[meteorite-list] Courtesy and Patience

From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:46 2004
Message-ID: <009901c19c9f$df7e1600$04f20541_at_fwlr1.az.home.com>

Alana,
The nasty you see from the regulars is due to this DiamondMeteor fella not
having a clue or taking a hint. Please do not let that stop you from
searching and posting your finds.

IF you go back a few weeks when his posts started you will see alot of
kindness, courtesy and patience. He kinda wore that out by his insistance
that all of those kind people were wrong.

I have been on this list for only 18 months, nowhere near as long as some,
but long enough to know there are some REAL experts here...not only in
meteorites, but many fields..Earthly and otherwise. Some work at Nasa, JPL,
others at universities, some are just regular folks with a great deal of
knowledge aquired at the School of Hard Knocks.

Mohamed is very enthusiatic, but also not willing to learn from others and
not even willing to believe that others may know what they are saying. The
odds of anyone finding a meteorite are very slim...The odds of him finding
them everyday are astronomical...the odds of him finding Lunar meteorites
are not even calculatable.
One of the people on this list did find a Lunar meteorite this past
year...inquire about that find and those on this list will all tell you it
was outstanding luck, cost him a fortune in the process and was done by
knowing where to look to increase his odds and did not happen in the first
attempts at finding meteorites.

This list has been harsh to him and others at times...but most all have
asked for it with their own ignorance....I am sure you will NOT encounter
any of that.

My two cents...Mark M.
----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Sullivan <wsulliva_at_ix.netcom.com>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Courtesy and Patience


>
>
> Mike Groetz wrote:
>
> > If I could please make a comment...
> > There is a gentleman in this list that feels he may
> >be finding meteorites- one recently being possibly
> >lunar.
> > OK- they may not be. But haven't we all been at his
> >learning stage and experienced the new found
> >excitement he has right now? Heck, I remember asking
> >Walter Branch if a small piece of Saratov I purchased
> >from him could be lunar. I was new at it and Walter
> >had the patience to explain to me it was not.
> > All this gentleman was asking for was opinions- not
> >smart come backs. Not only to him- but smart come
> >backs advertising to everyone else in the group to
> >read.
> > If you disagree that is fine- but be polite to the
> >person as others in the group have. And if you
> >repeatedly disagree with a person's submitals or let
> >them bother you- just don't open them and go on.
> > I joined Yahoo email just for this meteorite group.
> >They are the only messages coming in to it. One thing
> >nice Yahoo has is an address blocker. A couple of
> >people so far have wound up on it.
> > Please give others a break and appreciate their
> >excitement. Have a little patience, give them a chance
> >to learn and be a part of their learning in a positive
> >encouraging way.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Mike
> >
>
> I'm one of the lurkers on your list. I lurk on behalf of my collector
> husband, and pass this and that on to him. In so doing, I've learned
> enough to become interested also.
>
> I had a trip planned to a dry river-bed in the Death Valley area, to
> RaceTrack Playa to those who may be familiar the place. I'd planned to
> take one of those magnetic detectors and no doubt I'd have come back
> with a pile of rubble, 'cause I love picking through rocks.
>
> Then anything not tossed by husband, what would I do? I'd post a pic
> and my (his) best guess and ask you folks. Who else we gonnna ask? The
> trip was canceled, so the list was spared.
>
> I can sense a new passion in the making and I hate to see it possibly
> squelched by attitude problems amongst the regulars here.
>
> If you can't say something thing nice, say nothing 'till such
> opportunity arises. Fondle your rocks for a while.
>
> Alana
>
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Received on Sun 13 Jan 2002 09:05:00 PM PST