You crack me up:) Michael Farmer
> On Jan 24, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > The Gem and Mineral Show is the most important event for Tucson's economy > which has declined to new lows the last few years. Tucson needs to be > recognized for more than consistently making the top ten list of most > impoverished cities in the United States. Perhaps they should double down > and again regain title to hosting the world's largest Gem and Mineral Show. > > http://www.cbsnews.com/media/americas-11-poorest-cities/8/ > > http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/census-tucson-sixth-poorest-large-city/article_29e20cf8-6bd2-58bc-bece-d75eef1dfad4.html > > http://howafrica.com/10-poorest-cities-in-america-of-2015/ > > I remember having to book hotel rooms months in advance and having great > difficulty securing a rental car 16 years ago around show time. I checked to > see available just yesterday and getting a room is no problem this year so > there is a bright side to this downturn in fortunes. > > Adam > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Black via Meteorite-list" > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > To: <almi...@localnet.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:30 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and > Mineral Show > > >> Frankly Al, >> >> I have been going to the Tucson show since the year 2000, and it seems to be >> just as busy, crowded now as it was then. I hear the same complaints about >> parking. >> I would love to know how whomever came up with this number managed to count >> people. There are shows all over the city, and entrance is free, people >> wander in and out of hotels, tents,..... There are no tickets to buy, no one >> counting people come in anywhere. So how did whomever get to that number? >> >> Curious minds................ >> >> Anne M. Black >> www.IMPACTIKA.com >> impact...@aol.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: almitt2--- via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Sun, Jan 24, 2016 12:12 am >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and >> Mineral Show >> >> Greetings all, >> >> Wondering what the attendance of the Tucson show was in the 1990's. >> If I had to guess I'd say 200,000 or more. I can remember it being so >> much larger than past years I have been able to attend. I remember >> trying to find parking spots for a half hour or more. You learn to >> walk to places rather than drive down the road a bit or you would hunt >> for another parking spot for quite a while. 9-11 changed all of that. >> >> --AL Mitterling >> Mitterling Meteorites >> >> Quoting Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>: >> >>> Dear List Members, >>> >>> I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no >>> longer the world's largest. It looks like China is in first place >>> with attendance figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 >>> compared to less than 40,000 for Tucson. >>> >>> http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf >>> >>> Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show >>> that has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only >>> existed for a mere 3 years. >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral >> and >>> the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
