[meteorite-list] Welcome Gary

From: Gary K. Foote <gary_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Dec 21 07:40:17 2005
Message-ID: <43A906CA.29126.54DFA6_at_localhost>

Hiya Clyde/MexicoDoug,

I figured that the few $$$ that flow into NWA from meteorite sales ought to buy, oh say,
about 1/10,000th of the necessary materials to build a nuke, so it must be hype. But
being me I had to ask. Yeah, I'm a tail twister. lol

My collection is new and small and growing. My interest in astronomy goes back to my
first childhood visit to a planetarium in LA. Then I found an interesting meteorwrong
[at least I think it's a wrong]. It sat on my desk until one day last winter when I was
ored and began to look up such things online. One thing led to another and now I have
another addiction to add to my list - collecting, and someday hunting, the elusive
perfect meteorite. My Honda is quiet so I figure I may sneak up on one someday. :)

For now I have my wrong, a Campo and a Campo coin and a Barringer fragment. I'm going to
have my wrong sliced and analyzed before formal declaration of what it is. I just don't
have the 1K+ to buy a good saw yet.

I thought Aussie meteorites were off the list of touchables? Local law or something?

Shiny side up,

Gary 'Old Man of the Mountains' Foote

On 21 Dec 2005 at 4:19, MexicoDoug_at_aol.com wrote:

> Hey Gary and welcome to the Glanggang! I hope you have a good time here,
> and it is nice to have you. Twisting the wick already? That hype-sucking
> "terrorism" question for ape-hanging monkey butts and RUBs is like looking for
> back warmers...among a serious Harley chick club on your Honda. It has been
> discussed so extensively and mostly everyone has already rumbled that wants to.
> You can see all the reruns in the archives by searching using the word
> "terrorism", if the old anchs get into a snafu.
>
> Are you planning on starting a meteorite collection, or just learn about
> them second hand? What got you interested, was it the big one found in Kansas?
> People collect for many reasons. Some are scientific, but some just like the
> dates they fall. Some like the names. How about "Rabbit Flat" from the
> colorful land of kangaroos, aborigines and Australian meteorites? A road gang
> found it near the most remote roadhouse in Australia, that is closed most of
> the days of the week, as far as I can Google. The live-in caretaker
> supposedly runs people off with a shotgun. Sounds like a thrilling place to hunt, and
> bike, if only there were a bridge to Australia...
>
> Keep the dirty side down,
> Clyde
>
>
> In a message dated 12/21/2005 2:27:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> SaharaTeam_at_aol.com writes:
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:38:05 -0500, "Gary K. Foote" <gary_at_webbers.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Does anybody lend any credence to this theory?
> >
> >http://www.saharamet.com/meteorite/data/Sahara/Nwa.html
>
>
> Two facts:
>
> 1) NWA meteorites are for 95%, contraband items, coming from Algeria and
> the
> whole Sahara (9 million square kilometers). These rocks are centralized in
> one point (South Morocco, Erfoud). 25 Algerian policemen have been
> especially
> trained to stop this contraband.
> See two links (you can use Google language tools to translate from French)
> :
> http://www.elwatan.com/print.php3?id_article=15125
> http://www.algerie-dz.com/article1665.html
>
> 2) Trans Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative.
> Saharan contraband is well organized and linked with army groups. That's
> the
> reason why a budget of $ 500 millions will be allocated by the US
> government to stop it. Ten sub-Saharan countries are associated to the
> project. Half
> of the budget will be allocated for helping the population to develop their
>
> economy, the other is dedicated to the fight against army groups and the
> contraband controlled by them. See this link:
> http://www.defense.gov/news/May2005/20050516_1126.html
>
> And also for an external point of view:
> http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/caocl/Africa/Pan-Sahel/Readings/Islamist%20Terrorism
> %20in%20the%20Sahel--Fact%20or%20Fiction.pdf
>
>
> Richard & Roland Pelisson
> http://www.SaharaMet.com
>
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