[meteorite-list] Meteor-doubtful

From: Bill Mason III <bmason3_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:35 2004
Message-ID: <005b01c2a72c$35ae2500$0c02a8c0_at_ce1.client2.attbi.com>

Well my years as a geologist and paleontologist tell me that it is a
fossilized coprolite or a more recent chunk of horse puckey. but I'll bet
it smells the same. a scam is a scam by any other name is still a scam.
and that is free!
Bill Mason

----- Original Message -----
From: "N Lehrman" <nlehrman_at_nvbell.net>
To: "Tom aka james Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_hotmail.com>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-doubtful


> Hey guys,
>
> Don't be so astonished. We're all variously involved with a field of
> interest that breeds and thrives on wild goose chases and tall tales,
albeit
> the "meter" or "astiroid" usually went down just behind the barn rather
than
> in it. No matter how jaded or seasoned we are, all of us sit up and pay
> attention when some old timer starts to spin a yarn like this at the other
> end of the bar. We get to be cynics and skeptics, but the dream never
dies.
> One of these tales will come good. Most of us are game to gamble some of
> our time checking these stories. A few, perhaps the naive greenhorns
> amongst us, still gamble some money, but either way we're buying
> entertainment and fanning our fantasies. I always figured a great tale
> followed by a wild goose chase was worth something! This is where
grandpas
> and grandmas get stories to tell the grandkids.
>
> The first law of serendipity is that in order to find anything you have to
> be looking for something.
>
> May we all have a backlog of exploded barns, big holes, and hot rocks to
> pursue!
>
> Regards,
>
> Norm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom aka james Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_hotmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-doubtful
>
>
> > I bet this people, seller and bidders are in this together for some
> reason?
> > Maybe to get others to bid onit or some kind of scam!
> >
> > Thanks, Tom
> > The proudest member of the I.M.C.A. #6168
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: "Michael Masse" <mjmasse_at_cox.net>
> > To: "Matson, Robert"
> > <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>,<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor-doubtful
> > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:35:33 -0800
> >
> > Humorous ... the bid is now up to $247.50 ...
> > The seller has newly changed ID; the seller
> > and one of the bidders buy gun stuff. One
> > bidder's feedback is both low and bad; the
> > other bidder has no feedback at all.
> >
> > Michael M
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
> > To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:07 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor-doubtful
> >
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2900909851>
> > >
> > > The story says it all. And yet someone is willing to throw $100 at
> > > it... No exact mass, no mention of being attracted to a magnet, and
> > > only one low-resolution image. But $100 was enough to meet the
> > > reserve...
> > >
> > > --Rob
> > >
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Received on Thu 19 Dec 2002 01:59:43 AM PST