tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63130166728239907552024-02-18T19:40:35.648-08:00Our Rocks...ROCK!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313016672823990755.post-79483301608926704972014-08-30T18:36:00.000-07:002014-08-30T20:45:30.514-07:00You Know You’re a Rockhound When...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i>Geologists have a
saying – rocks remember.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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– Neil Armstrong</div>
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– You look down instead of up.</div>
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– Any rock, no matter how common, will raise your pulse.</div>
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– You see beauty in all rocks, even the ones you leave behind.</div>
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– Your family and friends just roll their eyes when you pick up yet
another rock.</div>
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– You are willing to dig up a rock with a spoon, even if it means ruining
the spoon.</div>
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– You have been known to visit urban rock piles and risk stares from
people who are wondering why a 50-something woman is crawling around in a dirt
pile.</div>
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– You are willing to pay excess baggage fees (international, yet) for a
large yellow rock that looks like a loaf of bread.</div>
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– Your pockets are always filled with rocks and residual dirt.</div>
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– You often find pebbles in your shoes and even socks.</div>
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– You don’t mind dirt at all, even under your fingernails. That’s what
they make soap and water for.</div>
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– You <i>get</i> why rocks are so
spiritual; you understand that rocks have been around since the beginning of
earth (and quite possibly before) and deserve our respect.</div>
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– You believe that rocks are not just inert objects, but living entities
that will communicate to you if you are willing to “listen” to what they have
to say.<br />
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– You see art in rock formations.</div>
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– You are willing to pay good money for a rock just because you like it
and not because it’s valuable to others.</div>
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Obviously, I am a
rockhound, who loves rocks in all forms. I have never met a rock I didn’t like,
even if I had to leave it behind.</div>
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On this site, I
plan to post images of my rocks, both ordinary and unusual. I even have some
valuable rocks, but not that many. Most of my rocks are random discoveries.</div>
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