There's a popular (though not quite politically correct) Russian joke about a person who wasnted to enter a creative writing school. It turned out that this person never read a single "great" novel in his lifetime. "Ah ain't no reader" - he explained - "Ah's writer!"

The reverse of this joke probably explains the behaviour of many "watchers" of this forum. Speaking for myself, "Ah ain't no writer, Ah's reader" - because I seldom have any information to share, but it's very educative to read most of the posts.

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