-----Forwarded Message----- >From: countde...@earthlink.net >Sent: Nov 14, 2009 8:30 PM >To: Howard Steffic <bencub...@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 <bencub...@hotmail.com> >>Sent: Nov 14, 2009 5:26 PM >>To: countde...@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: countde...@earthlink.net >>> To: carloselgua...@hotmail.com; meteorite-list@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@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?... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>>Windows 7: It works the way you want. 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