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Post by jewelonly on Oct 24, 2006 21:46:44 GMT -5
Hi Kyle. I'm so glad that you enjoyed my earth friendly ad. I was just saying that I would prefer that my next ad not appear anytime soon...or maybe never. I'll see you soon.
Leah
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Post by jewelonly on Oct 24, 2006 21:49:09 GMT -5
Jerry,
I am so glad that you liked the boots. If you like, and since you know where the fossils are, I can and will design some just like them for you. I don't know about the heels, though.
Leah
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Post by jimolson on Oct 25, 2006 14:49:35 GMT -5
Hello Rockhounds! My what a creative crew we are!
At this point we have 417 unedited entries for our book 2 illustrations done By Steve and 1 done by Cathy! Everyone chime in with the illustrations! Romare, Cathy, everyone! Steve is holding back so that previously unpublished illustrators can have a shot at the big time.
Is there anyone in the crew here who is good at formatting and layout?
We still need editors - and thought given to how we want to group the entries for example "rockhounding in national parks", "Rockhound vehicles", "rockhound fashions"
Kyle - Do you have time/inclination to go through this pot and make us a list of everyone who has contributed?
Anyone who wants to help out with editing, formatting, illustrating, catagorizing and such and needs a copy of the unedtited list email me - jamesrolson@comcast.net
Just to be pushy....... Our deadline is January 16th, 2007 for having a book ready to go to press. More technical stuff later.... Back to having fun!
jim
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Post by tomleary on Oct 26, 2006 3:50:58 GMT -5
you might be a rockhound if You have no social life because you have been digging too much you are on dirty rockhounds site at 430 am before you go to work you have a museum quality specimen in the attic You use Google Earth to find your address and you see your rock pile behind the garage seriously...check 117 Oregon Ave. Portsmouth, va 23701 @ google earth
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Post by claycat on Oct 26, 2006 9:48:49 GMT -5
For all the teachers in our group
You might be a (rockhounding) teacher if........ All your students leave rocks on your desk instead of apples.
You take your students on field trips just so YOU can look for rocks.
You started a beautify your school garden program in hopes that all the digging would yield some nice specimens.
You schedule all your field trips to local mines, and you don't even teach the geology class.
Your school geology teacher comes to you for advice.
Cathy
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 26, 2006 15:57:23 GMT -5
I have counted 20 people that have contributed to the book and they are.......
botanyme catannc claycat colorado damammy davidcobb Doug GeodePat jewelonly jimolsen pegmatite ranmarock Rockbottom romare rons sapphiregirl snakewrangler stevebarr tomleary writerman2255
Do Yall want to go by your screen name or real name?
Jim, I like your idea about categorizing the book, It will make it more interesting than just a bunch of random tails.
PS let me know if I left anyone off.
Kyle
More people who contributed.............
chunkfinder
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Post by jimolson on Oct 26, 2006 16:05:02 GMT -5
Kyle - you are the greatest - Thank You! You have a great future as a motivational speaker/writer!
And, where is Marcy in all of this - Hey Prof. Hess
You might be a rockhound if.... for your birthday..... It will be so much better if you finish this one...... oh, c'mon.....
Jim Olson
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Post by jimolson on Oct 26, 2006 16:07:49 GMT -5
Oh no - Kyle - what college are you attending? What is your major?
Jim Olson
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Post by chunkfinder on Oct 26, 2006 16:33:37 GMT -5
You, Know you are a confirmed rockhound,when neither of your two fishing boats haven't felt,or seen water in over 6 months. Or when your best fishing partner for,the last 20 years tells you the crappie,are bitting at the lake,and you say,Well,If I haden't already planned to go to Diamond Hill, we could go to the lake,but I can't miss this dig, because,there will be freshly turned dirt to dig in,and new trailings to dig in also. These are feeble attempts,to justify your absence to an old friend who thinks you have lost your mind.Yeah,you might be a Rockhound.
