Bonnie,

Preservation is populated by more people who are more fun to be with
than the alternatives.  There's an easy self-effacing confidence in
this little niche.  There's a good deal more respect between amateur
and professional than might be found in other niches.  And there is a a
vast array of hyphenated-professionals.  There would be no joking about
your profession if we were not accepting the possibility that there
might be a contribution of value made by a "Preservation-Therapist".
Why not?  We have preservation-architects, preservation-engineers,
preservation-carpenters, preservation-beaurocrats, preservation-masons,
and so on.  I once went looking for a preservation-accountant.  I
failed at the time.  I concluded that I'd have to find an accountant
and make him/her a preservationist...alas, it was not to be.

(Besides, some of these folks are real head cases and need all the help
we can give them.)
-jc


On Jun 15, 2004, at 3:21 AM, Netaddict wrote:

> wow. we never had this much fun with an introduction on my list! ? :-)
> Do you guys have this much fun with restoration???
>
> Bonnie
>
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To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the
uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
<http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>