[meteorite-list] Great to be poor!

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jan 3 19:26:12 2005
Message-ID: <002e01c4f1f3$fce576a0$6401a8c0_at_Dell>

Charlie,
I too admire and wish to adhere to that sentiment.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Branch" <branchw_at_bellsouth.net>
To: "Charlie Devine" <moonrock25_at_webtv.net>; "Tom AKA James Knudson"
<peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
Cc: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Great to be poor!


> Hi Charlie,
>
> VERY GOOD words of advice. Right on the mark.
>
> -Walter
> -----------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charlie Devine" <moonrock25_at_webtv.net>
> To: "Tom AKA James Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
> Cc: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Great to be poor!
>
>
>> They are ONLY rocks, Tom. You can't take them with you even when you
>> can afford only the best, and if you do take them with you, the
>> graverobbers will soon do their thing:-) They are ONLY rocks, the
>> objects of desire. Desire is never satisfied. Get a new rock, enjoy it
>> for a short time, and desire returns. A large or valuable meteorite
>> collection will never be the foundation of true happieness. Desire
>> attaches itself to the objects it desires and demands to be fed still
>> more. Give ebay a break for a spell. Stop looking at meteorites for a
>> spell. What did you do before you discovered it was possible to own
>> meteorites? Did you miss acquiring them when you didn't realize you
>> could acquire them? I stopped buying meteorites a year and a half ago.
>> I don't miss spending money on meteorites at all. I'm a non-collector
>> too.
>> I still enjoy the science. I enjoy seeing beautiful specimens. But I
>> never find myself saying "gee, I wish I could afford that one". I
>> stilled the desire. Of course, I doubt dealers would like it if my
>> philosophy took hold:-)
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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