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Post by jimolson on Oct 16, 2006 9:05:56 GMT -5
I did - and sent the list - did you not receive it?
jim
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Post by claycat on Oct 16, 2006 9:44:24 GMT -5
nope, I have a few roughs drawn up for you.
Cathy
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Post by jimolson on Oct 16, 2006 17:00:00 GMT -5
Kyle - You are the best! Keep stirring them up man!
OK team here is the most recent update on the progress of our little project...... Un-edited we have 239 "You might be a rockhound if..." This includes ONLY what has been posted by MAGMA members here on the list. To those of you who sent "blue" versions of the above off list; thank you twice! Thank you for not putting them here on the main board and making Rick have to work and thank you again as they were all very funny!
We have one Cathy editing the list... Thank You!
We have another Cathy submitting illustrations.... Thank You!
We have the amazing Steve B. submitting illustrations..... Thank You!
We have a nice letter drafted to Mr. Foxworthy's Licensing attorney's that has been edited by Leah (Thank You!) that I still need to send to Rick for his consideration and official MAGMA stamp.
We have Rick who has recently regained internet access and read all of our post and did not ban us from the site (Thank You!) Rick - chime in man, I know you have a few that we can all relate to.
Team - We are darn close to having a book ready to go to the printers!!!!
We need more illustrations! We need people who will help with distribution - This is easy work - email me for details.
To all of you who have contributed you gems of wisdom.. Do you want to be credited by real name or dirty rockhound name? And, Thank you!!!! Keep'em coming! You do realize, when this goes to print you will all be published! For the millions of books out there.... on a daily basis how many people do you meet that can say they are published? TallMarcy, don't blow the bell curve here ;D
To all of you... Thank you for your contributions.. silly though this maybe, I believe this will be a work that we can all be proud of!
jim
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Post by catannc on Oct 16, 2006 20:22:39 GMT -5
you have Rock God or Goddess next to your name.
Cathy
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 17, 2006 10:54:02 GMT -5
You might be a rockhound if..... You've ever looked like this after only a few hours of digging, and are still smiling! Notice that Nancy, now an experienced gem collector in her own rite, has learned that when sitting next to someone who looks like me, it is a very wise decision to turn your nose as far in the other direction as possible, for safety reasons.
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Post by botanyme on Oct 17, 2006 12:40:14 GMT -5
...The song by REM 'Shining Happy People laughing' becomes 'Smelly Happy People having Fuuuunnn'.....
...You're dirty and you love it because you fit right in...
...pounding rocks for two days straight is your idea of a vacation
Jim and others, this is such a great idea! Can't wait to see the finished product. Put me on the distribution list. Becky
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Post by jimolson on Oct 17, 2006 13:46:12 GMT -5
OK Becky - You are on the list! Infact, as of right now you are the list but I am sure that will change. If you are interested in managing this aspect of the project that would be very cool! If you are interested - Email off list and we can bounce ideas around for getting the book out there.
jim
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Post by davidcobb on Oct 17, 2006 18:40:16 GMT -5
you might be a rockhound if a plumber has snaked your drains more than twice in a month if you remove the random rocks from your vehicle and find you get 10 more miles to the gallon the word enhydro no longer reminds you of a type of weed you cant understand why any of your friends would rather do OTHER things in their spare time
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 17, 2006 18:46:07 GMT -5
David, its about time that you posted something on this thread.
Keep em coming, I still have a few saved for later.
Kyle
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Post by davidcobb on Oct 17, 2006 19:01:31 GMT -5
if your children tell you that you play in the dirt too much
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Post by colorado on Oct 17, 2006 19:22:42 GMT -5
You know Charlie Brown did not have it too bad during Halloween Trick-O-Treating....meaning
you might be a rockhound if....
......when you take your children trick-O-treating and all your neighbors ever give them are ROCKS!!!!!
And you give your kids candy to trade for the rocks ;D
Or if while watching the kids during recess and you ask a child to get that rock they just threw...so you can see what it was.
Or instruct your class to check a rock before throwing it.
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Post by damammy on Oct 17, 2006 19:48:11 GMT -5
If you consider personlizing your liences plates with "I GOT ROCKS!
If you have been told not to wash rocks in the Motel bathroom.
If when checking into a motel they point at you and tell you not to get that clay on their white towels.
