[meteorite-list] Weird Meteorite-Related News Story

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Apr 6 18:57:35 2005
Message-ID: <000d01c53afb$3b18a3c0$6101a8c0_at_launchmodem.com>

Sorry guys, there is no such thing as the dark side of the moon :-)

-Walter
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
To: "Jerry A. Wallace" <jwal2000_at_swbell.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Weird Meteorite-Related News Story


> Dear Jerry;
> Now what does Pink Floyd have to say about your pending claim to the
> dark side of the moon?
> Best,
> Dave F.
>
> Jerry A. Wallace wrote:
>
> > Geoff,
> >
> > Interesting story.
> >
> > I noticed this at the bottom of the story:
> >
> >> For more than 20 years, Budnick tried to file and peddle mining
> >> claims in such diverse places as George's Bank, the asteroid belt,
> >> Mars and the moons of Jupiter. After trying several states without
> >> success, he finally persuaded Texas authorities to accept his astral
> >> mineral rights claims in 1984.
> >
> >
> >
> > Texas is a bit unique and far more liberal than most other states about
> > filing and eventually granting and /or recognizing land claims. Just
> > because
> > the claim is not on our particular planet is somewhat irrelevant to
> > our state
> > government boneheads.
> >
> > Please Note: My own claim for "the dark side of the moon" is still
> > pending
> > but I expect it to be approved soon.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > Notkin wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Listees:
> >>
> >> Check out this story from the Associated Press.
> >>
> >> Be sure to read half-way down the article, where it says, "Budnick,
> >> who claimed he had accidentally given Gauthier a bottle of acid he
> >> kept in his garage for cleaning his collection of meteorites . . ."
> >>
> >> http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=647000
> >>
> >>
> >> And the story is from Springfield, Mass. too. To think, we might have
> >> seen this character at the Springfield show?
> >>
> >> Mining claims on Mars, indeed? Sounds like our kind of guy.
> >>
> >>
> >> Geoff N.
> >>
> >>
> >> p.s. And this is nothing to do with my April Fool's "article" about
> >> the ants, which a number of List members thought was for real. I'm a
> >> little worried about some of you guys : )
> >>
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Received on Wed 06 Apr 2005 06:51:54 PM PDT