[meteorite-list] Livingston?

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>I think in the past it was much funner  to name meteorites. What's wrong 
with "Eagles Nest"?
A great name back in  1960 and was classified right here in the USA. As we 
all know it was named  because it was found lying next to an eagles nest.<<

this reminds  me of a practice that was done some years ago in the Fire 
Service on brush or  forest fires. The first engine on the scene would give it 
any name they chose.  It could be the "George Fire" or "Carl Fire" or any 
name they so choose.  Afterwards, the chief on the fire scene would do a lot 
of talking on the radio  and often would say things like, "this is the George 
IC" or "Carl IC". IC stood  for "Incident Commander". The first engine on 
the scene would often try to get  creative. Often naming the fire something 
like, "The Dumb Fire". When the chief  gets on scene, on occasions he would 
be saying things like, "This is the Dumb  IC" etc. It didn't take long befor 
the rules of naming fires became rather clear  and concise. :O)
GeoZay