I'm quite happy with Find and Fall, been using that since I first started and I see no reason to change. Besides I'm getting too old for changes ;-)
Cheers John On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Michael Farmer <m...@meteoriteguy.com> wrote: > > Noit makes perfect sense actually, is it a fall or a find. I spoke to > Garvie yesterday, who made very clear there are only two terms, fall or > find. > You would make a great politician, mincing words until no logic is left to > find. > An old meteorite found in a field was found, thus a find. > been that way for centuries, no need to change it now. > > Michael Farmer > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 5, 2013, at 9:30 AM, <valpar...@aol.com> wrote: > > > Mike, > > > > The Meteoritical Bulletin Database uses the following terminology: > > > > Observed fall: No > > > > Does that disturb you? > > > > Paul Swartz > > > >> I find this new attempt to change terminology disturbing. I have > >> hundreds of old catalogs from the top museums and dealers from more than > >> 200 > >> years ago till today, all of them list falls and finds. None of them > >> discuss > >> unobserved falls as an acceptable alternative. > >> Are we really ready to just accept anything thrown out there, and watch > >> as all manner of BS is used to discredit hundreds of years of accepted > >> terminology? > >> My private collection focuses on witnessed falls, with date and time > >> and science to back it up. > >> I am not interested in another group which would include every > >> meteorite ever to have fallen, since they did actually all fall at some > >> point. > >> Well, I guess Anne can delete her birthday fall calendar page since now > >> we can simply put every NWA on any date you choose to believe it might have > >> possibly fallen:). > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list