[meteorite-list] Maybe time to move on....

From: Tom AKA James Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Oct 4 12:37:09 2004
Message-ID: <005001c4aa30$61a238f0$2d107918_at_Michelle>

Hey Dave, I know how you feel! I love meteorites, but I do not feel like I
am a welcomed part of the meteorite community. There are some great people
out there, but there is a lot of people that seem to want to keep the hobby
to themselves. I have lost a lot of my collecting passion too. It seems
strange, the people that rely on meteorite sales for a living would push
people out of collecting. I stay on the list because of the great people on
here.

Thanks, Tom
peregrineflier <><
IMCA 6168
http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Harris" <entropydave_at_ntlworld.com>
To: "metlist" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:58 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Maybe time to move on....


> Hi folks,
> I seem to have got a few people such as 'Mauro' and others upset as I
have
> been using the Metlist (and others) to promote private sales.
> To be honest I am generally a bit unhappy with this inclination to turn on
> anyone at the drop of a hat.
> I am fully aware that I am not the greatest contributor to the list - I
only
> have questions and not many answers as there are so many experts on the
list
> and I am aware also that I do use the list to promote sales, which I also
> know a lot of people probably do not like, but the massive majority,
instead
> of having a personal pop at me just delete the emails.
>
> So, I think that I may have to leave both the Metlist and the IMCA as I am
> not too sure I wish to be associated with people who appear to stick the
> knife in at the fist available opportunity.
>
> I am perhaps being a little oversensitive, but I am going thru a tricky
time
> of life, no job and no money whilst having a lot of responsibility. I do
> not like having to defend myself to people I have always regarded as
friends
>
>
> After some of the bitchfests I have seen on the list, I am surprised at
the
> vehemence of the attacks I have been getting just because I elected to
> advertise a piece of rock that cost me over ?1000 and understandably wish
to
> make a return on it.
>
> When certain individuals on this list are expelled or calmed down to the
> point that I can respect their opinions then I might rejoin. But until
then
> I think I am going to lurk for a couple of days then leave and also remove
> my IMCA registration.
>
> I was hoping I would never have to write this email, but some of you have
> really crushed my passion for space rocks and my thirst for knowledge.
>
> I do thank those wonderful people, however, who have been so good to me
with
> feeding my head with sound advice.
> Next week Mark Ford and I are donating some very substantial specimens to
> Sir Patrick Moore at his astronomy club (complete with the press there)
and
> that will make me happy to give some of my hard earned rocks away. I hope
> that they will go some way to educating some people into the wonders of
this
> subject, and hopefully they will not be experiencing the barbs and arrows
I
> have had to endure.
>
>
> best to all of you who I care about (which is most of you!)
>
>
> dave
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Received on Mon 04 Oct 2004 12:37:03 PM PDT