When you stay in $20 per night hotels on Miracle Mile where the street girls show their goods usually rented by the hour, nothing less can be expected.
Michael Farmer > On Feb 1, 2015, at 12:12 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > Tucson is scarier to me than Oman, Rub al Kali and the Australian Outback, > especially at night. There is a reason that 24 hour convenience stores lock > their doors at dusk and pass goods through barred windows at night there. The > nearby Mexican border town of Nogales no fun either. Been there several > times but no longer have the desire to return. > > Adam > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <m...@meteoriteguy.com> > To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteori...@centurylink.net> > Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Attendees at Tucson Show > > > Teslas will not be built in Nevada, just batteries. Yes, great city cars. > I'm sure Nevada is way more scary than say, Oman, the Rub al Kali, the > Australian outback, etc. Camel Donga was more than 150 miles from the nearest > road. Not even a casino nearby. > I think I can handle off-road driving after more than 15000 miles of doing > exactly that while meteorite hunting in the Arabian desert. The jeep looks > cool. > Michael > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jan 31, 2015, at 10:12 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: >> >> Teslas, which are soon to be built right here in Nevada, are extremely nice >> city cars but you will need a $160,000.00 Jeep American Expedition Vehicles >> (AEV) Rubicon Brute or a Jeep Special Operations (SPLOPS) Rubicon to hang >> with the big boys in field :) >> >> What does a Tesla have to do with a trade show for Gems and Minerals other >> than not burning any "fossil" fuel? I wouldn't park my 65 Cobra 427 SC >> which gets between 4 to 8 miles per gallon anywhere near Tucson for fear >> that somebody might steal an irreplaceable piece of chrome or emblem from it. >> >> Good luck with the show and I will enjoy the Superbowl, And this Spring, I >> have a gut feeling that some lucky meteorite hunter is going to find the >> first North American lunar meteorite on a private ranch which can only be >> reached by a dirty and muddy road. >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <m...@meteoriteguy.com> >> To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteori...@centurylink.net> >> Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 8:36 PM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Attendees at Tucson Show >> >> >> Good grief. Why worry about it? You aren't here. >> I drive a $130,000 tesla, and I got parking and even made it through the >> mud! I wouldn't subject it to any bad parking conditions. >> You would think by your post that somehow Tucson has become The Congo. Just >> play on eBay and leave Tucson to the dealers:) >> >> Michael Farmer >> >>> On Jan 31, 2015, at 2:57 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >>> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: >>> >>> The reason there were no parking spots left is that the overflow parking in >>> the dirt was muddy from what I was told from a fossil buyer who left early >>> in disgust. Everybody knows that there is no where near enough parking at >>> the Insuites to begin with, even under normal circumstances. There were >>> many spots available Thursday from what I was told, the first time I have >>> heard this during all of the previous shows I have attended. You used to >>> have to circle two or three times to find a spot even with the overflow >>> parking open. >>> >>> I am not there this year so depend on reports from others and what is >>> published in the in the media. In any case, I am glad to stay home this >>> year. >>> >>> I hope those that spent the money to visit the show are rewarded with some >>> good deals. I just have not heard of any at this point. Only 9 meteorite >>> vendors bother to post the Tucson Show information request, the lowest >>> number I have ever seen since it was started. >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
