RE: [meteorite-list] Ad - Please Ignore!!!! Way off topic!!!! Stating the OBVIOUS!??

2005-02-18 Thread drtanuki
Anita and List, Cubes shown in sales ads are to give the impression that Science sells, ie. corruption of use? How much rare, unique, limited quantity materials will people fall into the dream of belief? Think before buying.scams...not by all...but by some.Planetary Material

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Please Ignore!!!! Way off topic!!!! Stating the OBVIOUS!??

2005-02-18 Thread Jerry A. Wallace
Hi Adam, The problem here lies not with you but with the average American who is almost totally ignorant when it comes to the 'mysteries' of the metric system. The average (older) American doesn't know a centimeter from a centipede or a millimeter from a millipede. They can't tell you which has

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Please Ignore!!!! Way off topic!!!! Stating the OBVIOUS!??

2005-02-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:10:40 -0600, Jerry A. Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: like few things before or since. I well remember all the kickin', screamin', shoutin', and hollerin' that the proposal caused. Yessiree and by dang, they shouted in unison, the old methods of using inches, feet,

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad - Please Ignore!!!! Way off topic!!!! Stating the OBVIOUS!??

2005-02-18 Thread j . divelbiss
Metric...I remember that...we were going to convert our country (USA) from english to metric back in the 70's. Somehow that didn't happen...along with a few other ideas we had then. And don't forget to divide by 32.2 unless you are doing thermodynamics, then ignore that comment. What a