stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 9, 2005 11:50:38 GMT -5
I saw the light at the end of the tunnel but there were no rocks there so I turned back!
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 9, 2005 12:06:05 GMT -5
Hi Stefan, I too am addicted - have yet to post a decent batch and am losing resistance each minute - I actually have a little baggie of rocks with me right now - no kidding! Just showing someone from work - these women walk by and wonder what the heck we're talking about (I don't care, I don't like them anyways - OOPS did I say that - is forgiveness one of the steps? I'll skip that one when it comes to them ). Got rocks, now need grit & more patience... Connrock re: cheating women - I used my DAD's credit card - much better, now my mom will be nagging me about it - I figure maybe my dad will bypass that bill or forget about it - but I know my mom will have it written on the pad on the fridge... Money stuff she remembers, but she blanks out when driving to my place.... I love her anyways - I'll forgive her instead of those mean chicks at work! ;D
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
Member since April 2007
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Post by MichiganRocks on Mar 9, 2005 13:51:59 GMT -5
I told myself when I quit smoking, that as long as my hobby didn't cost more than I spent smoking, it was okay. Of course I smoked 3 packs a day which in Michigan is about $15.00 per day. So far I figure I've got a little in the back!
Ron
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 10, 2005 10:49:38 GMT -5
The 12 steps: 1- I will buy no more rock (unless it is on sale or it is something I have to have) 2- I will be honest about my purchases (which I'm not supposed to make any way) Unless I think I can get away with it. 3- Rocks have feelings too so when I do make purchases I will respect them and not tuck them away (unless I did not follow 1 and 2) 4- I will not hold the place I bought the rocks from responsible for my inability to NOT purchase rocks. 5- Rocks are hard and can be used to kill me (as in "if you buy one more rock I'm gonna STONE YOU TO DEATH") 6- STONING is not what you think. 7- You can't eat rocks 8- You can sleep with rocks- but it is not the same 9- Precious gems were once rocks- and can be used as leverage. 10- Buying Lap equipment is not the same as buying rock. 11- Having A specific project in mind does not count as making impulse purchases. 12- All rock is good- it came from nature- and can therefore be used to cleanse one's soul!
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Rose
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Post by Rose on Mar 10, 2005 10:57:29 GMT -5
LOL Stefan
And from this day forward these shall be known as the 12 commandments of rock, and all shall obey them ;D
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 10, 2005 10:58:07 GMT -5
The 12 steps: 1- I will buy no more rock (unless it is on sale or it is something I have to have) 2- I will be honest about my purchases (which I'm not supposed to make any way) Unless I think I can get away with it. 3- Rocks have feelings too so when I do make purchases I will respect them and not tuck them away (unless I did not follow 1 and 2) 4- I will not hold the place I bought the rocks from responsible for my inability to NOT purchase rocks. 5- Rocks are hard and can be used to kill me (as in "if you buy one more rock I'm gonna STONE YOU TO DEATH") 6- STONING is not what you think. 7- You can't eat rocks 8- You can sleep with rocks- but it is not the same 9- Precious gems were once rocks- and can be used as leverage. 10- Buying Lap equipment is not the same as buying rock. 11- Having A specific project in mind does not count as making impulse purchases. 12- All rock is good- it came from nature- and can therefore be used to cleanse one's soul! You've just redeemed yourself as a true god with those 12 steps *bows down to offer half-tumbled stones to god Stefan Jan*
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ArkieRockhound
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since February 2005
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Mar 10, 2005 15:51:07 GMT -5
Stefan, that's great! Now that I have a 12 step program, I won't worry anymore about getting into trouble. Trish
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Post by puppie96 on Mar 15, 2005 1:46:19 GMT -5
I can't stop picking them up. I can't stop looking for them on the ground. I stand there in any outdoor setting talking with someone. Doesn't matter whether it's some kind of party or walking dogs or whatever, after a minute I notice they are kinda glancing down at the ground kinda trying to figure out what I'm looking at down there, sometimes they ask me whether I lost something, sometimes I apologize, I say, like, Oh, sorry, I thought I saw a quarter down there, for a minute! Then I'm always looking around for the surveillance cameras when I am about to steal a rock from an inappropriate place like the landscape rock in front of a downtown bank, or at one of the displays at the home show, or a national park, or a local park, or a neighbor's driveway while my dog is pooping in their yard. I chatted up a nice old lady up a few blocks who has ROCKS in her front yard, some beautiful pet wood, rose quartz, nice big chunks I keep thinking about, wondering why nobody has thefted them.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 15, 2005 10:06:18 GMT -5
Puppie- you need HELP- Ok here you go- DO IT AT NIGHT! like a cop is gonna arrest you for having rocks in you pocket? I think Not!
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 15, 2005 11:13:45 GMT -5
Puppie-
I hear you there. My palms get real sweaty when I'm over at my dad's house. His wifey has a nice collection of petrified wood that she guards with her life. I can take her though.....
