Comments on: 3rd World Business

By: Nimueh

Nimueh — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:08:47 +0000

Ed, thank you for sharing your tried-and-true education in the world. I truly learned at lot! …about gems and the business, and about people.

I appreciate your “wide-angel lens” on the world, connecting and comparing through several cultures!

Best regards,
Nimueh

By: Dr Gideon Shoo

Dr Gideon Shoo — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:49:26 +0000

I thank you for your very educating and informing site. Should you happen to visit Tanzania one of this days pls do not hesitate to get hold of me we might have a story or two to share. I mine ruby (artisanal) in Winza, Dodoma, Tanzania. You sure, must have heard of such a thing like Winza ruby.
Kind Regards

Dr Shoo

By: Lino Sanchez

Lino Sanchez — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:02:09 +0000

Hello Edward Bristol!

I greatly appreciate Your writings, the experiences, the knowledge, the realism! Superb!

I have been to Thailand three times, lived 8 years in Mexico. I am just a collector, with some rare Chrome Sphene, Sphene, some Axinite, some Hessonite Garnet, some Clinozoisite (all, from Baja, Mexico). I have known my Mexican gem cutter for 25 years.

Best Wishes! Lino Sanchez

By: edwardbristol

edwardbristol — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:09 +0000

Georgette,

Thanks a lot. That is the nicest compliment you can make me.

I have spend much time writing in my life and love it.

But I need to keep the self/psycho/ego out of it. So I am not writing much about me. It is hard to write about yourself without judgement.

By: Georgette Woo

Georgette Woo — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:54:05 +0000

Hi Edward:
You have kept me entertained for many hours today. I first read your post on the ISG forum, then followed your link to your commercial site and read “The Last Entrepreneurial Adventure,” and more, then came to your noncommercial site and read everything on it. And I am still hungry. You are a wonderful writer and an amazing adventurer!

Please write more. And please write about yourself, too, where you grew up and how you came to be a gemologist, and whether you’ve ever done anything else. If you ever get tired of mining and dealing gems, you can sell your memoir.

BTW, I have visited both Sri Lanka (in 1982, just before civil war broke out) and Thailand (in 1982, 2007 and 2008), thus my delight in your stories.

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:18:35 +0000

Hi! This reminds me of a business school professor muttering advice to avoid underestimating developing country peers… Not too funny out of context; very funny after a course on markets for democracy spiced with fund-raiser charm…

Anyway, consider a link to the ‘Fair Trade’ side of the blog.

Kudos for both!

By: chinaman

chinaman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:25:52 +0000

Hi
You shoud be the journalist with your great talent