[meteorite-list] Fw: RE: WHY HELP A DUMB A$$ N3W8IE?

From: Mark Bowling <minador_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:25:08 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <65245.88676.qm_at_web54503.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Oops, I made 3 posts before bed, but my email got out of plain text...


--- On Sat, 11/14/09, Mark Bowling <minador at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Bowling <minador at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: RE: WHY HELP A DUMB A$$ N3W8IE?
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, countdeiro at earthlink.net
> Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 8:35 PM
> One, two, three cookies, ha ha ha
> (I guess the google sesame themes are still in my
> mind...)
> ?
> Anyways, good?reply Count (regarding
> newbies).? I enjoy the questions from newbies; a
> diverse membership at all levels makes a healthy
> hobby.? And most disagreements/annoying posts usually
> boil down to one solution: the delete key.? Read the
> initial post or two, and then read on or delete the
> remainder.? I haven't followed the Morocco thread
> b/c my interests lie in local hunting rather than becoming a
> dealer/importer.
> ?
> Nobody should be expected to reveal trade secrets, but
> it never hurts to shake the trees to see what falls out (on
> or OFF LIST).? Somebody experienced may spark on then
> and take them under their wing.? I have met a lot of
> wonderful friends on this list I'd bend over backwards
> to assist.
> ?
> Clear skies and?bolide dreams (but preferable
> bolide realities) - to ALL!
> Mark B. (more of a Serf than a Count)? ;-)
> Vail, AZ (magical land of meteorites, minerals and
> headframes!)
>
> --- On Sat, 11/14/09, countdeiro at earthlink.net
> <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: countdeiro at earthlink.net
> <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: RE: WHY HELP A
> DUMB ASS NEWBIE?
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 6:32 PM
>
>
>
>
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> >From: countdeiro at earthlink.net
> >Sent: Nov 14, 2009 8:30 PM
> >To: Howard Steffic <bencubbin at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] WHY HELP A DUMB ASS
> NEWBIE?
> >
> >Yes. I am Count Guido Roberto Deiro. Perillustrious
> (Lord) of Precorsa and Arya, Knight Grand Cross of Justice
> and Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Dynastic Hospitaller
> Order of St. John KOM, Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the
> Sovereign Military Order of St. George, Guardia d'Honore
> d'Italia e Nobile de Deiro. All that, and a twenty
> dollar bill, will usually get one a good seating in a fine
> restaurant.
> >
> >Seriously, if your interested,
> access www.guidodeiro.com and look under
> "contents" and "marriages" for
> information and photos. The site was set up by City
> University of New York and is about my father's career
> and life...but I slid in there too.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Count Deiro (newbie)
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Howard Steffic <bencubbin at hotmail.com>
> >>Sent: Nov 14, 2009 5:26 PM
> >>To: countdeiro at earthlink.net
> >>Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] WHY HELP A DUMB ASS
> NEWBIE?
> >>
> >>
> >>Are you a real count?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Howard
> Steffic
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>----------------------------------------
> >>> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:56:52 -0500
> >>> From: countdeiro at earthlink.net
> >>> To: carloselguapo1 at hotmail.com;
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WHY HELP A DUMB
> ASS NEWBIE?
> >>>
> >>> Or, what do "newbies" mean to the
> ongoing collection, classification, sale and display of
> meteorites?
> >>>
> >>> I'm a "newbie". I
> haven't yet found a meteorite and apparently this is
> one of the qualifiers to be a "real deal"
> meteorite hunter/collector. I don't have a clue what
> other qualifiers are. What I have done, is sell my jet boat
> 10 months ago and spend thousands of dollars subscribing to
> magazines, purchasing books and field guides, buying an zoom
> microscope, testing equipment, chemicals, magnifying loupes
> and glasses, hand tools, a work bench, lighting, a locking
> cabinet, neomydium magnets, a metal detector, picks and
> shovels, back packs, desert hiking and camping clothing and
> equipment, maps of strewn fields, a GPS device and I traded
> my Ford sedan for a 4 wheel drive Jeep Cherokee.
> >>>
> >>> I found out about the LIST six months ago from
> a neighbor, Sonny Clary, (who gave me my first meteorite and
> continues to give me others..) I began reading every posting
> on the LIST. I set about to collect examples of the requiste
> types of meteorites and tektites
> that you "real deals" write about. After
> obtaining specimens of the three major classifications, I
> began "going for the planetary rarities and the low tkw
> stuff". I've collected sixty examples, as of today
> and maintain a list of future "have to haves".
> >>>
> >>> All of the above...I'll say it
> again...All..(except that Jeep)..was bought from individuals
> and companies I found on on the "LIST".
> >>>
> >>> That's why "newbies" on the
> "LIST" should be treated respectfully and
> encouraged to ask questions.
> >>>
> >>> Count Deiro
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Carl 's
> >>>>Sent: Nov 14, 2009 10:04 AM
> >>>>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >>>>Subject: [meteorite-list] Beating a dead
> horse to Morocco
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Hello Howard, All,
> >>>>
> >>>>You are absolutely correct. We newbies
> should not ask knowledgeable veterans such basic questions.
> We must do the legwork ourselves but never reveal how we do
> it to achieve our goals if someone asks. Speaking for myself
> I would like to thank you, Howard, for all the wonderful and
> thought provoking topics about meteorites you have provided
> in the past. Did I mention you would be a great teacher?
> >>>>
> >>>>For those not familiar with Howard's
> input, please type "Howard Steffic" in the search
> window.
> >>>>
> >>>>Howard, you asked if anyone actually found
> a meteorite? Please start a thread about
> meteorites we can all talk seriously about. You know you
> can't rely on newbies to do anything right. Thanks for
> setting us, newbies, straight!
> >>>>
> >>>>Carl
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Howard wrote:
> >>>>>...I laugh at how the
> "newbies" expect the veterans with the battle
> scars to tell
> >>>>them exacty how to .... Hunt Meteorites or
> Sell on Ebay or send money
> >>>>overseas. Get off the couch and do your own
> legwork.
> >>>>
> >>>>Now lets give this thread a proper burrial
> and get back to meteorites. Didn't
> >>>>someone actually find something (like a
> meteorite not an alien) that we can
> >>>>talk
> about?...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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