology in college, the DWR were protecting crayfish and there was no harvest on them. As worded in the proclamation, it was illegal to harvest or harm "crustaceans" (an entire phylum). I pointed out the error to my professor, and because he was an authority on invertebrates, I had him send them a letter pointing out the fact that they had not only made it illegal to harvest crayfish, they had also made it illegal to harm a pill bug (rollie pollie, sowbug, potato bug, etc). Taken literally, it was illegal to poison the little %$#@! eating the strawberries in my garden.[/size]
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