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04/06/09, 12:06 PM
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Can't blame them for trying??!!
I was at the farmer's market in Ann Arbor on Saturday and one of the vendors had a milk crate full of rocks with a sign that said 'decorative rocks 3 for $1'
Just plain grey little rocks of the kind that turn up in the pasture every day..each about the size of a small apple.
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04/06/09, 12:09 PM
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LOL, thats pretty funny. And certainly can't blame'm for trying!! Even if they only sell 3, they've almost certainly still made money!! 
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04/06/09, 12:17 PM
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hmmmmm well lots of people pay for rocks..of all sorts, but if they only sold 3 and they spent a hour digging them all up then their time sure wasnt worth much...
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04/06/09, 12:18 PM
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Hey, I used to send rock like those that I found in my garden to my dad. He lived in MO...I told him to add them to his 'collection'. He didn't appreciate my humor - nor the thistle seeds I sent him either.
Did you happen to get a picture of them? I wonder if anyone bought them. Maybe it was a homeschool experiment?
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04/06/09, 12:25 PM
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Maybe they were offspring from someones pet rocks they long long ago  
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04/06/09, 12:30 PM
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They should be worth more if they are "free range organic" pet rock offspring. 
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04/06/09, 12:41 PM
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They should be worth more if they are "free range organic" pet rock offspring. |
I bet people would buy that LoL
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04/06/09, 01:28 PM
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Get some mettallic piant and paint one-word New Agey things on them "Peace" "Love" "Renew" "Hope" kick up the price for your Genuwine Meditation rocks
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04/06/09, 01:47 PM
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I sold many rocks out of my red wagon. Every household in our neighborhood bought one at least. The nice widow on the corner bought one every week.
I was 5 .
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04/06/09, 03:03 PM
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All the rocks on my farm have been purchased at one time or another. My wife would have bought those. She'll also accept free rocks if you want to drop them off. She would especially like a multi ton granite boulder to slow down the semi's when they run off the road.
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04/06/09, 05:01 PM
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I love rocks, there are none naturally in this swamp. One of my neighbors has rocks lining all her garden beds....I'm jeolous. I'd love to have rocks. I only have one big rock. I took it from a vacant yard, my poor old wheel barrow could barely handle it.
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04/06/09, 05:30 PM
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I have been toying with the idea of bringing rocks to my market. Now I dont feel so alone in the universe. My rocks are from the shoreline here. They are limestone and are full of holes and puckers, very interesting and nice in the garden. The locals will scoff, but the tourists might buy them.
Every so often, I find a Bell Rock. These rocks are melodic if you strike them with another rock. They need to be a certain weight and shape and have the correct number of puckers, but the sound they make is lovely.
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04/06/09, 05:30 PM
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My sister-in-law laughs at people buying pine cones. She and I both live in a pine forest.
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04/06/09, 05:47 PM
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Mabe a small baggie fiilled with rocks for the aquarium might be a nice sell.
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04/06/09, 06:02 PM
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I'd buy one, wouldn't you?
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Originally Posted by rileyjo
I have been toying with the idea of bringing rocks to my market. Now I dont feel so alone in the universe. My rocks are from the shoreline here. They are limestone and are full of holes and puckers, very interesting and nice in the garden. The locals will scoff, but the tourists might buy them.
Every so often, I find a Bell Rock. These rocks are melodic if you strike them with another rock. They need to be a certain weight and shape and have the correct number of puckers, but the sound they make is lovely.
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I never heard of bell rocks before. I went to Wikipedia and no information so i googled for a little while and found this magazine article from 1955. I didn't see any for sale on ebay. Might be a new venture for someone who has them lying around.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2403261/19...azine-1955-May
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04/06/09, 06:13 PM
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I must have a fortune laying around my house….all my flower beds are lined with stones…my driveway is lined with stones…..I can’t dig anywhere with out hitting stones…I have a $450 rock pile next to my drain field…(that was the extra cost to remove the rocks when we built)
Tiempo…that is one beautiful stone and $225 is really cheap for that…around here that would sell for $1,500
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04/06/09, 07:02 PM
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How much would you pay for this lovely specimen? Look at the quality and craftmanship that went into this beauty. Be the first on your block to own this one of a kind, stunning piece of limestone.
Thats just a regular, holding up the shoreline, rock. I dont think I would sell the Bell Rocks. I have 2 tiny ones and Runestone on here has a nice bigger one. Bell Rocks are rare and special, like our black and white crows and piebald deer.
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04/06/09, 07:16 PM
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I noticed a craft idea using flat rocks, like the kind you find in a river bottom, thin and smooth...they had used small pieces of beautiful embroidery, then crocheted it onto the rock....was really pretty.....
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04/06/09, 08:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blufford
I never heard of bell rocks before. I went to Wikipedia and no information so i googled for a little while and found this magazine article from 1955. I didn't see any for sale on ebay. Might be a new venture for someone who has them lying around.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2403261/19...azine-1955-May |
Me either. Thanks for the interesting link!
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