[meteorite-list] OT: (AD) another trade offer ART whereartThou??

[Bill]

Michael,

Don't forget that you too are an important part of the show. I never delete your posts either.

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: mlblood at cox.net
> Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:54:17 -0800
> To: mexicodoug at aim.com, altmann at meteorite-martin.de,
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: (AD) another trade offer ART
> whereartThou??
> 
> Hi Doug,
>         I, too, ENJOY Steve's ads - er, posts.
>         They are hysterical in their irony, duplicity and a myriad of
> other elements I won't go into, as identifying said elements may
> seem to be critical. HOWEVER, far funnier than his posts are the
> reactions to his posts. 10 or 20 list members begin bouncing off the
> walls, moaning and groaning as though in a medieval dungeon of
> torture!
>         There are many other posts I skip, based on the topic in the
> subject box -  or at least after having read the first one or two posts
> on
> a given subject, but there is no way - and I mean NO WAY I would
> miss a post from Chicago Steve, much less any of the avalanche of
> detractors' commentaries following his utterances. (He seems
> devilishly clever in inventing new and improved irony.... "Look
> at THIS one I just got!" [one week before offering it for sale - at
> 25% of what he paid] or, "This is it! I am "going out of business -
> my wife says it's her or the meteorites...."  etc, etc. Makes the local
> used car dealer ads look like Walter Cronkite. How, I ask, can one
> not LOVE such inanity? But, as I said - the reactions are even
> MORE entertaining.
>         These never ending post represent some of the most entertaining
> moments found on the list since the passing of Proud Tom! (BTW, that
> fellow promised to reveal himself to me two Tucson Shows ago..... where
> art though, Proud Tom? Howsabout a little off list revelation???)
>         Anyway, here's to Steve - and here's an even bigger salute
> to all the "Nay Sayers!" May they all, like the Nakhla Dog, live long
> and prosper.
>         Happy Holidays to all, Michael
> PS: Martin, please keep those statistics coming - I have often wondered,
> myself, about such things (seriously). Perhaps you could do one on the #
> of Chicago Steve posts vs number of outraged responses to said posts?
> You could then provide the both the mean and median responses as well
> as the modal # of responses. I think you have the raw data already
> gathered
> on Steve's posts, now, all you need is to check out the responses....
> wouldja, please, wouldja?
> 
> 
> 
> on 11/29/06 12:28 PM, MexicoDoug at MexicoDoug at aim.com wrote:
> 
>> Martin wrote:
>> 
>> "I checked the archive.  This year alone, Steve Arnold Chicago had on
>> this
>> list 76 ADs.  His worst month was January with only a single AD, his
>> best
>> November with 16 ADs."
>> 
>> "The rest of his posts consisted mainly of Wanted-Ads;  reports, which
>> specimens he just bought (to resell them in most cases after
>> a short while); chatting-ups to reputable sellers; garnished with
>> announcements to quit collecting/selling forever, promises to obey to
>> the
>> list rules in future, questions, which he could have answered easily by
>> himself, in reading a beginners book or using google
>> and lachrymose complaints, that in his innocence, he couldn't
>> understand,
>> that he is attacked by list members."
>> 
>> "108 ADs he had last year, although he was banned for 3 months.  The
>> shock
>> from the ban lasted exactly 3 months, Nov 05 - Jan 06, one Ad per month
>> -
>> since last February the notorious mess again."
>> 
>> Martin,
>> 
>> If Art is OK with Steve's posts, so am I.
>> 
>> I am bedazzled how you spent your valuable time compiling THOSE
>> statistics!
>> 
>> Best wishes, Doug
>> 
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