[meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

[Darryl Pitt]

Completely agree.  And as previously mentioned, in the not too distant  
future an ever increasing number of meteorite showers will contain a  
stone that hits a roof.



On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Jeff Grossman wrote:


> I'm going to further stir this up.  In addition to my last comment,  

> that "hammer" should only refer to the offending stone that did  

> damage, I think there has to be a certain fame or notoriety  

> associated with the impact for it to be noteworthy enough for a  

> special name like this.  Certainly, the larger Sylacauga stone is  

> worthy of the term. Peekskill, for the image of the mashed car that  

> appeared everywhere.  Benld is a great one, for those of you who  

> remember the FMNH exhibit. If one of the Nakhla stones really got a  

> dog or Valera got a cow, which everybody has heard about, then sure,  

> these are hammers.  But a piddly piece of some shower that dings a  

> shingle on a roof?  No way.  It's still a subjective term, but let's  

> give it some force.

>

> jeff

>

>

> MeteorHntr at aol.com wrote:

>> In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:28:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  gmhupe at htn.net 

>>  writes:

>> Adding trees, dams, mounds, playfields, lawns and  other man-made  

>> or touched places is reaching to an extreme, and "yes", it  does  

>> cheapen the true "smashers".

>> .

>> Greg,

>>

>> I found two  specimens in an Indian Camp Site with arrow points  

>> around, and Qynne found one  in a different Indian Camp Site,  next  

>> to where I found a real cool  flint chisel.

>> How is that for extreme?  An "Ancient Indian Yard  Hammer."

>>

>> I also found some specimens near where I found some dinosaur  bones  

>> too.  So how about a "Dino Grave Hammer" for the list?

>>

>> Yes, it  gets ridiculous.   But I just like the sound of "Dam  

>> Hammer" damn it!

>>

>> OK, I will go  back to my Photobucket and change the names to "Dam  

>> Non-Hammer" just so people  will feel better.

>>

>> I think civil conversations on these types of topics  are great.   

>> It makes the M-list a good place to be.

>>

>> Steve

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