The nut cases are most certainly coming out of the cracks ..... "million dollar rocks will do that" !
Best Wishes Michael Cottingham On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:23 AM, John Gwilliam wrote: > Morning All, > A couple of weeks ago, A fellow from Grand Junction, Colorado called me. He's > looking for someone to search for meteorites in two craters in New Mexico > that have never been hunted before. The catch is that whoever he chooses for > the privilege, must take his 86 year old mother along on the adventure. Not > to worry, he claims she gets around better that most 50 year olds. It seems > the mother grew up on a ranch near the two craters and knew(knows) the people > who have owned the land forever. Even though she hasn't had any contact with > the owners in a long, long time, she and her son are pretty sure they will > remember his grandfather who lived there many decades ago. The craters are > large. One even has a house built in the bottom of it. > > When I asked him if he and his mom would be interested in having a team of > professional meteorite hunter take on the task, he was very clear they would > assuredly be off the property with a gun if they weren't accompanied by his > mother. He's sure the land owners will remember his mom once they get a > chance to talk about family history back about half a century. Well, he's > pretty sure. > > So, if any of you intrepid hunters want to roll the dice and get a chance at > discovering some yet-to-be-discovered meteorites, let me know. I'll give you > the fellow's name and phone number. > > Before I hung up the phone, I asked the man a simple question. "What prompted > your mother to get interested in meteorites after all these years?" "Did she > happen to see a TV program about Meteorite Men or something similar?" > > "Yeh" he said, "I do believe she watched a program about meteorites." Isn't > it amazing how creative the human brain can be? > > Have a good week, > > John Gwilliam > > > ""Anger doesn't solve anything. > It builds nothing, > but it can destroy everything" > Lawrence D. Wilder. > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
