date: Thu May 22 08:44:37 2008 from: Phil Jones subject: Re: mikequestion to: Gabi Hegerl Gabi, Mike probably reacts this way to all reviewers! par for the course means this is what you expect If you ever take up the Scottish game - golf, a par is what you expect to get on each hole. So you get the phrase of some number under par (the average or expected). Maybe you try one of the public golf courses in your area one day! Cheers Phil At 20:39 21/05/2008, you wrote: Hi Phil, I;ll have a sleep over it, probably most of it is ok, and I am just suffering from bruised ego which is always a long-term benefit (at least catholics tend to be encouraged to believe that :) I think its not that bad, it frustrates since the review seems a bit of a waste of energy and I was just wondering if MIke just reacts like this to reviews, or if possibly mine really wasnt all that useful. Sorry for dumping on you!! (what does par for the course mean?) Gabi Quoting Phil Jones : Gabi, I think this is par for the course. See what Tom thinks. Tom can probably write you a good response letter to the editor saying that the author hasn't taken any of my comments into account. It seems that the point of a review .... is pointless. Cheers Phil At 14:34 21/05/2008, you wrote: Hi Phil, just looking at Mikes responses to my review of the PNAS paper - is it normal for Mike to just pretty much tell the reviewer reviewer is clueless, or possibly I really am clueless? :) cheers, next IDAG meeting timing coming tomorrow or friday Gabi -- Dr Gabriele Hegerl School of GeoSciences The University of Edinburgh Grant Institute, The King's Buildings West Mains Road EDINBURGH EH9 3JW Phone: +44 (0) 131 6519092, FAX: +44 (0) 131 668 3184 Email: Gabi.Hegerl@ed.ac.uk The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Gabriele Hegerl School of GeoSciences University of Edinburgh [1]http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/people/person.html?indv=1613 -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------