micellular
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Post by micellular on Oct 30, 2015 18:05:50 GMT -5
My team tied for first in the company Halloween costume contest. Our theme was "Egyptian." I went as a scarab / dung beetle. Made my costume with: - shitball - inflatable globe that I spray painted with textured paint and then rolled in the dirt - cardboard beetle-body, covered in cloth and painted. Held together with tape. Lots of tape. That promptly disintegrated right after the photograph.  - sewed a second long-sleeve black shirt to the one I was wearing, and attached strings to the wrists so that when I moved my arms, it looked like I had a second pair. Completed in 2 hours, though I really should have sewn it. Gotta say, I have a lot more fun at Halloween as an adult than I did as a kid.  |
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liz
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Post by liz on Oct 30, 2015 18:27:31 GMT -5
Cool and innovative.
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Post by Pat on Oct 30, 2015 20:29:56 GMT -5
Hmmm, feel free to wear it to a certain rock sale tomorrow : )
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Oct 30, 2015 23:46:39 GMT -5
That's great. I'd have to agree, Halloween as an adult can be a lot more fun than as a kid.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 31, 2015 9:22:39 GMT -5
Thumbs up!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2015 12:10:50 GMT -5
Outside the box, and perhaps going shopping in it ?
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Post by captbob on Oct 31, 2015 13:34:29 GMT -5
Very creative! Now, please report to your Lake McClure thread and tell us what you found  |
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Post by paulshiroma on Nov 3, 2015 20:35:05 GMT -5
Very creative! Now, please report to your Lake McClure thread and tell us what you found x2 ... and if you went hang gliding. Awesome costumes, by the way. Love it! |
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micellular
has rocks in the head
Rock fever is curable with more rocks.
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Post by micellular on Nov 3, 2015 21:05:55 GMT -5
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riverrock
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Post by riverrock on Nov 4, 2015 12:44:53 GMT -5
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Post by captbob on Nov 4, 2015 12:49:41 GMT -5
*snort* sure all the kids loved that! what kind of spooktacular did you have set up inside the garage?  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Nov 4, 2015 13:26:14 GMT -5
gracious. walker tracks, too clever
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riverrock
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Post by riverrock on Nov 4, 2015 15:24:44 GMT -5
Just a maze with floating heads , bubble wrap, fog machine , mummy's , skulls, just lit by electric lights , and two moving dummies . And me me and a friend to give the kids a scare with the blow horns. A few crying ones ha ha ha. Love the ones that cry. And lots of screams. A lot of kids won't even go in .
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 5, 2015 0:48:49 GMT -5
Very creative! Now, please report to your Lake McClure thread and tell us what you found Uh, captbob, did we forget something? micellular followed through and posted her trip report. Didn't someone just take a drive down to a show/sale in Miami? Whadja get, whadja get, huh? (We promise not to tell...) |
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Post by captbob on Nov 5, 2015 10:29:15 GMT -5
Yes, Ms rockpickerforever, I went to a show over past Tampa (about 45 min, drive) this past weekend. Typical for what we get around here. Came home with about a dozen slabs - which is kinda stupid in that I don't cab - and nothing else. Six of the slabs are Apache gold. Don't need them (or anything else I bought) but they were priced too low to pass on. Did get a nice small slab of St. Johns Flower. The seller almost gave it to me because he was so tickled that someone actually knew what it was. It was nice looking at all the rocks, but most of the display type specimens (my main interest) weren't worthy of coming home with me. The limited number worth having were ridiculously expensive. I have no problem paying a premium for quality rocks, but don't play me for a fool. Although there were some nice agatized corals, they were all over priced in my opinion. A few tables/booths with some very impressive fossils, but I don't do fossils. I find it amusing that I could put on a better rock show, (sans fossils, beads/cabs and jewelry) by my self, than the combined efforts of the 30 to 40 vendors that were there. Oh, there was one booth where the couple specialized in Australian Boulder Opal. They easily had tens of thousands of dollars worth - probably WELL over 100k. I was extremely impressed. Some absolutely stunning material. I don't cab, but some of it would make spectacular display pieces. Don't know enough about it to judge quality or value, so I couldn't really justify buying just to have it. Over all... fun to look at rocks, and although I would have really liked to have come away with something to show for the trip (other than a few insignificant slabs), it was good coming home with a still fat pocket full of cash and in time to catch the Florida Gators beat Georgia on TV. So not a win/win, in that I didn't come home with rocks, but I'll call it - good enough. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 5, 2015 12:26:37 GMT -5
Thank you for sharing, captbob. Ya know, we shouldna have to pry this stuff out of you. (I suppose I'd be pushing it if I said, "Pictures or it didn't happen?" LOL!) |
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Post by captbob on Nov 5, 2015 12:55:31 GMT -5
Sorry, I didn't post because I considered it a non-event. Pictures of a dozen slabs not worth the gas to go get them? *sigh* A couple Unakite, some Apache gold, a two tree agate (India), what I believe may be Rhodonite but could be a Thulite, St Johns Flower, don't know the middle one top row, but has colors and composition that I wouldn't surprise me if it were from the Stony Creek area, and an I don't know green above the tree agate, but I thought it was kinda neat. Top right looks similar to the Apache gold, but I don't think it is. The black matrix of the slab is different. Forgot to include size reference. The bottom left Apache gold slab is 5" across. Like I said... non-event. May I get back to my day now?  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 5, 2015 13:35:29 GMT -5
Sorry, I didn't post because I considered it a non-event. Pictures of a dozen slabs not worth the gas to go get them? *sigh* A couple Unakite, some Apache gold, a two tree agate (India), what I believe may be Rhodonite but could be a Thulite, St Johns Flower, don't know the middle one top row, but has colors and composition that I wouldn't surprise me if it were from the Stony Creek area, and an I don't know green above the tree agate, but I thought it was kinda neat. Top right looks similar to the Apache gold, but I don't think it is. The black matrix of the slab is different. Forgot to include size reference. The bottom left Apache gold slab is 5" across. Like I said... non-event. May I get back to my day now? Yes, you may. Thank you for fulfilling my request. As far as spending gas money to go to a non-event, BTDT! But ya just never know what you might run across.
Just giving you some sh!t for pestering Michelle about not posting photos from Lake McClure;)
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Post by captbob on Nov 5, 2015 13:42:57 GMT -5
Come on... that's comparing apples to oranges. I went to a ho hum Florida rock show and she was within spitting distance from Hornitos Jasper (a personal favorite) deposits that I would give my eye teeth to hound.
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