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Post by writerman2255 on Nov 30, 2006 2:02:05 GMT -5
You know you're a rockhound if you get injured and you don't worry about missing work, you only worry about missing a dig!
You stare at rocks. A lot.
Your 'ice breaker' with women is to talk about digging gems because it always gets their attention!
You give away your best stuff just to make room for the new stuff you know you'll find!
The local museum brings kids to YOUR house for their 'rock investigation' field trips because your dump pile is bigger than most mines!
You've sent more than ten relatives a gem specimen.
You are in the process of training your dog to sniff out beryl.
You offer your own kids money for specimens they find.
The only horizontal space in your house that doesn't have several hundred specimens on it is your bed . . . at least, most of it!
When Rod Stewart sings 'Maggie' you think of a large green truck.
You've thought of more than twenty 'household uses' for specimens, just because that way you can stuff more into your place without upsetting anybody.
You've ever gone 'shopping for stones' before AND after a dig.
There is a brass inlaid nametag on a shopping basket at the Silver Armadillo with your name on it.
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Post by creasman on Nov 30, 2006 7:23:20 GMT -5
You wake up in the morning and the first thing on you list is to post a YOU MIGHT BE A Rockhound if.....
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Post by pegmatite on Nov 30, 2006 11:15:53 GMT -5
You spend your holiday weekends at a mine site.
For those unable to make the Crabtree trip: You wish you spent your holiday wekeend at a mine site.
You have been known to pilfer newspapers from your child's school recycling project for wrapping material.
Steve
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Post by jewelonly on Nov 30, 2006 11:36:43 GMT -5
If you have ever explained to your children that trespassing on a construction site can be justified if you are "rescuing" fossils.
If you have ever tried the same explanation on a police officer who is curious about your reason for being there.
Leah
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Post by grandprix98 on Nov 30, 2006 12:06:30 GMT -5
If you have all the conveniences of home at your digs, i.e. JXR. Stove,heater,toilet, shelter and electrical power.
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Post by geodepat on Nov 30, 2006 20:49:45 GMT -5
If you go on a dig and don't care if you have water or electricity or even a toilet. As long as you got a bucket. Pat
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Post by creasman on Dec 1, 2006 8:25:11 GMT -5
If you sift the dirt from your boots after a dig in hopes of finding a nice specimen. If you live in a glass house. If you have no grass growing in your front lawn. If you live in a town only because you like the name ( Rock Hill, Micaville, Bolder Co. , ) If you name your children ( Rocky, Jade, Quartz, and/or nickname them hammerhead, digger, picker, ....
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Post by crystaldigger on Dec 1, 2006 8:54:33 GMT -5
...you're trying to plant a "rock garden" and it just turns into a "garden".
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Post by crystaldigger on Dec 1, 2006 8:59:05 GMT -5
...there are more holes in your backyard than on Syracuse I-81 (yeah, I know - local Northern joke but you get the idea).
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Post by crystaldigger on Dec 1, 2006 9:00:05 GMT -5
...the diggin hole in your backyard is visible from the International Space Station.
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Post by eddiel on Dec 1, 2006 11:43:35 GMT -5
You get a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking and you run to the work shop to cut and polish it.
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Post by botanyme on Dec 1, 2006 13:45:58 GMT -5
Eddie, do you speak from experience? ;D
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Post by eddiel on Dec 1, 2006 15:35:12 GMT -5
Afraid so, You got me!!
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Post by stevebarr on Dec 5, 2006 10:47:21 GMT -5
Thought you all might like to see this photo…..apparently, a few months ago Rick was booked for an appearance at the Denver Rock Show. He thought he'd just be sitting in a booth selling gems and signing autographs, but it turned out that it was actually a rock music festival, and before he knew what was happening they threw him out onto the stage in a spandex suit and forced him to sing. He needed the money, so he sang his heart out. The grand finale came when he threw himself into the audience at the end of a rousing rendition of "Pinball Wizard"…..and the rest is history. Don't worry. No one in the crowd was seriously hurt, although several women were taken to the hospital in an ambulance screaming, "My eyes! My eyes!" Two others were slightly injured when their lighters ignited Rick's spandex.
