OMC's Shimpaku Project

Carl_Bergstrom

Hi David,

Thank you for the straightforward evaluation. I really appreciate it! That was pretty much what I was thinking with this tree: fun and educational but probably not a long-term keeper. It may seem kind of funny to some to put all of that money and effort into a tree that I don't plan to keep, and that isn't ever going to be a great tree - but I see it as part of the learning process.

It's like academics. If you want to be a mathematical physicist, you don't start right off trying to solve novel problems in physics. Rather, you work through the problems in the back of textbooks, you work your way through the analyses in published papers, and you work your way up to doing novel work. Why put all that effort into doing analysis that you can never publish and won't yield anything new? Because that is how you develop the skills.

Anyway, price: people's guesses were right on the mark. I paid about 50 dollars a piece for these trees. Neither bargains nor rip-offs, in my opinion. Just a good fair price.

Best regards,
Carl

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Regards,

Matt

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