tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post5963169161990274759..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: Why you should never allow children to play in quarriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-71073893364913960892010-04-23T11:04:30.114-07:002010-04-23T11:04:30.114-07:00big mamma, i sometimes turn off the comments if i ...big mamma, i sometimes turn off the comments if i am buried beneath the wall. i usually turn them back on again as i crawl my way out.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-26678770550774350952010-04-23T09:38:50.889-07:002010-04-23T09:38:50.889-07:00hmmm...I wanted to add a comment to your most rece...hmmm...I wanted to add a comment to your most recent blog post, but it wont let me and now I'm sulking.<br /><br />Bottoms.Big mamma froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006397435397636499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-82010261967536211852010-04-23T08:59:36.764-07:002010-04-23T08:59:36.764-07:00thank you for your comments, people. i am starting...thank you for your comments, people. i am starting to feel more normal, and now know we cannot be alone in our gentle pursuit of building dry stone walls across the front room.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-81269478325643902652010-04-22T14:07:38.136-07:002010-04-22T14:07:38.136-07:00It's not just kids that do that 'collectin...It's not just kids that do that 'collecting rocks' thing. I carried a boulder the size of a microwave all the way from a beach in dorset because it had bone fossils in it. <br /><br />And yes, my family laughed at me.<br /><br />I called the huge boulder 'Fred', we drove several hundred miles home with it, and it's now lodged by the pond in my garden, looking rock-like and not in the slightest bit attractive. But it's mine!Big mamma froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006397435397636499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-77189191898488280572010-04-22T07:24:47.426-07:002010-04-22T07:24:47.426-07:00ha!!! my first ever abseil was down the walls of t...ha!!! my first ever abseil was down the walls of that very quarry :-D Isn't it _splendidly_ crumbly? Oh, and I have a vivid memory of climbing inside an unattended digger in the quarry once, and being quite shocked aged 10 or so that the driver (the father of two girls at my school) had something - top shelf mag? calendar? News of the World? - with naked laydeez in it sitting there in the cab.emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105753491792762911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-28465737974930572882010-04-22T02:00:59.148-07:002010-04-22T02:00:59.148-07:00Our school geology trips were never that much fun!...Our school geology trips were never that much fun!Glowstarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103658857065729108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-54213239328737015532010-04-21T23:16:07.250-07:002010-04-21T23:16:07.250-07:00It sounds like she needs to meet my son, who also ...It sounds like she needs to meet my son, who also collects rocks. It helps that his babysitter is now studying geology at university, so she's helped him sort his rocks into different types. He's decided he likes flint.<br /><br />We make him carry his own rocks, and he did for a 3.5 mile walk the other day.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933481769025144876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-56664334320980755492010-04-21T19:28:34.813-07:002010-04-21T19:28:34.813-07:00Hmmm, this could have repercussions of the excess ...Hmmm, this could have repercussions of the excess baggage type on your travel plans for the coming year or so. Along with a vast assortment of rocks and stones in what is laughingly known as our garden we have a selection of fossilised 'roo poo which at least has the advantage of being lightweight!sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-80419314630943587662010-04-21T16:27:28.650-07:002010-04-21T16:27:28.650-07:00Had a very similar experience the other day on a ...Had a very similar experience the other day on a 'fossil hunt' dahn Hastings. My shoulder still hasn't recovered from half the beach in my bag. I think the coffee table is having the same trouble now. And my over-eager 'follow-up' tendencies have resulted in half painted egg boxes full of scientifically categorized stone collections that I now cannot move for fear of explosive retribution. But I love it - for once at least one child (in this case TWO!) has shown an interest in something other than sport and telly!MadameSmokinGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369302102195138989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-26734216419632708192010-04-21T15:49:11.743-07:002010-04-21T15:49:11.743-07:00ceri, she had already filled up my bag. i could ba...ceri, she had already filled up my bag. i could barely stagger back. i felt like one of those army training guys who run with bricks in their backpacks.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-21807413345831856812010-04-21T15:29:47.117-07:002010-04-21T15:29:47.117-07:00At least the rocks were in her pocket/sock/whateve...At least the rocks were in her pocket/sock/whatever. In our family they end up in mine!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917238622166523999noreply@blogger.com