[meteorite-list] India, new message
From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:25 2004 Message-ID: <20031011030723.2081.qmail_at_web20907.mail.yahoo.com> Good morning all. I want to clarify a couple of things, we all seem to forget that while meteorites are important, people are far more inportant. The poor people here have no luck, the rains and floods come every year, thousands die, then every few years cyclones wipe the entire area clean, only to start the cycle again. there is nowhere else for the people to go, they have to live here. I must say that the people here are the NICEST I have ever met anywhere in the world, the children are so inquisitive, we played some games yesterday while waiting in a village. I am not driven by my hunt for meteorites, I already have given away basically everything i brought except the clothes I still need to get home. there are about 20 people wearing $20 to $50 shirts, which cost more than they make in a year! I always do this, I take clothes, and toys and give them away. I had no room for toys unfortunately, but the children here live the lives they should, playing, swimming, and fishing all day. India is indeed the worts poverty and the most beautiful place I have ever seen. I will indeed be coming back, making India a high priority on my trips to see the world, it will take many trips to even get a glimpse of this large country. I cant explain what I have seen, the sights and smells, all mixed into a large collage of colors, rich and poor, dirty and pristine, all mixed together. The landscape of flloded fields, rice paddies, palm trees, towering thunderstorms, and monkeys playing in the road is like nothing i have ever seen. If you want to know this place, you must come here, photos and stories tell nothing, you must experiance it. While I might get frustrated at the roads, it is fascinating, so alien to me to see what I have seen. I thought Burkina Faso was wild, it has NOTHING on India. I highly suggest anyone with the time and means come here, you wil lnever forget it. So as far as the meteorite goes, to me this trip was a perfect success, financially it is a disaster, so when Iget home, I must hold another sale to help pay the bills which will come in the mail, regardless of whether I get any meteorite or not. You should all thank whatever god you believe in or just fate that you were fortunate enough to have what you have, these people have nothing, and the floods take even that away. then the government comes and takes their meteorite as well with no compensation whatsoever. Please note, I cannot check my comcast mail from here, for whatever reason, so if you are trying to contact me that way, please use this address, sorry I cant email all of you privately, too many emails, and internet is so hard to use here it isnt even funny. Matteo, I can now see that you are very anti-american. That is your business, but I hope anyone from the USA on this list see's that and would never deal with you again. You are nothing but a lier and a theif (Dont think that I have forgotton the pieces of Fredericksburg that you bought from me 2 years ago and never paid for)! I have written them off, they were small and I dont have the time to even try and get them or the money from you, I would never have mentioned this, but you have dug yourself so deep a hole that you will never climb out. And by the way, tell that other Italian guy who stole the Esquel piece the same way, to pay me the $100 he owes me (YEAH RIGHT). It seems that Italians are theives, not the Americans as you like to say. Look at yourself in a mirror Matteo, you need to come to terms with what you are. I hope to send another meteorite report tonight. Thanks to everyone Mike Farmer Received on Fri 10 Oct 2003 11:07:23 PM PDT |
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