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I buy a lot of rocks for tumbling or cabbing./ slabbing. Ebay and private sites. I’ve had mostly positive results. Know you seller is my only advice. @blockhead I can’t say I’ve made any money but they’re definitely cooler when I’m done with them.
i can’t find enough by myself to feed my tumblers. I’m blessed with quite a few tumblers.
Last Edit: May 16, 2022 19:52:42 GMT -5 by Starguy
Post by nursetumbler on May 16, 2022 20:56:20 GMT -5
Is there a support group for rockaholics? I am a rockaholic, I pledge to do my best to make every rock I tumble pretty and shiny. If I fall off the bucket I'll just pick myself up and try again.
I also don’t buy. Mostly. i bought some pretty Sodalite. but that’s it so far. Lake Erie beach stones are my jam. and today was an EXCELLENT day for rocks!!
-Heather
Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin. -Barbara Kingsolver
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
I'm known as the "rock humane society" lol! I collect what I can but buy some rocks if they catch my eye for cabbing, tumbling, or feeding my ferocious vibe lap. (I swear it was stalking me while I was cabbing! )
Occasionally we find rocks doing something else, but usually it's a planned hounding trip, and likely to cost more than just buying them. Especially with current gas prices.
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Occasionally we find rocks doing something else, but usually it's a planned hounding trip, and likely to cost more than just buying them. Especially with current gas prices.
Rocks are cheap and I buy misc ones from many sources to ship to my office. I'm on 2nd floor at top of stairway. FedEx and UPS and USPS staff all know me and sometimes I can hardly look them in the eye out of guilt. Have grit when shipped to to my home. Have never yet had 50lb box fall prey to porch pirates.
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The only other solution is all these people go back somewhere wet. Bye 