Thanks David. I hope I don't go too far in expressing myself sometimes, but this stuff really fascinates me, and I enjoy discussing or debating the nuances and mysteries with other people who feel the same way. We are so widely scattered that it could never happen, except for the Internet. And there is no chance we are all going to perceive things the same way in every instance. So it takes some mutual toleration and tact.
I know that I learn a lot, constantly, when people on the net call to my attention something that was right in front of me for years, but I never saw it; because there was nobody else nearby with the same narrow interest, who had caught something or other, and could call it to my attention.
A reference book on Lugers, or anything else, is a body of knowledge which is set in concrete (for awhile) when it goes to the publisher. But on the net, in a forum like this, that database is constantly growing and changing, with the input and critiques coming from a diverse worldwide knowledge base.
Every time I scan a site like this, I marvel over and appreciate this. Younger people, who grow up on the Net, will never see it the same way. The downside is that so much of it is perishable, unless somebody makes a great effort to sift, sort, and save some of it. Few have the time or inclination.
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