[meteorite-list] A Call For A New Meteorite List

[joseph_town at att.net]

I have wondered about that and I simply concluded that it's good common sense to stay out of the frey to protect your investments.

Bill


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From: "Alexander Seidel" <gsac at gmx.net>
> > While I certainly agree that the flame wars etc. make this list virtually
> > a joke, I do not think a new list would catch on to the point where it 
> > replace this list.  It has just been around too long.  I think the answer
> > is to fix what we have.
> 
> I have been around here since the very beginnings, many years ago,
> and I have been a silent lurker for almost all of the time, with
> a few exceptions, when I had something to say here.
> 
> I agree to what Jim said in the cited statement above, and to what
> Adam Hupé added in a more recent post. A *new* list would not solve the
> problem - and a list for IMCA members would probably be, well, a "lonely
> place", compared to the meteorite list even in the bad state that it seems
> to be in right now.
> 
> By the way: have you frequent OT-posters and fighters and moralizers 
> and and and... ever thought about why the *real* big ones of the 
> meteorite scene never ever raised their voice here? Bob Haag e.g. - you 
> may ask him about this list, and he will give you his reply to your
> question! A good bunch of the high roller private collectors that I know are
> definitely *not* interested in either actively or passively following this
> list. 
> 
> Have you ever asked yourselves *why this is so*..??
> 
> Btw: I admire Art for his almost unbelievable patience in hosting this
> forum.
> 
> Well, just a few thoughts, 
> Alex
> Berlin/Germany
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