If you travel 1100 miles to a MAGMA Roundup and go home with a smile on your face thinking you have met the most wonderful interesting people on earth. Donna
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Post by damammy on Oct 17, 2006 19:51:40 GMT -5
Sorry about the above post I didn't spell check or proof read
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Post by pegmatite on Oct 17, 2006 21:23:09 GMT -5
I'm beginning to forget whats already been said and what hasn't, so forgive me if I repeat something.
-You encourage your child to dig in the dump.
-A family outing consists of digging in the dumps.
-You're addicted to rock and it has nothing to do with drugs or music.
-Earth science and geology classes visit your yard and driveway for field trips.
Steve
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Post by botanyme on Oct 17, 2006 23:08:49 GMT -5
Donna, You must have just returned from Ron coleman and stayed in the motel 3 miles away...
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Post by botanyme on Oct 17, 2006 23:10:55 GMT -5
you know...rockhound if you've ever perused the rock mulch at any establishment and snagged some
Colorodo: I love the Charlie brown one! Big fan of CB.
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Post by colorado on Oct 18, 2006 7:43:50 GMT -5
Your MAGMA buddy gives you a rock at a Christmas Party and y'all wonder why everyone is laughing.
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 18, 2006 13:03:27 GMT -5
-You give rocks as Christmas present.
-You ask every person you meet where they live, hoping to find a spot to dig.
-You love to spend days diggin and swing hammers.
-You hate getting dirty at work, but love getting dirty diggin.
-You spend more time searching for new places to dig than you do working.
-You know most of the MAGMA members.
-You know all of the minerals/crystals that can be found in your state and surounding state.
Got to go, have a computer test to take,
Kyle
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Post by damammy on Oct 18, 2006 15:47:57 GMT -5
No Mt. Ida a couple of years ago, have learned to just camp in a camp grounds with showers. All the motels must know us by our clothes. Donna
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 19, 2006 11:57:09 GMT -5
-You absolutely love to dig and find rocks.
-You can swing a 8-16 Ilb sledge all day and love it.
-You can completely demolesh a 500 Ilb in a matter of hours.
-You can go to an auto-parts store and find tools that can be used for diggin.
-You can recite, by heart, all of the minerals and crystals found in your state.
-You dig more than you work.
-You dig for the pleasure that you recieve from tthe fellowship and great times.
-You don't have any patcience but would work 6 hours on cutting and facetting a gem stone.
-You every person that has a lapidairy set within a 100 miles of you.
-You fall asleep going to and from work, but can stay awake for hours driving to dig.
-You have a car that has a floorboard full of rocks and dirt.
-You have ever bootlegged your tuck because you saw an interesting rock on the side of the road.
-You know more about rocks than you do about your computer.
-You know more about rocks than you do about the city you live in
-You own a lapidairy set for personal use.
-You own more than 10: chisels, hammers, and other diggin tools (shovels, picks, sledges, and sifters)
-You spend more time diggin than resting.
-You take a trip with your family and you stop to dig on the way to your destanation.
Come on Yall there are still millions out there.
Kyle
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Post by geodepat on Oct 19, 2006 16:56:04 GMT -5
You park on the gravel even though it is a longer walk to the store so you can check it out.
You fake talking on your cell phone and walking around that gravel lot so people don't think your crazy.
You look at specimums on Ebay to see how yours compare.
Your watching list contains nothing but rocks, oh yea and a couple guitars. Gotta have that camp music.
You have more rocks in your house than the local college has in their classroom.
Your sand samples from your yard are contaminated from all the stuff you've hosed off.
The road in front of your house gets blacktopped and your mad cause they covered your yard rocks.
You've used a rock to level a table.
You've used a rock as a hammer.
You pick up leverite just because it has a weird shape to it.
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Post by davidcobb on Oct 19, 2006 17:15:14 GMT -5
your neighbors think your a crack head because your always picking thru rocks in their yard
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Post by jimolson on Oct 19, 2006 17:31:24 GMT -5
You all are the best!
If you have ever taken a picture of Pat's Butt instead of the other specimens you have found......
If...... no, wait a minute......... OK, I will NOT make any further rockhound butt jokes.... except....
Jim.... stop.... NO, Jim........ Bad rockhound.
