Re: (Fwd) Re: Talk Section email

["Ray McAllister" <mcallist@gate.net>]

Gary, I guess you got bedbug letter # 9. I.e. no real answer at all. But
thanks for trying!

Ray McAllister, Retired Prof. (Emeritus) of Ocean, mcallist@gate.net
Engineering, Dept of OE, Fla. Atlantic Univ., Boca 
Raton, FL 33064  (954) 426-0808


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| From: Gary W. Yantis <hollywd@intx.net>
| To: rocks-and-fossils@world.std.com; dinosaur@usc.edu
| Subject: (Fwd) Re: Talk Section email
| Date: Monday, March 24, 1997 5:45 AM
| 
| ------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
| Date:          Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:20:52 -0800
| From:          ngsforum <ngsforum@nationalgeographic.com>
| Organization:  National Geographic Society
| To:            hollywood@hollywood-vine.com
| Subject:       Re: Talk Section email
| 
| hollywood@hollywood-vine.com wrote:
| > 
| > _____________________________________________________________
| > The following information was passed from the talk section
| >  of the NGS web site on abyss.
| > 
| > 
| > I  understand  that  Ted  Turner      produced  a  National
| > Geographic      Explorer  that  was  highly  prejudiced
| > against  collecting  fossils.  I  want      to  express  my
| > outraged  that  such  a      slanted  program  could  be
| > produced      and  tarnish  the  name  of  such  a
| >     celebrated  and  highly  thought  of      organization
| > as  the  National      Geographic  Society.  I  would  like
| >     to  know  if  this  program  represents    the
| > general  membership  and  the      editorial  viewpoint  of  NGS.
| > Please      respond  and  let  us  know.  I  am
| > an      avid  rockhound  and  fossil  collector.
| > I  know  that  we  are  saving  many      fossils
| > that  would  otherwise  be      destroyed  by  natural  erosion.
| >   Sincerely,    Gary  W.  Yantis    President,    Geology
| > Club  of  San  Antonio
| > 
| >           This message was sent by: Gary Yantis
| > _____________________________________________________________
| 
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