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Gail
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Posted: Feb 17, 2014 00:49 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 17, 2014 08:06 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 17, 2014 08:09 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 17, 2014 08:12 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 17, 2014 08:15 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 17, 2014 08:19 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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I will load many many many more photos when I get home. Jim and I are packed and ready to head out. It has been a marvelous time, we saw all our dear friends and we were delighted to win the Desautels award for best case in competition at the show, so we are floating on air!
Tucson isn't just about rocks and minerals, gemstones and fossils, it is about the People. So many characters with fun stories, so many well traveled people with fascinating lives. And I saw a side of kindness like no other when people reached out to me after having a double mastectomy just a few weeks before. Thank you all, will write more once home. Jim and I send you all our best.....and the fun continues!
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Feb 17, 2014 08:48 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail wrote: | I will load many many many more photos when I get home. Jim and I are packed and ready to head out. It has been a marvelous time, we saw all our dear friends and we were delighted to win the Desautels award for best case in competition at the show, so we are floating on air!
Tucson isn't just about rocks and minerals, gemstones and fossils, it is about the People. So many characters with fun stories, so many well traveled people with fascinating lives. And I saw a side of kindness like no other when people reached out to me after having a double mastectomy just a few weeks before. Thank you all, will write more once home. Jim and I send you all our best.....and the fun continues! |
Congratulations on winning the Desautels award! I am sorry to hear about your operation. All the best and we wish you a speedy recovery. Thanks for all the pictures.
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 00:54 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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One of my favorite photos from the party, John Rodakis, MAD member, obviously really having fun! |
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Steve Sorrel,Graeme Dowton, Jesse Fisher. |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 00:55 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 00:58 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 13:07 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Dear Gail and Jim,
Congratulations on winning the Desautels Award. No one deserves it more. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to take your specimens to Tucson.
I am looking forward to seeing more of your photographs.
Sincerely yours,
Don
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Ed Huskinson
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 19:13 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Hi Gail (and Jim too).
Wow, I had no idea what you had gone through. It gives me an extra appreciation for the pink Teddy case which I had completely misconstrued. Your talk was great, and Aleta agrees with so many of the points that you made. She was nodding her head and saying 'Umhmm" throughout.
Y'all's Desautels case was magnificent. You guys have raised the bar for that particular competition, that's for sure.
Anyway, it was great to see you both there at Tucson, enjoying not just the show, but also your fellow partiicipants, It is always a pleasure to see that big old smile of yours.
Hope you found lots of new treasures and acquisitions and we all here on FMF look forward to seeing some posts of them.
We all wish you Peace, Health, and Happiness.
Ed in Kingman
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 22:13 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Our restaurant owners! Such lovely people! |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 22:14 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Ed and Don, thank you!!!
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 21, 2014 23:52 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 22, 2014 00:00 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 22, 2014 00:04 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 22, 2014 00:08 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 22, 2014 00:10 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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John Cornish
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Posted: Feb 26, 2014 09:09 Post subject: Re: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again... |
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Dear Gail, Jim and Jordi,
I'm finally home and am getting settled in from my long stay away and sincerely wanted to write to express my gratitude at being invited to share in this joyous good time of celebration... You're all just the very best! As usual, I don't get away from my room much, this was one of those rare times that being so confined was just flat *not* an option! So many friends, so many smiles, so many memories...
Love you all, sincerely,
John
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