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Post by colorado on Oct 2, 2006 15:50:23 GMT -5
If you have ever moved dog scat so you can dig in a location you might be....
On a cleaner note: If your 6 and 3 year old are discussing pyrite crystals found in the gravel at grandmas. My mother called and stated both girls were outside, but not playing. They were in the driveway gravel looking for crystals. They found pyrite. epidote, some very worn clear crystals that may be quartz, a few garnets and tormaline?....
I hope they keeps this passiion as adults. ;D
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Post by catannc on Oct 2, 2006 15:54:53 GMT -5
If your idea of "a relaxing weekend" is driving 9 hours, hiking a mile up a mountain in 100 degree heat carrying 30 lbs of rock-breaking tools, spending hours breaking rock, then hauling all your gear plus 60lbs of rock back down the mountain. And doing it all again the next day.
If you regularly play "guess that locale/mineral" with other rockhound's specimens. And win.
If you've ever gotten rocks in your christmas stocking and thought, "Damn, I must've been really good this year!"
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Post by catannc on Oct 2, 2006 21:49:04 GMT -5
Jim,
I like the idea for a book. I know I would buy a copy if it were published, and if others did too it would be a great way to raise funds. And I also know everyone out there has to have at least one good "you might be a rockhound...." line, so for those who haven't contributed yet, lets hear them!!!
Cathy
You might be a rockhound :
If you've ever fallen over/stubbed your toe on a boulder--In your living room.
If you've ever awoken to the sound of your cat batting around what you though was a toy...only to realize it's a specimen you've left out.
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Post by jimolson on Oct 3, 2006 6:38:56 GMT -5
You all are doing great - Let's keep it going!!! I am very serious about the book.
Rick - what do you think?
Jim
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Post by Rockbottom on Oct 4, 2006 13:19:23 GMT -5
If.. your computer desk has caved in from the weight of all the rocks you have piled on it.
Rockbottom(Gaylord)
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Post by jimolson on Oct 4, 2006 13:44:02 GMT -5
That reminds me - I have to find a crystal to use as a support on my computer desk.
jim
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Post by catannc on Oct 4, 2006 15:32:28 GMT -5
You tell your co-workers/boss that you're requesting some time off from work, and they ask "Where are you going to go dig?"
Cathy
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Post by jimolson on Oct 4, 2006 16:35:12 GMT -5
ooooH Cathy - ouch - that is great! and familiar
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Post by geodepat on Oct 4, 2006 17:11:36 GMT -5
Your work calender is filled with letter codes like D.H. G.M. J.X.R. B.C. W.C. C.T. You have bruises and cuts when you go back to work and your proud of them. Your spouse only sees you on weekdays. You check the Dirty Rockhound board first thing in the morning and last thing at night. You ignor emails from relatives and read rockhound mail first. You go on trips so often that there are rocks still in your truck from the last trip. You talk about scenes in movies that had cool rocks structures or crystals in it. You have ever watched Rick's dvd more than ten times. You don't need a road map to get to a dig cause you've been there so many times your truck knows the way.
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Post by jewelonly on Oct 4, 2006 17:26:24 GMT -5
If the movers who are under contract to move the stuff in your classroom from one school to another, survey your rock collection and tell your principal that it is more than they are prepared to pack and move. (Huh, as if I would let them touch my rocks anyway!)
Leah
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Post by jimolson on Oct 4, 2006 17:31:54 GMT -5
Go Pat! -
You take a sick day because you are actually ill and the boss calls to ask you what you found.
You have read a field trip report and thought, heck, we could have celbrated our anniversary any time..... look at what was being found!
even though you own a truck - you get price quotes from U-Haul before going on a dig.
You have ever emptied the dirt out of your boots and found a crystal.
You have ever seen a shooting star and tracked its path for future recovery.
You have ever joined a group that will not only add to this list, but will identify with everything you have posted.
jim
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Post by catannc on Oct 4, 2006 22:08:05 GMT -5
If someone shows you one of THEIR rocks, and you still lick it.
Cathy
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Post by catannc on Oct 4, 2006 22:14:35 GMT -5
In order to get everything home, the person who carpooled to the dig with you has to hold a bucket of rocks on their lap for 8 hours. You've ever been involved in a heated debate over the identification of a specimen. If you've ever salted someone else's dirt/bucket with material from another locale, just to mess with their head. If you've ever wrote a book for rockhounds.... Jim, Rick Cathy
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Post by catannc on Oct 4, 2006 22:47:05 GMT -5
Sorry to post so many times, I just keep thinking of ones and I don't want to forget them....
If you know what a pseudomorph is.
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Post by Doug on Oct 5, 2006 4:57:55 GMT -5
When the baggage handler at the airport asks if you have rocks in that bag and you gleefull reply "YES!"
