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Gillian, at least, would have heard the expression "purple prose" It's my humble opinion that you are giving too much credit, but eh, I'm known for being wrong.

[edit: oops, that reads a little confusingly. Not too much credit to Gillian for knowing the term, but to the OP for using it]
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Right. There's no doubt that I know the expression. (Actually, I love the expression. It's one of those terms I don't get to use very often and will sometimes construct sentences for the express purpose of using. Purple prose!)
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Like trying to find an excuse to use the word cromulent.
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Like trying to find an excuse to use the word cromulent.
Quite. Only that's easier.
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i thought "purple prose" was the preferred song writing style for Prince..
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i thought "purple prose" was the preferred song writing style for Prince..
Here are details on my favorite Prince video.
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Here are details on my favorite Prince video.


Yes he knows how to penne a good tune.....
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That's the spirit - the kind of spirit, specifically, which embiggens the smallest vocabulary.
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And having an embiggened vocabulary can help avoid or cause many a crisitunity!
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It also helps make one appear erudite, regardless of the actual presence of erudition.
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And having an embiggened vocabulary can help avoid or cause many a crisitunity!

Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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i thought "purple prose" was the preferred song writing style for Prince..
I had "purple prose" one time. Put a little rosebud salve on it and it went right away!

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I heard Prince has been diagnosed with appendicitis.

So long!
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I got an email like this one time except it was about how some found a diamond mind in Southern Africa and they claimed they needed someone to help them move the money that they were making from "this secret mine" that was supposedly one of King Solomon's mines. Well to make is short and to the point, they wanted me to opens me checkings account for thems to puts moneys ins and they wanted me to send them international money order for $1500USD and back then I had $1500USD all the time. GOOD TRY! You are not in Canada are you? Sorry but my money hairs on the back of neck are going "NO WAY! NO HOW!"
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R.A.F.;

See, that's the thing...you've made the claim that you found a meteorite with fossils in it. When you say that on a science board, you will be expected to provide evidence to support that claim.

[I][COLOR="Purple"]Are U blind??? Have "U" ever seen a Meteorite before??? Do "U" know what they look like??? If their surface structure is capable of melting/fusing like an Iron Meteorite´s is, don´t "U" think, that another matrix isn´t capable of doing that??? Are you SO naive??? ...or ARE "U" just acting SO naive, only for the sake of your scientist colleges??? I don´t know, which side´s "UR" on??? Are "U" at all on a side or do you just make yourself here so important, to show yourself off to your alleged colleges, how cool "U" "R"!???

Either provide that evidence or retract your claim
What do you want me to do??? Do you want me to get my probes - samples and send them out to "U" and to other "close minded" scientists???

Don´t worry! I did a lot of extensive research myself, on where I´ve found my Fossil and other tip´s of Meteorites. For once, I can tell you that where ever I´ve found them, also the Foss-Mets, the Geological region of that area is called "The Precambrian Region"! And the rocks that occur there ARE, "Felsick plutonic rocks, derived gneisses and migmatites.

Your nonstop, nonsense argumentation and the most of the others here, playing your game along reminds me on the documentation that I saw a couple of years ago about all kinds of Meteorite dealers and collectors. And there was one, now so known - but I forgot his name collector, ...he collected hundreds of different kinds of Meteorites and half of it wasn´t accepted from the scientific community although, he to belonged to them. After his death, strangely enough and so unfortunate for him, that he´s passed away, ...those scientists, who ridiculed him like you all do with me, suddenly, "out of the blue", decided that to 95% of his "Back then" not accepted Meteorites, were suddenly "METEORITES"!!! Now, how do you explane that, smarty"!!!?????


If you don't understand "scientific terms" then you shouldn't be using them to describe anything. (Well, you can try, but on this board you won't be fooling anyone but yourself.)
I don´t want to fool here no one, neither myself but the few scientific terms that I know of, are enough to make "U" and other scientists understand, what´s this all about! Understand? Or in your terms, please do tell me and the others, reading this column, how "U´D" explane the word "FOSSIL"! Ahmmm, it looks like an ice cream cone, after it got soft, it or you´d twisted itself around its own axis and when it dried off, that is the way that looks, that I´ve found on that Rock. Don´t know what a Rock is??? ...well, let me now explane That to you....

Some concepts can only be simplified so much.
There really is no "substitute" for an education.
[I][COLOR="Purple"]You´re ssooooooooo rrriiiiiiggggght smarty!!

What qualifies you to determine whether or not your "whatever" contains fossils or not??
Let me tell you a little story, my little friend.
When I was 14 years of age, I went with my friends into the woods, to build a shack. One time, we forgot our hammer so a friend of mine took a large heavy, white grayish rock, about 12 x 7 x 6 inches in size. It was made of "calcium carbonate" and began hitting on a large nail on the shag and suddenly, it broke in half! Inside, were now a whole plus and negative print of a "cosmoceras duncani", from the order Ammonitida and their family, cosmoceratidae! that one including another kind, was a beautiful specimen!!!

