[meteorite-list] Matters Arising. When in Rome!

From: Dark Matter <freequarks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:32:07 -0700
Message-ID: <822da19a1002032032h12dc1d22v95c263855c45c132_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Tom,

Well, now I'm really in trouble.

I was reading your post thinking about those good old days polishing
meteorites under the blue Idaho sky, taking breaks to cover your porch
ankle-deep in brass, and I started to laugh.

"Whatcha laughing about dear?" My wife asks. So I started to read your
email out loud and she stops me. "You did what?"

You see, up until know, she probably thought that when one spend hours
polishing meteorites, one came home smelling like gun powder.

Cordite...Chondrite. Anyone could make that mistake. Right?

So anyway Tom, I'll have to get down your way again this summer. And
I'll bring along a couple new, um, pieces. And thanks. They arrived
today. Very nice!

Oh, and maybe the List could play word games with guns and meteorite names.

Let's see. How about:

Rifle, Colorado
(Guns &) Rose City Michigan?
Gunlock, Utah
Sharps, Virginia
Smithsonia (& Wesson), Georgia

Best,

Martin




On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:15 PM, <STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi List, ?This is the first time I have ?chimed in on one of these rants
> but here goes:
>
> The biggest mistake was ?not the photo! ?Heck, tourists love fake stage
> coach hold ups staged all ?over Arizona. ?They even have one in Knot's Berry
> Farm in California. ? The photo was just for fun.
>
> The mistake that flipped switches was the ?stereo type insult to gun
> owners/users. ?That was a "Bad Post" and should ?be apologized for! ? Martin
> joined in, prior to the slam, in a light ?hearted observation of the photo
> situation and I felt the post that started all ?this was a slam to him as well.
>
> I have cut and polished meteorites with ?Martin. ?During those visits we
> have occasionally practiced with ?guns. ?I must say that as meticulous as he
> is with meteorite matters he is ?with guns.
>
> With his Glock he is an amazing shot! ? ( I even ?suspected professional
> competition!) Once again, every thing is meticulous with ?him. ?Absolute
> safety!!!
>
> I am not typical in any way either. ?I ?like assault rifles but then again,
> I have hundreds and hundreds of acres to ?shoot them on. ?I do not hunt.
> This winter I spent more on 55 gal ?drums of wheat than on meteorites. ?We
> are reestablishing wild turkey in ?the area and for a time they need a little
> help.
>
> Last week hunters had a ?cougar up a tree with hounds on my land. ?I took
> pictures and made them let ?it go. ?(Email me for photos, I'm there with
> Daisy the "old girl" ?hound.)
>
> My point is some what an agreement with every one. ?We have ?cultural
> differences so don't condemn and stereo type a culture you are a ?visitor in!!!
>
> I like Kentucky Bourbon, but I don't slam German ?Octoberfest participants
> for drinking too much beer!
>
> The photo was just ?giving the many tourists what they want. ?The
> condescending, superior ?sounding email post was poison, and worse, was designed to
> be!
>
> Tom
>
> In a message dated 2/3/2010 7:40:18 P.M. Mountain Standard ?Time,
> geeg48 at msn.com writes:
>
>
> I'm sorry folks, but some of you ?need to get a life. ?That photo was just
> plain fun. ?The last thing ?any of those folks in the photo (I only
> recognized Geoff Notkin) had in mind was ?to start this. ?Really....what a pantload!
>
>
> Yes, I live in Arizona...yes, you're allowed to carry a weapon in
> Arizona...yes, ?I've lived around guns my whole life...yes I own several of
> them....yes, I enjoy ?shooting them...yes, I understand gun safety rules and I
> wouldn't point a weapon ?at anything I didn't intend to shoot, but PLEASE!
>
> I don't think ?the objections to the photo had anything to do with "gun
> safety". ?I think ?it had more to do with a mindset that is basically anti-gun.
> ?It's as if ?having a gun in the same photo that has a meteorite in it
> somehow taints the ?meteorite and the people in it. ?PLEASE! ?It's hard to tell
> from the ?photo whether it's a real weapon or not. ?I wish that it had been
> a bright ?"day glow" green, plastic squirt gun, but you know what, I still
> think that ?objections would still have been be raised. ?Like I said, this
> all has to ?do with a certain mindset. ? Period.
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