[meteorite-list] The most expensive hobby??

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Dec 9 18:11:31 2004
Message-ID: <00c301c4de44$63497f40$6a01a8c0_at_DrCollman>

Good Evening List,

Any hobby is as expensive or not as you make it, including meteorites.

The tricky part is to stay within ones limitations (I think Dirty Harry once
said that).

-Walter
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
To: "Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!" <steve_arnol60120_at_yahoo.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive hobby??


> I would say cheating death is a pretty expensive hobby, drinking and
> gambling are pretty expensive hobbies, they can cost one a life's'
> fortune, or one's life. Smoking costs lives.....
> Love of motor racing, skydiving.............
> Define expensive...in terms of dollar bills...........Penny Marshall has
> a pretty rich collection of sports memorabilia ...tens of millions of
> dollars worth........same with collectable cars, a few million here or
> there. Airplane collectors can roll out a number of millions on
> specific planes... the top ten Elvis or Beatles memorabilia, or the top
> five Star trek colletors.......tens of millions of dollars for the top
> collections. Babe Ruth's baseball bat, 1.5 million dollars. Honus
> Wagner baseball card ~ 1 million dollars.
> And then there are paintings and rare art.... Roy Rogers, John Wayne,
> acting memorabilia ...mmm.
> My bet is meteorites is up there but not at the top possibly because it
> is not as popular as baseball cards or comic books.
> More responses welcome!
> Dave F.
> Stromatoliteman
> mjwy
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> Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote:
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> >Hi list, and goodafternoon.I had a discussion with someone at work today
> >about,What is the most expensive hobby.Well I said, There can be no doubt
> >it is meteorite collecting.Well than she said, it is obvious that you do
> >not know your expensive hobbies.She started rattling off things about
> >horses and motor cycles.I said you are nuts.I explained to her about bob
> >haag finding calcalong creek.Her mouth stopped and she went silent.So I
> >put it you, the meteorite hobbyist.What do you think is the most
expensive
> >hobby is?Questions, comments,critisims, rebuttles, are welcome.Let me
know
> >your thoughts.I think it is an interesting question.
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> > steve arnold, chicago, usa!!
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