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Post by captbob on Jan 26, 2018 14:47:22 GMT -5
I'd be interested in WATCHING TAKING THE PHOTOS FOR a winner take all cab contest. fixed it for ya! |
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Post by captbob on Jan 26, 2018 13:08:45 GMT -5
NOT saying that you or Tommy wouldn't be better qualified to judge than this motley crew as a whole. Probably easier to judge actual quality of the work when holding a cab and seeing it in person. Pictures can leave so much out and we all know it's tough to judge any rock just with a picture. I sure wouldn't want to have to take the pictures!!
Send 'em to one of our ace photographers for that part.  Maybe a good compromise would be a 50/50 judging. (60/40?) (whatever) The group vote counts for 50% of the grade and the "official" judge vote counts for 50%. I don't know quite how all that complicated math would work, but I'm sure ya'll will figure something out! Either way, I'll watch the game. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 26, 2018 12:48:14 GMT -5
I would like to see such a contest, but you are taking all the fun out of it (except for the winner) by not letting us all vote on the winner. Participants send cabs to Tommy or you and whoever posts the photos here with no names. We all get to vote.
Maybe you and Tommy switch hosting the contest every other turn so that ya'll can enter as well.
The method proposed in the poll doesn't involve me, so why should I care?
I'm not playing, so do as the cabbing folks decide.
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Post by captbob on Jan 26, 2018 12:30:22 GMT -5
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Post by captbob on Jan 25, 2018 12:52:58 GMT -5
People make money with rocks?  |
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Post by captbob on Jan 25, 2018 11:05:53 GMT -5
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ................. much better!  Please come back and do this again every few pages as the gayness meter starts to peg. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 25, 2018 10:56:47 GMT -5
WOW Craig. Just wow!
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Post by captbob on Jan 25, 2018 10:18:23 GMT -5
How deep is the water where you want to scoop from the bottom?
What is the bottom there, rock or sand?
If it's a kinda hard bottom, you would have to make something that didn't fall apart when doing your dredging.
Maybe the easy button is to use whatever shovel is necessary and dumping shovel fulls into a screen classifier or a colander. You could then go through the contents of whatever inspection bowl thingy you opt for much like panning for gold.
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Post by captbob on Jan 25, 2018 9:33:24 GMT -5
That is some outstanding bone there! Nice score.
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Post by captbob on Jan 25, 2018 9:31:52 GMT -5
You ever get that Toyota you won in the auction?
trying to add a little desperately needed testosterone to this thread
just sayin'
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Post by captbob on Jan 24, 2018 14:08:36 GMT -5
I wont lie, I had a hard time typing crotch, but then I thought No, they are all mature and I wont get any comments about it  We're not THAT mature! Ali may not like scrambled eggs, But she loves my crotch!  Well some us aren't that mature. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 24, 2018 13:03:08 GMT -5
okay... today I have a bunch of pictures of odds and ends I picked up. Lots of pictures, but not that many items. Just that most of them require multiple shots. Start off here with a LLanite sphere. 5 1/2 inch sphere; which, again, is a good sized sphere A bear to get good photos due to reflections. A couple pics were fair - out of way too many attempts. Color more accurate in 1st pic   A Picasso sphere. Just over 4 inches. Again tough to photo well. A different angle shown at the end of this post.  This egg I don't have a location of origin for. I'm thinking it's from somewhere out west that used to be underwater fossilman , you may appreciate this piece. Just over 4 1/2 inches tall. Seller has a larger one, but this one had more goods in it. Lots of pics just because it's kinda cool looking.     A Buchanan Ranch t-egg - face and a backside pic   Here may be the star of the show for this trip over there. This is from Texas Springs - that's in Nevada, not Texas  Almost hate to call it a limb cast, because it's larger than any I have seen from there. Once again lots of pictures of this piece. It deserves them!         Here is a petrified / agatized specimen from of Blue Forest wood. (Wyoming) Seller called it a crotch. I don't really collect pet wood, so I don't know. Just thought it was neat and had to come home with me! Also worth a bunch of photos.        Wrapping up today with a few group shots.     Have a bunch more to take pictures of, but it's misc. pieces and I don't even remember what all. Do have an overflowing box with more Teepee Canyon & Dryhead agate in it, but you've already seen a bunch of that. Will go through it and see if anything stands out. That's it - stuff to do. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 24, 2018 9:54:32 GMT -5
So in a mere 250 MILLION years I will be able to walk to Paris.
At least I have that to look forward to!
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Post by captbob on Jan 24, 2018 0:33:17 GMT -5
Speakin' of Rios ... Border City near Texas Considered Mexico’s Most Dangerous, Finds Surveywww.breitbart.com/texas/2018/01/23/border-city-considered-mexicos-dangerous/REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The citizens of this border city consider it as one of the most dangerous in Mexico. etc... You can Google the location, but it is about 50 miles down stream from Falcon Lake. Probably makes Zapata about as dangerous as Atlanta! |
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Post by captbob on Jan 23, 2018 17:03:15 GMT -5
I do not like them scrambled eggs,
I do not like them Ali says.
I could run with that for a page worth!
With apologies to Dr. Seuss of course.
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Post by captbob on Jan 23, 2018 14:32:09 GMT -5
I'm not sure if I should have liked that post, captbob , but I did want to acknowledge it. I won't like it. But will offer condolences. Sorry to see that Bob. We don't have much time left.time to enjoy what we have! No condolences necessary, but thank you. Guess we all choose the cage we want to live in. Folks become inured to situations much less pleasant than mine. I have a nice cage. Just wish it had a 4 car garage sized shed in the back of it! Changes may be in store. Time will tell. You are right, we ain't gettin' any younger! |
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Post by captbob on Jan 23, 2018 13:48:54 GMT -5
The fill in the blank list is LONG. Then we got married ... *sigh* And ya know captbob , that goes both ways . Lot of "wimmin" say the same about their DHs.
The things I used to do, the fun I used to have....
I'm still fun. In oh so many ways. She doesn't want to do anything. Can't go out at night because she doesn't want to leave the dogs alone. I went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra last year by myself because she didn't want to leave the dogs for a few hours. eta: Not fun sitting alone between two dudes! Go out to a bar or for dinner to see friends? Not gonna happen. Travel? *snort* Rocks? Oh hell no! They're dumb. Waste of time. Waste of money. Waste of space. I'm getting bored, and - The clock is ticking ... |
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Post by captbob on Jan 23, 2018 13:26:53 GMT -5
"The "ou" is a common British spelling, whereas in American English, we simply use the "o." For example: favourite vs. favorite. colour vs. color.
limey ...
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Post by captbob on Jan 23, 2018 12:51:55 GMT -5
Picked up a bit more dino bone on my return trip. Thinking I can now strike dino bone off my "I need that" list. Not being a dino bone collector (connoisseur?) I just went with my gut on which pieces to bring home. He still has a bunch that he wouldn't sell, that (to me) was really impressive. The milk crate and the pieces around it are new additions.  Some nice colors in the batch - reds yellows blues and of course various shades of grays    Picked up a box of small pieces to try tumbling. Hear it's a challenge to tumble, so that sounds good to me. What's the point of tumbling rocks that anyone can tumble well?   This chunk is kinda cool (and expensive) and worth a few pictures.   the center marrow of the bone has been nice replaced with some interesting agate.    I think that's it for the dino bone. May run across more as I unpack boxes. I like taking pictures of this stuff. No reflections! |
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Post by captbob on Jan 23, 2018 12:10:30 GMT -5
geek is probably more appropriate than nerd
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