From owner-rockhounds-digest@drizzle.com Sat Jan 26 16:18:31 2002 Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 23:16:02 -0800 From: rockhounds-digest Reply-To: rockhounds@drizzle.com To: rockhounds-digest@drizzle.com Subject: rockhounds-digest V2 #1134 rockhounds-digest Tuesday, January 1 2002 Volume 02 : Number 1134 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 17:00:00 -0800 From: mysfit Subject: RE: Another Absolutely Off The Wall Question about Rockhounds
What a bunch of sociology majors perceive is of little importance.


It is of importance and relevance if it explains why there are proportionally more women in those fields. Or have you forgotten that was what this thread was all about to begin with?
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http://mysfit.home.mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:27:09 -0800 (PST) From: Aaron Fox Subject: [ADMIN] RE: Another Absolutely Off The Wall Question about Rockhounds Getting a bit off-topic, folks. Time to move on. Aaron Rockhounds Admin - -- afox@drizzle.com || http://www.drizzle.com/~afox GnuPG Public Key Available upon Request grep brains you cat clue you ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:29:15 -0800 (PST) From: Aaron Fox Subject: [BOUNCE] Woody Thomson or Duane Leavitt From: "Hans Durstling" To: rockhounds@drizzle.com Subject: Woody Thomson or Duane Leavitt Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 01:00:11 +0000 Message-ID: Hi everyone, I'm in Los Angeles and my addresses (these ones anyway) are back at home in Moncton, New Brunswick. If anyone has the email addies (and ideally phone numbers also) for Duane and/or Woody, would you please mail me off-list. Cheers, Beardless Hans Durstling _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 20:17:38 -0600 From: Kevin Ward Subject: Re: Absolutely Off The Wall Question about Beards and Rockhounds I have one depending on what mood I'm in and what time of year. Winter time is the best time for beards IMO. I think the number of beards is pretty much typical of the general population unless you catch a rock hound or geologist coming home from a field trip. Kevin >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kreigh Tomaszewski >To: >Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 12:23 AM >Subject: OT: Absolutely Off The Wall Question about Beards and Rockhounds > > >> Tonight my son observed that most (male) people interested in Geology >> and Rock (Mineral) collecting that he had met had beards. Thinking >> about te question I had to agree that most (AT LEAST 75%) of the >> rockhounds I knew had beards. My 'off the wall' question is whether this >> is true for everyone, or a statistical fluke? What is your experience? >> >> Kreigh >> ################################################################# >> # Rockhounds@drizzle Mailing Alias: rockhounds@drizzle.com # >> # Web: http://www.drizzle.com/~afox/rockhounds/ # >> # Subscription Services: majordomo@drizzle.com # >> ################################################################# >> > >################################################################# ># Rockhounds@drizzle Mailing Alias: rockhounds@drizzle.com # ># Web: http://www.drizzle.com/~afox/rockhounds/ # ># Subscription Services: majordomo@drizzle.com # >################################################################# > The Mineral Gallery and Auction http://www.themineralgallery.com http://www.exceptionalminerals.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:26:43 -0500 From: "Patrick M. Harvey" Subject: RE: mineral name pronounciation Why yould any word be prenounounced the same in all languages? except "kodak" that is PMH "The penalty for an ecological education is to live in a world full of wounds." - - Aldo Leopold ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:36:02 EST From: BNMJEFF@aol.com Subject: Re: Absolutely Off The Wall Question about Beards and Rockhounds I have a beard..have had for many many years...but as I look at the 200+ members of my gem club, I see one other bearded member.... Jeff Ursillo Gem & Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches West Palm Beach, Florida ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 23:01:34 -0500 From: Kreigh Tomaszewski Subject: Re: mineral name pronounciation Patrick M. Harvey wrote: > > Why yould any word be prenounounced the same in all languages? Newly discovered things, including minerals, typically cause a new word to be added to the (local) language. The new (local language) word is often adopted by other languages as a new word too. Science tends to be global so the new name is adopted for the newly discovered thing by almost everyone who might be interested. But you are correct in noting the same spelling in different languages often leads to different pronunciation. > > except "kodak" that is good example, I'll have to make a xerox of it. ;-} > > PMH > > "The penalty for an ecological education > is to live in a world full of wounds." > - Aldo Leopold > > ################################################################# > # Rockhounds@drizzle Mailing Alias: rockhounds@drizzle.com # > # Web: http://www.drizzle.com/~afox/rockhounds/ # > # Subscription Services: majordomo@drizzle.com # > ################################################################# ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:56:40 -0800 From: "David W. Althausen" Subject: Digest form Hi Aaron, is there a digest version of this list? If so, how do I unsubscribe from the list and subscribe to the digest? TIA Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 23:26:44 -0500 From: Kreigh Tomaszewski Subject: Re: OT: Absolutely Off The Wall Question about Beards and Rockhounds I want to thank everyone who responded to my question (on and off list); first day in a long time I've had over 200 emails. In tallying the responses I find that (male) geologists very much