[meteorite-list] Meteorite List

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Apr 23 23:25:41 2006
Message-ID: <BAY104-F243B762206E5CDD24CE305F8B90_at_phx.gbl>

Hi, Jay,

I have to completely disagree with you.

Often the bantering was at an intellectual level, and some of the most
interesting and thought-provoking perspectives were brought out then.

At other times it seemed, to me, anyway, like the disagreements within a
family - of which every family experiences. Those were sometimes even
entertaining.

Considering the uniqueness of the interest in meteorites and their related
topics, a family is pretty close to what this list is/was.

As long as the first word in an ad was “AD”, those could be easily skipped,
if you are so inclined.
Personally, I enjoy looking at photos of meteorites, and although my budget
is strictly for non-classifieds, I checked out every link to a sale or web
site that was posted. Pitches per week weren’t an issue with me.

All things considered, did you really find it so intolerable?
Don’t you think that the contributions of members from the likes of the
Smithsonian, NASA, other research institutions around the planet, and the
top hunters and collectors more than made up for the bumps?
If it was to be strictly business for every post, what a boring list it
would be!

…just my opinion, of course.

Goddamn group hug!


Cheers,
Pete



From: Idijay_at_aol.com
To: rsvp321_at_hotmail.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite List
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:27:34 EDT

If the list is dying it's simply because the vast majority of the posts are
disagreements and advertisements. It has become pretty much worthless as a
source of information...unless the information you desire is who is mad at
who
this week and why prices are what they are ignoring the simple fact that
this
is, to most people on the list, a hobby.

Personally, I go through the messages once a week or so, read the ones of
interest (of which there are few) and perform a mass delete.

Jay Foersterling
Received on Sun 23 Apr 2006 07:26:19 PM PDT