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 26, 2006 16:56:55 GMT -5
Jim, these illistration, do they have to be drawings or pictures?
I am attending ABAC, that short for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, and my major is Ag Ed.
I will just add the names of the the people to my previous posted list.
Kyle
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Post by pegmatite on Oct 26, 2006 18:10:41 GMT -5
Might be able to gleam some great illustrations in the form of photos from past field trips if the photographers were agreeable. I'm sure a review of those photos would generate many more ideas for "You might be a rockhound if".
Steve
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Post by geodepat on Oct 26, 2006 19:43:12 GMT -5
You live 20 miles from the beach and haven't set foot on it this year, cause all your spare time is spent driving hundreds of miles to a dig.
You haven't stayed for free in the beach house your friend owns cause you'd rather dig.
Your computer screen saver is pictures of rocks.
Your hands are so caloused that you don't need gloves.
You spend a few hours looking for a rock that you swear is somewhere in the house and then remember you didn't really dig it up. It was just a good dream.
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 27, 2006 6:13:19 GMT -5
You just might be a rockhound if, you walk by and see a calendar with a beautiful bikini model laying on a huge rock, and you're pissed because you can't see behind her to confirm that it's pegmatite or not!
If you have a specimen shelf where if you dig beneath the specimens beneath the specimens you can see, you find things you don't remember ever seeing before.
You consider tithing to be using 10% of your income to buy rocks, because you know 'it's all God.'
You never won those boyhood rock tossing fights, because you were too busy looking at what was tossed at you to stop and throw them back, and besides, you would never waste a rock that way.
The urethane is completely worn off of your nice oak floors, especially in your specimen room, but you convince yourself that 'that's alright' because the ever growing coating of mica seems to be working to protect them now, and you like silver better anyway.
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Post by romare on Oct 27, 2006 11:17:03 GMT -5
Pat said: "You spend a few hours looking for a rock that you swear is somewhere in the house and then remember you didn't really dig it up. It was just a good dream."
Pat that one really hits home for me as I do have such dreams.
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Post by ken on Oct 27, 2006 14:02:35 GMT -5
...you take early retirement to DIG rocks. ...you ask everyone you know if they have seen any rocks locally. ...you go to the bookstore every chance you get to see if you have missed one on rocks & gems. ...you go to a dig a day early to go to a rock shop because there are none where you live.
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Post by ken on Oct 27, 2006 21:02:43 GMT -5
...you don't care for corundum, but you go anyway because of the great fellowship of other M.A.G.M.A. members. ...the night before the dig you can't sleep because you are thinking if you forgot to pack rocks to show and tell.
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Post by nancyh on Oct 28, 2006 10:15:16 GMT -5
...you get excited explaining about plagioclase feldspar ...you have a lucky rock in your purse, your car, on your desk, in the kitchen, by the bed etc ...your spouse has given up speeding past construction sites when your in the car
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 30, 2006 11:44:28 GMT -5
Okay I see that this is starting to fade again so..........
-You kick your girlfriend to the curb because she mentioned no more diggin.
-You would rather dig than win the lottery.
-You have ever takin a vaction just to dig.
-You always has rocks in it, no matter what you are doing.
-You can dig all day and its like sleeping to you.
-You have ever taken rocks to work just so you wont get bored.
-You have ever quit a job because it interfearred with diggin.
-You have more rocks than money.
-You can remember every rock you own, but cann't remember the names of your siblings
-You can remember every diggin location, but cann't remember where you work.
-You can spend years diggin and never be tired of it.
-You have ever been involved with in a scrambel to get to the pile of dirt that was just dumped out.
Come on Yall there are still more out there
........Think.....Type.....and Laugh........
