Well said Pete. I don't have time to read the whole list but some of the info posts, especially those from the likes of Ron Baalke are real gems and I love looking at some of the pictures from the Mars Global Surveyor. I also enjoy following some of the discussions about a whole matter of things. The red rain in India being a recent one
Rob McCafferty --- Pete Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Jay, > > I have to completely disagree with you. > > Often the bantering was at an intellectual level, > and some of the most > interesting and thought-provoking perspectives were > brought out then. > > At other times it seemed, to me, anyway, like the > disagreements within a > family - of which every family experiences. Those > were sometimes even > entertaining. > > Considering the uniqueness of the interest in > meteorites and their related > topics, a family is pretty close to what this list > is/was. > > As long as the first word in an ad was AD, those > could be easily skipped, > if you are so inclined. > Personally, I enjoy looking at photos of meteorites, > and although my budget > is strictly for non-classifieds, I checked out every > link to a sale or web > site that was posted. Pitches per week werent an > issue with me. > > All things considered, did you really find it so > intolerable? > Dont you think that the contributions of members > from the likes of the > Smithsonian, NASA, other research institutions > around the planet, and the > top hunters and collectors more than made up for the > bumps? > If it was to be strictly business for every post, > what a boring list it > would be! > > just my opinion, of course. > > Goddamn group hug! > > > Cheers, > Pete > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite List > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:27:34 EDT > > If the list is dying it's simply because the vast > majority of the posts are > disagreements and advertisements. It has become > pretty much worthless as a > source of information...unless the information you > desire is who is mad at > who > this week and why prices are what they are ignoring > the simple fact that > this > is, to most people on the list, a hobby. > > Personally, I go through the messages once a week or > so, read the ones of > interest (of which there are few) and perform a mass > delete. > > Jay Foersterling > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
