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Don Lum

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Posted: Feb 18, 2014 21:00 Post subject: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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With great admiration and respect, I dedicate my 2014 Tucson Show Report to two remarkable women, Gail Spann and Aisha Jan. Both of these courageous and beautiful women have heightened my awareness and appreciation of the mineral world.
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Don Lum

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Posted: Feb 18, 2014 21:35 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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From the beginning
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Dave Wilber never says anything when he is around me. I can never get him to talk. :-) |
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Don Lum

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Posted: Feb 18, 2014 22:11 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Don Lum

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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 14:29 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Chairman of the Board ( AKA Fearless Leader) Jordi Fabre and me |
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Now we can see what is Rocko's chin. |
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Pierre, I promise you I have some pictures of minerals. |
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Don Lum

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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 14:45 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 15:31 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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'Pierre, I promise you I have some pictures of minerals.'
Haha. Dr Lum, I hope I have learned my lesson. People are more important than rocks :-)
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Don Lum

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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 15:49 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Pierre Joubert wrote: | 'Pierre, I promise you I have some pictures of minerals.'
Haha. Dr Lum, I hope I have learned my lesson. People are more important than rocks :-) |
Pierre, it is easier for me (so I don't duplicate) to stay in chronological order because at the start of my experience I had taken a lot of pictures of people that I have been wanting to meet for a long time. Also I used another camera and two cell phones so some of the pictures will be out of sequence.
Thanks.
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 19:49 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 20:16 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 21:22 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 21:36 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2014 22:18 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Posted: Feb 20, 2014 06:17 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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I am sure that Don will not mind my adding just one of my photos. This is Bob Kerr.
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Posted: Feb 20, 2014 15:51 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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I don't mind at all, Mr. White. Please add anything you wish.
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Posted: Feb 20, 2014 17:14 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Let me add my congratulations for your report, a balanced mix of Tucson ambiance, interesting stuff and warm human relations.
This encourage me to plan a peregrination to Tucson-Mecca one of these years...
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Posted: Feb 20, 2014 17:54 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Josele wrote: | Let me add my congratulations for your report, a balanced mix of Tucson ambiance, interesting stuff and warm human relations.
This encourage me to plan a peregrination to Tucson-Mecca one of these years... |
Thank you, Josele. I sincerely hope you can travel to Tucson for the show. It was an eye-opener for me. It was everything I had anticipated and more. If I understand correctly there were 400 dealers at the Pueblo Gem and Mineral Show at The Riverpark Inn and 300 dealers at the Tucson City Center (formerly The Inn Suites) and these were only two of forty-two shows going on in the two to three weeks beginning the end of January. I don't know how many dealers there were at the TGMS the last weekend. I think the motto of the Tucson Show should be "If we don't have it, you don't need it."
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Posted: Feb 20, 2014 18:06 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Posted: Feb 20, 2014 18:21 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Posted: Feb 20, 2014 18:35 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Greg Lilly

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Posted: Feb 20, 2014 19:41 Post subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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Hello Don,
I'm enjoying your Tucson report, it's 5 years since I have been and it brings back many happy memories,
Thank you
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