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Post by crystaldigger on Dec 7, 2006 9:07:49 GMT -5
Wow. Falls into the category "funny cuz it's true!"
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Post by jewelonly on Dec 7, 2006 9:42:25 GMT -5
Dave,
Thank you for starting my day off with a reason to laugh out loud!!! Not only should it be the cover for the book, but it should also be made into a poster to generate more funds for the club!
I'm still laughing, thinking about the conversation that the maintenance guys were having later that day with one another...about you!
Leah
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Post by dr00bie on Dec 7, 2006 10:37:25 GMT -5
Dave,
That is great! Can I get permission to forward this pic around?
Drew
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Post by colorado on Dec 7, 2006 10:42:01 GMT -5
That one caused me to stop my class for I could not hold the laughter. Now I have to serve a lunch detention for class disruptiuon, and this was voted on by the class for they stated "whats fair is fair: Mr. Davis" oh well... lead by actions I guess ;D
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Post by 41dave on Dec 7, 2006 12:45:45 GMT -5
Yeah,
they're probably on to me...I mean sitting right on my kitchen counter/bartop....a few quartz clusters, pet. wood, some beryl, probably a few emeralds here and there....
my dining room table has some corundum on it, and the big rock from Crabtree that I'm working on....
not to mention I caked the grass near our car wash area with clay from Diamond Hill...such is the life...
Seems like I should laminate this thing now. I can get some better pics if in fact anyone wants one.
-Dave
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Post by romare on Dec 7, 2006 14:18:28 GMT -5
Dave that's priceless.
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Post by stevebarr on Dec 7, 2006 16:13:23 GMT -5
Dave - DON'T laminate that thing unless you can get all of the wrinkles out first.....but put it in a safe place and let us get a high resolution scan of it. That piece of paper is priceless....I really think we should use it as part of the cover art for the "You Might Be a Rockhound If..." book. Any rockhound that sees it will laugh so hard that they'll have to buy the book. Please take good care of it, and consider letting us use it.
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Post by jimolson on Dec 7, 2006 17:14:33 GMT -5
Dave - you know how sick - sorry, Creative Steve can be! I can here the wheels of the marketing machine beginning to spin
jim
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Post by snakewrangler on Dec 7, 2006 22:30:14 GMT -5
Dave, did you get the rocks back that the maintance guys recovered from the disposal?
Kyle
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Post by quartzfreak74 on Dec 18, 2006 17:57:04 GMT -5
I'm sure this post is getting a little stale but I wanted to add another little bit to the extraordinarily long list of e-mails on this post. Yesterday I pulled into the local laundromat to wash my clothes(obviously), and noticed in my parking spot a large chunk of amazonite. Not being my piece of amazonite I thought it was pretty funny to see such a rock sitting in the middle of a parking lot and let out a loud laugh. The Mexicans parked next to me probably thought I was insane or something because they stared at me really funny the whole time I was there, but ya know, only a rockhound could get a kick out of something like that.
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Post by botanyme on Dec 19, 2006 1:49:36 GMT -5
well, was it a keeper? You must have been a really good boy... b
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Post by jimolson on Dec 19, 2006 16:44:26 GMT -5
Keep'em coming team! We are getting close to having a book full! Illustrators - you don't have to illustrate just your thoughts - send pictures to go along with some of you favorite posts!
You might be a rockhound if:
You have ever left a dig thinking..."next time I bring a bigger shovel"
The local machine rental place gave you a discount on you rental of a terramite because you gave them a new marketing tool - "It's the Barbie Backhoe" "sir, are you SURE that you want to rent the Barbie Backhoe?"
The local Machine rental company brings the terramite back to you to put butterfly decals on the "Barbie Backhoe" after the new coat of fresh pink paint. (That's you Lisa)
You have ever offered to a help a friend build a Koi pond.... and told them "it needs to 30 feet deep so that the fish wont freeze in winter!" (Lisa didn't fall for that one even though her neighbor found quartz crystals under his house)
You have ever gone to a machine rental place and said "Great, now all I need is a place to use it!" (respectfull nod)
You have ever taken a lady to one of your favorite digs and said "dig here and dig for all your worth" come back 20 minutes later and thought - "I need to work out more" (The actual quote is much funnier but not appropriate for a familly site)
jim
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Post by quartzfreak74 on Dec 25, 2006 17:18:07 GMT -5
The amazonite was a keeper botanyme but I can't say I was all that good this year.
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Post by snakewrangler on Jan 8, 2007 17:00:54 GMT -5
Dave, You didn't answer me. Did you get the rocks back from the maintance crew or did they throw them out?
Kyle
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Post by 41dave on Jan 8, 2007 20:37:46 GMT -5
I didn't get anything. But after thinking about it, they're most likely small pea sized pieces that were stuck in with some of the mud from Diamond Hill specimens, nothing that I'm worried about losing.
