From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 2/19/15 11:34 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:   
   > On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:06:12 -0800 (PST), William Vetter   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> And I really did get to the point where, at=   
   >>   least with the sort of crystals I worked with, that I knew what nobody   
   els=   
   >> e did.  I'm not telling you that I'm special; a lot of people who research =   
   >> things that haven't been studied before can say that.   
   >   
   > I once attended a caver's convention where one of the speakers told   
   > how shocked he was when he was introduced at a previous engagement as   
   > the world's foremost expert on Michigan caves.   
   >   
   > He was even more shocked when he realized that it was true.   
   >   
      
   	Yeah, small fields are like that.   
      
   	I had a similar reaction the first time I was called a professional SF   
   author, and again when I was invited to be a Guest of Honor. "What? No,   
   I'm just a lucky fanboy."   
      
      
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