Ho doug,

>This is all true. However, although Tamar can speak for herself (and almost certainly more eloquantly than I), I'm pretty sure her meaning wasn't that everyone should buy books, but that those who don't buy books, read magazines, or go to conferences should not then bemoan their loss.

And I'm not. I find it a loss for those people who regard this as a high value to the community. However, personally I don't have such specific need.

Walter,