-dave
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Post by snakewrangler on Jan 9, 2007 8:54:46 GMT -5
Yeah I wasn't thinking about that, but I know I dropped a nice piece from JXR down the sink one time. I preceded to take the pipe out and recovered the specimen.
Kyle
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Post by jewelonly on Jan 11, 2007 12:50:54 GMT -5
You might be a rockhound if you once had a garage for your car, but now it is used to store your rocks and minerals, while your car spends its days outside since there isn't room for both. ...thanks, Bill. Leah (smiling)
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Post by jewelonly on Jan 11, 2007 13:04:58 GMT -5
You might be a rockhound if you've ever had to dig your boot (with your foot in it) out of a little mud slide while digging skeletal quartz at DH.
Or, you might be one if you can smile while attempting to dig trenches in order to divert mud flows away from your rapidly filling mud pocket....only to find that you weren't quite successful...so, you go back to digging blindly in the soupy, muddy hole anyway! (laughing)
Leah
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Post by snakewrangler on Jan 16, 2007 20:03:26 GMT -5
My girlfriend had this to say:
You might be a rockhound if you spend more time diggin than with your girlfriend! HEE HEE HEE
Yall there are still millions of ideas out there and the book is not done yet so keep em coming.
Kyle
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Post by nancyh on Jan 17, 2007 10:34:15 GMT -5
your husband gives you a pick for Christmas and your happy about it
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Post by buckeye on Jan 17, 2007 16:43:13 GMT -5
nancyh.... I agree!! My first rock pick ranks as one of my favorite presents ever!!
Got another one for the collection: You might be a rockhound if other people's driveway gravel can keep you amused for several hours.
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Post by jimolson on Jan 17, 2007 18:00:08 GMT -5
A rock pick is a gift to be treasured! It speaks of love and trust! My wife (not a rockhound) received a set of very expensive cooking knives one year for Christmas - with a tear in her eye she said "Oooh, my hubby loves me enough to give me sharp pointy objects!"
Then it occurred to me.....
Kyle - Leah - thank you for picking up this post again. Kyle you are correct we still do not have enough for a book. What we do have is great! Come on team let's here ya!
If you have a portable heater for winter rockhounding....
If yo take a job that pays you a good years salary for working only 14 weeks out of the year so that you have more time to dig (don't ask how I got that job)
if, at work, you have ever looked out the window and thought "another good digging day wasted"
if you have ever planted crystals in your garden to get friends to come over to help you till the soil
help me out team
jim
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Post by damammy on Jan 17, 2007 18:18:46 GMT -5
If you are looking out the window at ice and snow and wish you could be out camping and rockhounding with your friends and the thought of a warm Beach doesn't enter your mind.
If you find small rocks in the bottom of the washer and look at each before discarding knowing they came from your pockets not the grandkids.
If You tell your husband that your van did really well on the snow and he explains that it must be because you still have 400 pounds of rocks in there you haven't unloaded.
If the only vacation you have taken in years is centered around rocks. Donna
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Post by stevebarr on Jan 17, 2007 22:40:41 GMT -5
You might be a rockhound if….
You are constantly tripping over rocks in the dark….inside your house.
You've ever driven twelve hours to dig for two hours.
You think every piece of furniture in your house is a "display cabinet".
You've ever reached into a toilet to retrieve a specimen that fell out of your pocket.
You start to drool when you see earth-moving equipment.
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Post by stevebarr on Jan 17, 2007 22:42:24 GMT -5
And this one is for Ron S..........
"You might be a rockhound if you've ever qualified for the semi-finals in a pool shooting contest.....and your wife tells you to 'throw the game' because you're going on a dig the night of the finals."
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Post by stevebarr on Jan 18, 2007 8:05:10 GMT -5
Have you ever wondered why on earth the state of South Carolina has laws forbidding digging on dirt tracks during a race? Well, I think this photo from a local paper sums it up pretty well….. Once again, the Legendary John D is doing his part to make the world safer for all of us!
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Post by stonenbones on Jan 18, 2007 17:07:13 GMT -5
If you know that a lapidary is not a reindeer farm in Russia.
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Post by jimolson on Jan 18, 2007 17:54:10 GMT -5
good one!
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Post by damammy on Jan 18, 2007 18:22:59 GMT -5
If you have ever had to explain to someone why there are small pieces of rock in the drain basket in the kitchen sink. Donna
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Post by geodepat on Jan 18, 2007 21:03:22 GMT -5
;DYou might be a rockhound if you have to brush the sand and gravel off of your feet before you go to bed, because you walked barefoot on your carpet.
You make a great green bean and potato casserole and you wish your rock buddies were there to eat it with you....cause your husband wouldn't even taste it.!
Housework or rocks, housework or rocks, rocks win every time.
Why vacume when your just gonna break apart another rock.
Your rock shelves are more organized than your sock drawer, or for that matter any other thing in your house.
You don't invite people over for dinner because your table has become a lapidary shop.
Your coffee table has no room for a cup of coffee, but you can make more room for another rock.
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