[meteorite-list] NWA BIG QUESTION
From: impactearth_at_space.com <impactearth_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:21 2004 Message-ID: <20020822202721.6617.h012.c000.wm_at_mail.space.com.criticalpath.net> Great point Ann, call me foolish, but I'm amazed at how these nomands who can't read or write can tell the difference between a common Chondrite and a Lunar or SNC, and adjust their asking prices accordingly. Ray On Thu, 22 August 2002, Impactika_at_aol.com wrote: <br> <hr size=1> <p> <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/22/2002 8:07:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time, tracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I'd be willing to bet, if the nomads are as competitive as several of the <BR>dealers who regularly make trips to Morocco say, that: <BR>1. any technology you give then will quickly be used for something other <BR>than its original intent, and <BR>2. there will be a ferocious amount of infighting and sabotage, if the <BR>transmitters really do get used as transmitters. I can easily see one <BR>guy dropping them, and 10 feet behind him, someone else scooping them up, <BR>then possibly dropping the transmitters in some random location, or just <BR>chucking the lot at a scrap dealer's, just to protect their own finds. <BR> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> <BR>I think Tracy is getting the picture. <BR> <BR>I have been there, and I have dealt with MINERAL dealers, not meteorites, but the great majority of those guys, miners or nomads, do NOT know how to read and write. They depend on the ONE family member who went to school to write down few notes, and handle the finances. <BR>And even those who do know how to read, do not use maps, they know the country the way you know your own backyard, they don't need maps. <BR>And they probably think that our insistence on knowing exactly where a meteorite was found is pretty weird. In their way of thinking what difference does it make if a meteorite was found on this sand dune, or the next one. Most sand dunes do move anyway. <BR> <BR>(sorry for the double posting: computer problem!!) <BR> <BR>Anne Black <BR>IMCA #2356 <BR>www.IMPACTIKA.com <BR>e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> <p> <pre> <pre>___________________________________________________________________ Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com.</pre></pre> Received on Thu 22 Aug 2002 11:27:21 PM PDT |
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