Hi Count and List, I was afraid that my ignorance of the subject would make me the "butt" of jokes......... ;)
Best regards, MikeG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- On 3/28/11, Count Deiro <countde...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I see no connontation of toilet humour, or scatological inference in the use > of the word "butt". This word has been in use for centuries in the Anglo > Saxon tongue and dialects... see...(noun)Rifle Butt...the end of the > shoulder stock of firearm. The (noun)Butt End...the end of lengths of rope, > lumber and metal... and the phrase and word...(verb)Abutting and > (noun)Abutment. > > A useful, descriptive, word that should be used with impunity. And I would > see its appropriate use to described the remaining piece of a meteorite that > has been reduced in size to a fraction of it's mass by cutting. > > Regards...and no charge, > > Count Deiro > IMCA 3536 > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Anita Westlake <anitawestl...@att.net> >>Sent: Mar 28, 2011 2:37 PM >>To: Michael Gilmer <meteoritem...@gmail.com>, impact...@aol.com >>Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, jimsk...@aol.com >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polished Butts - Toliet humor aside, what >> exactly are th... >> >>Being an x-smoker, I conjured up visions of cigarette butts. Couldn't >> imagine >>why anyone would polish one. >> >>Anita >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritem...@gmail.com> >>To: impact...@aol.com >>Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; jimsk...@aol.com >>Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 5:35:14 PM >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polished Butts - Toliet humor aside, what >> exactly >>are th... >> >>Hi List, >> >>I agree, the word "core" is much better than "polished butt". :) >> >>Thanks for the explanation. I had a hunch that it was related to >>thin-sections, but Google wouldn't give me anything useful or >>non-offensive. >> >>Best regards, >> >>MikeG >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites >> >>Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com >>Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >>News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >>Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >>EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 >>----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>On 3/28/11, impact...@aol.com <impact...@aol.com> wrote: >>> No toilet humor here. >>> It is a chunk of meteorite encased in epoxy, polished, and from which >>> thin-sections are cut. >>> I prefer to call them "cores". >>> Less possibility of misunderstanding. >>> >>> Anne M. Black >>> _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) >>> _IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com) >>> President, I.M.C.A. Inc. >>> _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) >>> >>> >>> In a message dated 3/28/2011 2:59:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time, >>> jimsk...@aol.com writes: >>> My guess would be that it's a polished endcut. >>> >>> Jim K >>> >>> >>> In a message dated 3/28/2011 3:54:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>> meteoritem...@gmail.com writes: >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> I have seen several references to "polished butts" in the Met >>> Bulletin. For example, from this recent entry (NWA 6580) approved >>> yesterday - >>> >>> "Type specimens available at Cascadia include 1 piece originally 20.0 >>> g, from which one polished thin section and one polished butt were >>> made. Thompson holds the main mass." >>> >>> I did the usual Google Search ("polished butt") to find out what this >>> was, and you don't want to know what the results of that search were. >>> Let's just say, that is has nothing to do with meteorites or thin >>> sections. >>> >>> So I have to ask the List - what is a polished butt? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> MikeG >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>______________________________________________ >>Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >>______________________________________________ >>Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > -- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list