[meteorite-list] As a matter of fact, You *NOT* done!

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Dec 26 17:18:03 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003700002F89_at_paulinet.de>

> Hello list, I am so tired of trying to be a meteorite collector, that I am
> going to give up on it for a while, way to depressing! I'll be back when
> things are looking up! Love ya all!

Hey Tom,

You don't have to tell me that meteorites are beautiful and that this SA
(both the one on EBay and the one from Jim) is perfect. But I do not
accept something like "I am so tired of trying to be a meteorite collector".

You are one of us, you are part of this meteorite list family, and there is always
a light at the end of the tunnel. I know you went through some hard times, but
.. did you read my mail about my neighbor? His surgery, his strokes, ... I was
there again tonight. There he was again lying on the floor, this time flat on his
back and when I had managed to put him back in his wheelchair, he said:

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart!"

A moment later he was once again so confused that he wanted to shake
hands with his wife, only because I had said: " I'm leaving, good-bye."

Tom, think twice, do not pity yourself, stay where you belong, there are many
other collectors out there who only have a few more meteorites than you own.

You can cherish and fondle * o n e * meteorite just as much as one hundred
or one thousand, because they are all messengers from space - an L6 chondrite
just as much as a Lunar, a Martian, or an angrite.

Merry, though Belated
Christmas Wishes to
You, Tom,

Bernd
Received on Sun 26 Dec 2004 05:18:02 PM PST