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by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Server issues....again
Replies: 9
Views: 579

Re: Server issues....again

I host virginvalleyopal.com on BluHost & they always notify me before any "scheduled" maintenance and apologize and explain any unplanned outages. If I can't get to somewhere on the internet, I don't worry as I know what a house of cards it is. Usually it is fine the next day or week. ...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:11 pm
Forum: Something you feel is missing? Comment on it here!
Topic: Forum limitations
Replies: 12
Views: 3200

Re: Forum limitations

This is me over there m. There are a bunch of groups for opals or gems already. Search for groups usually gives up all the public ones, but not the secret ones that already have memberships. I notice several are going secret instead of public for reasons I'm not sure all of, but could easily be for ...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:39 pm
Forum: Gemstones
Topic: 8 Reasons Why Our Industry Needs a Chain of Custody
Replies: 2
Views: 270

Re: 8 Reasons Why Our Industry Needs a Chain of Custody

Yep. On the small scale. Where did that stone that guy at the show dealing for years/walk in really come from. I told people " I have at least a half a story on everything I sell." Well, mining I know the whole story on the opals here......I need a hole in the ground. At least a saw runnin...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FIFA Women's World Cup Final Today
Replies: 10
Views: 698

Re: FIFA Women's World Cup Final Today

Congrats to the girls or should I gloat & go burn some random car? Naw, that's not polite. I've got A trip in me for a couple years if that & it will be the 100th running of the Indy 500. Pit passes! My friends sponsor a lap and own an antique racer they run some years for display. The Babe....
by SwordfishMining
Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:57 pm
Forum: Enthusiast Zone
Topic: Magical, Mystical, Creative And Colorful Opal Jewelry
Replies: 5
Views: 605

Re: Magical, Mystical, Creative And Colorful Opal Jewelry

Nice ones. Like the cuff best, but that collar might really shimmer. I'm wore out already from the answer I just made to Rizal on OA. Gonna be hot again and I have to run to town before the weekend.
by SwordfishMining
Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:57 pm
Forum: Critter Corner
Topic: My best buddy, Jake.
Replies: 26
Views: 2032

Re: My best buddy, Jake.

Just get a sharpie KJ. They come in freckle brown too now. Dogs are not dumb. MY brothers pup saw the cats on the fence and he had to put up barriers because his German Shorthair would use a wood pile or whatever boost to jump up there and run along the 2x4s chasing the neighbors cats.
by SwordfishMining
Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:50 pm
Forum: Gemstones
Topic: Nigerian Blues
Replies: 0
Views: 236

Nigerian Blues

I think I best get my Yogo gulch Cornflower Blue Round Brilliant graded/(proven)certified/sold before the Africans 'Wolo' the Montanas. (Like the Opal overwhelmed all existing sources at the point it entered the market in metric tons.) http://click.icptrack.com/icp/rclick.php?d=l-xV4bIuEzDeaYx0sgzRb...
by SwordfishMining
Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:12 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hello from Ireland
Replies: 34
Views: 4518

Re: Hello from Ireland

The paint program in windows works pretty good. Just open your picture with it then resize it down or crop it works too. I still have not gotten up and running this summer.
by SwordfishMining
Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:46 pm
Forum: Gemstones
Topic: Australian Opalite
Replies: 8
Views: 532

Re: Australian Opalite

Nice patterns. Reminds me of the dendritic opal from Ed Hales place s/o Valley Springs Ca. Used to also get that thicker off the Snyders Ranch. I left all mine along with the "beginning" collections up to college I had stored there as mowing strips around her Rose garden and grass areas in...
by SwordfishMining
Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: I just had to...
Replies: 39
Views: 1877

Re: I just had to...

Just ground rules that were set on me. I got to have a Canadian Vacation once. We hit in weather like this and were lucky to catch 3 fish all week. Two of those were during a thunder storm that was breaking the baking On Lake Okanogan. I have a Duck Badge for square dancing waist deep at the dance t...