I need to hear some good news.

[DHogan]

I used to go to the games at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Mass. when I was a teenager. I still don't follow any football.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I used to go to the games at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Mass. when I was a teenager. I still don't follow any football.

I lived in Worcester for 5 years before moving to Virginia. Prior to that Walpole, 2 miles from Pats stadium and grew up in Waltham.

[Michael B]

I usually do not have great news to share. I do wake up every morning walking and talking and all of the 5 major senses working. Everything after that is a bonus and/or a blessing depending on your religious leanings.

About 2 months ago I read the story about the little boy in Wyoming who saved his sister's live from a vicious dog. During the encounter he was attacked and received something like 75 stitches, mostly to his face. All of the major superhero actors contacted him. The Captain America person was going to send him a real shield and the Spider Man actor invited him to the filming of the next movie.

Before it hit the network news it got coverage on the web - MSN and AOL. His aunt wrote that he loved rocks, wanted to be a geologist one day and would love it if people would send him some rocks. She provided an address in the article. I do enjoy looking at mineral displays at museums though I don't collect them myself. However, one of my interests is collecting fossils along the Potomac River in Maryland about 30 miles south of Washington, D.C. There is a great state park where you can find Paleocene Era (56-59 million years ago) sharks teeth, crocodile teeth and other fossils.

I put together a package of items putting them in small labeled baggies. I included extinct sand tiger teeth, extinct goblin shark teeth, crocodile tooth, turtle scute (outer armor), sting ray plates (for grinding food), a few odd bones (maybe turtle or croc), turitella molds (shells that look like a spiral) and a Piscataway Indian point (arrowhead). I also wrote him some information about all of the items and where I found them. I knew he would be overwhelmed with all of the attention, but was happy I could share one of my passions with him.

Monday or Tuesday I received this:

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The postcard got a little scraped up going through the mail sorters. Not the first time this has happened to me but it is okay.

Remember, it is easier to be kind or say a kind word. You have to think to be or act cruel.

[DHogan]

That's a very cool thing for you to do for him. I sure it made his day. Thanks for posting in this topic everyone.

[LibSuperstar]

Very nice of you!

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Before it hit the network news it got coverage on the web - MSN and AOL. His aunt wrote that he loved rocks, wanted to be a geologist one day and would love it if people would send him some rocks. She provided an address in the article. I do enjoy looking at mineral displays at museums though I don't collect them myself.

Can you PM me the address? I am not a rock hound, but I have been blessed (or cursed depending on how you look at it) by living on top of a huge seam of barite rose rocks. They are actually quite rare, mainly only occurring in a thin band running north to south in Oklahoma, with minor occurrences in Australia and Morocco. I'd like to send him some.



EDIT: I ganked that picture out of the local newspapers article archive. Rose rocks sitting in prairie hay seemed familiar to me, so I found the article it was from. In a funny coincidence, the newspaper photographer took that picture of our display the one year my wife and I sold them at the Rose Rock Festival.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

Can you PM me the address? I am not a rock hound, but I have been blessed (or cursed depending on how you look at it) by living on top of a huge seam of barite rose rocks. They are actually quite rare, mainly only occurring in a thin band running north to south in Oklahoma, with minor occurrences in Australia and Morocco. I'd like to send him some.



EDIT: I ganked that picture out of the local newspapers article archive. Rose rocks sitting in prairie hay seemed familiar to me, so I found the article it was from. In a funny coincidence, the newspaper photographer took that picture of our display the one year my wife and I sold them at the Rose Rock Festival.

Done...

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Michael B

I usually do not have great news to share. I do wake up every morning walking and talking and all of the 5 major senses working. Everything after that is a bonus and/or a blessing depending on your religious leanings.

About 2 months ago I read the story about the little boy in Wyoming who saved his sister's live from a vicious dog. During the encounter he was attacked and received something like 75 stitches, mostly to his face. All of the major superhero actors contacted him. The Captain America person was going to send him a real shield and the Spider Man actor invited him to the filming of the next movie.

Before it hit the network news it got coverage on the web - MSN and AOL. His aunt wrote that he loved rocks, wanted to be a geologist one day and would love it if people would send him some rocks. She provided an address in the article. I do enjoy looking at mineral displays at museums though I don't collect them myself. However, one of my interests is collecting fossils along the Potomac River in Maryland about 30 miles south of Washington, D.C. There is a great state park where you can find Paleocene Era (56-59 million years ago) sharks teeth, crocodile teeth and other fossils.

I put together a package of items putting them in small labeled baggies. I included extinct sand tiger teeth, extinct goblin shark teeth, crocodile tooth, turtle scute (outer armor), sting ray plates (for grinding food), a few odd bones (maybe turtle or croc), turitella molds (shells that look like a spiral) and a Piscataway Indian point (arrowhead). I also wrote him some information about all of the items and where I found them. I knew he would be overwhelmed with all of the attention, but was happy I could share one of my passions with him.

Monday or Tuesday I received this:

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The postcard got a little scraped up going through the mail sorters. Not the first time this has happened to me but it is okay.

Remember, it is easier to be kind or say a kind word. You have to think to be or act cruel.

I loved fossils growing up in Montana. You were very kind. Thanks for sharing.

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[Michael B]

Originally Posted by todeen

I loved fossils growing up in Montana. You were very kind. Thanks for sharing.

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Thank you Tim. I do not like to blow my own horn but I appreciated the effort the family took to send out such a great thank you note. I felt the note and its message were important to share.

[999Tony]

Obc members recently in last couple weeks sent me incredible cards (return fire from cards I sent out but nothing is required —these are not trades). it is often worn commons, but one guy sent me a bunch of cards and included a 54 Berra! Another sent a goudey wide pen Hubbell! Just my second wide pen! I had no idea I was getting these until I opened the envelopes!

[DHogan]

Those cards in any condition are great to have.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Thank you Tim. I do not like to blow my own horn but I appreciated the effort the family took to send out such a great thank you note. I felt the note and its message were important to share.

On a good news forum, tooting your own horn to make someone else feel good is okay.... sometimes.

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[Corporal Lance Boil]

The theatre I am on the board of, in the middle-of-nowhere New Hampshire, was granted permission to produce professionals shows, with Equity Guild actors, and an actual (but socially distanced) audience. There were 3 other theaters approved, 2 had 1-person shows, and one had no audience.

Our opener was "Little Shop of Horrors", with an 8 person cast, full band, and 25% seating. Last Wednesday. We also opened "Miracle on South Division Street", which I had never seen, but loved so much.

The pressure was amazing. There was an article in the NYT, and phone interviews with CBS and NBC. A film crew from the German version of NPR came for interviews.

This is literally the re-opening of professional theatre in the US, and I am so proud to part of it.

And they killed it, by the way.

T

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by Michael B

I lived in Worcester for 5 years before moving to Virginia. Prior to that Walpole, 2 miles from Pats stadium and grew up in Waltham.

I went to the agricultural high school in Walpole. Even though I was from Worcester. It didn't do me much good after.