[meteorite-list] Cutting a large meteorite with ... (Slightly off-topic)

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Feb 26 18:17:19 2005
Message-ID: <422103CF.70503_at_fascination.com>

Dear Bernd;
Please offer to your better half (I hope any ways) that all of us tall
people bump our heads a lot and that being shorter in stature does have
it's benefits.
Short cowboys had it rough but short coal miners had it much easier than
tall.
Best,
(a tall) Dave F.

bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote:

>Anne wrote:
>
>>And here is a picture I took a couple years ago of the slice at the
>>Smithsonian: http://www.impactika.com/mundrabilla.jpg
>>
>
>and fessed up:
>
>>Beautiful. And taller than me!
>>
>
>Hello Anne and List,
>
>My wife is from Berlin and Berlin people are notorious for being
>bigmouthed - at least here in Germany. She isn't very tall but loves
>to say in her Berlin parlance: " Lieber klein und zackisch als lang
>und dappisch (sp?)", well, how should I translate *that* into English?
>
>Moni, any help in sight! OK, let me try: It's better to be small
>and smart than to be tall and wacko / stupid / crazy / ... :-)
>
>Best regards and
>no offense implied !
>
>Bernd
>
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