[meteorite-list] San Juan Capistrano

From: Marc Fries <fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:18:36 -0700
Message-ID: <4DEF92CC.7060605_at_psi.edu>

I don't know your brother, and I don't recall whatever conversation
you're referring to. I'm not even upset, just amused and enjoying myself
a bit by yanking your chain. You were snide with me for no apparent
reason ("

Please don't try to educate me about hunting for meteorites."), so a bit of nose-tweaking was in order.

Now, back I go to my place at the oars...

Cheers,
Marc

On 6/8/11 12:26 AM, Jason Utas wrote:
> Hello Marc,
>
> No. We tracked it down and never spent a single minute in the field
> actually looking for anything because it didn't seem worthwhile.
>
> I stand by what I said. Since there are no large residential
> developments on the valley floor (I think?), I assume that you're
> talking about one of the plots on either side of the valley. There's
> plenty more land where that came from, and the differences in distance
> from the fall-site are negligible, if they exist at all.
>
> And you're still perfectly entitled to your opinion and to poke around
> the local scrub
>
> It seems like we've each approached the issue from different
> perspectives; you primarily as a hunter looking to track down more of
> it, whereas my father took much more of a historical approach, trying
> to track down the exact fall location and main mass of the stone. But
> we are still hunters, and, having found the site and done some
> research, we decided that it was a lost cause. That was our
> conclusion, plain and simple.
>
> This isn't some petty territorial crap -- at least not on my end. We
> wiped our hands of the fall once we visited the site. If you go and
> find another stone, bully to you.
>
> I can only assume that you're being so unpleasant because of the
> ridiculous political argument you had with my brother on my
> facebook...at least several months ago. He was poking fun; you should
> try to get over it. I didn't even remember it until I put two and
> two together just now while trying to find an explanation for your
> unwarranted nasty comment.
>
> http://xkcd.com/386/
>
> Seriously..
> Jason
Received on Wed 08 Jun 2011 11:18:36 AM PDT