richardh
spending too much on rocks
Member since June 2016
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Post by richardh on Sept 4, 2017 20:19:51 GMT -5
Hey its a hobby. I don't know of any hobby that's supposed to make money instead of costing money. I tell my significant other that while I play with rocks, at least I don't spend the money on buying cocaine or something. She always enjoys that one, haha. Selling serves multiple purposes for me #1 revenue to reinvest into rocks #2 getting satisfaction that other people enjoy my finished product #3 getting rid of stuff so I can make more. At any given time I'll have over 100 wire wraps, hundreds of cabs and hundreds of pounds of finished tumbles. Family and friends will only take so much. I am a next rock junkie. After my stuff is done I don't go back and look at them over and over. I immediately start with whats next. Chuck Sounds like me but on a larger scale. My plastic bin of polished rocks is exactly why I'm getting so much grief. I take them out of the tumbler, wash them up and dry them. Look at each one for a little while then dump them into the bin. I never go back and look at them again because I'm so fixated on the future batches. Hey, it's fun to me.
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illusionist
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2017
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Post by illusionist on Sept 6, 2017 10:43:57 GMT -5
Great looking rocks!
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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 7, 2017 17:19:08 GMT -5
Nice batch, Chuck! That Laker is the star of the show. Intrigued about the 1st individual rock....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 18:54:30 GMT -5
Nice chuck! Hey!! Somebody send richardh a box of grit! He can't quit until the grit runs out. Let's help it never run out!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 7, 2017 19:42:01 GMT -5
Nice batch, Chuck! That Laker is the star of the show. Intrigued about the 1st individual rock.... Thanks- I'll see if I can find that second one and get another shot of it. My guess is that it is a laker. My second guess would be a botswana agate. Chuck
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meviva
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Post by meviva on Sept 8, 2017 9:30:33 GMT -5
They look great as always! The tumbles I've seen at shows look like they need to go back into the rough grind for another month or two.
Andrea
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 8, 2017 9:41:19 GMT -5
They look great as always! The tumbles I've seen at shows look like they need to go back into the rough grind for another month or two. Andrea Yep, That's why I sell so many Chuck
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jamesp
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Member since October 2012
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Post by jamesp on Sept 8, 2017 13:33:47 GMT -5
Super batch Chuck. What is the fossil ? sure like it.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 8, 2017 13:49:04 GMT -5
Super batch Chuck. What is the fossil ? sure like it. Thanks- Best guess is some kind of oolite. It took a good polish. I should have a few more little pieces of it rolling now. oolite rocksChuck
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 8, 2017 13:59:06 GMT -5
I see, oolite per excellence. It's a beauty.
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