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Post by earthdog on Nov 23, 2022 19:54:20 GMT -5
I joined here back in 2006, like 16 years ago. Not new to lapidary and not new here. There might be a few that remember me as being a goofball though...
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Post by earthdog on Nov 23, 2022 19:46:01 GMT -5
What are you doing looking at Chicago stuff when you live in Cali? Lol
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Post by earthdog on Nov 18, 2022 16:28:00 GMT -5
I remember when you could buy a new Lortone 33b for like $60. I have been looking and see they are over $170 on average. WTH?
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Post by earthdog on Nov 11, 2022 5:35:39 GMT -5
Very cool. Message me, let me know how much ya want for them and what shipping will be.
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Post by earthdog on Nov 10, 2022 9:55:19 GMT -5
The story is hilarious, I know at least one person other than me who would consider tazing themselves and we’re both still alive lol! Well worth a box of rock, agates you say? I’ve got a big pile of agate and jasper slabs that should suit your need, this evening I can get a pile together and get you a couple pictures. If you’re interested, they’re yours. Sounds good to me. Thanks
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Post by earthdog on Nov 10, 2022 5:34:47 GMT -5
I guess no one has any slabs to get rid of, specially with over 89 views to my post... This place is not the same anymore... I’ll give you a box of slabs if you tell a few more chili fart stories lol! Just put one up about Larrys pistal and pawn..
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Post by earthdog on Nov 10, 2022 5:33:38 GMT -5
Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was my girlfriends birthday and I was looking for a little something extra for my girlfriend. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse- sized tazer. The effects of the tazer were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety....??WAY TOO COOL!Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.AWESOME!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to the girlfriend what that burn spot is on the face of the microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my dog, Lacy looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Lacy (for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet dog. But, if I was going to give this thing to my girlfriend to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong?So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately y on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries. All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference; pretty cute really and (loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, 'no possible way!' What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best.. .?I'm sitting there alone, Lacy looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, 'don't do it dip****,' reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and . .HOLY MOTHER OF GOD . . WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . . . WHAT THE HELL!!! I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs? The dog was making howling sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room. Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself with a tazer, one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor.. A three second burst would be considered conservative? IT HURT LIKE HELL!!! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling. Apparently I pooped on myself, but was too numb to know for sure and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for my nuts and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return! P.S... My girlfriend, can't stop laughing about my experience, loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with it if I say no to her about almost anything......
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Post by earthdog on Nov 9, 2022 19:14:12 GMT -5
Bravura Cabochon DesignsHow large of slabs? I don't have much for agate ones, but have plenty of others. Please post if you are interested in anything else. They can be big or small enough to cut some shapes on the tile saw then in the tumbler
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Post by earthdog on Nov 6, 2022 18:17:27 GMT -5
Getting my old tumblers going again after a few years off and I need slabs that I can cut shapes on the tile saw. Let me know what you have and would like to sell. Interested in mainly agates.
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Post by earthdog on Mar 21, 2016 10:29:06 GMT -5
That was a 1:18 that I'll never get back....
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Post by earthdog on Feb 29, 2016 19:45:13 GMT -5
Good job on the LEO assists! Only thing I would be concerned about is when he is released, he knows where you live. We have guns hidden all over the house and we have dogs that will bark if a fly farts. The Game warden and the sheriff told me that if he comes around or sends anyone else around to just call the sheriff first to get them rolling before I do anything. They also told me that if they take one step in my direction, that is considered an aggressive move and to "be in fear of my safety" before I pull out the .500 S&W Magnum and shoot him.
