[meteorite-list] Happy Holidays!

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:09:40 -0600
Message-ID: <00f501c9665f$c21174e0$ed4ae146_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, Tracy, List,

> may a meteorite of your choice fall in your backyard...

    The ideal "wish" meteorite? Hmmm... OK, it will
be the first unequivocal Mercurian meteorite, or a
Lunaite (which Randy Korotev will demonstrate came
from the Moon's farside and is a unique type).
    It will strike the steel support of your TV antenna
and bounce off, smashing the edge of your roof, thus
becoming a house-smasher.
    It will bound downward and strike the obnoxious
neighbor standing in your yard arguing with you a
glancing blow, thus becoming a people-striking
meteorite, not seriously harming him, but shutting him
up.
    It will complete its re-entry by dealing a fatal blow
to the neighbor's yappy little dog who wakes you up
in the middle of the night; the dog becomes the first
witnessed authentic dog-killed-by-a-meteorite.
    You become the sole owner of the 11.7 kg meteorite,
conservatively estimated by the market sages of the List
to be worth $1728 per gram, not mention the value of
pieces of your roof and antenna, old Band-Aids off the
neighbor, and the dead dog, of course, all eminently
collectible.
    Other than getting possession of a meteorite that
strikes Santa in his sled, I don't see how you could do
better than that.


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "tracy latimer" <daistiho at hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 12:40 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Happy Holidays!



Best wishes to all, and may a meteorite of your choice fall in your back
yard (maybe striking a grill or tool shed :)

Tracy Latimer

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