[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

[Gary Fujihara]

Indeed, in other words, if it ain't broke don't change it.

Sent from Gary's iPhone

On Jan 6, 2013, at 11:11 AM, John Cabassi <john at cabassi.net> wrote:

> I'm quite happy with Find and Fall, been using that since I first
> started and I see no reason to change. Besides I'm getting too old for
> changes ;-)
> 
> Cheers
> John
> 
> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Noit makes perfect sense actually, is it a fall or a find. I spoke to
>> Garvie yesterday, who made very clear there are only two terms, fall or
>> find.
>> You would make a great politician, mincing words until no logic is left to
>> find.
>> An old meteorite found in a field was found, thus a find.
>> been that way for centuries, no need to change it now.
>> 
>> Michael Farmer
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jan 5, 2013, at 9:30 AM, <valparint at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Mike,
>>> 
>>> The Meteoritical Bulletin Database uses the following terminology:
>>> 
>>>   Observed fall: No
>>> 
>>> Does that disturb you?
>>> 
>>> Paul Swartz
>>> 
>>>> I find this new attempt to change terminology disturbing. I have
>>>> hundreds of old catalogs from the top museums and dealers from more than 200
>>>> years ago till today, all of them list falls and finds. None of them discuss
>>>> unobserved falls as an acceptable alternative.
>>>> Are we really ready to just accept anything thrown out there, and watch
>>>> as all manner of BS is used to discredit hundreds of years of accepted
>>>> terminology?
>>>> My private collection focuses on witnessed falls, with date and time
>>>> and science to back it up.
>>>> I am not interested in another group which would include every
>>>> meteorite ever to have fallen, since they did actually all fall at some
>>>> point.
>>>> Well, I guess Anne can delete her birthday fall calendar page since now
>>>> we can simply put every NWA on any date you choose to believe it might have
>>>> possibly fallen:).
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