Some paper napkin jottings/ramblings over morning coffee!
Excuse the obvious bias toward the Western Australian subject matter...
1. Some limericks about meteorites
Not stamps or coins or stalagtites
For a collector only knows
Why he craves such curios
It's other - world delights!
Hola All,
Elton's comments are preceded by 's
The nice thing about this is that I was thinking of majoring in
psychology - before switching to astrophysics - so this wound up being
a lot more fun that I thought it would be. See below.
Ahem... worse crime... please, get real!!! I read this test
Here's my coffee break attempt!
There was meteorite called Hambleton,
Twas' found by a track with some brambles on,
but when kept in the dry,
it's owners all cry,
.. as all of their slices have rust on!
There was a man from the west,
Who swore his collection was best,
Till it rolled down a
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Hi
I have over 90 auctions ending tomorrow. Most of them started at $1
Just to mention a a few:
Amazing 1366g Sikhote Alin. You must see it!
Esquel a very nice squared 14g slice
Covert 232g part slice
And a great assorted San Juan, Zagami, Allende, Mercedes, Norton County,
Ghubara, Gao-Guenie,
Dear Listmembers,
Below are some papers and their PDF files.
1. PDF Files of Papers About the terminal Permian Extinction Event(s)
Retallack, G. J., and A. H. Jahren. 2008. Methane release
from igneous intrusion of coal during Late Permian extinction
events. Journal of Geology. Vol. 116, pp.
Especially for Mike..
There was a certain hunter from Tuscon,
Who found that his car had a bug on,
Everywhere that he went,
His location was sent,
So now he can't find rocks before you-can!
Best!
Mark
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Hi List!
I am going hunting for meteorites at a white-sand beach today. (Fort Desoto)
I don't expect to find much, but I will certainly try. ;)
If I am not back by tomorrow, call out the national guard.
Best regards,
MikeG
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Terribleterrible-try harder---these are really laughable!!
Kirk...:-)
- Original Message -
From: Mark Ford mark.f...@ssl.gb.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Limericks
Especially for
Hello everyone,
And now for something completely different.
Meteorites for sale!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40582...@n07/sets/72157621661286878/
I've got a large selection of Ash Creek/West, TX stones ranging from
11 g to 94 g including several museum quality display pieces and a
hammer?
A cheap knock-off of a proprietary design, very flattering? I bet it won't
even hold a vacuum judging from its shoddy and hurried construction. It is
interesting how some have no qualms whatsoever about violating others
intellectual and patented works. One just needs to look at the players in
Jason:
That's an awful lot of psycho babble, you seem to be developing an unhealthy
preoccupation (obsession) with Chicago Steve. Maybe you should look into
getting a part time job to fill up your extra free time. ;-)
Phil Whitmer
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Mikes astro made it to the front page of slash dot today.
http://www.slashdot.org
I got 7000+ unique hits yesterday and the story didn't go up till the
end of the day.
This is great PR / awareness for the meteorite community.
I'm planning on doing a post next week on where / how to buy
Jason wrote: Posting messages that were intended to be kept private to the
list is wrong - unless they are necessary in proving a situation such as a deal
gone wrong, or cheating having taken place,
So Jason which of your listed situations applies to what you've just done?
Were you drunk or
Hi, all,
There have been several inquiries regarding the details of the chondrite
portion in this meteorite since I posted the first photos.
For anyone interested, I've added a few photos of the chondrules at the end of
the album.
Metal is evident in some, distinguishable from the
My copy of The Fallen Sky arrived today. I've had just a few minutes to look
over it so no major details, but it is a sizable hardback (448 pages of text not
counting index, notes, and such) and is divided into 10 sections, each on a
different meteorite-related topic. Section 7 is A Serious Case
You had to go and stop the sample pages where the topic on the last
paragraph states::
The very act of collecting, many say is sexual...
Thanks, now we all will have to go out and buy this just to find out what
he is talking about.
While I have heard people in the field tell others to go
WOW- maybe that explains my 5 children and the thousands of meteorites
that have passed through my hands
I wonder if Wilt Chamberlain ever collected meteorites?
Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham
On Jul 23, 2009, at 12:36 PM, meteorh...@aol.com wrote:
You had to go and stop the sample
I once knew a sexy rumuruti,
I called her up for some booty,
But I was too late,
She already a date,
Wilt the Stilt stole my cutie!
