[meteorite-list] Political Ramblings and Collection Habits

From: MexicoDoug_at_aol.com <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Nov 26 13:41:52 2004
Message-ID: <1E4526D2.57B19D54.0BFED528_at_aol.com>

What does Bush have to do with meteorites? Americans have come a long way since their charming Ambassador Ben Franklin pinched the French ladies derri?res in Paris and flew kites in the rain. Just look at Mike and Ryan!

John, Bernd and now I have already been sent to stand in the corner for our parts in the fray. Ryan hit Mike first, John, and Mike couldn't wait for a chance to go out and play with Ryan (and both insist to write 100 e-mails each "I will not spam the list, I will not..."), then John sided with Mike, and some of us other overly vocal folks all carelessly engage each other pathetically again and again like girls getting our hair pulled when Bernd is or isn't looking. Meanwhile, George is saying to Mike, Bluuuhlulululu ptttt ppttpptt. With his fingers in his ears and thumb on nose saying Mike "Irons and Stones will break my bones but posts will never harm me...". And the rest of the world is thinking, jajajaja nalevo, napravo, estos ogorkies, bambinos, blimy mierd, mate, Actung! pass me a cerveja and salted goobers.

Poor Richard's Almanac:
"A meteorite saved is a meteorite earned."
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Bernhard escribe:

Well, it certainly depends on WHEN you started collecting.

I agree that the "expensive pieces" are dirt-cheap even today and were
expensive some time ago, but the OC material has been cheaper last year.
The bargains with pieces below $ 100 have certainly decreased. But if you
have a lot to spend, you can get larger pieces very cheap.

But I am still convinced that the gold rush is coming to an end...

Bernhard

At 17:21 26.11.2004, you wrote:
> > political ramblings are no place for this list.
>
>.. because this will automatically split this haunted place
>into at least two opposing factions mirroring the election
>results in the USA.
>
> > no one should be in this just for profit or
> > investment, buy something you love ...
>
>I have never considered my meteorite collection a financial investment.
>The opposite is true, ... my meteorite collection absorbs a lot of money.
>Its absolute (objective?) value would presently amount to several 10,000
>dollars but if I ever intended to sell it, I would probably get no more
>than 1/3 this sum or even less (rule of thumb for stamps when I was a
>serious and passionate collector).
>
>Collectibles lose their inherent charm as soon as
>we see the money first like Uncle Scrooge does :-)
>
>That was also the case when I started selling some of my rarer stamps many
>years ago. As soon as I saw in them a potential source of making money, the
>joy, the charm these little works of art imparted was gone for good.
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Bernd
Received on Fri 26 Nov 2004 01:41:44 PM PST