Nice to read compliments for a change. Mike deserves them. Half my modest collection came through his hands. Straight shooter. Count Deiro IMCA 3536
-----Original Message----- >From: GERALD FLAHERTY <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 5, 2010 9:41 AM >To: Robert Woolard <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - August 2, >2010 > >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 ______________________________________________ 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
