Most definitely, a huge agreement here! Miss you Mike and as always Michael Rules!
On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Robert Woolard wrote: > Michael,etc. > > I'm just now able to catch up on the emails over the last few days. When I > read this one, I wanted to echo your sentiments about Mike Farmer. I'm sure > he himself would be one of the first to agree with your "Sure he can have his > moments..." statement, as he is .... well, let's just say... VERY passionate > about meteorites and his business. ;-) And although I don't always agree > 100% with Mike, I definitely can say that once you do get to know him, he is > one of the most unselfish guys you could hope to meet. I'll never forget how > he insisted that I use his metal detector in Sweden for several DAYS, which > left him completely unable to hunt for any meteorites, because he had already > found some earlier, and he wanted me to have as much chance as possible to > find my own. How many of us would be willing to just sit out on hunting for > days? And when we were on another trip, he gathered up all our left over food > and supplies and gave them to some poor > localinhabitants before we left. So yeah, we all know that Mike can get a > little "excited" at times, but... deep down, he is a great person. (And one > heck of a meteorite hunter!) > > And Michael J., congrats on your new iron. I've missed your meteorite of > the day updates lately. I hope we can look forward to a lot more. > > Best wishes, > Robert Woolard > > --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Michael Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Michael Johnson <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - August >> 2, 2010 >> To: "Joe Kerchner" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "meteorite list" <[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 3:25 PM >> Thanks Joe, >> Michael Farmer is a great guy once you get to know him. >> Sure he can have his moments like we all do. >> I put together this website for Michael and Jim Strope a >> few months ago. >> http://www.pallasite-meteorites.com >> While I did it for fun and asked nothing in return Michael >> was kind enough to send the GK specimen. >> Even though Michael is no longer on the meteorite list he >> has always supported my RSPOD post. >> >> Photo by Rob Wesel added to the Gebel Kamil page: >> http://www.rocksfromspace.org/gebel-kamil.html >> >> Regards, >> Michael Johnson >> http://www.rocksfromspace.org >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joe Kerchner" <[email protected]> >> To: "meteorite list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, August 2, 2010 1:41:22 PM GMT -05:00 >> US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of >> the Day - August 2, 2010 >> >> Nice piece Michael, these kind of remind me of SA. >> Does anyone have an image of an etched slice of this new >> iron? I know its an >> ataxite, but some ataxites have really interesting etches, >> I'm curious to see >> this one etched. >> That was a great gesture by Farmer, He gets a bad rap >> sometimes, but is a pretty >> good guy and a really good meteorite hunter. >> >> Best Wishes, >> Joe Kerchner >> http://illinoismeteorites.com >> http://skyrockcafe.com >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Michael Johnson <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 10:09:52 PM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the >> Day - August 2, 2010 >> >> http://www.rocksfromspace.org/gebel-kamil.html >> >> >> >> --- >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 ______________________________________________ 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
