Re: [meteorite-list] Be like Mike (?)

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Kevin,   You're an ASS ! I bet you wish you had the balls and the cash to try to do what Mike Farmer did. Nobody else went there... did they ? He's going to come back with a measily 14 gram fragment and you have the audacity to publicly criticize that. Whats next ? Are you going to talk shit about Bob Haag when he left Nigeria with his Zagami? Most of us praise Mike's efforts. If it wasnt for him we wouldnt be seeing alot of great meteorites on the market.   Wake up dude , Mike Farmer is the true meteorite hunter!!     Bob Evans   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 9:57 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Be like Mike (?) A couple of items about Mike Farmer's journey:   1. All "meteorites are deemed owned by the Geological Survey of India, without compensation." Adam Hupe tells me that he didn't visit India for a recovery effort because he couldn't obtain a permit. It is Mike's responsibility to be aware of local law. Mike is apparently about to leave India with a 14 gram fragment obtained without a permit.   If the members of this list endorse this legally questionable action, I want to state that I do not.   2. Mike wrote that "liberal, if not quite true use of the word "University"" allowed him access to the recovered fragments.   Shades of Ron Farrell (Bethany Science) a "Yale Professor" when "necessary."    Meteorite recovery where "the ends justify the means" shines a very dim light on the hobby at an already very dark time.   What would Harvey do?   Kevin Kichinka