Kyle
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 30, 2006 12:06:07 GMT -5
Several people have asked me if I know why John D retired from working with explosives. I asked him that question recently, and he finally told me the truth. Apparently, things went awry when the boss asked John if he would help out and move some things around in the warehouse with a forklift. All went well in the morning, but after several drinks during his noon break, John's fortunes took an odd twist. Trying to show off, he began doing "wheelies" and other crazy stunts…what happened next is difficult to describe in words, so I stole a picture of the event from one of his photo albums to share with you. This incident not only finished John's career, it also forced management at his company to put an end to their employees practice of taking "two martini lunches".
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Post by JohnD on Oct 30, 2006 12:20:08 GMT -5
I fell off my computer seat laughing at this one. Minor problem, but things like that happen! The company I worked for had more auto accidents between salesmen than between a salesman and any other person. Maybe there should be a law against friends gettiing together and having a drink or twooo. What would MAGMA do at camp-outs if that happened?
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Post by jewelonly on Oct 30, 2006 12:34:41 GMT -5
Hi JohnD,
Listen, Sweetie, I need to borrow that item you were carrying around on the fork lift when you made that unfortunate maneuver. It seems that ACME is fresh out of that specific kind. The only thing is, that I probably won't be able to give it back to you all in one piece. That won't be a problem, will it?
Thank you,
Leah
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 30, 2006 13:07:36 GMT -5
Leah,
You don't need anything like that, I have some home made goodies that I can give you to use. ;D
John D,
I will pay you if you can get your hands on one of those there blasting mabobs. I was planning on digging at home, but why dig when you can blast then digg? ;D ;D
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 30, 2006 17:46:33 GMT -5
Rick, after careful measuring, I can honestly say that there's absolutely no way that thing will fit.
Leah will just have to come up with another plan.
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Post by romare on Oct 31, 2006 10:58:45 GMT -5
Since Steve has already corrupted this thread... Spotted heading toward Hiddenite. Methinks John Deney is up to some covert operations over my way.
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 31, 2006 11:37:29 GMT -5
Romare - That is obviously our John D's van....see the way it is straddling the lines instead of staying between them? That's his trademark driving style...usually inspired by several cheap beers in the morning instead of coffee. Was this van going about 90 miles an hour through a school zone when you saw it? If so, that's John.
I didn't have any gray hair at all until I started riding with him on some of our digs.
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Post by catannc on Oct 31, 2006 16:11:03 GMT -5
So that's how John D gets all those great crystals! He just raids other rockhounds collections under the guise of repairing their homes!
Cathy
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Post by snakewrangler on Oct 31, 2006 17:09:34 GMT -5
Leah- That thing might not fit, but I am sure that my home made goodies will ;D
But then again one of my friends always said that You can fit anything with the proper ammount of FORCE anywhere. ;D
Kyle
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Post by JohnD on Oct 31, 2006 17:44:28 GMT -5
Romare, how did you get that picture? The day I was in your area you were supposed to be at JXR? Must have been a mistake to use my name on the van, I thought that if I Incorporated nobody would realize it was me.
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 31, 2006 23:31:19 GMT -5
Kyle! Now listen here, college boy....don't go giving Leah any ideas! I've just managed to get her calmed down over the last few days, and now you've probably got her all riled up again. I've heard from John D that Alabama women can get downright nasty when you get them upset. He should know, I think he was married to twenty or thirty of them at one time or another. That's why they stop him at the state line now and turn him around. I think they just got tired of him going down there and stealing all their beautiful women.
Well, that and the fact that he's usually going 90 miles an hour headed southbound in the northbound lanes.
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Post by stevebarr on Oct 31, 2006 23:49:51 GMT -5
One other little incident in Alabama may have gotten John banned from the state. Now, I'm not saying that John has a drinking problem. In fact, he says he has no problem at all drinking several six packs at lunch, and swears it does not have any effect on his driving skills. Of course, I've got a photo to prove otherwise. John caused quite a problem with the mass transit system in Birmingham a few years ago when he tried to squeeze his truck between two buses. He spent three nights in jail after this. Not for the accident. He got arrested for hitting on the female police officer who showed up to investigate.
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