[meteorite-list] Park Forest - Free!
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:06 2004 Message-ID: <b6.1b273f8e.2bc47235_at_aol.com> --part1_b6.1b273f8e.2bc47235_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Tom wrote: > Walter seems to > understand that not everyone can afford everything!=20 But Tom, the statement "not everyone can afford everything" is hardly the=20 same thing as "meteorite collecting is only for the rich." Of course not=20 everyone can afford everything. Is there any hobby or pursuit or investment= =20 in which that's not true? I can't afford the things that were flying around= =20 in Park Forest for five figures either, so I concentrate on the things I=20 can, while being happy and excited for people who can acquire those things,=20 and can share them and display them to us. And I'll work as hard as I can,=20 hoping to chip away at the distance between them and me. As I wrote=20 earlier, there are loads and loads of honest-to-God meteorites available for= =20 practically not much more than the cost of postage. If you're going to=20 complain (and resign from the list, etc) any time you "can't afford=20 everything".....well, it's going to be a long, bitter ride. Gregory PS Tom, you wrote "I have=A0a gorgeous intelligent caring wife, two beauti= ful=20 intelligent daughters......!" I don't have those, and I envy you, but I'l= l=20 try not to complain about it on the list. =20 --part1_b6.1b273f8e.2bc47235_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR> Tom wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Walter seems to<BR> understand that not everyone can afford everything! </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> <BR> But Tom, the statement "<I>not everyone can afford everything</I>" is hardly= the same thing as "<I>meteorite collecting is only for the rich</I>." = <U>Of</U> <U>course</U> not everyone can afford everything. Is there=20= <U>any</U> hobby or pursuit or investment in which that's not true? I=20= can't afford the things that were flying around in Park Forest for five = ; figures either, so I concentrate on the things I can, while being happy an= d excited for people who <I>can</I> acquire those things, and can share them= and display them to us. And I'll work as hard as I can, hoping to chi= p away at the distance between them and me. As I wrote earlier,=20= there are loads and loads of honest-to-God <I>meteorites</I> available for p= ractically not much more than the cost of postage. If you're going to=20= complain (and resign from the list, etc) any time you "can't afford <U>every= thing</U>".....well, it's going to be a long, bitter ride.<BR> <BR> Gregory<BR> <BR> PS Tom, you wrote "I have=A0a gorgeous intelligent caring wife,=20= two beautiful intelligent daughters......!" I <I>don't</I>= have those, and I envy you, but I'll try not to complain about it on the li= st. </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff= " SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_b6.1b273f8e.2bc47235_boundary-- Received on Tue 08 Apr 2003 02:43:01 PM PDT |
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