No sweat, Michael. Someone (wiser than me) once said: the measure of a man
is not how many mistakes he makes, but how many he repeats.
Time to put this behind you (and us).
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gilmer" <[email protected]>
To: "Mark Langenfeld" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Open Letter to Brad Andes of Meteor
CraterEnterprises
Hi Mark and list,
You and I both are glad for that. I only wish my diatribe could
be permanently erased from the record. But, thanks to Google Cache,
it will live on forever, unfortunately. Even if Art could go in
and delete the message, it will still be cached by Google.
So, for the record (and for Google) - my words were my words, and
not those of the collector community at large. If anyone wants
to draw conclusions based on what I said, then please draw those
conclusions against me and not the collector community as a whole.
There are lots of classy people in the meteorite world with more
self-control than I - those people should not have to suffer
the consequences due to the rash words of a meteorite pariah.
And I also apologize for CC'ing Mark's private reply to me, to the
list. That was an accident and a violation of netiquette.
Best regards,
MikeG
.........................................................
Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
..........................................................
--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Mark Langenfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Mark Langenfeld <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Open Letter to Brad Andes of Meteor
CraterEnterprises
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 11:52 AM
I was suffering from a coffee shortage, too, and just now
noticed that
Michael's email went to the list and not directly to
Mr. Andes, as well.
Guess I'm just as glad of that.
Mark
---- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gilmer"
<[email protected]>
To: "Mark Langenfeld" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Open Letter to Brad Andes of
Meteor
CraterEnterprises
>
> Hi listees and Mr. Andes -
>
> I have to agree with Mark here. Mr. Andes words
caught me bright
> and early in the morning before my coffee kicked in,
and I was
> feeling pissy. I really should put a lock on my
keyboard early in
> the morning.
>
> I apologize to the list and to Mr. Andes for my harsh
choice of
> words. I stand by the underlying message and
sentiment of my
> letter, but I regret my choice of harsh words. In
hindsight, I
> could have expressed my displeasure in a more tasteful
way.
>
> Regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
>
>
>
.........................................................
> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and
http://www.glassthrower.com
>
..........................................................
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Mark Langenfeld
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: Mark Langenfeld <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Open Letter to Brad
Andes of Meteor
>> CraterEnterprises
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 9:57 AM
>> Michael:
>>
>> I can tell you feel strongly about this, and I
fully
>> understand why. But,
>> your overwrought diatribe does collectors no more
favors
>> than did Mr. Andes
>> poorly chosen words. In fact, I think it stands
to make
>> things even worse.
>>
>> I am very sorry you chose to send it.
>>
>> Not necessarily "more sophisticated,"
but
>> cringing nonetheless ...
>>
>> Mark Langenfeld
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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