Completely agree. And as previously mentioned, in the not too distant
future an ever increasing number of meteorite showers will contain a
stone that hits a roof.
On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Jeff Grossman wrote:
I'm going to further stir this up. In addition to my last comment,
that "hammer" should only refer to the offending stone that did
damage, I think there has to be a certain fame or notoriety
associated with the impact for it to be noteworthy enough for a
special name like this. Certainly, the larger Sylacauga stone is
worthy of the term. Peekskill, for the image of the mashed car that
appeared everywhere. Benld is a great one, for those of you who
remember the FMNH exhibit. If one of the Nakhla stones really got a
dog or Valera got a cow, which everybody has heard about, then sure,
these are hammers. But a piddly piece of some shower that dings a
shingle on a roof? No way. It's still a subjective term, but let's
give it some force.
jeff
meteorh...@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:28:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, gmh...@htn.net
writes:
Adding trees, dams, mounds, playfields, lawns and other man-made
or touched places is reaching to an extreme, and "yes", it does
cheapen the true "smashers".
.
Greg,
I found two specimens in an Indian Camp Site with arrow points
around, and Qynne found one in a different Indian Camp Site, next
to where I found a real cool flint chisel.
How is that for extreme? An "Ancient Indian Yard Hammer."
I also found some specimens near where I found some dinosaur bones
too. So how about a "Dino Grave Hammer" for the list?
Yes, it gets ridiculous. But I just like the sound of "Dam
Hammer" damn it!
OK, I will go back to my Photobucket and change the names to "Dam
Non-Hammer" just so people will feel better.
I think civil conversations on these types of topics are great.
It makes the M-list a good place to be.
Steve
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