Biggest thieves ever to walk the Earth wear smart three-piece suits and ties. ;)
And most of them sit in high places or have friends in high places. And the best ones own you and you'll never know their names. Follow the leader, and keep worrying about the harmless dirty hippy. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------- On 9/20/13, bill kies <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah. Watch out for meteorite totin' hippies. Hippie tramps are thieves, > (sing to the tune of Gypsys Tramps And Thieves by Cher). > > > --------------------------------------- >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:45:32 -0700 >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Burning Man Meteorite >> >> Hippies do strange things. >> >> >>> On Sep 20, 2013, at 11:11, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi List, >>> >>> I talked to one of my old high-school friends today and he told me >>> something interesting that I did not know. >>> >>> He goes to Burning Man every year and the last time he went, he >>> learned that each Burning Man has a large iron meteorite in the base >>> that supports the Man. After they burn him, they sift through the >>> ashes and recover the meteorite to be used again. >>> >>> I asked him what kind of meteorite it was, and he said that it was >>> Chinese and over 500 years old, and that was all he knew. Well, it's >>> obviously a Nantan, and I guess I don't have a problem with >>> mistreating that meteorite since Nantans are so common. Heck, it >>> might not even be a real meteorite, if they bought it off eBay, given >>> the high number of bogus Nantans offered there by sellers in China. >>> >>> Was anyone else aware of this Burning Man tradition involving the >>> meteorite? And if so, are there any details available regarding the >>> source of the meteorite, the size, etc? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> MikeG >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >>> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >>> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >>> Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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 > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
