[meteorite-list] RE: Civilized strewnfields.

From: Norbert Classen <trifid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:19 2004
Message-ID: <NCBBKMGDKLMGIBALJOFCEEDACOAA.trifid_at_timewarp.de>

Hi Robert, Svend, and Listees,

I agree on Robert Szep's take on the status of most central
African countries, and I'm pretty sure that no team of the
German national TV would take the risk to go out there just
for an educational shoot about meteorite hunting. They even
ruled out Oman and Morocco, countries that are pretty safe
compaired to Libya, or other north and central African
countries...

However, I don't think that a baited strewnfield is a good
idea - it's rather cynical if you want my opinion. Believe
it or not, we still have some pretty good educational and
scientific documentations in our national TV, and we're still
#%~*%#%# Osborne free ;-))

I'm still waiting for some more constructive input...

Best,
Norbert

-----original message-----

Norbert, Svend & list...

Just wondering when central Africa qualified as civilized.

>From what I hear, the words ''central Africa'' and ''civilized''
shouldn't even be used in the same sentence.

If some film crew wants to go to a place where the locals would
rather slit the throat of an American Crocodile Dundee wanna-be
than look at him twice, then welcome to civilization...

Good luck rounding up a film crew who would even consider travelling
to that God-forsaken hell on Earth without a private army for personal
protection.

For a nice civilized ''Lights, Camera and ACTION'' film shoot, may I
suggest the following.

Take a nice big airconditioned motor-home and a couple of hundred
bucks worth of pre-bought ''no-name brand'' Saharan Meteorites to
''Gold Basin'', or somewhere in the USA that looks like the gold
basin area. Randomly scatter the meteorites then ''Roll film''.
Camera captures big-game meteorite hunter picking up meteorites,
and ''Cut'', that's a take.

Time for the fully catered wrap-up party. Then it's off to search
for big-foot! Now that's what I call civilized...

These day's the folks who want reality based T.V. tune into crap
like ''Survivor'' or The #%~*%#%# Osbornes.
Sad but true...

Szep, over & out.....
Received on Sun 01 Sep 2002 08:01:25 PM PDT