Phil Whitmer
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funny
now do one with big regmaglypts !
On Jul 23, 2009, at 12:58 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote:
I once knew a sexy rumuruti,
I called her up for some booty,
But I was too late,
She already a date,
Wilt the Stilt stole my cutie!
Phil Whitmer
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Elton,
Jason wrote: Posting messages that were intended to be kept private to the
list is wrong - unless they are necessary in proving a situation such as a
deal gone wrong, or cheating having taken place,
So Jason which of your listed situations applies to what you've just done?
You're
She had big squinchy regmaglypts,
Fatter than her big angrite hips,
I dove in with glee,
It was plain to see,
I forgot all about my sweet rumuruti!
Phil Whitmer
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YEAH! Now your talking!
On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:06 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote:
She had big squinchy regmaglypts,
Fatter than her big angrite hips,
I dove in with glee, It was plain to see,
I forgot all about my sweet rumuruti!
Phil Whitmer
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Hey,
There has to be some limmericks that you guys can right instead
On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Jason Utas wrote:
Elton,
Jason wrote: Posting messages that were intended to be kept
private to the list is wrong - unless they are necessary in proving
a situation such as a deal gone wrong,
Hey Phil,
See my response to Elton. Your response amounts to trolling even more
than his.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)
You're right, and I do have a job. I'm currently taking summer
classes and working Mon-Fri at the Space Sciences Lab as a lab
assistant. It's not much - just
Sorry,
But limerick has only one m not two like my previous post...
I won't make that mistake ever again!
Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham
On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:16 PM, michael cottingham wrote:
Hey,
There has to be some limmericks that you guys can right instead
On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:04 PM,
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:16:49 -0700, you wrote:
Hey,
There has to be some limmericks that you guys can right instead
Yes, I suggest that a rule be instated that all personal attacks must be written
in the form of limericks. An attack on Steve Arnold (as started this) would be
handled thusly:
Jason:
Nothing personal, if just sounds like you have a boner for Steve and Tom,
maybe you 3 could just get a room and save us the details of your lovers
spat.
Oh and in my spare time from my 2 jobs and raising 2 children under the age
of 5, I write meteorite limericks!!
Seriously dude,
Excellent.. I second the motion - Limerick Attacks- I like this idea.
Since we all have to read these attacks, please from now on make them
in limerick form. I think that is only fair.
Michael Cottingham
On Jul 23, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Darren Garrison wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:16:49
MORE ATTACK LIMERICKS --PLEASE
On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:25 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote:
Jason:
Nothing personal, if just sounds like you have a boner for Steve and
Tom, maybe you 3 could just get a room and save us the details of
your lovers spat.
Oh and in my spare time from my 2 jobs and
There once was a snot nosed brat,
He was embroiled in a lover's spat,
He put it on the List,
Everybody got pissed,
Intelligent conversation was sorely missed!
I think we should also allow personal attack haikus also. That would be fun
too!
Phil Whitmer
Dude,
You are really good at these!
I love Attack Limericks- Hopefully this will become a worldwide trend
and bring a stability to this section of the milky way.
Michael
On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:34 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote:
There once was a snot nosed brat,
He was embroiled in a lover's
He stood six and a half feet tall,
Though his brain was comparatively small,
It measured one angstrom unit,
And when it came right down to it,
He hardly ever used it at all!
Phil Whitmer
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I do not always agree with Jason's comments and have been at odds with him
(and someone else) sometimes but, hey guys, let's really stop this crap now. It
is definitely and undeniably below the belt (of decency)!
Best wishes from Germany,
Bernd
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Jason,
Sounds to me that you've taken several semesters of BLATHERING at Berkley.
John Gwilliam...a man of few words
At 01:04 PM 7/23/2009, Jason Utas wrote:
Elton,
Jason wrote: Posting messages that were intended to be kept
private to the list is wrong - unless they are necessary in
I have one more limerick, hope nobody minds me adding it here.
On the List he is known for his ragging,
and the meteorites that he's been bagging
And he's sure we must see
no one's greater than he
Tho' his true love's not hunting but bragging.
John Gwilliam - still a man of few words.
At
Once lived an old boor named Jason,
Excelling in conflict, he'd hasten,
With his butt-buddy Steve,
And no good up his sleeve,
His virtue spilled down the lu basin.
