[meteorite-list] Hammer hammers!

From: Luther Jackson <lutherjackson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:01:25 +0000
Message-ID: <3B115784-40E5-4D11-BD7A-D00F3D53DADB_at_gmail.com>

Having seen this specimen in the flesh a few weeks ago, I have to agree it's amazing. To think it was used so long ago as a tool, probably by many generations, it truly is something special.

Luther



On 23 Nov 2011, at 23:39, Graham Ensor <graham.ensor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Now...getting back to fantastic meteorites... here's a picture of a
> real hammer....still on Svend's website but now in my own
> collection...
>
> Check out the third picture down and read the description on his great
> website...probably my favourite acquisition.
>
> http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/Meteoritensammlung_17.htm
>
> Graham
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Martin Altmann
> <altmann at meteorite-martin.de> wrote:
>> The history of hammers?
>>
>> Hits for "hammer" used for meteorites as,well, as hammers, per year of this
>> list:
>>
>> 2001 zero
>> 2002 2 (Captain B. commercial)
>> 2003 24 (mainly Park Forest & dealers)
>> 2004 4 (Worden article)
>> 2005 10 (mainly jokes about the "hammers" concept)
>> 2006 103 (eeek, it went out of control!)
>> 2007 116
>> 2008.... iiih it's too horrible to continue!
>>
>>
>> Walter, Walter, what have you done???!!!
>>
>> Kids, I declare the year 2006, to be that year, when the "hammer" was
>> invented.
>>
>> ...and since then, we have to pay suddenly 3-10 times more for the good ol
>> falls afflicted
>> and each and every falls-addicted prays, whenever the news of a possible
>> fall or shower goes round, that no crumb hasn't hit anything else but the
>> ground, for him being able still to afford a little piece.
>>
>> It started as a harmless fun and was turned into a very successful marketing
>> campaign.
>> Respect!
>>
>> And we're singing: Hit the Road, Jack!
>>
>> ;-)
>> Martin
>>
>> PS: The holes hysteria wasn't so everlasting.
>> Maybe we could combine them..
>> Hammers with holes, which hit holes...
>>
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