jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 27, 2014 19:04:50 GMT -5
Photo does not show flecks of lavender. Other than that it compares closely to my monitor. Found in Florida. Perfect for University of Florida orange.
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Jan 28, 2014 6:33:37 GMT -5
Market it as tangerine coral. That is really pretty!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 8:41:27 GMT -5
Market it as tangerine coral. That is really pretty! Only found one giant coral head that had a small section of this color Carlos. It is the Florida state stone, the color University of Florida's color and Florida's big crop(tangerines and oranges). And coral is used in deco in FL. The perfect Florida colored material.And i have only extracted 5 pounds of rough.
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Post by grayfingers on Jan 28, 2014 9:36:11 GMT -5
That is a rich shade all-right. So, is it snowing there yet? Seems like the unusually cold weather is not letting up on you-all. . .
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 9:50:49 GMT -5
That is a rich shade all-right. So, is it snowing there yet? Seems like the unusually cold weather is not letting up on you-all. . . Got a visitor coming from Fayetteville NC. Lives just a few miles from the coast. Left today to flank the storm. Fayetteville is is the center of max snow fall at 1-2 feet-on a beach town !!! A business associate was going to a grower's trade show in the hot and humid Mobile Alabama and cancelled due to snow. I am expected to get a powdering. But 50 miles below me will be shut down. And 100 miles south may get a foot ! A foot of snow in Macon Ga will be a nightmare. I like the hard cold. It kills all the bugs for the warm season. My greenhouses will be sterilized. I did leave my tumblers running in the green house. All standing water had an inch of ice. The end of the barrels had 1/2 inch ice. No problem at about 20 degrees.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 28, 2014 10:02:25 GMT -5
Oh, BRRRRRRRRR!!!! That sounds downright cold. I guess killing the bugs off is a good thing to come out of it.
The weather in Quartzsite was just beautiful - no appreciable wind for 9 days, a few hours of light sprinkles last Friday night, daytime temps no higher than mid 70s. However, it did get down to just below freezing a couple of nights. So nice to get home, though, where I have the thermostat set for 60 degrees, and the heater hasn't kicked on yet.
That is a beautiful orange coral, James. It truly is a great Florida color.
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Post by kk on Jan 28, 2014 10:05:24 GMT -5
Whoa, thats a nice color. Nice to see some of you still in Rocking mode despite of the cold.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 10:49:19 GMT -5
Oh, BRRRRRRRRR!!!! That sounds downright cold. I guess killing the bugs off is a good thing to come out of it.
The weather in Quartzsite was just beautiful - no appreciable wind for 9 days, a few hours of light sprinkles last Friday night, daytime temps no higher than mid 70s. However, it did get down to just below freezing a couple of nights. So nice to get home, though, where I have the thermostat set for 60 degrees, and the heater hasn't kicked on yet.
That is a beautiful orange coral, James. It truly is a great Florida color. Glad you are home safe Jean. I think you were a kid in a cookie jar at Quartzite. Wished i could have been there. Sounds like great weather. Sorry that it is cold. And the cold is relative. Hot blooded people from the desert would probably get punished by 32F. PS. Love my cabs
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 10:53:57 GMT -5
Whoa, thats a nice color. Nice to see some of you still in Rocking mode despite of the cold. Do you ever get cold weather Kurt ? How far are you from the equator ? Are you near Hong Kong?
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jollyrockhound
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Post by jollyrockhound on Jan 28, 2014 12:03:21 GMT -5
That is a rich shade all-right. So, is it snowing there yet? Seems like the unusually cold weather is not letting up on you-all. . . Got a visitor coming from Fayetteville NC. Lives just a few miles from the coast. Left today to flank the storm. Fayetteville is is the center of max snow fall at 1-2 feet-on a beach town !!! A business associate was going to a grower's trade show in the hot and humid Mobile Alabama and cancelled due to snow. I am expected to get a powdering. But 50 miles below me will be shut down. And 100 miles south may get a foot ! A foot of snow in Macon Ga will be a nightmare. I like the hard cold. It kills all the bugs for the warm season. My greenhouses will be sterilized. I did leave my tumblers running in the green house. All standing water had an inch of ice. The end of the barrels had 1/2 inch ice. No problem at about 20 degrees. Wow you are getting hammered back there, while its been nice here in Ore send some of it here. Oh yeah and that is a killer piece of coral love the color.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 12:21:31 GMT -5
Thanks jollyrockhound. They say 2 feet on the beach of North Carolina. They even sent the people home at the base.
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Post by kk on Jan 28, 2014 13:26:18 GMT -5
Do you ever get cold weather Kurt ? How far are you from the equator ? Are you near Hong Kong? Oh yeah we do. But in comparison to what you guys have this winter its nothing. Our lowest thus far for the winter was mid 40's. Thats very cold for us. We are at (what is it called) Topics of Cancer? . I'm "in" Hong Kong and about 20 miles from Hong Kong Island. Or if you google our airport, I'm on the other side of the island where the airport is.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 13:38:48 GMT -5
Do you ever get cold weather Kurt ? How far are you from the equator ? Are you near Hong Kong? Oh yeah we do. But in comparison to what you guys have this winter its nothing. Our lowest thus far for the winter was mid 40's. Thats very cold for us. We are at (what is it called) Topics of Cancer? . I'm "in" Hong Kong and about 20 miles from Hong Kong Island. Or if you google our airport, I'm on the other side of the island where the airport is. I know where you are. That is really tropical. I am thinking humid too. Bet you get some sultry heat during summer. What an exotic place to live.
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Post by kaldorlon on Jan 28, 2014 16:48:52 GMT -5
Got about 3/4 inch here...most of it was South of us..toward middle GA.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 18:13:28 GMT -5
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Post by kk on Jan 28, 2014 20:14:10 GMT -5
Yep humidity gets everyone. I think, this past 25 years here, the lowest we ever had was in the 40's. During late Spring and Summer we are looking at average (day and night) 95-97%. Over the year the average is in the mid 80's.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 20:25:58 GMT -5
Yep humidity gets everyone. I think, this past 25 years here, the lowest we ever had was in the 40's. During late Spring and Summer we are looking at average (day and night) 95-97%. Over the year the average is in the mid 80's. Kurt lives 20 miles from Hong Kong. On a line of tropical cancer
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Post by pghram on Jan 28, 2014 22:38:20 GMT -5
Beautiful coral, that color is off the charts. Snow in GA is fun, as long as you don't have to drive in it.
Rich
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2014 22:59:48 GMT -5
Beautiful coral, that color is off the charts. Snow in GA is fun, as long as you don't have to drive in it. Rich It is total black ice down here on the south side Rich. With our hills and that sheet ice it is deadlocked. My friend lives off Hamilton Mill and he said it was OK.and not so much ice. Be careful out there. Lot of school kids sleeping over at school because parents can't get to them. That's a new one.
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