the stars must be aligned...

[electricland]

It seems to be the Day of Responses. So far I've received an article summary I asked for a couple of weeks ago, answers to a set of questions I asked a MONTH ago (and I'd been trying to chase this doctor down for a good month before that) and the following from a nice doctor in Finland:

Dear [me],
I can at once send you a modest copy of that paper. May be you appreciate it more thatn a beeter one a bit later.

Merry Christmas!

I call that perfectly charming. And he sent it to me all of about 2 minutes after I sent the begging email -- I'd been looking for some information and it looks like this guy's paper has exactly what I need, only no university library in Canada appears to carry the journal in question (I believe I ranted about this a few days ago).

So. Good things happening!