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    IBC root beer

    I don't remember this brand. from St. Louis
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    frozen solid!

    My youngest was actually ice skating on the lawn! So thick the skates didn't break thru! It was fun, & the dogs didn't know what to think of it!
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    antsy to dig!

    someone siphoned gas out of my car! I can't go dig now til pay day! what a rotten lot! oh well, here is a pic of one of the crystals I dug. someone mentioned they didn't care for this mine cuz he nukes or dyes the rocks, this is about as clear as they come. found lots that dig. I was a...
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    wake up & smell the bottles!

    life is short, & there is too much good we can do to be caught up in anger. so, any new finds out there?
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    tornado!

    yee haw! we are havin a wild ride tonight! hey Lex, KY, did you get hit? It missed us so far, but we got flash floods & straight winds. I'll be staying up & watching the news most of the night or til the warnings are cancelled. good luck!
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    asking permission doesn't always hurt

    I have gotten a lot of nos when I ask permission to walk properties, but today I got a delightful response! the guy not only said yes, but took me round his property & showed me a cave, & field where he has found multitudes of arrowheads & stone tools. then said I could hunt it whenever I...
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    railroad memoribilia

    I have a pin with the golden spike on it. pat. Jan 31, 1893 is gold w/ a diamond, will try to get a good pic, but camera dosn't like close ups. I am trying to find info on it. If anyone knows of a railway history buff that could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it. My Mom & I...
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    love to play in the dirt!

    here is another one of my passions
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    wooden auger for ??

    found this under old building, there is another one there, bigger but about in the same shape. there was a lot of old machineryin this building. am thinking it might have been for a grain mill? the wood is very dry, w/ worm holes, & feels light compared to size, but I figure thats caused by...
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    digging frozen ground

    I live in the south so we don't get a hard freeze usually, but the other day I went out to a farm dump & started digging. in the frozen ground.was trying to get a stoneware bowl out, but it wasn't giving it up. How do you all dig up north in the winter? don't you break a lot of stuff that way...
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    S-L-O-W

    how many of you have dial-up, take for-ever to download, pain in the patuttie internet service? we live just west of no where, & they don't even see a change on the horizon. Mind you I'm not saying I hate dial-up or anything, but I wish we could get cheap satelite service!
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    St.Louis, or Cape Girardeau, MO

    any shows or clubs in the area?
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    sanborn maps

    how do I register for sanborn maps?
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    nothin like a warm home

    tried walking the pre-civil war road this morn w/ my metal detector ground was too frozen to dig. So I came back in & made a German apple pancake. Now my house is toasty warm, & smells like apple pie! Life is rough!
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    tumbler

    I have a vibration tumbler for rocks, can I use that w/ walnut shell for the smaller bottles
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    what would this have been used for?

    found this under an old building. there was a lot of old machinery, I believe this is a wooden auger? perhaps for a grain mill?
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    stoneware insulaters?

    have y'all ever seen this before? I have only seen them in glass. I also found an 8ft. long wooden auger(?) I think. the paddles on it are wooden & they spiral up the wood core they are imbedded in. will take a pic tomorrow & post it.
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    moonshine mover?

    found this beauty while lookin for farm dump
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    01/13/07 dig

    went to dig a privy, but it was under a shed w/ a concrete floor oh well, did go to a farm dump & found these little goodies. I know they arn't old but it was fun. ( I bathed in bug spray this time) this one has a seam up to the neck, then none
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    taking dogs diggin

    thought I would be smart & take my rat terrier w/ me the other day to a dump dig. It's been warm & I wanted to know if there were any snakes out. figured she would find one & let me know. Well she found one, jumped about a mile straight up in the air, & wouldn't budge from my lap til shs was...

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