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Post by botanyme on Dec 5, 2006 11:15:10 GMT -5
well now, that's one for the calendar... b
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Post by lee on Dec 5, 2006 11:47:23 GMT -5
Steve:
Can you make these pictures a little bigger, they do not have the density I need to keep them and print them with good clarity. It looks like Rick is saying "[size=5 ]ROCK ON EVERYBODY[/size][/color]".
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Post by stevebarr on Dec 5, 2006 12:20:11 GMT -5
Lee - I try to keep the size as minimal as possible on these photos so they don't jam up the board. I'll see what I can do to make them easier for you to print. Rick's Mom proudly pulled out her family photo album again yesterday, excitedly sharing all of the accomplishments her son has achieved in his lifetime. One of my favorites was from his days as an Asheville police officer. He ran out of chalk one time, so he invented a whole new way to mark a crime scene. To this day, this method is still used by police officers all over North Carolina. They found that it improved morale, encouraged officers to show up for work every day and made them enjoy their jobs even more than they already did.
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Post by romare on Dec 5, 2006 12:29:15 GMT -5
You might NOT be a rockhound if you won't use your makeup brush to clean a specimen.
...you know who you are!
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Post by jewelonly on Dec 5, 2006 12:35:44 GMT -5
Oh, for goodness sakes...have a heart!!
Leah (laughing)
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Post by snakewrangler on Dec 5, 2006 12:46:21 GMT -5
Leah you know that a little dirt wont hurt a makeup brush. If anything it would help the brush.
Kyle
You know your a rockhound when you go turkey hunting and you come back with a vest full of quartz crystals. (happened to me a couple of years ago ;D)
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Post by grandprix98 on Dec 5, 2006 14:50:40 GMT -5
That is better than to go looking for crystals and find a bunch of turkeys already there. Been there and done that, seems some of them follow me around.
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Post by claycat on Dec 6, 2006 10:56:23 GMT -5
HHHHMMMM......seems to me the ideal would be to have a bunch of turkeys scratch up your crystals for you, and then have one of them sacrifice themselves for your Christmas dinner.
Cathy
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Post by snakewrangler on Dec 6, 2006 14:05:44 GMT -5
That would be great, but here in Georgia we don't have a fall season because we have the longest spring season.
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Post by snakewrangler on Dec 6, 2006 14:45:33 GMT -5
Rick, I don't remember you chiming in on this thread. Come on man I know you have some great You might be a rockhound if's.
Kyle
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Post by dr00bie on Dec 6, 2006 16:43:43 GMT -5
Steve,
I have tons of space available on my server, so if you'd like, you can upload a low-res and high-res pic using the utility. Post the low-res pic here, and send Lee a link for the high-res pic.
Drew
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Post by 41dave on Dec 7, 2006 1:24:32 GMT -5
I havn't read any of these yet, but this might take the cake w/out having to look... doesn't need any explanation, just that this is the form maintenance left me today... enjoy! -Dave
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Post by jimolson on Dec 7, 2006 5:44:48 GMT -5
Dave - that one might make the cover!
jim
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Post by botanyme on Dec 7, 2006 8:11:58 GMT -5
HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!! B
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Post by stevebarr on Dec 7, 2006 8:57:31 GMT -5
Jim.....what do you mean, might? That notice from Dave's apartment maintenance guys HAS to be on the cover. Maybe followed by the eviction notice he's about to get.....
-Steve
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Post by JohnD on Dec 7, 2006 9:03:14 GMT -5
Dave, you win!! great - sorry you have to move.
When I was in Mt Ida several years ago I stayed in a motel, when I checked in the owner said no washing rocks in the rooms. He had set up a washing area outside the motel. The previous year he had to replace all the motel's plumbing because of blockage of the system with people washing rocks in the sinks and showers.
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