The Devil made me do it. ;-)
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There was a collector in Ketsch
Who liked on the list here to kvetch,
That there for a while
Would have been a bad style!
Thus the fun has to fall over the edge.
Hey Bernd, flame wars in rhymes are more agreeable.
Maybe in future also advertisings should be allowed only in form of
Limericks
I have joined in to this mess once only to clarify it was not me who wrote
the hateful email about Steve Arnold (Chicago). It was some other Tom.
I have read some of the posts but this is way over the line. It's not
signed. Any one know who this is?
If ever there was reason to eject
Ahm, seemingly list poetry tends to develop towards a kind of applied art.
It's that what in Germany poetry of 18th cent. was called a kasual carmen,
a chant for a certain case (more or less well paid ;-).
Perhaps the earlier Limerician list-period of indifferent delight
(Immanuel Kant) was
I have read some of the posts but this is way over
the line. It's not signed. Any one know who this is?
No names here... just this:
Thanks for the window on the soul
So, xxx, please accept my sincere apologies for my
having gone over the line of common decency.
'nuff said and written!
Bernd
Hello,
In keeping with the tradition of limiting things here on the list... I
vote for limiting Attack Limerick's , one per week, per person.
Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham
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I cant write a limerick But I can have a sale
Back from PA so I dont need the gas
I wasnt in Georgia So this is not for bail
No sale from me becouse of an internet hacker
I hope people take this with a laugh
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwanderingstarmeteoritesQQhtZ-1
cant we all just get
Please elaborate. Is that one Attack Limerick per week per sender or recipient?
Cheers,
John Gwilliam
At 02:52 PM 7/23/2009, michael cottingham wrote:
Hello,
In keeping with the tradition of limiting things here on the list... I
vote for limiting Attack Limerick's , one per week, per person.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/23/jupiter-bringing-the-hammer-down/
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Good question. Good question.
Michael Cottingham
On Jul 23, 2009, at 2:58 PM, John Gwilliam wrote:
Please elaborate. Is that one Attack Limerick per week per sender or
recipient?
Cheers,
John Gwilliam
At 02:52 PM 7/23/2009, michael cottingham wrote:
Hello,
In keeping with the tradition
In a message dated 7/23/2009 3:37:50 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
altm...@meteorite-martin.de writes:
Hey Bernd, flame wars in rhymes are more agreeable.
Absolutely not! Putting a cute trim on a stinking pile of shit does not
make it smell better. It only serves to intensify the insult
I vote for
ZERO attack limerick
ZERO attack haiku
ZERO attack post.
Period.
If you cannot stick to Meteorites, please leave the List.
You will not be missed.
Anne M. Black
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_impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com)
Vice-President,
Hello,
Now, wouldn't that be great? A list where people don't attack each
other! Wow. How wonderful that would be. I have been waiting 10 years
for that with this list.
Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham
On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:09 PM, impact...@aol.com wrote:
I vote for
ZERO attack
Dear Listees:
Chris Cokinos, the author of The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of
Shooting Stars is a friend of mine, and I was privileged to assist
him in some very small ways with a few aspects of the book's
production during the past several years. I have been reading an
advance copy
Phil,
Nothing personal, if just sounds like you have a boner for Steve and Tom,
maybe you 3 could just get a room and save us the details of your lovers
spat.
Nothing personal? Idiot.
Oh and in my spare time from my 2 jobs and raising 2 children under the age
of 5, I write meteorite
Soderla...
Before it gets out of hand, quickly - here the poems of the little contest.
Do we have to vote
or can we directly announce Anita to be the winner?
Best!
Martin
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A meteorite once fell in Spain
Avoiding the moist and the rain
The hunters had fun
Right under the sun
As
Regardless of how he contributes, he's wrong in this case.
I don't care if he's a smart bully, because if he is a popular
contributing member it means that he should set a better example for
people, not a worse one.
I've been here longer than most - since 1998. Steve, Elton, and most
others are,
The limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical,
But the good ones I've seen
So seldom are clean,
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
Sterling K. Webb
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From:
Oh please, talk to Elton. He's the one who started this ridiculous
psychological BS.
Though your comment was a constructive one, in all certainty.
The meteorite-list is the better for it.
Hup - sample almost ready.
Later.
Jason
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:02 PM, John Gwilliamj...@cox.net wrote:
Hola Paul Martyn,
What's up your bum, eh?
