[meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

[Jeff Grossman]

I'm going to further stir this up.  In addition to my last comment, that 
"hammer" should only refer to the offending stone that did damage, I 
think there has to be a certain fame or notoriety associated with the 
impact for it to be noteworthy enough for a special name like this.  
Certainly, the larger Sylacauga stone is worthy of the term. Peekskill, 
for the image of the mashed car that appeared everywhere.  Benld is a 
great one, for those of you who remember the FMNH exhibit. If one of the 
Nakhla stones really got a dog or Valera got a cow, which everybody has 
heard about, then sure, these are hammers.  But a piddly piece of some 
shower that dings a shingle on a roof?  No way.  It's still a subjective 
term, but let's give it some force.

jeff


MeteorHntr at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:28:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> gmhupe at htn.net writes:
> Adding trees, dams, mounds, playfields, lawns and  other man-made or touched 
> places is reaching to an extreme, and "yes", it  does cheapen the true 
> "smashers". 
>
> .
> Greg,
>
> I found two  specimens in an Indian Camp Site with arrow points around, and 
> Qynne found one  in a different Indian Camp Site,  next to where I found a real 
> cool  flint chisel. 
>
> How is that for extreme?  An "Ancient Indian Yard  Hammer."
>
> I also found some specimens near where I found some dinosaur  bones too.  So 
> how about a "Dino Grave Hammer" for the list?
>
> Yes, it  gets ridiculous.  
>  
> But I just like the sound of "Dam Hammer" damn it!
>
> OK, I will go  back to my Photobucket and change the names to "Dam 
> Non-Hammer" just so people  will feel better.
>
> I think civil conversations on these types of topics  are great.  It makes 
> the M-list a good place to be.
>
> Steve
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Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman       phone: (703) 648-6184
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