[meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Aug 19 11:37:37 2005
Message-ID: <006601c5a4d3$aecf67d0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Tom, see, that email makes perfect sense, very clear and consise, while the
first one was a poor attempt at sarcasm that confused the message and was
hard to udnerstand.
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 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?


> Mike and list, I did think about it. It makes me mad that some one said
> Ted
> was wrong when he said it is not paired with 869. I think the world of
> Ted,
> but someone thinks they know more than him, just by looking at a picture,
> sure they may be similar, but that does not make them paired!
> 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 8:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?
>
>
>> 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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