[meteorite-list] Attendees at Tucson Show

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 12:02:51 -0700
Message-ID: <77E4A0D9-ECC0-4EDE-A529-A31FE25E3F6A_at_meteoriteguy.com>

When you stay in $20 per night hotels on Miracle Mile where the street girls show their goods usually rented by the hour, nothing less can be expected.


Michael Farmer

> On Feb 1, 2015, at 12:12 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> Tucson is scarier to me than Oman, Rub al Kali and the Australian Outback, especially at night. There is a reason that 24 hour convenience stores lock their doors at dusk and pass goods through barred windows at night there. The nearby Mexican border town of Nogales no fun either. Been there several times but no longer have the desire to return.
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> Adam
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 10:37 PM
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> Teslas will not be built in Nevada, just batteries. Yes, great city cars.
> I'm sure Nevada is way more scary than say, Oman, the Rub al Kali, the Australian outback, etc. Camel Donga was more than 150 miles from the nearest road. Not even a casino nearby.
> I think I can handle off-road driving after more than 15000 miles of doing exactly that while meteorite hunting in the Arabian desert. The jeep looks cool.
> Michael
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>> On Jan 31, 2015, at 10:12 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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>> Teslas, which are soon to be built right here in Nevada, are extremely nice city cars but you will need a $160,000.00 Jeep American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) Rubicon Brute or a Jeep Special Operations (SPLOPS) Rubicon to hang with the big boys in field :)
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>> What does a Tesla have to do with a trade show for Gems and Minerals other than not burning any "fossil" fuel? I wouldn't park my 65 Cobra 427 SC which gets between 4 to 8 miles per gallon anywhere near Tucson for fear that somebody might steal an irreplaceable piece of chrome or emblem from it.
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>> Good luck with the show and I will enjoy the Superbowl, And this Spring, I have a gut feeling that some lucky meteorite hunter is going to find the first North American lunar meteorite on a private ranch which can only be reached by a dirty and muddy road.
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
>> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 8:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Attendees at Tucson Show
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>> Good grief. Why worry about it? You aren't here.
>> I drive a $130,000 tesla, and I got parking and even made it through the mud! I wouldn't subject it to any bad parking conditions.
>> You would think by your post that somehow Tucson has become The Congo. Just play on eBay and leave Tucson to the dealers:)
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>> Michael Farmer
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>>> On Jan 31, 2015, at 2:57 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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>>> The reason there were no parking spots left is that the overflow parking in the dirt was muddy from what I was told from a fossil buyer who left early in disgust. Everybody knows that there is no where near enough parking at the Insuites to begin with, even under normal circumstances. There were many spots available Thursday from what I was told, the first time I have heard this during all of the previous shows I have attended. You used to have to circle two or three times to find a spot even with the overflow parking open.
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>>> I am not there this year so depend on reports from others and what is published in the in the media. In any case, I am glad to stay home this year.
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>>> I hope those that spent the money to visit the show are rewarded with some good deals. I just have not heard of any at this point. Only 9 meteorite vendors bother to post the Tucson Show information request, the lowest number I have ever seen since it was started.
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>>> Adam
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