[meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart.

[Michael Farmer]

I am not sure what to think about that email. 
Is it a joke, or are you serious? 
Michael Farmer


--- On Sat, 10/25/08, Jerry A. Wallace <jwal2000 at swbell.net> wrote:


> From: Jerry A. Wallace <jwal2000 at swbell.net>

> Subject: [meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart.

> To: "MeteoriteCentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2:33 PM

> Dear Meteorite Flavored Folks,

> 

> I write this as a testimonial to one of the most caring and

> esteemed 

> dealers in our

> meteorite community.

> 

> Here is a lady whose heart is as generous and grand as the

> great state 

> of Colorado,

> where she resides. She has a heart filled with caring and

> compassion for 

> her customers,

> as well as her fellow man. She is a rarity in these times

> of economic 

> uncertainty and

> personal financial concerns. She is one who gives without

> being asked.

> 

> My wife Kathy and I made a major (for us) purchase from

> this fine lady some

> months back. I briefly mentioned that we would be on a diet

> of bologna and

> stale, dry bread for many months to come in order to afford

> the rare 

> specimen

> that we were purchasing.

> 

> Then, as luck would have it, Dr. Ehlmann released yet

> another fine and 

> precious

> specimen from that most wondrous of collections of Texas

> meteorites, the 

> Monnig

> Collection.

> 

> Having learned my lesson several years back about rare

> specimens not lasting

> long on the open market, I (with Kathy's gracious

> permission and in 

> collusion)

> decided to bite the bullet and acquire that next expensive

> rarity for 

> our Texas

> collection.

> 

> Again, I mentioned to our favorite dealer that we would

> probably have to 

> go on

> "half rations" of our bologna and dry bread diet

> in order to survive our 

> decision

> to keep our Texas Collection as our foremost consideration.

> (The kids 

> starved

> years ago early in our collection process. Still feel bad

> about that, 

> but we must let

> bygones be bygones. Water under the bridge, as it were.)

> 

> Imagine our surprise when the specimen arrived and in the

> box were not only

> the rare meteorite and its documentation but also a huge

> stack of 

> current food

> coupons. Now we can have cheese and mayonnaise on our

> bologna sandwiches.

> And there were coupons for burritos, for Pillsbury dinner

> rolls, for 

> Pillsbury frozen

> cookies, for Red Baron French Bread Paninis, for Chef

> Boyardee ravioli and

> beefaroni as well as a variety of "Forkables",

> coupons for juices, 

> potpies, and

> Ball Park Franks. And the list could go on and on.

> We'll eat like kings 

> and queens

> this winter and have our meteorites, too. What more could

> poor folks ask?

> 

> Now I ask you, is there a finer, more generous meteorite

> dealer on this 

> planet, or

> any other planet that we know about? I think not. Without

> mentioning 

> specific names,

> can you even in your wildest dreams imagine a Farmer, a

> Blood, or a 

> Cottingham

> helping to feed their hungry customers in these dire times?

> (I lied 

> about not mentioning

> names.) Again, not damned likely.

> 

> And so, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, I nominate Ms.

> Anne Black 

> as the most

> humane and thoughtful of existing Meteorite Dealers. I ask

> that the 

> powers that be

> (Mr. Bostick, et al, if memory serves) initiate and produce

> an award to 

> be presented

> at the Tucson Auction/ Awards Ceremony this coming year for

> "The Most 

> Generous

> and Caring Meteorite Dealer Known to Mankind".

> 

> Best regards to all,

> 

> Jerry Wallace

> Odessa, Texas

> 

> 

> P.S. to Mr. Mike Farmer... Please read and understand the

> above letter 

> in the spirit

> in which it was written, an attempt at humor, and don't

> get all warped 

> out of shape

> just because I mentioned your name. You, Mr. Blood and Mr.

> Cottingham 

> are all

> fine dealers deserving of recognition as well. I have been

> a customer of 

> all of you

> over the years but none of you have ever helped feed me

> when I made 

> extravagant

> purchases from you. Thanks, jw.

> 

> 

> 

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