I hit you back when you mention me. Leave me out of your emails and you will hear a lot less from me. Let the hunters hunt and you can do whatever you please. I heard you made some friends in Tucson with a nice Arispe deal..... Michael
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 2, 2013, at 5:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, Why are you always on the attack? > The truth is that I do not risk jail by committing illegal acts. Never have > and never will. > But, if I were ever jailed I certainly would never brag about it. > The point of my post was to relinquish the blame of the state of the market > from Geoff and Steve. They are good for our field and I think they always > will be. > So, please share us your attacks. I stay away from you but would ask that you > try to keep the negative things out of the press. > You are very lucky most people admire your antics. I have to admit, you make > good press but it is unfortunately not always good "GOOD" press. Mike, I LOVE > YA MAN. PLEASE STOP THE ATTACKS . > CARL > METEORITEMAX > > -- > Cheers > > ---- Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Carl, the problem is armchair warriors like you who cry and whine >> incessantly but have yet to provide a real meteorite, have no idea the >> troubles us hunters go through to fill the collections of the world, and >> don't care. You have been involved in many scams but no recoveries. Some of >> us have the sack to take risks, some, like you, do not. >> Sincerely >> Michael Farmer >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 1, 2013, at 10:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> List, >>> I have been around Bob Haag (this radio voice does not sound like bob?) and >>> the meteorite world long enough to say that in my opinion, Bob Haag and The >>> Meteorite Men TV show have done nothing but, improve the popularity of >>> meteorites and those men have represented us well. These are the rock stars >>> of our field. To see the look in the eyes of the kids while getting Geoff's >>> autograph is truly a sight to see. Geoff should make us all proud. >>> So, before you knock them please look at the real cause of the problems; >>> 1) It all started when a certain Meteorite Man was (wrongly) jailed for >>> attempting to export a 37 ton iron meteorite from Argentina. {Made the >>> press} >>> 1) We do have NYT articles that put out bad information. {made the press} >>> 2) Whether it's true or not The Egyptian officials themselves say it is >>> illegal to export their meteorites. {made the press} >>> 3) Whether it's true or not We also have India officials saying it is >>> illegal to export it's meteorites. {made the press} >>> 4) We also have incidents where people admit to being tried , convicted and >>> imprisoned for illegal mining of meteorites. And then further publicize it >>> on the local news. {made the press} >>> 5) And of coarse there are all of the news stories about the value of >>> meteorites. {made the press} >>> 6). Too many more stories to list here but, the point is that the situation >>> this field is in today cannot be blamed on any one single thing but can >>> be attributed to many things. >>> I see the field as growing and improving dramatically. >>> Our genius scientists are discovering more and more points of interest and >>> our semi-genius hunters are finding more and more good material. >>> It's all good. >>> Carl >>> Meteoritemax >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers >>> >>> ---- Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Guido Asked: >>>> >>>> >>>> "Can anyone argue that we are better off as a result of three years >>>> hyping the rarity and value of meteorites on cable TV and in the >>>> nation's print media?" >>>> >>>> I am beginning to long for the good old days just a decade ago. I have >>>> seen over a dozen countries restrict meteorite hunting including the U.S. >>>> in the past few years, many farms and ranches are now off limits due to >>>> the perception of being treated, fraud is at an all time high and wackos >>>> are coming out of the woodwork at an alarming rate. Other than that, we >>>> are great shape. >>>> >>>> Every time a self-proclaimed spokesperson seeking fleeting fame steps up >>>> to the plate, the rest of us are left to deal with the aftermath. >>>> >>>> >>>> Happy Hunting, >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
