[meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Aug 19 11:26:33 2005
Message-ID: <002901c5a4d2$585a7da0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

I dont really know Tom, but the subject of the email was quite clear. Either
way, it is a dumb email, and you should really rethink what you write.
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>; "met list"
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?


> "You are calling a retired NASA scientist an idiot."
> No, if you read it, I am calling the other guy an idiot!!!! It would seem
> you do not understand sarcasm! Or are you saying the guy who can tell
> from
> the picture is correct, therefore I am calling Ted an idiot?
>
> Thanks, Tom
> peregrineflier <><
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> To: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>; "met list"
> <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?
>
>
>> Tom, you it seems are an idiot.
>> You are calling a retired NASA scientist an idiot.
>> I am in shock, just when I thought you could go no lower, it has
>> happened.
>> Please think before you type.
>> No reply to me needed.
>> Mike Farmer
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
>> To: "met list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 8:03 AM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?
>>
>>
>> > Hello List, I bought an unclassified meteorite on ebay, cut it, thought
> it
>> > was really nice, unlike anything I had seen, so I sent it in for
>> > classification. Later, I sent a picture to the list and someone
> commented
>> > that it looked like NWA 869.
>> > So when the classification was complete, to avoid any trouble, I
>> > asked
>> > Ted Bunch if there was any possibility of NWA 2906 being paired with
> 869,
>> > he
>> > said;
>> > "I have over 50 reference slices of 869 - we are doing a research
> project
>> > on
>> > this stone. In addition, I helped T. Boswell sort out odd balls from
>> > 400
>> > kg
>> > 869. I have seen a lot of 869 and it does have many variations. Your
> stone
>> > is not 869."
>> >
>> > I quoted Ted on my auction;
>> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6554595054
>> >
>> > But someone on the list says he can tell from the pictures that it is
>> > NWA
>> > 869 and that I am an idiot for trying to sell it as something other
>> > than
>> > 869.
>> > So I am trying to figure this out, should I think Ted Bunch is an
> idiot
>> > even after he had just finished classifying this stone, ran a thin
> section
>> > through the probe and studied it under a microscope.?
>> > Or should I assume the guy who thinks he can tell from the picture is
> an
>> > idiot?
>> >
>> > I do not want to be selling something that is not what I said it was.
> If
>> > it is 869 I will make it clear, but I have to know who to believe, the
>> > meteorite scientist who studied it, or the unknown guy that can tell
> more
>> > from a picture than the guy who studied it. .
>> > Thanks, Tom
>> > peregrineflier <><
>> >
>> >
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