Jason
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM, litig8nsh...@aol.com wrote:
Once lived an old boor named Jason,
Excelling in conflict, he'd hasten,
With his butt-buddy Steve,
And no good up his sleeve,
His virtue spilled down the lu basin.
The Devil made
Pardon this off topic post.
This past weekend someone broke into the Optical Sciences Lab at the University
of Arizona. Some rare 18th 19th century monoculars were stolen.
I'm posting this here to alert the community and ask if anyone sees or hears of
them being offered for sale , please
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Hi List, List Owner!
I thought this list was about meteorite... Maybe I was wrong...
This is totally ridiculous My email box is full of BS.
Since no one else will stand up and say Stop This Crap!
I will...
The only crap coming through my email box lately seems to be hate
mongering,
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I will freely admit I MAY have been wrong with my post. But I have
had ENOUGH of Steve. Many people seemed to have as well.
END this thread folks. I'm done. Best to ignore his posts. I
apologize for making the post.
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Hi list.The limerick idea is funny,but only to a point.The butt buddy thing is
WAY over the line.It has really gotten out of hand.Lets please get back to
meteorites.I am looking for a very nice oriented gao with flow lines lipping
the whole works.I am looking to pay about $175.Please let me
Good ol' poetological tradition; nice one indeed, bravo.
Matthias B.
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From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net
To: starsandsco...@aol.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stupid
Dear Listees:
More about Chris Cokinos' new meteorite book The Fallen Sky here:
http://meteoriteblog.org/
The official publication date is July 30, but copies are evidently
already available. This book is a great one. I hope you enjoy it as
much as I did.
Regards,
Geoff N.
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:10:03 -0700, you wrote:
Dear Listees:
More about Chris Cokinos' new meteorite book The Fallen Sky here:
http://meteoriteblog.org/
I wonder how much your views of the book are influenced by your being a personal
friend of the author. I'm 30 pages into the book and
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:10:03 -0700, you wrote:
Dear Listees:
More about Chris Cokinos' new meteorite book The Fallen Sky here:
http://meteoriteblog.org/
Oh, and that quote you gave (which I'll reproduce below) is an excellent
illustration of why I'm finding the book tedius already. That prose
The new winner!
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From: JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:06 PM
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] New meteorite book _The_Fallen_Sky_
She had big squinchy
Exception Exception Exception
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From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 6:43 PM
To: starsandsco...@aol.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stupid rhymes do not make it
I guess it is just a matter of opinion. I read the quote below from The
Fallen Sky describing pallasites and found it to be enticing. The
pallasite description is almost sensual in nature. Now, that doesn't mean
that I would take a pallasite to bed with me, nor whisper sweet nothings to
it.
Hey List,
I will be selling one Brenham in the next week.
Up for consideration are three Brenhams:
1. 92 pound Becky Stone Brenham found on the Travel Channel's Cash and
Treasures TV Show
2. 351 pound Oriented Brenham
3. 82 pound Traveler Brenham found on the Travel Channel's Cash and
Darren Garrison posted:
I wonder how much your views of the book are influenced by your
being a personal friend of the author.
I am a professional science writer and my personal friendships do not
influence my book reviews.
I'm already at the point of just skimming the page until I
Are there limericks?
From: geok...@notkin.net
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:42:16 -0700
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Fallen Sky Redux
Darren Garrison posted:
I wonder how much your views of the book are
Pete Pete posted:
Are there limericks?
Honestly, that was the funniest thing all day. Thank you : ) : )
Well, that and Martin Altmann's limerick about Hopper the Cat. And
please remember English is a *second* language (or Martin, is English
third for you after Romanian?) for that
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:44:39 -0400, you wrote:
Are there limericks?
Not so far. But there are new units of mesurement. For instance, the width of
a specific asteroid is described as roughly the distance from the place where
the author met his wife to the place where they divorced. Okay, so
I haven't peeked at any of the links provided or read this book so I have no
opinion to offer. Geoff's review sounds like a hard bound version of select
ruminations taken from the meteorite list. If so, it should be interesting in
many ways.
Bill
From: geok...@notkin.net
To:
You are the Great Keymaster in this case, and in the limeric-democracy
the Keymaster
is the judge and the jury with unlimited authority, so no need to vote ;-)
take care,
pekka s
Martin Altmann kirjoitti:
Soderla...
Before it gets out of hand, quickly - here the poems of the little
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