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John S. White
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 Posted: May 03, 2010 04:43 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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Great work Gail, next best thing to being there in person.
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Gail
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 07:08 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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Hey everyone, thanks for the nice comments. I am home and will start adding some more photos and report about the show. Jim and I intended to get home fairly early, but that didn't happen. We were trying our best to visit as many dealers as possible in the amount of time we had, so we stayed till the end and beyond. We ended up having drinks, popcorn and lots of socializing after the show and spent four hours driving home to arrive at 1 a.m. in the morning!
We so enjoy the people and finding out what everyone has been up to. It was great to see my old hometown too.
My parents are such a pleasure to spend time with and we managed to be there enough to have many good laughs.
Our dog, Eragon, was very happy to see us and jumped and leaped as only a large and goofy standard poodle can!
Okay...now to make a good hot cup of tea and download photos and get this report rolling....
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Gail
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 09:24 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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Okay, so loaded photos on an external hard drive to bring to my iMac to do the show report on. This makes it easier for me, better screen and all....
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Gail
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 09:30 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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| Bringing a flashlight is a great idea. Dave Bristol is checking on a mineral in a dealer's case. |
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 09:35 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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| Lois got her new iPad delivered, she has the 3G one that allows internet wherever she goes. I have the new iPad without that feature. We had a grand time playing with them. Dave Waisman got one also, so three of us were having fun learning the tricks of the newest apple computers. |
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 09:42 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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| Gloria S. took this shot of us on her iPhone. This was the evening of the reception, so thought I would show it here. |
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 09:49 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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I joined the HGMS with a years subscription. I like getting newsletters to see what is going on.
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 09:53 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 10:00 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 10:05 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 10:10 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 10:13 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 10:23 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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Gail,
Do you remember who is mining the red beryls?
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Gail
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| Posted: May 03, 2010 10:45 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's HOUSTON 2010 show report |
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The red beryls were in Mark Meiterman's cabinet, not sure of his contact info, but I am positive he can enlighten you on who is doing the digging. It might even have been him, can't remember as we were talking to so many in that room as I was taking the photos.
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