I heard you know you are a true rockhound if you fill your pocket with marbles and every time you pick up a rock you set down one of the marbles. Whenyou finally lose all your marbles you are a ROCKHOUND! (I ran out of marbles a LONG time ago!)
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Post by jimolson on Oct 5, 2006 5:50:18 GMT -5
Cathy - Those are great! Keep'em coming!
Jim
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 5, 2006 9:49:54 GMT -5
Heres one from the last DH trip....
You might be a rockhound if you smash/break your thumb with a 4 Ibs hammmer, take a 5 minute break (and a couple of Aleve) and go right back to beating the rock.
Kyle
P.S. My thumb still hurts after 2 weeks, but yall know that it was werth it.
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Post by jewelonly on Oct 5, 2006 10:06:25 GMT -5
Ouch, Kyle!...and that is not the first time that you have done that. You are a determined rockhound! Of course, I have seen the beautiful material that you have collected out of the middle of those rocks.
Leah
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 5, 2006 12:48:57 GMT -5
Leah, I 've hit my hand on several occasions, but never the way I hit my thumb that time. It grew to 3 times its size in a matter of seconds. I don't like doctor's offices so its still a little crooked, but I have come to a concluesion about real rockhounds here in the past few years:
You might be a rockhound if you have great work ethic, refuse to give up, and love diggin.
This is what ROCKHOUND boils down to every time I think about it and is what I strive for. Granted the numerous breaks taken to talk about rocks are a-okay.
Kyle
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Post by jimolson on Oct 5, 2006 13:09:00 GMT -5
Hey crew! Who among us is an illustrator?
jim
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Post by jewelonly on Oct 5, 2006 13:18:28 GMT -5
Jim, I believe Dances with Crystals , otherwise known as Steve, is one and he is setting up camp at Graves Mt. about now.
Leah
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Post by romare on Oct 5, 2006 14:17:00 GMT -5
I play at being one but two of my bestest buds are authentic ones.
Mark
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Post by jimolson on Oct 5, 2006 14:25:36 GMT -5
Thanks Leah! I will have to have speaks with him Saturday! And Rick too. I found the contact info for J. Foxworthy's Licensing legal staff and have drafted a letter RE: possible licensing/copyright infringement. Y'all thought I was joking about this book thing....
Keep'em coming we are at 117 unedited so far!
You might be a rockhound if.....
you have ever drafted a letter to J. Foxworthy's legal staff RE: licensing of a bunch of jokes about rockhounds instead of going out on a dig.
you have been digging rocks for so long that you believe other people might be interested in a book called "You might be a rockhound if..."
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Post by jimolson on Oct 5, 2006 14:27:06 GMT -5
Mark - Step up to the plate man!!! You see the list before you.... Let's see what ya got!
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Post by damammy on Oct 5, 2006 16:00:58 GMT -5
You might be a rockhound if you work really hard at getting two days work done in one so you can leave a day early on a rockhounding trip and work twice or three times as hard as you do at work, and call it relaxing.
Just did that so I can go dig quartz . Have a nice weekend everyone. Donna
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Post by catannc on Oct 5, 2006 16:17:03 GMT -5
You've memorized the locations and dates for all the trips your club has planned for the next year, yet you can't remember the birthdate of a single member of your family.
Cathy
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Post by catannc on Oct 5, 2006 16:41:56 GMT -5
You've built or considered building an addition onto your house to better display your collection.
You've ever had to convince airport security that your rock hammer and chisel are not deadly weapons.
The FBI/military has ever come to your house to have a "discussion" with you about the amount of radioactive material they have detected in your home.
Cathy
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Post by catannc on Oct 5, 2006 17:03:55 GMT -5
You've ever been pulled over by a cop--who after searching your car wants to know, "What exactly were you planning on doing this evening that involves the shovel, pick-axe, pry bar, assorted sledgehammers, and chisels you have in the trunk?".
Cathy
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Post by geodepat on Oct 5, 2006 21:28:33 GMT -5
You've ever had a rock fall on you and borrowed someones large sledge hammer to beat it to death, and hope you find a chunk worth keeping.
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Post by pegmatite on Oct 6, 2006 1:06:11 GMT -5
When your wife gives you copies of the Mineralogy of Maine, Volumes I and II, and a mineral specimen on your anniversary.
When you buy a digital camera so you can take better pictures of rocks.
When you gravel your driveway with trimmings.
When you grieve over an old quarry being filled in.
When you day dream about a "MapQuest" feature which would highlight mineral collecting locations and rock shops along your intended route of travel.
When you wish you could win the lottery so you could purchase an old quarry.
If you have ever been in a quandry over rather to label something tobernite or metatobernite.
Steve
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