Dave, You said:
"I thank you for the detailed explanation, but I still have issue with your idea that a land owner would owe you an explanation other than "No" when asked to search their property." When I clearly stated in my last post: "Does he have an obligation to tell me why he said no? Of course not. And did I even imply that he was obligated to? But if you don't ask, often you don't get an answer." ***** So why do you still think that I think he OWES me an explanation? I don't think he owes me to let me hunt on his land, but I still ask. He didn't owe me an explanation, but I still asked for one. Besides, if someone owes you something, you demand, you don't ask. I didn't demand anything, I just asked. I wasn't rude. He wasn't rude. He didn't kick me off his driveway. He didn't even ask me to leave nor did he end the conversation. We had a short, 3 minute talk, then I left when it was evident he didn't care if meteorites would be lost. Maybe if I offered him $10,000 in exchange for hunting, he might have become interested. Then again, if he had a $500,000 "crop" out in the trees growing, $10,000 for hunting privileges wouldn't have probably interested him either. I didn't waste his whole day, he was doing some work, and he kept working while I was talking. Now, maybe someone talked with him before I did and offended him in such a way that he was sour to not me personally, but to "meteorite hunters" in general. That could have been the case. And it was, I would have loved to have found that out. But since he didn't say that, or give any reason, I just don't know. Besides, I ended up hunting on one of his neighbors ground the next day where we found the 1,673g specimen the day before the rains, so maybe it was a blessing that he said "No," and that he didn't tell me why, and that I didn't overcome his objections? Then again, I might have changed his mind and I might have found 5 kilo rock on his ground instead. Who knows? It is all "water under the bridge", or should I say "rocks under the mud" now. Steve **************New Low Prices on Dell Laptops – Starting at $399 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433304x1201394525/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl eclick.net%2Fclk%3B213540718%3B35046385%3Be) ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list