tend to have beards (especially in academia). The trend is less true for rockhounds, but still is a majority. Big cities tend to be an exception. Your mileage may vary. And yes, I have a beard too. Kreigh Kreigh Tomaszewski wrote: > > Tonight my son observed that most (male) people interested in Geology > and Rock (Mineral) collecting that he had met had beards. Thinking > about te question I had to agree that most (AT LEAST 75%) of the > rockhounds I knew had beards. My 'off the wall' question is whether this > is true for everyone, or a statistical fluke? What is your experience? > > Kreigh > ################################################################# > # Rockhounds@drizzle Mailing Alias: rockhounds@drizzle.com # > # Web: http://www.drizzle.com/~afox/rockhounds/ # > # Subscription Services: majordomo@drizzle.com # > ################################################################# ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 18:29:27 -1000 From: Kitty & Bill Heacox Subject: Concern for Oz To all on list in Australia, please accept our concern and hopes for a safe delivery from the "Black Christmas" fires encroaching on Sydney. Aloha, Kitty and Bill Heacox ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 22:06:06 -0800 From: "A. Herzog" Subject: women's liberation list???? I was just curious if this was a newsgroup for some politically correct, women's liberation group or is it about rocks? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:32:37 -0700 From: "Peter J. Modreski" Subject: Re: Absolutely Off The Wall Question about Beards and Rockhounds And here's my comments on a couple of the comments... From: David Guin > > (P.P.S., the real reason was that my wife wanted to see what I looked like without it, and she thought I would look a lot younger/better without it!) > > Well! Do you? Inquiring minds want to know. You bet I do! (At least she says so... and so did a lot of friends). She says I look 10 years younger. I think when I first grew the beard, it was to look older & more distinguished---and because it seemed like the thing to do, after I spent a summer out doing field work. I think the main reason I kept it for so many years was just laziness--didn't have to shave every day, just trim it down a bit every couple of weeks! Looking at "before" pictures now, Jane says I looked like Ted Kazinski (how do ya spell that??)--which I kind of did! Which brings me to the next comments, from Lanny Ream, >>Nearly 100% of the geologists/rock people I see every day have beards--but that's just me. ... >>Thinking of those in the Northwest who I collect with on occasion, a few years ago, perhaps 1/3 had beards, >>now, probably less than 1/4 or 1/5. ... However, geologists do tend to have a higher percentage of men with >>beards. In the past it appeared to be maybe 1/3, but now it's much lower. :-)> This brings two questions to mind... (1) So then, am I really part of a trend, in getting rid of beards? Lanny seems to think there is such. And, (2) Hey Lanny, why of COURSE, nearly everyone that YOU see has beards. Everybody knows that EVERYONE, rockhounds or not, who lives like you do up in the mountains of northern Idaho are bearded survivalists who live in cabins without electricity, never pay taxes, drink creek water, and live on poached elk. What else is new? Cheers to all, Pete ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 00:34:02 -0500 From: "Patrick M. Harvey" Subject: Re: OT: Absolutely Off The Wall Question about Beards and Rockhounds I have one and I have a spare bedroom fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul of Minerals, rocks and fossils. Anyone for a trade? I have Florida stuff GALORE!!! pmh At 01:23 AM 01/01/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Tonight my son observed that most (male) people interested in Geology >and Rock (Mineral) collecting that he had met had beards. Thinking >about te question I had to agree that most (AT LEAST 75%) of the >rockhounds I knew had beards. My 'off the wall' question is whether this >is true for everyone, or a statistical fluke? What is your experience? > >Kreigh "The penalty for an ecological education is to live in a world full of wounds." - - Aldo Leopold ------------------------------ Date: 1 Jan 2002 14:26:07 -0800 From: "Tim Fisher" Subject: Re: Gold chain prices Just read what I wrote; that was Ujung Pandang, not UDUNG Panjang! >Dawn, there are many wholesalers here in PDX, all down near Alder and 3rd. >I get my chain at All That Glitters. The best prices are where most of it >is made, in Udung Panjang, Sulawesi, Indonesia. I got 18kt chain there for >about 5% more than the market price of 18kt at the time. > >At 06:18 PM 12/31/2001 -0800, you wrote: >>Have I missed something, or am I just getting old? A friend received a >>very nice gold chain for Christmas this year, but found that it was >>hollow and @ $500 for 16" made her husband take it back. It was at our >>local Fred Meyer store here in Portland. They have decent merchandise >>and okay pricing, but this chain was on sale! >> >>I know that gold prices aren't what they once where, so where are these >>prices coming from? >> >>Does anyone know of a decent wholesale source that I may be overlooking? >> >>On a side note, I do hope everyone has a happy, prosperous and peaceful >>New Year! >> >>Dawn >> > >Tim Fisher >Ore-ROCK-On! >mailto:tim@OreRockOn.com >Web Site: http://OreRockOn.com >eBay ID:OreRockOn >ebay Items: >http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=orerockon ------------------------------ End of rockhounds-digest V2 #1134 ********************************* ################################################################# # Rockhounds@drizzle Mailing Alias: rockhounds@drizzle.com # # Web: http://www.drizzle.com/~afox/rockhounds/ # # Subscription Services: majordomo@drizzle.com # #################################################################