Help, Steve... we need a tangent!
Jim
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Post by romare on Oct 19, 2006 17:35:24 GMT -5
or a sine, send me a sine! or even a cosine or a cotangent!
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Post by geodepat on Oct 19, 2006 17:55:47 GMT -5
:oIf you've ever found a specimen stuck to your butt.
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 19, 2006 19:42:05 GMT -5
You might be a rockhound if…..
Your doctor ever found a specimen in your butt....and all you're worried about is whether or not Super Iron-Out will get the stains off.
You told your divorce attorney to offer your ex the house, the car and all of the money in the bank, as long as you can keep the rocks.
Every pair of underpants you own has streaks in the back, but they're all red clay and on the outside!
You've ever dug through your own basement floor, just in case.
You've ever driven away from a dig with a big grin on your face, tons of specimens in the back….and then realized you forgot the children.
Every time you go to the grocery store you take 300 of their free circulars to wrap your finds in the next weekend.
You've ever dreamed of driving out to Mount Rushmore, because you're just dying to see what you can find in Lincoln's nose.
You wonder who dug the Grand Canyon, and what they found.
You rarely visit natural history museums, because you've got better stuff at home.
You've ever gotten in a wrestling match with a nun over a rock.
You win the wrestling match with the nun, dance in circles around her screaming, "In Your Face!", then feel guilty about it later and go to confession, even though you're not Catholic.
You've ever named one of your rocks.
You've ever accidentally sliced open an artery digging a crystal out of the ground, and the only thing you're worried about is getting the blood off your specimen.
You have a thoroughbred hounddog at home, and you're training it to sniff out gems instead of raccoons or bear.
You've ever been caught tapping on your neighbor's stone cottage with a pick.
You've ever talked the same neighbor into joining you, because one of the rocks looks promising.
You get to Heaven, and they won't let you in because of the way you're looking at those pearly gates.
Saint Peter greets you at the pearly gates and hands you a pick and a five gallon bucket.
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 19, 2006 20:18:47 GMT -5
You only bought a pickup truck because you can rinse off your specimens in the car wash.
You've ever been asked to leave the car wash, because you're getting it too dirty.
Your psychiatrist tells you that you're crazy to go digging every weekend. Then he asks you to pay in rocks.
You've ever sung to rocks because you've heard that crystals resonate to music. Then, you realized that your voice drives other people away, so you started to sing even louder.
You've ever tried to chisel away at the bottom of the Tower of Pisa, and you're the reason it leans so badly to one side now.
You're driving down the interstate and you see signs warning you not to use your cell phone because there's blasting going on in the area. So you call a good friend just to see what the explosion uncovers.
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Post by jimolson on Oct 20, 2006 6:08:04 GMT -5
Steve - ya busted me twice with that list - Free papers at the grocery store.....
I went to Mt Rushmore in July and the scrap boulders around the base of the mountain have huge tourmaline crystals, flourite and quartz crystals -
I almost went back to the car for my rockhammer but I was pretty sure there would be some jail time associated with going through those tailings.
jim
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Post by botanyme on Oct 20, 2006 8:14:25 GMT -5
Jim, I feel your pain re Mt Rushmore. There was some fantastic stuff in those boulders!! My family got real annoyed with me, trying to pull me away to head home.
"...but those rules are for everyone else!"
didja check out the big rose quartz outcroppings along the way? and nowhere to pull off! becky
ps STeve - those were hilarious!! A much needed laugh for someone in the dumps (and not the dump pile)
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 20, 2006 12:55:30 GMT -5
Jim - What's a little jail time in comparison to bringing home a gigantic tourmaline crystal from a national monument? I know someone who once did a little "looking around" in the mountains behind Mount Rushmore. He's asked to remain anonymous, so I won't tell you that it's John D. I've heard rumors that he stumbled a little bit at the top and accidentally started a minor rockslide. Fortunately, they were able to glue Teddy Roosevelt's nose back on after the incident, and no one seems to have noticed. But they never have been able to explain that magic rake sticking out of Abe Lincoln's eyebrow.
John would have brought part of Roosevelt's nose back with him, but it wouldn't fit in his five gallon bucket. I've heard whispers that his next goal is to see if he can retrieve some of that infamous Buck Creek corrundum from the peak of the Washington Monument in DC.
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