N295VV@aol.com wrote:

If one doesn't want to take the time or effort  to share discoveries for whatever reason, he must understand that mention of them, even casually, can be irritating.

I agree with you Dave.  At my gym, there is this young woman who is a regular.  She is there most probably 5+ days a week for a couple of hours at a time, frequently longer.  She wears fairly tight and revealing clothes which show off the great body she has developed with her hard work at the gym.  I share your frustration, knowing that such beauty exists but is not in my reach.

Tell me, do I have any more rights to her body because she chooses to advertise its beauty than you do to George's work because he chose to talk about it?

Hamid