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Post by snuffy on May 2, 2015 20:21:27 GMT -5
Great batch Mel!
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Post by snuffy on May 1, 2015 19:25:38 GMT -5
It really makes you wonder what the first traded/bartered item was? Did it first occur between two individual in the same tribe? Or was it between two different tribes? Was it flint for hide, food, water ? Or was it a trade made for a human made object? Perhaps a spear or arrowhead? Or maybe even for a gem, shell, or piece of body adornment? Mostly,maybe the world's oldest profession!!! snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 28, 2015 10:21:09 GMT -5
Hey folks,been there done that.A couple suggestions for anybody going.A big area,no shade except for the separating washing shack or whatever its called.Take 5 gallon buckets.Carry drinking water and snacks in one.After you get cross eyed after a few hours of looking for diamonds,before you get ready to leave,fill up your buckets with agate and jasper on the way out.Plenty there. Some I picked up Good luck snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 27, 2015 13:41:34 GMT -5
Do you get visited by the small doves; they call them rubies in Florida ? Now and then the small what we call Inca doves come around.Tiny compared to the others. Just googled Incas.South central Texas is apparently as far east as they are found. snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 26, 2015 15:34:11 GMT -5
I have an assortment of different birds that visit my little feeder throughout the day.They all get along.I have around 60 nesting boxes,compartments,and gourds for nesting.Most are occupied.Not many bugs to be found in my garden. Some baby Bluebirds in one of the boxes My rose bush is busting out in blooms Thanks for looking,have a great day! snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 26, 2015 9:12:56 GMT -5
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Post by snuffy on Apr 24, 2015 20:43:53 GMT -5
It is a thunderegg! This one is a Priday TE.
Ha ha, you funny, Don!! Inside joke...
What the hell, I'll let you all in on it. Almost three years ago, we had a member (to remain nameless) swear that what she had was a fossilized pine cone. She was adamant about it, would not listen to what anyone else had to say, and tempers flared. If this was before your time here, and you want to see what I'm talking about, here's the link . Or you can revisit it for a laugh, if you have already seen it. There was another, um, discussion on a different thread, but you can get the gist from this.
ETA: My bad! Should have given photo credit for the Priday TE to @rocks2dust. Had you clicked on the link to the old thread, you would have seen his entire post. But I guess there are some that would not care to revisit that old thread, to much drama! (Do not say her name aloud, do not even think it!)
Thanks for stopping by, R2D! Have always admired your knowledge of rocks!
Dang it Jean!! Had my blood pressure kinda under control until I clicked on that link. snuffy But as Roy Clark would say.....Thank God and Greyhound...........
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Post by snuffy on Apr 24, 2015 19:49:32 GMT -5
They all run from SEC colors. Darn if that maroon and white from Texas sure is pretty! Gig 'em! snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 24, 2015 5:29:27 GMT -5
I eliminated the lid problem with my Thumler. I bought a can of Plastidip spray.I taped the edge of the lid about a quarter to half inch around the edges where it seals.Then I sprayed multiple coats to the lid building the thickness,especially in the center.Let it cure and should solve the problem.Some tough stuff.May help to rough up a new lid with a little sanding to help the spray adhere to the lid.I have fixed barrels that have worn thin at the ends in this manner also.
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Post by snuffy on Apr 23, 2015 15:08:36 GMT -5
Snuffy, you got any more bots? PM'd you. snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 23, 2015 11:25:04 GMT -5
I'll take the box 2. Sodalite is really pretty. Send a paypal request to europast@att.net. Thank you,Randy Hirsch Thanks Randy snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 23, 2015 10:22:47 GMT -5
I'll take box 1. Can't resist bots. Okay,you got it! snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 23, 2015 10:21:50 GMT -5
Nice boxes. You sure the orange color will come off? Unlike sodalite from Brazil, some sodalite from Africa (Namibia I think) has orange looking veins instead of white. Different from the white veining, but I think it's a pretty cool difference. You know where the sodalite is from? I'm not sure where its from.I've tumbled lots of it from this. I'm trying to post a pic of some I've tumbled,but photobucket is not letting me.I'll keep trying. snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 23, 2015 9:45:10 GMT -5
I have 3 sfrb's for sale. Paypal,US shipping.3 lbs,maybe a little over. Box 1 Shipped $28 Sold This is a box of Botswana agate.Some pinks in there. Dry Wet Box 2 Shipped $25 Sold Excellent quality sodalite Dry Wet There is a rusty stain on the white in this .Will tumble off easily Here is a pic of some I've tumbled of this Box 3 Sipped $25 Sold This is a box of tiny slab cuts and cut pieces that tumble out great.Many pieces of palm. Dry Wet Thanks snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 21, 2015 21:07:12 GMT -5
These are beautiful pictures but the images that show bird wing action are fantastic. I live in Austin, Tx. and want to feed the smaller birds but have a problem with white wing dove and wonder if any feeders excludes this bird. You might try getting milo and scattering it away from your feeder a short distance.The doves love it and may not bother the other in the feeder as much.Just don't hunt them over it! The doves we have,Incas,Ring Neck,and Mourning, walk around on the ground,they don't get on the feeder,and tend to stay away a few feet. snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 20, 2015 20:34:56 GMT -5
I live about 20 miles from the Brazos river in Brazos County. I have done a lot of reading to determine the source of all the rounded rocks which form a solid layer in the formation I live on.From all I can determine,in ancient times,mighty rivers carried rocks from the eastern slopes of the developing Rocky Mountains as far as into the Gulf of Mexico.At least that is what is said to be the case.As far as glaciers reaching this area,I have never seen anything to refer to that. snuffy Here is a pic of a septarian I have from close to the Colorado River between Bastrop and Fayette County.
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Post by snuffy on Apr 19, 2015 16:21:36 GMT -5
Rare hail here.A little damage with some plums and peaches knocked off. Always could have been worse. snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Apr 19, 2015 11:51:00 GMT -5
I like it.The electric company cleared a 20 foot wide swath through my bamboo stand,right through the center of it,that was under the power lines.Still have enough left! Around 38 years it has been growing and spreading.
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Post by snuffy on Apr 18, 2015 21:04:16 GMT -5
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Post by snuffy on Apr 17, 2015 11:15:53 GMT -5
Great idea Jean! I've never had luck growing strawberries in my area.They look mouthwatering!
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