[meteorite-list] new lurker

[Impactika at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/19/2005 3:06:30 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de writes:
> Hello to all,

Hello  Tom,

Tom wrote:

"I'm new to meteorites and you can imagine how  happy I am
to have found this mailing list. I hope my enthusiasm  is
similar to that which all of you experienced when you  began."

Welcome to this List, Tom !

How come you got to loving and  collecting meteorites? Some years ago,
back in 2000, we had a very  interesting thread that was called "What
I do".

Unfortunately, this  thread is no longer accessible in our List Archives but
I still have most of  these contributions on my hard disk. It was real fun to
learn a little /  sometimes a lot more about the people behind our hobby.

Here are some  reactions / responses from that thread. Maybe some
"newbies" would be willing  to "revive" it. here we go:

- I spent my younger years as an Air Force  brat (born in Germany, grew up in 
VA, DE, and AL) ...
- Well I'll jump on the  bandwagon, ...
- I enjoy reading the posts with my morning coffee before  work.
- My name is ... I'm 35. Two great kids 12 year old son ... 8 year old  
daughter ...
- Name: ... / Reside: ...  / Status: ...  /  Occupation: ...
- Both of us are French, our small village is ...
- The  biographies of all of the list members have been very informative ...
- Hi,  I'm ... , born in Peru, age 54.
- Now I am curious to know what the age  statistics are regarding this list. 
I am 28.
- George, I am older than you  are:-) Cheers, ...
- List, I'm 18 years older than ... and I'm 47:-0 Regards,  ...
- if you think I am going to tell you how old I am, you are dreaming  ...
- I spend far too much time reading this List is what I do. Besides that,  I 
am a Mechanical Engineer ...
- I'd sure rather talk about what I do than my  age :-) I'm a Public Health 
Nurse here in ...
- Well I'm not shy, so here  goes: While in my teens, I studied electronic 
engineering in London ...
- I  think this is a neat idea. I am a 26 year old geriatric psychologist ...
-  Wow! this is great stuff. I will be saving all of these for future 
reference  ...
- I'm a 22 yr old student with majors in Behavioral Science and Criminal  Law 
and a minor in Sociology ...
- I am French native, but I grew up in  Africa and moved to the States ...
- I'm 52, school teacher for boys and  girls around 10-12 years, I am married 
...
- I was lucky enough to be born in  a State where emerald, sapphire and ruby 
can be found ...
- I like this! It's  amazing the wide range of ages and careers of the people 
on this list. I'm 39  ...
- I've had two wives and four kids, aged 9 through 26 ... Did Viet Nam  67-68.
- Hi List, My name is ... and I'll hit the big 50 this year.
- Hi,  I'm 26 years old, and a geology student at Edinburgh University.
- Now as  this seems to evolve into a real amusing thread, ...
- Hello Everyone, I am  38 years old, married, and father to my 10 month old 
daughter, ...
- Hi All,  I'm a young 48, and a little overweight
- Dear Listees: What an enjoyable  thread this is turning into, ...
- etc., etc., ...

That was a funny,  interesting (although off-topic :-) thread that I will 
never forget!

Best  regards,

Good  night,

Bernd
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Yes,  that was fun.
I still have most of them too. And I believe I do recognize a few of those  
lines, but I won't name names.     :-)
Anybody wants to  get it started again?

Anne M.  Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com
President, I.M.C.A.  Inc.
www.IMCA.cc