[meteorite-list] "Crashed Through the Roof . . . Steaming Hot!"

From: Bill Houdek <bhoudek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:33 2004
Message-ID: <001101c06130$8edf57a0$8900000a_at_pavilion>

That's a real "hoot"!!

I only kept on reading hoping to see how they plan to get this "national
treasure" out
of Canada. Shall I start the "bidding" at $0.005?

Bill Houdek bhoudek_at_swbell.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <geoking_at_notkin.net>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 8:25 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] "Crashed Through the Roof . . . Steaming Hot!"


> Dear Listees:
>
> Here is the latest "steaming hot meteorite" story from eBay. I'm sure
> it will be entertaining for some:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=520761803
>
>
> Here is the seller's description . . . verbatim!
>
> bjsgear_at_home.com wrote:
>
> "This rock fell to earth in 1924 in Bradford Ontario it crashed
> through the roof of a wood shed and through the floor, my friends
> grandfather dug it out of the ground still steaming hot! Ithas been a
> door stop for the last 76 years, his mom finnaly gave it to him he
> just gave it to me and said sell this on the internet. He has no
> computer so i said ok it has never been authenticated by any one, so
> its buyer beware,the stories is true and my buddies mom is still
> alive but is losing here memory ,but my buddie says his granfather
> told him in person about this meteorite. thats all Iknow!"
>
>
> How long, I wonder, until we see some "genuine meteor-burned mud"
> from Salisbury, New Hampshire up for sale on eBay?
>
> : )
>
> Geoff N.
>
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> Geoffrey Notkin
> Senior Art Director
> Stanegate Studios, USA
> P.O. Box 87, Jersey City, NJ 07303
>
> Telephone: (201) 435-8888
>
> Email: geoking_at_notkin.net ammonite@aol.com
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> We talk about the "whys" and "wherefores"
> Do we really care at all?
> Talk about the frailty of words is rarely meaningful
> When we're sitting watching the planes burn up through the night
> Like meteorites
>
> -- T.V. Smith
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Received on Fri 08 Dec 2000 11:04:34 AM PST