[meteorite-list] Steve Arnold #1 full of #2???

From: batkol <batkol_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jul 13 19:49:25 2005
Message-ID: <00e901c58805$7a157dd0$0e24e6ce_at_DJV2WH71>

i am so glad to hear this.
susan
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:41 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Steve Arnold #1 full of #2???


> Hey list,
>
> I was going to wait a little longer and let that last post of mine "soak
> in" a little more before following up, but I am going to be out of the
> house for much of this evening, and I was a little concerned it might
> start to smell too bad unless I cleaned it up first.
>
> Sometimes I forget that this is a "serious scientific list," and that some
> people here might not understand or appreciate strange "Arkansas humor"
> (also now known as "#1 and #2 humor"). So...
>
> No, #2 did NOT really do #1 on the floor at our party.
>
> While some have accused me, #1, of being full of #2, I am confident that
> this last post proves them right.
>
> I wrote all that last post to make my original point: if it were 75%
> factually correct, which I am sure (even with the typos) it was more than
> 75% correct, it still paints a very inaccurate picture of what really
> happened that night at our party. Such is the case with all too many of
> the meteorite stories we all see out there in the professional media,
> because you do expect the media to be right nearly all of the time, and at
> worst just a little biased.
>
> Then their so called "corrections" get buried in small print on page #29D
> (if a meteorite article was ever "corrected" at all).
>
> At least here on the list our follow up, comments and corrections get the
> same exposure as the original mistakes.
>
> Anyway, I appreciate Mr. Arnold #2 of Chicago being a good sport about
> this once again, and for you all bearing with a topic that did seem to go
> off topic, if not at least off colored.
>
> You gotta love this place! Long live the meteorite list.
>
> Steve Arnold
> The First
> (I am not sure I like that term "#1" anymore, it kind of is leaving a
> strange taste in my mouth all of a sudden...)
>
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