08-20-2008, 01:56 AM
I like Peter French. He's been around a long time and knows his stuff. I think that his heart is in the right place but he always seems to be trying to curry favor with Drs. Bear and Gollin, which, of course, is never forthcoming. I don't know why but guess it may have something to do with him wanting to be regarded as "the John Bear of Down Under." 
I think that he's harmless with respect maintaining "dossiers" on various DL luminaries. After all, other than the 50 or so for whom this is a serious hobby or are making money from it (Douglas, Bear, etc.), who really gives a rat's (or wallaby's) ass? As far as the uneveness of his posts, Peter is an Australian and imbibing a pint or two after work is his birthright. That may account for the markedly different quality of his posts but I certainly don't know that to be a fact. For all I know it could be his blood sugar or the phases of the moon or something completely different?
I think that he's harmless with respect maintaining "dossiers" on various DL luminaries. After all, other than the 50 or so for whom this is a serious hobby or are making money from it (Douglas, Bear, etc.), who really gives a rat's (or wallaby's) ass? As far as the uneveness of his posts, Peter is an Australian and imbibing a pint or two after work is his birthright. That may account for the markedly different quality of his posts but I certainly don't know that to be a fact. For all I know it could be his blood sugar or the phases of the moon or something completely different?