[meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart.

From: John.L.Cabassi <John_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:44:13 -0700
Message-ID: <001601c93714$bd5afc20$4564fea9_at_TITAN>

G'Day List
Fascinating post Jerry. You're very creative with your humor. But besides
that, I would not think anything less of Anne; she's a great person, full of
humor and a big heart and willing to help anybody regardless.

Cheers
Johnno

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry A. Wallace" <jwal2000 at swbell.net>
To: "MeteoriteCentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 1:33 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart.


> 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.
>
>
>
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