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Sorry for the intrudence, But I just have to add,

So much talk of poetry and folly,
buffering ones day without publishing that much.
Eventually one will slip from tenure by golly,
coarse then you'll be waiting tables and such.

Cheers,
Peter D-

At 11:28 AM 09/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Dugald's original poem:
>
>         When Eugster buffered fO2
>         Its value could not vary,
>         But now a more permissive crew
>         Defines things quite contrary.
>         They claim a buffer need not buff;
>         It can slide aside when the going gets rough.
>
>I might parse this a little differently:
>
>         Eugster buffered fO2.
>         Its value could not vary,
>         Now a more permissive crew
>         define things quite contrary:
>         claim that buffers need not buff,
>         but slide to univariancy.
>
>eric
>
>p.s.
>John Clemens arose to my challenge on CO2, brines and melts in a ditty just
>sent to the granite research user group.
>
>From: "Prof. J. D. Clemens" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      no sooner said than done
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Status:
>
>Do we believe in
>CO2 flushing,
>and brines a running?
>Fluids in deep crust
>aren't half so cunning!
>Melts are the real ones,
>accomplishing much.
>They rise through the crust,
>making granites and such.
>
>
> >Slainte, Dugald