HA! Next time the missus moans about the cost/g of my rocks I shall use the 'Staple analogy' good one!!
:) Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob McCafferty Sent: 16 March 2007 09:39 To: Robert Woolard; [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question: Just How ...? How did I find out you could buy meteorites? This is somewhat strange. Where I work, I asked for some photocopying to be done and they were charging 10p (20c) for a staple. I worked out, that the cost per staple was over £500/gram and I wanted to know if there was anything more expensive than our staples. Within a month I had bought 25mg bit of Dhofar 1084 from Siegfried Harberer and that's that. --- Robert Woolard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List, > > There was a lot of interest and positive comments > on > the thread concerning whether or not members still > had > their first meteorite. I'd like to ask a related > question that I think might be interesting. > > The question is: How did you "find out" that it > was > possible to actually BUY a meteorite!? > > I will list the most likely ways that come to my > mind (doubtless there will be others) in no > particular > order: > > 1.Magazine AD (such as Astronomy or Sky & Telescope) > > 2.Magazine ARTICLE about collecting meteorites > > 3.Catalog offering meteorites for sale > > 4.Internet browsing and accidentally came across > > 5.TV program, featuring Haag, Farmer, etc. > > 6.Friend was a collector and got you hooked, too > > 7.You are a mineral collector, led to meteorites > > 9.You are a fossil collector, led to meteorites > > 10.Auction listed meteorites up for bid > > 11.Other > > OK, that's about all the ways I can think of right > off hand. I hope that the question is of interest. > > And by the way, MY answer would be "#5" above, as > I > saw a VERY young Robert Haag on the David Letterman > show WAY back in 1986. I was thrilled to see that > here > was a guy who was actually making it possible for me > to buy my very own meteorite! I called directory > assistance the very next day, got Robert's telephone > number, called him, ordered 10 specimens,.... and > what > a ride it has been since!! > > Best wishes, > Robert Woolard > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time > with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