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Post by earthdog on Feb 25, 2016 21:00:17 GMT -5
You just can't fix stupid, I mean rock-hard stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard stupid. So stupid that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid, trans-stupid stupid. Meta-stupid. Ok, now the story goes as follows; This morning I was looking on line for stuff to buy, looked at this website called Wallapop. I scroll down and find a guy selling hawk wings and claws in my area for $100. As most people know, it's highly illegal to possess and even sell birds of prey since they are federally protected. So I call DNR and talk to the game warden. He asks me if I can help set him up for a buy. Now I have a sting operation going on here at the farm. The warden called the county sheriff to also come here in case the guy runs and they have a chase. So now I have two squad cars and a DNR truck parked behind the barns and the DNR warden hiding in my garage. The seller and I had been texting for a while and this dude wants to get rid of these hawk parts fast. I texted him to come out here and within 10 minutes he was here. I met him out on the deck so the warden could video tape him from the garage and plus the warden gave me a digital recorder to put in my pocket to record the deal. I'm stoked and a bit scared all at the same time. Well, he got here, pulled right up to the garage, got out of his hunk of shit he called a minivan with a Walmart bag. I looked in it and there was all the hawk parts. He asked what I wanted them for and I told him, "the ole' lady makes dream catchers" I asked if he had any more and he said he'd have to check back at his house if he had more. I got all this on tape for the warden. As soon as I handed him the $80 that we agreed on the warden comes out of my garage and the sheriff pulls around from behind the barns. The look on the dudes face was one of "I'm busted" The warden and I talked about that he might be a tweeker and selling stuff for drugs after we saw the other stuff he had for sale on this website like 2 bibles a vending machine with no keys and some other stuff that could very well be "hot" After they got him in cuffs he admitted that he got the hawk in Illinois and brought it just over the state line here in Wisconsin. Bam! Now the federal game warden will be involved. They threw his dumb ass in back of the squad car and searched his van, found drug paraphernalia, as in syringes and a spoon. Warden told me when they put the cuffs on him they saw "track" marks on his arms. So now this dumbass gets to go to the pokey for drug paraphernalia, being in possession of federally protected animal parts, along with trying to sell federally protected animals for profit. They sat in my driveway from 8:30 this morning til about 12:30 pm. The warden told me they were taking him to the station to book him in and the county narcotics squad was coming down to talk to him and maybe get more drug charges and that he,(warden) had to contact the federal and Illinois wardens so there will be more felony charges against him for transporting across state lines. The guy got two felony charges from Wisc. warden and drug paraphernalia charges from the county sheriff. Once the other two wardens get done with him tomorrow, he will have two more felony charges. I feel bad for the dude but not so bad for a dumbass that is meta-stupid. I am and always have been an ethical hunter and can't stand a poacher or someone that goes out hunting just to shoot animals for the shear fun of killing or for profit. Here are some of the pictures from today.
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Post by earthdog on Feb 25, 2016 7:45:41 GMT -5
"so -- that phone should be cracked its a criminal case what part of no privacy is not understood when the law is broke?"
And where does it end?
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Post by earthdog on Feb 6, 2016 13:13:47 GMT -5
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Post by earthdog on Feb 6, 2016 1:24:28 GMT -5
I live for eating red meat, riding my motorcycle but most of all, Guinness beer. Just a few pictures of what I really, really like. Like the smooth, cramy goodness so much a couple years ago I even got a tattoo of the harp Just couldn't get anymore in the tour pack so strap 'er down and go. Guinness is such a beautiful sight. My idea of cutting grass, This is what I look like when I run out of Guinness, Guinness at night, Guinness and one of my many Guinness shirts My homemade hooch and Guinness shirt Friends and Guinness Garage drinking in a Guinness hat I get so sad when I see an empty Guinness glass. Ready to drink Guinness when they don't have any, Last but not least, when someone drinks the bar out of Guinness... Feet still in the Cadillac..
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Post by earthdog on Feb 5, 2016 23:28:35 GMT -5
There is so much poop that the dogs are walking in poop to poop..... Sherri really needs to get out there tomorrow and clean it up..
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Post by earthdog on Feb 5, 2016 22:54:55 GMT -5
So, you want me to watch 7 minutes and 12 seconds of this to get the gist of you calling someone a "shithead"? Ain't gonna happen...
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Post by earthdog on Feb 5, 2016 22:49:28 GMT -5
The snow melts here on the farm, now I can see all the dog turds on the grass. I should post a picture but I won't.
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Post by earthdog on Feb 4, 2016 10:20:10 GMT -5
Toad, you are still loving the florite? Didn't you buy a bunch in Milwaukee when we all met up with Snowdog?
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Post by earthdog on Feb 3, 2016 21:56:55 GMT -5
Just sent you a pm for two.
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