Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

2013-04-19 Thread Michael Farmer
What are you saying? Yes, except we don't really have a term for american scams other than scams, but Nigeria is the scam capital of the world, pretty much all the country is known for now. Everyone with a pulse and an electronic device has been victim of Nigerian scams. My comment was that

Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

2013-04-19 Thread Darryl Pitt
Hi, If the roles of the players here were reassigned different nationalities—such that the complainant were American—would you be railing about this being...an American scam of some sort? On Apr 18, 2013, at 7:00 PM, Michael Farmer wrote: One can not just walk up and give a meteorite to

Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

2013-04-19 Thread Jim Strope
Actually, we do have a term for American scams. It's called Wall Street. Jim Strope 421 4th Street Glen Dale, WV. 26038 Sent from my iPad On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com wrote: What are you saying? Yes, except we don't really have a term for american

Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

2013-04-19 Thread Jodie Reynolds
Hello Jim, I thought it was called Progressive Agenda? --- Jodie Friday, April 19, 2013, 1:31:16 PM, you wrote: Actually, we do have a term for American scams. It's called Wall Street. Jim Strope 421 4th Street Glen Dale, WV. 26038 Sent from my iPad On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:20 AM,

Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

2013-04-18 Thread Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum
: Meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite Billions or trillions of dollars for a chunk of Mbale? Somebody is smoking something. Best regards, MikeG

Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

2013-04-18 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi List, Let's make assumptions, shall we? Assume the man did give a Mbale meteorite to the US Embassy. Assume the Mbale stone in question is a large, museum-class individual with fresh crust, regmaglypts, and it weighs 2 kilos. Assume the meteorite was a loaner and the giver had the

Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

2013-04-18 Thread Michael Farmer
One can not just walk up and give a meteorite to the US embassy. None of this story makes any sense. Furthermore unless he has a receipt, he would have nothing to file a claim. He also would have some trouble since that was more than 20 years ago! Like I said, Nigerian scam of some sort. Funny

Re: [meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

2013-04-18 Thread Jodie Reynolds
What about the swooning women he also demands in his letter? Thursday, April 18, 2013, 3:56:08 PM, you wrote: Hi List, Let's make assumptions, shall we? Assume the man did give a Mbale meteorite to the US Embassy. Assume the Mbale stone in question is a large, museum-class individual