[meteorite-list] The non collector THE NON COLLECTORS POLL

[Mark Bowling]

Hi List,

I flit from hobby to hobby like a happy little bee, so it's hard to nail
down where my money and time go.  I'd have to say:

MONEY
1. taxes
2. gas/food
3. meteorites & related things (mostly eBay)
4. savings/retirement
5. mining/geology books (mostly eBay)
6. charity (church, etc.)

TIME
1. sleep
2. work (work at a family business is never done)
3. eBay/email (85% meteorites...)
4. family/friends/church
5. household projects
6. prospecting (meteorites/minerals)
7. various other hobbies/ideas etc.

I probably spend too much time surfing eBay meteorites and related things,
but I'm unmarried and don't have any of the traditional time/money
obligations.  But maybe if I cut back a bit I'd be married with kids...  In
fact, I have cut back quite a bit and try to spend more time focusing on
"hands on" projects (mostly meteorite related) and prospecting for various
things (primarily working on meteorites right now...).  This is an
interesting topic as I notice I should probably move some priorities
around - maybe time for some New Year Resolutions...  BUT I think meteorites
will stay near the top of the list.  I've been interested since I was a kid
and first visited Meteor Crater, but I took the plunge a few years back and
bought my first SA (a nice shrapnel and a nice oriented one).  It's like
gold fever - one bite from the bug and you have it for life...

Clear skies to all and thanks for listening to my ramblings...

Mark
Vail, AZ




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman at fascination.com>
To: "Anita Westlake" <libawc at emory.edu>
Cc: "'Tom AKA James Knudson'" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>;
<Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The non collector THE NON COLLECTORS POLL


> Dear Tom, all,
>
> Let me see, my financial priorities are:
> 1. bills
> 2. wine, women, and song (not really)
> 3. gasoline to run around
> 4. ROCKS
>   a. rare unusual rocks
>   b. meteorites
>   c. stromatolites
>   d. jade
>   e. petrified wood
> 5. RETIREMENT FROM ROCKS
>
> Sorry, my list only has five items....Realize that this is where my
> MONEY goes, now my time goes in a whole different direction...
> 1/3 time... volunteerism
>   a. community/civic  local programs
>        1.K/B WAG water advisory group 1.5 million acres of watershed SW
> Wyoming
>        2. Sweetwater Emergency Management Volunteer
>        3. Chamber of Commerce team participant/ high desert interpretive
> center
>        4. Friend of the library
>        5.  Red Desert Rodeo/Sweetwater Co. fair volunteer
>
>   b. rock hounds
>        1. free lectures and displays quarterly/semi annually at local
> museums/libraries
>        2. free referral service for information
>        3. free field trips to local areas annually
>
>   c. dance friends
>        1. seasonal dance lessons
>        2. impromptu dance lessons
>        3. promote Octoberfest and New Years Dance parties provided by
> the senior citizens group
> 1/3 time
>    a. sleep
> 1/3 time WORK
>   a. work to support the whole structured system.
>      1. rocks to sell on eBay
>      2. local rock sales/ supply to local venues
>      3. gun show  quarterly shows
>      4. custom trips to deliver/aquire rocks
>
> WHERE DOES YOUR TIME AND MONEY GO?
>
> Best,
> Dave F.
>
>
>
>
> Anti Westlake wrote:
>
> >Opps! "Hobbies are secondary..."? I'd better get my priorities in order.
> >Here's my current order:
> >
> >1. Meteorites
> >2. Meteorites
> >3. Meteorites
> >4. Magazines about Meteorites
> >5. Books about Meteorties
> >6. Calcite
> >7. Feldspar
> >8. Fossils
> >9. Food
> >10.Sleep
> >
> >But then again, I don't have any children or significant others to worry
> >about.
> >
> >Anita
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> >[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
JKGwilliam
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:28 AM
> >To: Tom AKA James Knudson; Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The non collector
> >
> >Tom,
> >I think if you took a poll of the list, you'd find that many of us have
had
> >to refrain from purchasing meteorites for our collections at times; very
> >few people have the resources to buy all of the items they want for
> >collections or hobbies. After all, hobbies are a secondary part of life
> >that we can allocate money to after we take care of the necessities of
> >raising children and paying our normal day to day expenses.
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >John Gwilliam
> >
> >At 08:54 PM 12/28/2004, Tom AKA James Knudson wrote:
> >
> >>Hello List,  Even though I no longer am an active meteorite collector,
it
> >>does not mean I have to be off the list, away from all my friends! I do
not
> >>know what I was thinking, I guess I just think of the list as a part of
> >>meteorite collecting. I still love meteorites, I just don't collect
them,
> >>for now. : )
> >>
> >>Thanks, Tom
> >>"the non collector"
> >>peregrineflier <><
> >>IMCA 6168
> >>http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm
> >>
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