lunker
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Post by lunker on May 13, 2021 22:19:00 GMT -5
Amazing tumble. Those came out great. Best of luck to you with the surgeries.
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Benathema
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God chased me down and made sure I knew He was real June 20, 2022. I've been on a Divine Mission.
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Post by Benathema on May 14, 2021 16:34:24 GMT -5
Absolutely stunning!
Great job!
Are you holding off on the tiger's eye you were going to do until you're healed up?
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Post by Rockindad on May 14, 2021 19:34:51 GMT -5
Great job HankRocks! Like seeing all the other material that went along for the ride as well. Best of luck with the knee!
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Post by HankRocks on May 15, 2021 10:44:59 GMT -5
Absolutely stunning! Great job! Are you holding off on the tiger's eye you were going to do until you're healed up? I am debating tumbling the big Tiger Eye. I had pendants made with the same material and wife and a couple of her friends said those would sell easy. I want to make a few more hearts and teardrop pieces for the Fall sales. Can probably get at least 12 to 14 pendants out of that one stone so the question is, how much is one big tumble worth to me? Do have 3 other big, thick pieces of the material totaling almost 25 pounds. So offering one up to the3 tumble gods may not be a big deal.
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Post by tims on May 17, 2021 11:26:53 GMT -5
When in doubt, tumble it out. I just made that up so pay no heed The big wood turned out great and thanks a million for showing us the rest of the load, it all looked really good too and eased my fears of trying to tumble a large stone.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 17, 2021 14:37:50 GMT -5
Best wishes Henry on the new knee. I have had several friends have this procedure and they are all better for it. Being slender is one of the most important criteria.
Impressive polish on such a large rock. It is a challenge to get such a high polish on such a large heavy rock. For close to each pound of big rock it seems to double the difficulty of ending up polished. Far from a linear relationship.
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Post by HankRocks on May 17, 2021 16:03:20 GMT -5
When in doubt, tumble it out. I just made that up so pay no heed The big wood turned out great and thanks a million for showing us the rest of the load, it all looked really good too and eased my fears of trying to tumble a large stone. Just remember about softer, or easy to frost rocks; Ark Quartz, Obsidian, Tiger Eye, etc. They will not go so good with a large bruiser. If unsure, just go for it!!
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Post by HankRocks on May 17, 2021 16:23:54 GMT -5
Best wishes Henry on the new knee. I have had several friends have this procedure and they are all better for it. Being slender is one of the most important criteria. Impressive polish on such a large rock. It is a challenge to get such a high polish on such a large heavy rock. For close to each pound of big rock it seems to double the difficulty of ending up polished. Far from a linear relationship. Sitting here typing with my new knee implanted. One thing for sure, a shaved leg on an old guy is not a pretty sight!! The procedure went well, 7 hours at the hospital and it was done and was released. I suppose I will hold off on moving any buckets of rocks for at least a couple of days! I was pleased with the polish on the big petrified wood. It all goes back to selecting the right rock. Fortunately I have at least 2 buckets of South Texas river Agate/Wood to I should be able to keep running these for a while if I choose.
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Post by mohs on May 17, 2021 17:10:02 GMT -5
catch up on some reading!
best w/ all of it !
Ed
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 17, 2021 19:20:33 GMT -5
Sitting here typing with my new knee implanted. One thing for sure, a shaved leg on an old guy is not a pretty sight!! The procedure went well, 7 hours at the hospital and it was done and was released. I suppose I will hold off on moving any buckets of rocks for at least a couple of days! I was pleased with the polish on the big petrified wood. It all goes back to selecting the right rock. Fortunately I have at least 2 buckets of South Texas river Agate/Wood to I should be able to keep running these for a while if I choose. That's a big honkin' shiny piece of petrified wood now, Henry! Good job on that!
Henry, glad to hear that your knee replacement went so well! I'm quite surprised they can do it as outpatient surgery, they usually keep you at least overnight here.
Mrrockpicker has been needing a new knee to replace the one he broke almost 30 years ago. Broke the plateau clean off the top of the tibia. The orthopedic surgeon did a wonderful job hammering it back into place and securing it with two screws, but cutting through muscle and tendons to get at it have, I am sure, allowed it to wear at an accelerated rate. This x-ray taken more recently by his current orthopedic surgeon.
But a new knee will have to be put on the back burner while he has his aortic heart valve replaced, hopefully in the first half of June. Doing all the preliminary things right now to get ready for it.
Wishing you a speedy recovery on the knee!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 17, 2021 21:12:25 GMT -5
That big old piece of wood looks amazing!
It's awesome that they can do knee replacements on an out-patient basis now. I'm impressed that you actually were on here telling us about it the same day! Take care not to over do it, though. No hauling buckets of rocks until the doc says it's ok.
Hope you heal up fast and are good to go in no time.
