[meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:47 2004
Message-ID: <121420030629.18360.1276_at_att.net>

Adam Hupe was right!

He predicted the next meteorite craze would be edibles.

Bill Kieskowski

> This could be a new meteorite market bonanza. Eat your meteorites, don't
> display them. Become part of the universe. Hell with Viagra.. try a
> slice of Alende and truly see stars.
>
> If everyone eats their meteorites , then they become a consumable item.
> Good for repeat business. Could solve the dilemma that Michael writes
> about in his columns....
>
> NWA's become fast food.
>
> Esquel is Prime Rib.
>
> Zagami is Lobster.
>
> I gotta go to bed...
>
> CharlyV
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Tom aka
> James Knudson
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:20 PM
> To: Rob Wesel; Sterling K. Webb; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption
>
> Hello Rob and List, All this talk about meteorite consumption, well I
> had to
> give it a try! But, I found it depressing! Have any of you meteorite
> eaters experienced depression afterwards? I can't tell if it is an
> after
> effect or that it is that I just ate my favorite 78g Bensour whole?
> Thanks, Tom
> Peregrineflier <><
> Yea, that's right,
> The proudest member of the IMCA # 6168
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Wesel <nakhladog_at_comcast.net>
> To: Sterling K. Webb <kelly_at_bhil.com>;
> <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 3:48 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption
>
>
> > I have a 40 gram vial of Camel Donga that is powdered to the
> consistency
> of
> > corn starch (for, I believe, refraction studies) that I occasionally
> break
> > out for eating straight or mixing up a cosmic cocktail.
> >
> > The Moon...no. Vesta...yes.
> >
> > I find it strangely satisfying to commune with the cosmos in such a
> way.
> > Carcinogenesis aside, I recommend it to anyone to take a nibble and
> see if
> > it doesn't evoke a greater sense of reverence.
> >
> > I have enjoyed Mbale (do what the Romans do) and Zagami (at the
> suggestion
> > of fellow list member and friend Dave Harris, who has also eaten
> Zagami
> > along with his three sons for the sake of Mars appreciation) as well ,
> but
> > found them gritty...go figure. I can also speak for list member Mark
> > Ferguson as we ate some Camel Donga together. And while we are at it,
> Dave
> > Harris' infant son teethed on a Krinov labeled Sikhote-Alin.
> >
> > We are made from stars to begin with, everything is, and we are what
> we
> eat
> > so they say.
> >
> > I will bring some Camel Donga to Tucson for anyone who wants a
> sprinkle.
> >
> > Rob Wesel
> > ------------------
> > We are the music makers...
> > and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> > Willy Wonka, 1971
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sterling K. Webb" <kelly_at_bhil.com>
> > To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Cc: <MexicoDoug_at_aol.com>; <cviau@beld.net>
> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We're talking here about the bodily incorporation of
> > > extra-terrestial material, whether by aspiration or ingestion. On
> the
> > > other hand, when Kim Stanley Robinson, the author of the Mars
> Trilogy
> > > (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars), finished the 12,000 manuscript
> pages
> > > and sent them to the publisher for the final publication, he sat on
> the
> > > roof of his house at dawn and ATE A ZAGAMI! Having metaphorically
> > > digested Mars, he thought it appropriate to partially metabolize the
> > > actual planet. (It was a small Zagami and it was powdered.)
> > > OK, 'fess up! Has anybody on the List taken a tiny nibble of the
> > > MOON?
> > >
> > >
> > > Sterling K. Webb
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> > -----
> > >
> > > MexicoDoug_at_aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Bob - Not Chondrite Lung disease. Just Garden variety lung and
> nasal
> > > > cancer.
> > > >
> > > > CharlyV - First my geocities site has gremlins, and now Bob M.
> can't
> > > > do his hobby in peace without fear of catching some fierce E.T.
> > > > disease...you're a real hypochondrite, man !!
> > > >
> > > > Just joking Charly, for what it's worth I'm a chemist, and CharlyV
> is
> > > > right on (Peace).
> > > >
> > > > According to the American EPA (see link), it is a linear response
> > > > relating refinery dust (includes sulfides), if your breathe it
> > > > chronically you will have one in 10,000 odds, at 0.0000004 grams
> per
> > > > cubic meter of air. That is considered quite large by
