[meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart.

[Pete Pete]

I was puzzled, too...

If it is a joke, let me continue it with; Think of the great meteorite specimens you could buy if you just ate cat food!

Ar ar ar!

Cheers,

Pete






> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:07:22 -0700

> From: meteoriteguy at yahoo.com

> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; jwal2000 at swbell.net

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

>

> 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  wrote:

>

>> From: Jerry A. Wallace 

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

>> To: "MeteoriteCentral" 

>> 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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