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Post by woodman on Jun 24, 2018 11:46:20 GMT -5
When you look around your home and every flat spot is covered in rock, your hobby may be out of control!  |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jun 24, 2018 12:15:25 GMT -5
Very familiar with that feeling .
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 24, 2018 12:17:25 GMT -5
Nice! Can definitely relate to that problem, woodman. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2018 12:17:27 GMT -5
Yep, reached that point years ago. Have made attempts to clean up, but it's too difficult to decide what to let go (especially after a few instances of deaccessioning a piece, only to find you miss it or need it again for reference).
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Post by MsAli on Jun 24, 2018 12:50:01 GMT -5
Yep!
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Post by manofglass on Jun 24, 2018 13:09:07 GMT -5
Best thing to is not let the stone pile up
I have very few in the house
But Ali has some I cleaned house
And sent it all to her time to start over again
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lookatthat
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Whatever there is to be found.
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Post by lookatthat on Jun 24, 2018 13:13:35 GMT -5
...when you can't find the nice piece of California limb opal, or that big black rock with the weird fossils in it, or that honking big chunk of banded jasper because they are here in the house somewhere...
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 24, 2018 16:15:53 GMT -5
First off, those are beautiful covers for flat surfaces *L*. Secondly, I hear you. I no longer smell like people, just horses. And my shop, though huge, is so full of horse and rock stuff I can hardly move around in it....Mel
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 24, 2018 16:50:30 GMT -5
First off, those are beautiful covers for flat surfaces *L*. Secondly, I hear you. I no longer smell like people, just horses. And my shop, though huge, is so full of horse and rock stuff I can hardly move around in it....Mel Not only are they beautiful covers for flat surfaces, they protect those same surfaces from accumulating dusk dust. Around here, no horizontal surface is safe! |
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fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Jun 24, 2018 17:16:14 GMT -5
I only have 10 buckets of rock in the living room. There is still plenty of room.
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surreality
starting to spend too much on rocks
is picking up too many rocks at the beach again
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Post by surreality on Jun 24, 2018 19:10:21 GMT -5
I only have 10 buckets of rock in the living room. There is still plenty of room. This is pretty much what I said about my work room, until I needed to drag a ton (probably close to literally) of other stuff in here. Then they went to live outside. ...now they're slowly coming back into the same room they left after being scrubbed off from spending a few years outside.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 24, 2018 20:09:46 GMT -5
Singing to the choir, you are.
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Post by woodman on Jun 24, 2018 20:17:05 GMT -5
Singing to the choir, you are. Yep, pretty much what I figured! It is a good hobby to have for sure! |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 24, 2018 20:28:12 GMT -5
It might set you back a few bucks, but at least it is not illegal - yet.
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Post by fantastic5 on Jun 25, 2018 12:36:55 GMT -5
I certainly resemble that statement! I've been trying to clean, organize and purge the rock corner of the garage for 3 days now. Slowly making a dent. It had gotten so bad I couldn't even get to the lapidary equipment. I've managed to sort 6 - 5 gal buckets. Lick a whole bunch of rocks I forgot I collected. Started every available tumbler rolling (once I could get to them). Glued a bunch of end cuts to boards and even cut a few slabs. That's cleaning and organizing in my book, even though I can't quite get to my Genie yet. As far as purging goes I have taken 2, 5 - gal buckets out to the big hole in the yard that we will be filling in with a load of fill dirt later this year. Someday, if someone digs up that spot, they will find rocks from all over the US in that pit. But I do solemnly swear, they were all leverites that somehow jumped in my truck and found their way back home with me. No good material will be harmed in the cleaning of my garage.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 25, 2018 13:07:04 GMT -5
My yard is full, two small shops and now I am renting a 18x32 foot garage/hey guess what! Full of rocks and wood........Hahahahaha
"Come to take me away, ha ha, come to take me away"!! But leave my rocks alone..!!!!
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