[meteorite-list] ED fix

Fri Jul 5 00:09:08 EDT 2013

Sequestration killed that.  He only gets dial tone on Mondays and Thursdays between 8 and 10 Am EST.  Calls outside the 202 area code require congressional budget committee special approval.

We have to buy the fuel from Putin now  :)

--- On Thu, 7/4/13, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ED fix
> To: "James Beauchamp" <falcon99 at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>, "Thunder Stone" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>, "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 10:50 PM
> Are you sure? Obama has the BLM on
> his desktop speed dial waiting for that chance to order
> missiles free on meteorite hunters. He is tapped in by NSA
> computers to your wristwatches. You are only safe if you use
> an 1890s or before pocket watch.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jul 4, 2013, at 8:45 PM, James Beauchamp <falcon99 at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > LOL, seriously, if the pilot saw you guys and did a
> maneuver, it was out of showing off and fun.  Far from
> any malice.
> > 
> > As a former aircrew guy, and recently retired from a 23
> year air force career, I promise you they could care less
> about rock collectors.  There isn't enough training
> time - especially in the last five years - to go
> around.  They are extremely busy trying to check the
> boxes - either test cards or the weapon school / Red Flag
> scenario at hand.  They are concentrating on the
> mission, the aircraft systems, and things in the air that
> [if not watched carefully] can kill them.  That list
> includes other airplanes, drones, birds, things falling off
> the airplane, engines a few degrees from alloy melting
> points, and ridgelines that like to smack pilots that don't
> pay attention.
> > 
> > They have to do all this, and accomplish an over-loaded
> task list with just enough in the tanks to land with a
> couple of thousand pounds of reserve fuel.
> > 
> > Like an over-tasked soccer mom with 1000 kids in the
> back of the mini-van, they are concentrating on much more
> serious things than people waling around on the desert
> floor  :)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 7/4/13, Thunder Stone <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ED fix
> >> To: "James Beauchamp" <falcon99 at sbcglobal.net>,
> "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> >> Cc: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >> Date: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 10:08 PM
> >> I've had jets fly low while meteorite
> >> hunting and thought it was really cool... never
> thought
> >> anything negative about it at all.
> >> GregS
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> 
> >> From: James Beauchamp
> >> Sent: 5 Jul 2013 02:27:13 GMT
> >> To: Adam Hupe
> >> Cc: Adam
> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ED fix
> >> 
> >> The pilot of the F-18 really wasn't concerned about
> you, the
> >> little specks on the ground.  Worse case, he
> was doing
> >> his (or her) normal training route, saw some people
> and
> >> decided to give you a small air show out of
> fun.  You
> >> got a cool treat from an aviator, not a scare
> tactic. 
> >> They have enough on their plate monitoring the
> aircraft
> >> systems and staying on schedule.  Posse
> commitatus is
> >> still strongly enforced.
> >> 
> >> A lot of you are freaking out over non-existent
> >> boogeymen.   What you should be
> asking
> >> yourselves is what really led to the BLM
> policy.  As a
> >> lurker on this list for a couple of years, I've
> noticed a
> >> few of you, through your arrogance and willingness
> to
> >> disregard existing laws and regulations, probably
> >> contributed directly to the change.  Those of
> us trying
> >> to take the high road have to suffer.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >> 
> >> On Jul 4, 2013, at 19:21, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> One more thing of interest.
> >>> 
> >>> Our group consisting of my wife, Zann von Hupe,
> Dr. Ted
> >> Bumch and myself were literately in the middle of
> nowhere
> >> here in Nevada on a mountain side and were buzzed
> by an F-18
> >> jet.  The pilot turned the jet sideways,
> matched our
> >> altitude and hit his afterburners just to let us
> know that
> >> he knew we were there.  He flew so close to us
> that we
> >> could see his helmet and face-shield as he turned
> his head
> >> to get a better look at us.
> >>> 
> >>> My question is; what device gave up our
> position?
> >>> 
> >>> No, we were not doing anything wrong and Dr.
> bunch was
> >> extremely angry about being buzzed so close because
> it
> >> startled all us and we could have lost our footing
> on the
> >> steep slopes.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Adam
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