dillonf
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Post by dillonf on May 24, 2023 22:08:29 GMT -5
After I pull my stones out of the polish stage I put them in a tray and leave them on our kitchen island so the family can go through them and do what they wish with them. After about a week I put any remaining ones away in the garage. Went up to my daughters room and there was the tray with some of the rocks in it on her desk. "What you doing with that?" I asked. "They are all mine - for my collection" she said. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/rth-new-member/image/upload/v1684983994/new-members/wrpdvzpn990hsgh8ou0k.jpg) Not some of my best specimens, but now they are definitely some of my favorites!
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Post by Starguy on May 24, 2023 22:17:43 GMT -5
dillonf Thanks for posting that. It made my day. I still find my kids’ rock stashes occasionally. You’re lucky.
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Post by hypodactylus on May 24, 2023 23:22:35 GMT -5
Very cute!
My kids have mostly lost interest, but maybe that is because I hoard the good ones for myself first....
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Post by rocknewb101 on May 25, 2023 7:53:46 GMT -5
Very sweet! My daughter will do the same ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) She's been known to take some of my favs lol...always happy to share the love.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 25, 2023 8:06:26 GMT -5
As long as she doesn't start saying "My Precious" while looking at them, there's nothing to panic about! LOL *Thanks for sharing this! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by rocknewb101 on May 25, 2023 9:31:46 GMT -5
As long as she doesn't start saying "My Precious" while looking at them, there's nothing to panic about! LOL *Thanks for sharing this! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) You have a gift of always making people laugh - thank you for being you! I totally said 'my precious' in Gollum's voice!
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Post by rmf on May 25, 2023 12:16:21 GMT -5
You are a luck man!!!! My son never wants to see another rock.
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Post by RWA3006 on May 25, 2023 19:05:51 GMT -5
As long as she doesn't start saying "My Precious" while looking at them, there's nothing to panic about! LOL *Thanks for sharing this! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Thanks to you I'm spontaneously practicing saying "my precious" while scheming how to inflict torment upon the guys at work. I'm going to put a rock in my shirt pocket and demand they address us in plural and occasionally direct their eyes to the rock so it doesn't feel left out of the conversation.
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dillonf
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Post by dillonf on May 25, 2023 19:48:24 GMT -5
Yeah I'm lucky. My cutie loves rocks and her enthusiasm is infectious.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 25, 2023 23:23:25 GMT -5
As long as she doesn't start saying "My Precious" while looking at them, there's nothing to panic about! LOL *Thanks for sharing this! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Thanks to you I'm spontaneously practicing saying "my precious" while scheming how to inflict torment upon the guys at work. I'm going to put a rock in my shirt pocket and demand they address us in plural and occasionally direct their eyes to the rock so it doesn't feel left out of the conversation. I started laughing so hard I about fell out of my chair! OMG! That would be something I'd do! (I think my new coworkers already think I'm a little off-kilter! LOL)
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Post by velodromed on May 31, 2023 9:13:29 GMT -5
dillonfHere is my 10 year old step daughters ‘grab and stash’ collection. She and her mom get first crack at the rocks. My stepdaughter likes the unpolished rocks as much as the polished ones. She gives away more than she keeps; to friends, teachers, people that work at the little stores we go by…which I find really cool. She also uses them for bartering at school and making crafts. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dtgm9gehz/image/upload/v1685542358/rilc7qyzzqswldrtw9nv.jpg)
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dillonf
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Post by dillonf on May 31, 2023 18:26:12 GMT -5
dillonf Here is my 10 year old step daughters ‘grab and stash’ collection. She and her mom get first crack at the rocks. My stepdaughter likes the unpolished rocks as much as the polished ones. She gives away more than she keeps; to friends, teachers, people that work at the little stores we go by…which I find really cool. She also uses them for bartering at school and making crafts. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dtgm9gehz/image/upload/v1685542358/rilc7qyzzqswldrtw9nv.jpg) NICE! That's a good collection!
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 2, 2023 9:43:23 GMT -5
Awesome, my grandkids get some of my tumbled rocks too ...
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Post by geoff59 on Jun 3, 2023 5:12:36 GMT -5
Yep! Kids and rocks! I give a lot of rocks away to them, good karma for sure. recently I stumbled across this meme online, and I copied it so I could share it here when I have the right opportunity. I didn’t think it would take too long. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dhla6mvcx/image/upload/v1685787140/k2r9wvdffrwno0jh2fxx.jpg)
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dillonf
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Post by dillonf on Jun 4, 2023 8:00:53 GMT -5
Yep! Kids and rocks! I give a lot of rocks away to them, good karma for sure. recently I stumbled across this meme online, and I copied it so I could share it here when I have the right opportunity. I didn’t think it would take too long. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dhla6mvcx/image/upload/v1685787140/k2r9wvdffrwno0jh2fxx.jpg) Love it!
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Post by geoff59 on Jun 16, 2023 11:57:11 GMT -5
Speaking of kids and rocks:
A few days ago, I took a bunch of assorted rocks, enough to fill a couple of 12 oz dixie cups anyway….and then in the evening as the sun was setting, drove to a nearby, small town, that has an elementary school of about 50 students total. I walked around their school building, and across the playground, and when I left a few minutes later those rocks were neatly planted around everywhere. On windowsills, posts, the slide, along pathways, each swing seat, etc….I know nobody at all there at that school, I just hope they liked the visit they had from the rock fairy. Their last day of school is today. The cops haven’t showed up here, so I guess nobody minded or bothered to look at what the security cameras might have recorded.
I hope at least a few of those rocks are now in homes, a part of what this thread is all about.
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Post by stefan on Jun 25, 2023 13:20:51 GMT -5
My daughter has forbade (forbidded, forbidened) me from giving the grand kids anymore rocks. Their window sills are loaded to the gills and she keeps finding them in the washing machine. I let them take 1 rock each now (but they still rat me out every dang time). The people at work are always asking me when I'm bringing in more (they clean out the "bowl" of rocks in under 3 days now). I have new hires at work that come up to me and say "hey you're the rock guy, someone told me there's a guy who gives out pretty rocks!" Even my wife has 6 or 7 bowls full of rocks scattered around the house.
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dillonf
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Post by dillonf on Jun 25, 2023 21:55:59 GMT -5
My daughter has forbade (forbidded, forbidened) me from giving the grand kids anymore rocks. Their window sills are loaded to the gills and she keeps finding them in the washing machine. I let them take 1 rock each now (but they still rat me out every dang time). The people at work are always asking me when I'm bringing in more (they clean out the "bowl" of rocks in under 3 days now). I have new hires at work that come up to me and say "hey you're the rock guy, someone told me there's a guy who gives out pretty rocks!" Even my wife has 6 or 7 bowls full of rocks scattered around the house. Love It!!
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