Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:13 pm Posts: 5077 Location: Australia
well there ya go..first time to be called an ole hoot..love it!
Finally ready to start dipping my toes back into faceting. I've decided to persevere with the few stones I used wax on and will just put up with bringing each facet in by eye, not to mention trying to get a handle on now having 4 eyes. When they're done I'll dop something new with 2 part and see if I can find the darn sweet spot for 'zero'... grumble.. if that fails I'll have to find someone local that knows their way around the Graves to give it a good checking over.
The dogs are getting antsy for dindins so I'll check back later or tomorrow night.
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:40 pm Posts: 2667 Location: South Dakota
My camera is toast...sigh....if my peers and friends on Gemologyonline could see what camera I have been using to shoot the sales ad photos, for my Barrett Mine crystals, it would make you cry. Funds are tight these days, especially having to support a family and new baby now. It's cut into my rock/gem/equipment slush fund, that I would always use for times like these. Luckily, I don't sell the rough and gems I used to, which required a camera of halfway decent ability.
I haven't had highspeed internet since we moved from Wilmington, N.C. up to South Dakota. I tried the hotspot for a month, but Verizon only gives you 5 gigs as of yet, which doesn't get me anywhere but broke.... $55 and it's good for 2 months time they say...Ha....I use that in 4 days of online activity, with minimal to zero video downloading.
Merryn, I started with a Graves myself, and found it to be okay for a noob. I am sure the $3500 one, would have been better to learn with, but not all of us have that kind of cash to spend. I hope all is well down yonder....anytime your ready to sponsor the family and I for citizenship, we will head that way..LOL.
Thanks everyone for the happy birthday comments.
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