Inquiries That Started Out in
a Polite and/or Provocative Way
"So like there I am taking a shower when I hear this wild
screaming pitch sound and all of a sudden a rock crashes through
my bathroom ceiling, shatters the shower door, knocks me down and
the space rock thing then blows through the tub, goes downstairs
at 10 thousand miles per hour and wipes out my poor fluff cat the
wild thing.
OK, the truth, I suspect you don't want yet another crazy person
dropping you an email about another "meteorite" attribution?
So I tried the attention grabbing first paragraph?"
" Dear Rude Admonishments (aka
Dr. Randy Korotev),"
"So you get your personality and charm from the darker side of
the moon. Humor me! I read your entire site, well almost."
"I live in West Cork in Ireland
- and I apologise in advance for more than likely wasting your
time! - but the other
day I found a very unusual stone on our site (property)."
"I have no doubt you keep a very hectic schedule, so I'll make
this concise: ..."
"I want to thank you for your time. I realize you are very
busy with your studies/work."
"I have had a great time exploring your webpages this Sunday morning
-- the tone is great, not too dumbed down, not too technical, and
I've learned a lot."
"I'm sure you get quite a few of these inquiries so I be brief
and to the point."
"I read your rude admonishment section and couldnt help but laugh.
I know you have to be going crazy with people bugging you but alas,
I might have to join their ranks."
"To keep this short, I will get to the point."
"I have had a great time exploring your webpages this Sunday morning
-- the tone is great, not too dumbed down, not too technical, and
I've learned a lot. (I came across them because a friend was curious
why weather science is called meteorology, and which page linked
to yours.)"
"I am hopeful that you would be interested to test this strange
looking rock as a possible lunar meteorite?"
"I live in Chile and I am at present working in a construction
project at the atacama desert. I was walking on a plain without
roads looking
for good deposits to be used as backfill material for the project.
My attention was called to this rock laying alone surrounded by
sand and in the middle of a depression. I have to mention this
area is in the middle of nowhere, 70 km away from the nearest town,
with only minor mines which have been under explotation for decades."
"Last year I've found (in the NE part of Poland) some interesting
stones (one of them contains metal and is similar to mesosiderite),
I think they could be of extra-terrestrial origin."
"I hope you are well and doing fine. I have been studying planetary
geology and meteorites as an intense hobby for approximately 35
years and 15 years, respectively. I am most interested in Lunar
geology, and my most prized specimens are my Lunar meteorite fragments
(Dar al Gani 262 and 400)."
"Please help me identify a meteorite that hit my home in Nanuet
NY, Rockland county."
"YES WE THINK WE FOUND A METEORITE REASON #1 ..."
"This stone comes from someplace in Zimbabwe and I brought
it back from a 1996 trip to that country. It is basaltic with an
age of - 1.35 billion years. It is an oriented stone with flow lines,thumbprints
and about 90% glassy fusion crust that's a little weathered. I am
having it analysed at this time in one of our local labs and the
results are promising so far but still not complete but one thing
that is sure is that it has no known local analogue and it is to
young to be an local basalt."
"I hate to tell you I believe I have found a rare lunar meterorite.
I hate to tell it because everybody nowadays seems to be saying
the same thing..."
"Herewith we would like to ask for your assistance and help.
We are from Bulgaria and we are new in the sphere of searching and
exp loving of little parts from the space room, which can be found
on the Earth, i.e. in the sphere of planetary science and space
chemistry."
"I live in Guyana, South America..."
"CHER DOCTEUR , BONJOUR. MES EXCUSES JE NE PARLE PAS ANGLAIS,
J'ESPERE QUE VOUS COMPRENEZ LE FRANCAIS."
"I realize from reading what is said on this and other sites
how rare finding a meteorite is and I am not one of those people
who can not be reasoned with, or explained to. Cutting to the chase,
this is why I suspect the 20 pound rock I have may be a meteorite..."
"First, thank you for your time. I appreciate it. Your website
is the most helpful of those I found concerning the identification
of possible meteorites."
"i was just wondering if u had received the rocks that i had
sent u."
"I love your rude admonishments"
"I am in possession of what I believe is a lunar meteorite."
"I appreciate your time to take a quick look at the picures
of 2 rocks I found in the California Desert."
"This is Julia from China. I have some photos for stones which
we think they are meteorite. But are not very sure."
"Hi, I put something on Ebay that is a neat looking piece of
something. Rock, metal, I honestly do not know. I received an email
from a potential buyer that said it could be a meterorite. Since
then (about two hours ago) I have been online trying to find anything
that looks like mine." [In the description of the rock the
seller mentioned that it had been painted. Nevertheless, he wanted
to know if I thought it was a meteorite.]
"my name is [XXX] A.K.A roof top hunter yes i hunt the roof
tops of phx az "
"How are you? Sorry about you, I am bothering you again"
"End of last week I sent two CDs for you. ... PS: New two CD
has total more than 230 stones."
"First of all, I'm not going to let on about how I saw a massive
fire ball fall from the sky and land in my swimming pool."
"Of all the websites featuring meteorites I chose to contact you
because you seem to be strait to the point."
"I make a living buying and selling the contents of storage units
that don't get paid for. I found this piece in Topeka Kansas"
"Hey i was outside today and i had lost a nut . I took a magnetic
and started to see if it would pick up but it did not ....... the
only thing i picked up was rocks."
"Please debunk this rock so my wife will stop insisting it's a
meteorite"
"My wife will kill me if she figures out I'm spending money
on this. She doesn't understand that these rocks could further
science and our understanding of the universe. The only thing she
really cares about are the specials going on down at Macy's. That's
probably something a lot of guys have to deal with not just me."
"I found a possible?? meteorite ...maybe???...
P.S. After you tell me it's just an ordinary earth rock my wife
is going to laugh her ass off."
"First of all, thank you for taking a look at my pictures. Out
of everyone I have sent them to, you are the only one who has instructed
me on how to pursue the answers to my questions."
"Recently, my uncle gave me an object he found in Texas that he
is sure is a meteorite. I was extremely skeptical, and set out
to “prove” it was not a meteorite…but now I’m
skeptical about my skepticism"
"I found your website trying to find some characteristics of meteorites.
I enjoyed it very much along with the sarcasm :)
"
"k, i give up im no scientist.... "
"Was fishing, then went off the trail to pee. Noted one, then
two rocks or pieces that might be meteorites."
"WOw, I really appreciate you replying to this message."
From Australia: "I
found a chunk of wot I thought was iron out bush... curious enough
to snaffle and take home..".
"i found this rock in 1998 or 99 in roswell new mexico or the greek
islands, i cant remember but im sure it was one of them."
"I have just been all through your website and i like your style,
esspecially the rude part. You probably get sick of all the Meteor-Nots."
"Im waiting for Yours consent in order to send CD and the sample.I
suspect that "Libya" maybe to interest CIA so - I worked
in xxxxx"
"Thanks Randy, I can HEAR your frusteration with idiots who are
trying to make money on stupid crap. I GET IT."
"Hi, I am in possesion of a rock, i have never seen in my lifetime."
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