Good grief, Jim, I am not now nor have I ever been a member of the list 
police (am I?). But I'm delighted to read:
> esthetics-concerning whether a full scale and max Dmax were the measure of a
> successful platinum print- i recall a tiny platinum self portrait at MOMA by
> Steichen that's all low midtones, yet has TONS of values within dat scale...) 
Ive been telling them and telling them -- maybe they'll listen to you. 
(Did I mention Mortensen and his "god is in the midtones" philosophy? 
Hope so.)
Judy
PS. Actually, *contributions* cannot but be warmly welcomed by all. And it
occurs to me to add that, despite the Julius Pfeiffer cartoon about people
not reading, e-mailers, even us mean-spirited bashers, spend a LOT of
their time reading and writing. Which is to say, the dark ages not yet. 
J.