> toxicologists
> > > > (chemist usually don't read the instructions, so chemists aren't
> > > > usually of much help...their life spans are on the average 10
> years
> > > > less, too, really, and lets not look at the last years of
> quality).
> > > > So it is a recognized human carcinogen.
> > > >
> > > > They further say it is a linear cause effect relationship and show
> > > > some epidimological numbers. Which roughly translate that
> snorting
> > > > 0.000146 grams per cubic meter of air for just one day of the year
> > > > having the same 1 in 10,000 results. Or looked at another way:
> The
> > > > average person breathes about 8 cubic meters of air per day.
> These
> > > > odds are for 1.17 mg total breathed in in one day. At 0.117 gram
> per
> > > > day of Ni dust, one day a year...you have 1 in a 100 chance. of
> > > > getting these cancers. Or at least one person on this list. My
> > > > extrapolations are not rigorous...but they shouldn't be unfounded,
> > > > either.
> > > >
> > > > Did Nininger live to be 99 years old? Goes to show that
> individual
> > > > response and statistics are two separate issues...but a dust mask
> is
> > > > definity a good idea. Enough people get colon cancer from eating
> > > > barbecued and smoked foods, to make it believable that ingesting
> > > > burnt out stardust has a lot of inorganic nasties besides just
> > > > worrying about nickel. One could always drop cutting and
> polishing
> > > > for rose-garden tending...or just not breath that interplanetary
> and
> > > > intergalactic dust in. Its not the same stuff Tinkerbell blows
> magic
> > > > spells with...even though its nice to let the imagination run...
> > > >
> > > > http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0272.htm
> > > >
> > > > (this is the closest match the EPA has investigated.)
> > > >
> > > > Saludos
> > > > Doug Dawn
> > > > Mexico
> > > >
> > > > En un mensaje con fecha 12/12/2003 11:36:54 PM Mexico Standard
> Time,
> > > > cviau_at_beld.net escribe:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Asunto: RE: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites
> > > >> Fecha: 12/12/2003 11:36:54 PM Mexico Standard Time
> > > >> De: cviau_at_beld.net
> > > >> Para: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > > >> Enviado por Internet
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Yes, but only for a dremmel. You pro's cut with big equipment and
> > > >> use
> > > >> liquid
> > > >> Coolants that must trap all of the dust. A dremmel using a
> cutting
> > > >> wheel
> > > >> really puts out a lot of dust in the air. Not being a chemist, I
> do
> > > >> think that airborne nickel dust might be poisonous... A dust mask
> > > >> cannot
> > > >> be a bad idea.
> > > >>
> > > >> CharlyV
> > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > > >> [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
> Bob
> > > >> Martino
> > > >> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 1:03 PM
> > > >> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > > >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites
> > > >>
> > > >> CharlyV points out that one should always use a dust mask when
> > > >> cutting
> > > >> meteorites.
> > > >>
> > > >> Great. As if my life wasn't complicated enough, now my hobby has
> a
> > > >> new
> > > >> hazard associated with it:
> > > >>
> > > >> "Chondrite Lung Disease"
> > > >>
> > > >> -----
> > > >> Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ
> > > >>
> > > >> Can you really name a star? Read the Truth!
> > > >> http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/
> > > >> .
> > > >>
> > > >> >Subject: FW: [meteorite-list] Cutting Meteorites
> > > >> >
> > > >> >This response got lost somehow. re-posted here, likely an
> > > >> attachment
> > > >> in
> > > >> >thread exceeded text size limit..
> > > >> >
> > > >> >The Dremmel diamond blades are nice, but don't use them on irons
> or
> > > >>
> > > >> even
> > > >> >H chondrites. They just cannot take the punishment and your $15
> or
> > > >> $20
> > > >> >goes up in smoke in a few small slices. (even with lube).
> Believe
> > > >> that
> > > >> >the #420 cutoff wheels (tungsten carbide with quartz) used
> with
> > > >> >paraffin work better. Try it yourself. You also get 20 for about
> > > >> $4.00,
> > > >> >good for a lot of cuts, and remember to use that candle. (oh.
> and
> > > >> eye
> > > >> >protection and a silk scarf over your nose/mouth or one of
> those
> > > >> cheap
> > > >> >construction dust masks.)
> > > >> >
> > > >> >CharlyV
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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