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Re: Meteorite Falls



In your message dated Sunday 21, June 1998 you wrote :
> Steve wrote:
> 
> > Hey Bernd, look this one up:  How many meteorite falls have been
> > recovered by amateurs after 5pm and before 8am on weekdays
> 
> > How many meteorite falls have been recovered at anytime on a weekend?
> 
> > And how many have been recovered by government employees during normal
> > business hours?
> 
> I hope Steve isn't pulling my leg ;-)

Hmmm. I think Steve is trying to prove the value of amateurs in meteorite 
recovery (it doesn't need to be proven - even the most hardened anti-amateur 
meteoriticists grudgingly acknowledge the role of the amateur/public). But 
should we consider, also, those government employees in Antarctica who have 
picked up many thousands of meteorites?

-- 
Phil Bagnall
http://www.ticetboo.demon.co.uk/