Gaetz
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 15, 2005 11:17:16 GMT -5
I showed my dad the pictures of Rollingstone's pet wood and told him I would give him a piece when I get some nice ones (told him not to expect results like RS's pictures - pictures not typical results of what daughter will produce....reads warning). They go for walks in the mornings, my dad is picking up stones to give to me when I drop by... The whole family is into this now. Still waiting for a decent batch to be produced... My aunt from Quebec city has a bag load of agates for me - told her to bring them down when she visits...
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 15, 2005 12:17:03 GMT -5
hey pup you and me should get some mask's and go out rock hunting some night hahaha---right down the street from me theres a animal hospital and at two of there drive ways they have a big black boulder about half the size of a 55 gallon drum every time i go by i allmost run into a parked car lookin and tryin to fig out how i could roll it in to the back of my bronco hahahaha---hey rock hunting is pretty slim in the big city you gotta find where you can hahaha im teasin i couldent rollit let alone get it in the back of my truck its too big
but i have thought about driving my truck into it and breakin it in half and gettin a half hahaha ;D
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Blue Tigereye
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since January 2005
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Post by Blue Tigereye on Mar 15, 2005 22:17:51 GMT -5
ROFL!!! And I thought I had it bad...............silly me
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Post by cookie3rocks on Mar 15, 2005 22:30:23 GMT -5
Why have I not been reading this wonderful thread? Sands, get a chisel and whack off a few pieces at a time. No one will notice... My only saving grace is that there is no decent rock in GA, at least here where I am . And trust me, I've waded in enough 32.5 degree water enough times to know.
cookie
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 15, 2005 22:57:52 GMT -5
Sands-
Cmon, if there's a will there's a way. Let's see some ingenuity here. Don't you ever watch TV? About every other week I see some hoodlums crash their cars thru convenient store doors, attach ropes, cables, brastraps, bootstrap, shoelaces, or whatever around ATM machines and pull those suckers down the street. The officers just follow the trail of pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters to the dumb A's house and off to the slammer they go.
You can learn from their mistakes: just hitch up to the rock, tow the beast around town for awhile until it gets small enough to put into the back of the Bronco. The cops will have fun following the huge scratches in the pavement and then when it disappears you'll have their goat and nice piece of rock in the tumbler.
If I can rough up my step-monster (oops, mother) for some scraps of petrified wood, you can surely make a name for yourself as the "Phamous Philly Rock Caper."
Cmon....peer pressure, peer pressure.
Later, Gaeter
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Post by puppie96 on Mar 16, 2005 0:16:01 GMT -5
I frequently pretend I dropped something.
Then if I get distracted and start looking around at others besides the one I am after, alert bystanders think I lost a contact or something and run to help.
I have taken tumbles (so to speak) on the trail cause I was trying to sneak a grab at a rock while checking for authorities and not watching where feet were going.
That's how I'd get the polished Cape May diamonds off the floor of the rock shop. I remember the wood floors well. When you catch that glitter, try not to take your eye off of it while also scanning for the authorities. Kinda slide over and make a grab. If it is on the floor it must not be shoplifting.
Same method works to get discarded amusement pier tickets in Wildwood.
Also lost casino chips.
The black rock requires confederates. Go out at night dressed in black, put yellow hazard tape around it and "biohazard" signs. Early next morning go back with other dudes dressed in jumpsuits and wearing dustmasks and goggles (all rockers should already have these.) Bring along a forklift to collect the rock. Arrange for its transport. Enjoy.
Replace with a fake fireplug for the dogs going to the vet's office who don't have their rock anymore. Remove and fumigate all jumpsuits before entering the house.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 16, 2005 8:27:07 GMT -5
I was planning on getting rock in the Gatineau park across from my parents house and was informed that the fine ranges from $500 - $5000 since it is heritage rocks - gonna hafta find stuff on the road now - my dad picked up some rocks too (he's not sure if it's poop or rock but he said he'd give it to me anyways - Gee thanks dad! )
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 16, 2005 11:35:47 GMT -5
I want to warn people that it is illegal to collect in any national park or historical area- OK that being said- what I do is go durning the fall and find an apple tree (or walnut tree or hickory nut) then I collect some of the fruits- Then I do my rock collecting- placing the rocks at the bottom of the bag- and the fruit/nuts on top- When I get stopped and asked what I'm doing- I just say- collecting nuts (or whatever) and I am left alone!
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chassroc
Cave Dweller
Rocks are abundant when you have rocktumblinghobby pals
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Post by chassroc on Mar 16, 2005 13:02:47 GMT -5
Stefen, That is just awful!
BTW - What size bag do you need to collect "Fruit". csroc
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Duckbean
fully equipped rock polisher
Looking for rocks in all the wrong places
Member since February 2005
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Post by Duckbean on Mar 16, 2005 22:44:16 GMT -5
I had no idea what I was getting into!I don't feel bad about encouraging my boy to grab a bunch of rock and fossilized coral from a city park now, I'd do it my self but I'm to old to go cliff climbing! It's amazing what some people will do to get a nice rock. .
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