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Brian
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Post by Brian on May 18, 2021 6:41:32 GMT -5
I hope you are back on your feet and better than before as fast as the surgery itself!
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Post by HankRocks on May 18, 2021 7:27:55 GMT -5
I hope you are back on your feet and better than before as fast as the surgery itself! I will be happy to get to a place where I can move at a moderate pace and feel no pain during or after and get my leg strength back. Putting this off for years was not the smartest thing in the world. Part of that time was getting my wife through her various procedures that had priority. They say that leg strength is the 2nd to go, I forget the first!!!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 18, 2021 8:03:37 GMT -5
Best wishes Henry on the new knee. I have had several friends have this procedure and they are all better for it. Being slender is one of the most important criteria. Impressive polish on such a large rock. It is a challenge to get such a high polish on such a large heavy rock. For close to each pound of big rock it seems to double the difficulty of ending up polished. Far from a linear relationship. Sitting here typing with my new knee implanted. One thing for sure, a shaved leg on an old guy is not a pretty sight!! The procedure went well, 7 hours at the hospital and it was done and was released. I suppose I will hold off on moving any buckets of rocks for at least a couple of days! I was pleased with the polish on the big petrified wood. It all goes back to selecting the right rock. Fortunately I have at least 2 buckets of South Texas river Agate/Wood to I should be able to keep running these for a while if I choose. Ya old fart. Hey dude I got good knees, I just need rotator cuff surgery, right hip replacement, and a right wrist fusion. The back surgery and 2 fused ankles are always nagging with pain but way better after the surgery. Remember Evel Kneivel ? Geez, rode hard and put up wet. So maybe you are only in for one knee replacement hopefully. I see many folks doing both, apparently they wear out in pairs lest there was an old injury. You will come back swinging. With the newly bolted in bionic knee. Medical advancements just short of miracles. The perfect big rock is already rounded, free of defects and fracture. Not easy to find. Your Texas is a fine place to find such. Not sure how all those super hard Mohs 7 rocks got rounded off down there. Obviously Texas is the bowels of the west where all that agate washed to or glaciated to. A real gold mime. Great job on the wood. Get healed and I'll be waiting on the next one. PS The strength will come back. Mon-Wed-Fri for an 30-45 minutes doing light weights at the gym will make you a young man again. I quit my plant biz 2 years ago. It provided excellent light duty exercise. Inactivity instantly made aches and pains appear. As if keeping your muscles in tune support our aging joints.
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Post by Rockindad on May 18, 2021 10:20:45 GMT -5
PS The strength will come back. Mon-Wed-Fri for an 30-45 minutes doing light weights at the gym will make you a young man again. I quit my plant biz 2 years ago. It provided excellent light duty exercise. Inactivity instantly made aches and pains appear. As if keeping your muscles in tune support our aging joints. Nothing truer. The farmer that lived next door to us stayed active right up until he passed in his mid-90’s. I made the comment once that I was impressed that he was still out in the fields, working on his tractors, etc., he was about 85 at the time. He said that he felt better being active and if he sat around for too long his nemesis Arthur Itis would visit. As an aside, I believe lifting weights is one of the best things anyone can do to delay the onset of the perils associated with old age. Does not mean you need to be a power lifter or bodybuilder. Just using light to moderate weights not only stimulates the muscles but gets blood flowing to these areas as well. Depend on your approach it can also be a great cardio exercise as well. Soapbox done. Glad you are on the mend Hank!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 19, 2021 7:20:29 GMT -5
PS The strength will come back. Mon-Wed-Fri for an 30-45 minutes doing light weights at the gym will make you a young man again. I quit my plant biz 2 years ago. It provided excellent light duty exercise. Inactivity instantly made aches and pains appear. As if keeping your muscles in tune support our aging joints. Nothing truer. The farmer that lived next door to us stayed active right up until he passed in his mid-90’s. I made the comment once that I was impressed that he was still out in the fields, working on his tractors, etc., he was about 85 at the time. He said that he felt better being active and if he sat around for too long his nemesis Arthur Itis would visit. As an aside, I believe lifting weights is one of the best things anyone can do to delay the onset of the perils associated with old age. Does not mean you need to be a power lifter or bodybuilder. Just using light to moderate weights not only stimulates the muscles but gets blood flowing to these areas as well. Depend on your approach it can also be a great cardio exercise as well. Soapbox done. Glad you are on the mend Hank! I have several farmer neighbors like the one you describe Rockindad. Actually all the old timer farmers around me can work me into the dirt. Farming and land maintenance unknowingly provide lots of good exercise. Speaking of modern weight machines, a plethora of machines designed to focus on particular muscles, support body parts to avoid injury, in general safe. Prudent amounts of weight lifted with care will keep you going about as quick and easy as any other activity. All the benefits Rockindad mentioned above.
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