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Old 01-16-2013, 07:38 PM
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My maternal grandfather was a Yooper. His most prized rock collection was a fantastic selection of Michigan copper. Nice people up there-north of the border. He's to blame for my rockhounding hobby and lapidary interests.
I have cousins from Mackinac Island. Does that count?

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Old 01-16-2013, 08:57 PM
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Manassas by Stephen Stills 180gm. vinyl double album! SoundstageDirect.com has great packaging, I'm just glad Patty met the mailman - he probably would've folded it in half and stuffed it in my mailbox. Just kidding, I actually like the USPS.
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:30 PM
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My Dad was into lapidary for many years. He built his own machinery; Polishing tables, tumblers, etc. We made a lot of trips to southern Ohio, looking for flint and walked many miles of shoreline looking for various sorts of rocks.

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Agates? Opening geodes on my slab saw is cause for celebration and a cold beer in my garage.
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Old 01-17-2013, 04:16 AM
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I have cousins from Mackinac Island. Does that count?

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Yah, you betcha, sure. Are their names Sven and Ole? We could be second cousins twice removed...
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Agates? Opening geodes on my slab saw is cause for celebration and a cold beer in my garage.
Yessir. I've forgotten most of it, 'cuz it just aint my thing. But, Pop could spot a pretty rock from the moon with both eyes tied behind his back.

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Yah, you betcha, sure. Are their names Sven and Ole? We could be second cousins twice removed...
Surname Bowman, good English yeoman stock. They were Catholic which made them sort of outcast in my mother's Episcopalian family. Imagine how those staunch protestants felt when my mother married another Papist!

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Surname Bowman, good English yeoman stock. They were Catholic which made them sort of outcast in my mother's Episcopalian family. Imagine how those staunch protestants felt when my mother married another Papist!

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Patty was raised Catholic. The church left her when she discovered at the age of 6 that protestants and jews don't go to heaven. That was the deal breaker. My Mom was a Baptist, gramps was a Ford guy...
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