Right away, I knew that it was a Fossil and I asked him if I could have it and he said yes! I was thrilled to have it and I showed it to my neighbors, relatives, friends and so on. They were speechless, that I´ve found such a wonderful specimen. Eventually, we went on class trips to a stone quarry and there, they´ve had some incredible specimens and also a lot of cunninghamites, in case that you, as scientist don´t know what that is, it´s a fern tipe but it has turned into charcoal and left that identical print of itself on calcium carbonate. Take a look in the internet, may be you´ll get lucky! ..I´m sure you will.


For that matter...what convinces you that what you have found is a meteorite at all???
Didn´t I already talk all about the points, what it relates to Meteorites??? ...appearance? ...weight? ...fusion crusts? ...the geological contents of that area? ...when a suspected Meteorite is found, then the lovely scientists, not only do they want a photograph of that alleged Meteorite, but also would they like to see the area, where the alleged Meteorite was found With the Meteorite. Didn´t I present all that to you already? And when you put one and one together, than you should get that answer, if you know what I mean, smarty. But in your and so many other out there case, you guys still believe, that the Earth is flat!

The Earth isn´t flat, didn´t you know that??? ...treat others so, the way you´d like to be treated.


What do you mean by appearence of radiation?...or is "radiation" another of those words that means something different to you than it does to us??
No! It means that, what it means!

To who?? Any collector of meteorites would be very leary of your claims particularly after reading this thread.
Ohu..., Smarty, you´re too much! That highly sophisticated word that you´ve just caught me with, "leary" just gave me the rest!!! Now I have to look it up because of you. ...guess what? it´s not in my Dictionary! It´s an Oxford Dictionary! OX... - FORD, that reminds me of something - someone.

Would you please explane it to me the next time, you attack me again!? Or are you a woman because women have always these Interstellar - Galactical words, men always has to look it up for, before we can answer...


Go straight to the "top" I say. Why bother saying, "they laughed at Galileo", when you can just as easily say, "they laughed at Einstein"??
I don´t understand your Interstellar question? Did you re-read it before you send it off to me?

Now all you need to do is demonstrate that your claims are valid...as Einstein did.
...have you been listening!??? Halloooouuuuuuuuuuu!! Ggoood Mooooooooooorning, wwaaaaaake uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!!

If you do not understand fairly simple scientific terms...if you insteadinsist ...there´s again such an Interstellar word!!! Where do you get these words from, wana give me a tip?]using words that make little sense, then there is very little use in you continuing to post to a science board,

but I have a "feeling" that won't stop you from continuing.
I understand your frustration with me Smarty, but if it´s too much for you to handle, than may be and I mean it, totally out of my heart, ...that "you" should leave us.

No...you want them to pay you for your "fossil meteorite".
That´ll be nice but it won´t happen due to ignorant scientists like you, but NOT only You guys here. And after my death,... "well,.... he was ssooooooooooooooooooooooooooo right!!" Ha, ha, ha, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Just like the Army! Shoot first, ask questiones later.

We're suppose to "guess" at what you mean?
Ther we go again!!! The big scientist "Smarty´s" talking. Hear this, Hear this!!!

Will your sales pitch be as convincing as your posted claims?
You can bet your.... ...on it, that it will be!!!

If you can't convince those here that your claims are valid, I don't see how you could possibly interest potential collectors.
There we go again!!! How old are you???
Lets just turn this question and situation around, for your sake and the others, if they´d like to.

Imagine, you´re a renowned collector or private organization that has specimens, not even you scientists would ever get your eyes on the same works with Egyptian found artifacts, that too have never been publicly shown. As a matter of fact, most of the most incredible finds are in private collection and they´re valuable beyond your imagination, if you have something like that! And you´re a collector to and suddenly you hear about this incredible find and you wana hear more and more and even m o r e about it. Eventually, you´re so hungry for this artifact, treasure, Fossil-Meteorite that you´re willing to give everything, that you have, may be even to sell your sol! But I don´t want your sol!!!

With all that money, I could create my own research Institutions, Foundations and what ever is needed. Or to make it even more easier for you to understand, ...you´re lost in a desert and you´re very thirsty! Than you see me, holding a big jug of crystal clear water, ...you can nearly smell it and you come up to me and offer to me, what ever I want for only one glass of water. When you´re in love with something, a super expensive car and you have that cash, than you´re going to buy it, if you want it, or not? ...Now, ...think before you answer that question.

And there are desperate people out there, that have the necessary ca$h for something, that I have, That they want.


Talk about deja vu!!! I think I had this same talk with a used car lot salesman just replace the meteorite and fossil terms and descriptions with terms in car talk. That car lot is gone now and a pizza shop/tax preparation/plumber business is there currently. Not sure about the owner or owners identities.
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I got an email like this one time except it was about how some found a diamond mind in Southern Africa and they claimed they needed someone to help them move the money that they were making from "this secret mine" that was supposedly one of King Solomon's mines. Well to make is short and to the point, they wanted me to opens me checkings account for thems to puts moneys ins and they wanted me to send them international money order for $1500USD and back then I had $1500USD all the time. GOOD TRY! You are not in Canada are you? Sorry but my money hairs on the back of neck are going "NO WAY! NO HOW!"
Solomon's diamond mines <>1500$

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