[meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart.
From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <994932.76190.qm_at_web33107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I am not sure what to think about that email. Is it a joke, or are you serious? Michael Farmer --- On Sat, 10/25/08, Jerry A. Wallace <jwal2000 at swbell.net> wrote: > From: Jerry A. Wallace <jwal2000 at swbell.net> > Subject: [meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart. > To: "MeteoriteCentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2:33 PM > Dear Meteorite Flavored Folks, > > I write this as a testimonial to one of the most caring and > esteemed > dealers in our > meteorite community. > > Here is a lady whose heart is as generous and grand as the > great state > of Colorado, > where she resides. She has a heart filled with caring and > compassion for > her customers, > as well as her fellow man. She is a rarity in these times > of economic > uncertainty and > personal financial concerns. She is one who gives without > being asked. > > My wife Kathy and I made a major (for us) purchase from > this fine lady some > months back. I briefly mentioned that we would be on a diet > of bologna and > stale, dry bread for many months to come in order to afford > the rare > specimen > that we were purchasing. > > Then, as luck would have it, Dr. Ehlmann released yet > another fine and > precious > specimen from that most wondrous of collections of Texas > meteorites, the > Monnig > Collection. > > Having learned my lesson several years back about rare > specimens not lasting > long on the open market, I (with Kathy's gracious > permission and in > collusion) > decided to bite the bullet and acquire that next expensive > rarity for > our Texas > collection. > > Again, I mentioned to our favorite dealer that we would > probably have to > go on > "half rations" of our bologna and dry bread diet > in order to survive our > decision > to keep our Texas Collection as our foremost consideration. > (The kids > starved > years ago early in our collection process. Still feel bad > about that, > but we must let > bygones be bygones. Water under the bridge, as it were.) > > Imagine our surprise when the specimen arrived and in the > box were not only > the rare meteorite and its documentation but also a huge > stack of > current food > coupons. Now we can have cheese and mayonnaise on our > bologna sandwiches. > And there were coupons for burritos, for Pillsbury dinner > rolls, for > Pillsbury frozen > cookies, for Red Baron French Bread Paninis, for Chef > Boyardee ravioli and > beefaroni as well as a variety of "Forkables", > coupons for juices, > potpies, and > Ball Park Franks. And the list could go on and on. > We'll eat like kings > and queens > this winter and have our meteorites, too. What more could > poor folks ask? > > Now I ask you, is there a finer, more generous meteorite > dealer on this > planet, or > any other planet that we know about? I think not. Without > mentioning > specific names, > can you even in your wildest dreams imagine a Farmer, a > Blood, or a > Cottingham > helping to feed their hungry customers in these dire times? > (I lied > about not mentioning > names.) Again, not damned likely. > > And so, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, I nominate Ms. > Anne Black > as the most > humane and thoughtful of existing Meteorite Dealers. I ask > that the > powers that be > (Mr. Bostick, et al, if memory serves) initiate and produce > an award to > be presented > at the Tucson Auction/ Awards Ceremony this coming year for > "The Most > Generous > and Caring Meteorite Dealer Known to Mankind". > > Best regards to all, > > Jerry Wallace > Odessa, Texas > > > P.S. to Mr. Mike Farmer... Please read and understand the > above letter > in the spirit > in which it was written, an attempt at humor, and don't > get all warped > out of shape > just because I mentioned your name. You, Mr. Blood and Mr. > Cottingham > are all > fine dealers deserving of recognition as well. I have been > a customer of > all of you > over the years but none of you have ever helped feed me > when I made > extravagant > purchases from you. Thanks, jw. > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sat 25 Oct 2008 07:07:22 PM PDT |
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