[meteorite-list] Good bye List

From: walter branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:03 2004
Message-ID: <011801c2fbda$e6d73120$5fc09f44_at_l1s2m3>

Hi Tom, Steven, Ken, Mike, et al.,

On second thought...

Exactly. Knowledge and enjoyment (fun)
are what's important. Not what is sitting on
your shelf or display case.

At any given time my collection consists of maybe
a dozen specimens (not including micromounts.
I have numerous micros, most of which are ordinary
chondrites. I love ordinary chondrites).

I get a new specimen, study it like crazy, then
pass it on to someone else. Got a bunch
of them on ebay right now at cost or slighly higher
(no, not meant to be a plug). I also enjoy cutting
some into micromounts

Most people would be surprised to learn that my
"permanent" non-micromount collection at this time
consists of exactly six specimens, four of which
cost me less than .50/gram.

The other two, NWA 482 and Zagami, cost me slighly more
per gram..

...okay, a lot more :-)

 I am very proud of my collection.
One of my favorites in my collection is a 15 gram piece of
Sikhote-Alin shrapnel, a picture of which is on my site.
http://www.branchmeteorites.com/gallerysikhote-alin15.96.html

I paid $6.00 to Jim Strope March of last year for it. I am being
honest when I tell you that, if I had to chose between
that 15 gram shrapnel and 15 grams of Park Forest, I would chose
the shrapnel.

Tom, like you have a laughed over the things I have read over
the past week or so, particularly the maneuverings among dealers.
I got a small piece of Park Forest today in partial trade for some
other stuff (like money, :-) but I am not sure
if I will keep it. There is so much other, less expensive
material that interest me. Maybe I will study it for a while then pass it
on.

Just collect what interests you and what you can afford. Everyone's
different. Everyone has different wants, needs, resources, and
capabilities.

After all, it's just a hobby. We had my daughter's 4th birthday party today
http://www.branchmeteorites.com/temp/bday.jpg

There are obviously much more important things in life than meteorites.

-Walter

PS: We had my daughter's party at a playground type
place at the Savannah Mall, and in the back was a "Children's
Museum" which consisted of a row of display cases containing
fossils. I correctly identifed what appeared to be a 7kg
rusting Nantan in one of the cases. I turned to my wife and
said, "7 kg today...6.5 kg tomorrow."

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www.branchmeteorites.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Randall" <kb2sms_at_vh.net>
To: "Tom aka James Knudson" <knudson911_at_frontiernet.net>; "Meteorite list"
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Good bye List


>
> Tom,
> Please stay on the list. You're not alone, I've been reading the posts
> the past week and basically have been laughing at all the hub bub about
> this new space rock. Not all of us can buy everything that comes along
> and that's fine with me. I'll never have every space rock there is and
> I'm fine with that. Just buy what you can (comfortably) from time to
> time. I haven't bought a meteorite in quite a while now, the last was
> April of last year, Bensour. Stick around, at least we learn stuff in
> between the falls,deals,buys,etc., don't worry about buying...there will
> ALWAYS be pleny of material to buy in the future.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Randall
>
> IMCA #6170
>
> On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 12:02, Tom aka James Knudson wrote:
> > Hello, all you good people of the list.
> > I love this great hobby and all the people that are involved in it,
you
> > are some of the neatest people I have ever met, even if only by emails.
: )
> > But, at least for the time being, I am taking a break. If the
economy
> > ever picks back up, and therefore my line of work, I am sure I will get
back
> > into it. Right now, it is just to depressing to be on the list, seeing
all
> > the recent witnessed falls and great deals that come along, and can't
take
> > advantage of them. I would like to thank all of you for your generosity
and
> > helpfulness!
> >
> > Thanks, Tom
> > The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
>
>
>
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