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Post by jamesp on Mar 31, 2015 19:07:41 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Mar 31, 2015 20:00:14 GMT -5
CCR, rail ties through canyon, polished granite
3 of my favorite things in one thread
sweet!
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 31, 2015 20:30:57 GMT -5
Great stones James!!! Yes Ed,CCR does rock the clock for sure!!!!!
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Post by snowmom on Apr 1, 2015 5:56:35 GMT -5
peachy cool! Those are beautiful. will they attract a magnet? many of the ones we find here will.
Nice way to start the morning with that show. Thanks for the post.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 1, 2015 7:55:43 GMT -5
CCR, rail ties through canyon, polished granite 3 of my favorite things in one thread sweet! Simple pleasures of life edmost |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 1, 2015 8:02:32 GMT -5
peachy cool! Those are beautiful. will they attract a magnet? many of the ones we find here will. Nice way to start the morning with that show. Thanks for the post. peachy-well said snowmom. the peach belt is about a 100 miles south of me. It is the old beach of an ancient ocean across the center of the state delineating clay from sand. The sand from one of the old oceans, the clay washed/eroded off granite from the mountains of the north half of the state. There is a shallower younger ocean beach lower than the red line, it is the ocean that our coral thrived in. It is called the fall line, the red dotted line. Fossiliferous cherts and agates common along that red line. Columbus, Macon and Augusta lie on the fall line. Along with Columbia, Raleigh, Washington DC etc. Large boats could not travel north of the fall line well because of rock shoals, so the formation of those 3 stocking towns.  |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 11:17:34 GMT -5
Those are really pretty Georgia cross-tie walker granites, jamesp! You could listen to CCR while tumbling. Your dogs would probably enjoy some CCR, too, and maybe howl a tune for you. |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 1, 2015 13:27:51 GMT -5
Those are really pretty Georgia cross-tie walker granites, jamesp! You could listen to CCR while tumbling. Your dogs would probably enjoy some CCR, too, and maybe howl a tune for you. I am going to make a vibe that gets it's vibrations from CCR music. Oh, and 'Good Vibrations' from the Beach Boys for beach tumbles. |
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Post by mohs on Apr 2, 2015 16:56:45 GMT -5
That will rock James !
You can use AC/DC for some hrrd rock vibe
at least a 8.7 on the mohs
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Post by mohs on Apr 2, 2015 17:03:04 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Apr 2, 2015 18:13:13 GMT -5
™ Don't forget copyright/patent/ patent pending(not in this case)/registered trademark Only one Edmostly |
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Post by mohs on Apr 2, 2015 19:19:14 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Apr 2, 2015 19:43:56 GMT -5
TMTM. totally appropriate
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 22:50:24 GMT -5
The fall line also defines the northern end of alligator habitat. Do you have insight as to why?
I always wondered!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2015 5:00:50 GMT -5
The fall line also defines the northern end of alligator habitat. Do you have insight as to why? I always wondered! Probably the altitude increase. It makes a big difference in temperatures. Since the fall line is an altitude delineation line(beach of ancient ocean). Take my west shore of Lake George. The morning sun heats up the west side of the lake so all the gators move to the west side in spring. The lake is at like 2 feet above sea level. The adjacent Ocala Nat Forest averages 60 feet ASL. There is a world of difference in tropical plants at the lake shore vs the forest 60 feet higher. About two temp zones. Part of that is the warming effects of the water. Orange trees survive on the south side of large lakes in central Florida because of the warming effects on the cold northerly winds crossing the water. But the answer is the altitude issue at the fall line. Ha, very few beavers and almost no muskrats in gator country. Otters are common though, them suckers will bitch slap a gator. Glad the otters are w/good disposition. Best not anger an otter. They are very playful and fun spirited in most cases. |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 3, 2015 6:25:06 GMT -5
@shotgunner and jamesp, I remember our discussion of why we don't have Eastern diamondback here and other species - we live right above the fall line.  "Georgia: restricted to the Coastal Plain, occurring on the Fall Line sandhills below Columbus (Fort Benning) and thriving on Georgia's sea islands." Source: www.iucnredlist.org/details/64308/0 |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 3, 2015 6:29:21 GMT -5
Otters are common though, them suckers will bitch slap a gator. Glad the otters are w/good disposition. Best not anger an otter. They are very playful and fun spirited in most cases. ROFL, sure made me chuckle when I read your statement about otters, jamesp. Rick and I have seen nutria while fishing below the dam at West Point Lake. Didn't know what they were when we first saw them - wharf rat? beaver? Cannot believe folks enjoy eating them. yuck. |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2015 7:04:54 GMT -5
Otters are common though, them suckers will bitch slap a gator. Glad the otters are w/good disposition. Best not anger an otter. They are very playful and fun spirited in most cases. ROFL, sure made me chuckle when I read your statement about otters, jamesp. Rick and I have seen nutria while fishing below the dam at West Point Lake. Didn't know what they were when we first saw them - wharf rat? beaver? Cannot believe folks enjoy eating them. yuck. Naw. Don't say that. Nutria have made it to your area ? Bad news. Did not know they were tho far east. I hope they don't make to my place. They destroy wetlands like no other. Denise buys Nutria Jerky for dog snacks-go figure. Did you know that Columbus, Macon and Augusta were settled on the fall line because of rock obstructing upstream barge traffic back in the old days ? They were sort of inland port towns for goods transported by water back when. That diamondback sure stops at the fall line. As Scott mentioned, gators too. Gopher tortoises too:  |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2015 7:19:33 GMT -5
No surprise gingerkid, they are well established down stream on your Chattahoochee River for a good while now. |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 3, 2015 7:42:41 GMT -5
Did you know that Columbus, Macon and Augusta were settled on the fall line because of rock obstructing upstream barge traffic back in the old days ? They were sort of inland port towns for goods transported by water back when. I did not know that and many thanks for sharing. Columbus has white-water now. Did you know that the Little Grand Canyon in Lumpkin was caused by erosion from "bad farming?" I had a good chuckle after hearing that it was caused by bad farming. Wonder what kind of rocks can be found there... All kinds of sewage and trash comes down the Chattahoochee into West Point Lake. Ticks me off to see on the Atlanta news that there's been "another" unfortunate spill of garbage into the Chattahoochee. The nutria probably floated down the Chattahoochee on a raft. lol. Look what I found: Worldwide Distribution, Spread of, and Efforts to Eradicate the Nutria (Myocastor coypus) "Georgia: Nutria were introduced into Georgia for weed control by State and Federal agencies (Evans, 1970, 1983). They are now feral there (Deems and Pursley, 1978)." Pardon my French, but what a bunch of empty-headed heehaws. Denise buys Nutria Jerky for dog snacks-go figure. oh dear... They were not beavers, and pretty sure they were not were not wharf rats. They were swimming in the lake and it looked as if they had a couple of burrows on the lake's bank. A good friend of mine said they were probably nutria. Needless to say that I got out of the water when we saw them because we were not sure what they were or if they may try to chew on me, lol.  wharf rat on steroids |
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