[meteorite-list] Free Issue of Voyage! Magazine

From: gle_at_bellatlantic.net <gle_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:37 2004
Message-ID: <3A461066.DBE6D9B3_at_mailbox.bellatlantic.net>

I SEEM TO REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO THE RUSSIANS REFUSING IMMEDIATE
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO RESCUE SUBMARINE CREW MEMBERS, BECAUSE THE
SITUATION WAS UNDER CONTROL AND NOT AS BAD SOME HAD SPECULATED- A GREAT
MANY GOOD PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF A GOVERNMENT'S NEUROSIS. THIS IS
CERTAINLY NOT ON THE SAME SCALE AS CANADA/TAGISH LAKE, BUT THE SAME
ELEMENTS ARE THERE- THE BEST OF HOLIDAYS TO ALL, GRANT ELLIOTT

Mike Farmer wrote:
>
> Why do you say that Tracy, I was the only one up there in the Dead of winter, and you
> dont need a permit to own it only export it, thus Dean could have gone to get himself
> some or get some for other Canadians, but no, he sat at home.
> No we have lost almost all of the Tagish Lake forever, They found 1000s of pieces, and
> recovered a measly 2 or 3% for science, now they demand the return of the tiny
> crumbs that they loaned out, How pathetic can you get. I hope they are proud of the
> trgic loss if material that could have been collected had they accepted help. Instead
> they kept it so secret that they lost almost 99 % of the meteorite. Now that is
> Government in action, and really only a few people are to blame, maybe they will get
> fired soon.
> Mike Farmer
>
> Tracy Latimer wrote:
>
> > I bet if Dean could get a permit to go up and hunt and sell Tagish Lake
> > meteorites (what he found) he'd be up there like a flash, even in the dead
> > of winter. The Canadian GOVERNMENT has decided to put a lid on collecting
> > Tagish Lake, except under stringent controls. Meaning anything currently
> > not in a collecting baggie will probably be lost.
> >
> > Chowderheads are not limited to the U.S. government! :-)
> >
> > Tracy Latimer
> >
> > On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Mike Farmer wrote:
> >
> > > Canadians also refuse financial assistance from Americans to fund your hunts for
> > > Tagish Lake, and allow 99 % of it to sink in to the lake instead of being saved
> > > for science. And you sell Dofar meteorites as NWA meteorites, right Dean?
> > > Mike Farmer
> > >
> > > dean bessey wrote:
> > >
> > > > >Please note that this is only for U.S.
> > > > >addresses, and cannot include overseas, or Canada.
> > > > >Seasons Greetings To All,
> > > > > >John
> > > > >
> > > > What do you have against Canadians? A Canadian is just an un-armed American
> > > > with health insurance. You cant tell us apart except that we drink real beer
> > > > up here. But unlike the Brits, We just drink it cold.
> > > > DEAN
> > > >
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Received on Sun 24 Dec 2000 10:04:06 AM PST