[meteorite-list] The best part of this hobby!
From: Jack Schrader <jack.schrader_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:11 2004 Message-ID: <000801c41aa0$bf1f3700$01b10044_at_1dssf01> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C41A66.10F45190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello list members! I am a meteorite hobbyist, not a professional in = any way, shape or form. Just someone who has grown to truly love this = hobby. I first got interested in meteorites via my son's interest in = astronomy and space in general. I, not knowing at the time that you = could EVEN OWN a meteorite, found a Dalgety Downs on Mike Farmer's ebay = listings. This was in the early days way before Gold Basin and Morocco = ever happened on the scene. Well, I bid on the meteorite for my son, = won it, and the rest you can guess. It has been a truly wonderful = experience and a new lease on life for me ever since. I have been able = to spend many wonderful weekends out in the desert with my son doing = something together that we both found that we love so very much, hunting = for these very special rocks and getting so excited TOGETHER when we = would find one. The times that I got to spend with my son are truly = priceless and I would not trade those times for anything. I have even = been so very fortunate as to be able to go to Oman and hunt meteorites = WITH my son! A truly incredible experience! My son's name is Devin by = the way, a more wonderful and special son, I could not imagine. Many of = you may know him personally or have seen his posts to the list. I am = twice blessed to have two very special sons! Even though the = meteorites themselves are a world of fun to find and collect and own, I = just wanted to say that I have found over the years it has been the = people that I have met that have been the real treasures in this crazy = hobby. I treasure the friendships I have made, and would not trade a = single one of them for all of the meteorites you could possibly own in a = lifetime! I am absolutely sincere when I say this. I just met Mike = Miller of Kingman. A true gentleman and a man of impeccable integrity = was my very first impression when we met. I am certain that any of you = who know Mike personally would agree. Mike drove seven hours from = Kingman to trade some meteorites with me. And then he turned around and = drove another seven hours just to get back home. The meteorites are = very nice, but I found that I very much enjoyed getting to talk with = this man for the short time we had together and realized once again, = that this is what it is really about for me. The people, not the = things. I look at meteorites as things, a common matrix that we all = share which serves to bind us, the chondrules together. For me, it's = the people I love, not the things. At the VERY REAL RISK of being = labeled SAPPY, Jack Schrader ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C41A66.10F45190 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello list members! I am a = meteorite=20 hobbyist, not a professional in any way, shape or form. Just = someone who=20 has grown to truly love this hobby. I first got interested in = meteorites=20 via my son's interest in astronomy and space in general. I, not = knowing at=20 the time that you could EVEN OWN a meteorite, found a Dalgety = Downs on=20 Mike Farmer's ebay listings. This was in the early days way before = Gold=20 Basin and Morocco ever happened on the scene. Well, I bid on the = meteorite=20 for my son, won it, and the rest you can guess. It has been = a truly=20 wonderful experience and a new lease on life for me ever since. I=20 have been able to spend many wonderful weekends out in the desert = with my=20 son doing something together that we both found that we love so very = much,=20 hunting for these very special rocks and getting so = excited TOGETHER=20 when we would find one. The times that I got to spend = with my=20 son are truly priceless and I would not trade those times for=20 anything. I have even been so very fortunate as to be able = to go to=20 Oman and hunt meteorites WITH my son! A truly incredible=20 experience! My son's name is Devin by the way, a more wonderful = and=20 special son, I could not imagine. Many of you may know him = personally or=20 have seen his posts to the list. I am twice blessed to have two = very=20 special sons! Even though the meteorites themselves are a = world of=20 fun to find and collect and own, I just wanted to say that I have found = over the=20 years it has been the people that I have met that have been the real = treasures=20 in this crazy hobby. I treasure the friendships I have made, and = would not=20 trade a single one of them for all of the meteorites you could possibly = own in a=20 lifetime! I am absolutely sincere when I say this. I just = met Mike=20 Miller of Kingman. A true gentleman and a man of impeccable = integrity=20 was my very first impression when we met. I am certain that any of = you who=20 know Mike personally would agree. Mike drove seven hours from = Kingman to=20 trade some meteorites with me. And then he turned around and drove = another=20 seven hours just to get back home. The meteorites are very nice, = but I=20 found that I very much enjoyed getting to talk with this man for the = short time=20 we had together and realized once again, that this is what it is really = about=20 for me. The people, not the things. I look at meteorites as = things,=20 a common matrix that we all share which serves to bind us, the = chondrules=20 together. For me, it's the people I love, not the things. At = the VERY REAL RISK of being labeled SAPPY, Jack=20 Schrader</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C41A66.10F45190-- Received on Sun 04 Apr 2004 07:58:34 PM PDT |
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