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So much has changed in the last month in ways that ripple across the planet and impact just about everyone on it. Amidst so much fear and uncertainty, there is also hope and ingenuity, community-mindedness, and care. The unthinkable becomes the solidly real as our lives are caught up in the eddies and swirls of it all. Still, the cessation of the daily hustle bustle has meant clearer waters and clearer skies, for which birdsong is all the more sweeter for it. So for now let us enjoy each other's virtual company and shine the monthly spotlight on our newest member of the month.

 

 

By unanimous staff decision, this month's crown goes to: 

 

:yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1: Minnbuckeye:yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1:

It is a rare occasion that I get to present this award to someone who lives more north than I do! A lover and expert on animals alive and long fossilized, Mike has been with us since 2013, delighting us with his trips to enviable Ordovician spots (when they are snow-free up there in Minnesota!), with forays here and there. Mike is a nature lover for sure, and only he can tell you his fascination with buckeyes. Mike is always a kind and helpful voice around here, and has been for so long that it was completely an oversight on our part in delaying an award he would have won many times over by this time. 

 

 

Congratulations Mike! Wear this Crown with pride, as you have earned it!

On behalf of the staff here on TFF, congratulations!

 

Please tell us your story - how you came to fossils, and how you came to TFF!

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...How to Philosophize with a Hammer

 

 

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digit Regular Member

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Congratulations, Mike!

 

:thumbsu:

 

We all seem to have more time on our hands lately so why not indulge us on your fossil backstory and how you found us a short (geologically speaking) 7 years ago?

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Monica Regular Member

Monica

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CONGRATULATIONS, MIKE @minnbuckeye!!!  :yay-smiley-1:

 

You have been so giving of your time, knowledge, and fossils - you definitely deserve this accolade!!!  Thank you for being such a wonderful member of TFF community! :default_clap2:

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Coco Regular Member

Coco

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 Congrats Mike ! :yay-smiley-1: You should have gotten that reward a long time ago ! Here is !

 

Coco

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OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici

Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici
Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici
Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici
Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici
Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici
Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici

Un Greg...

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Miocene_Mason

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Congratulations Mike!!!!

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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jcbshark

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Congrats Mike!!! It's about time! I've known Mike for a more than a few years now and is a great example of what makes TFF what it is:yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1:

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Shellseeker Regular Member

Shellseeker

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I have hunted with Mike, but I have never been to Minnesota. He does have a kind and helpful voice, plus an intriguing sense of humor.  He shares his knowledge and fossils easily. I am fortunate to know him.

He beings credit to the Fossil Forum.   Congratulations !!!! Well Deserved.

The White Queen  ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast"

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The Amateur Paleontologist Regular Member

The Amateur Paleontologist

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Congrats, Mike! :yay-smiley-1:

Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy!

 

Q. Where do dinosaurs study?

A. At Khaan Academy!...

 

My ResearchGate profile

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Fossildude19 Regular Member

Fossildude19

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Congratulations, Mike!

Thanks for all you bring to the Forum. :) 

Well deserved! :dinothumb:

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Congrats!

On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus!

 

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FossilNerd

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Woohoo! Congrats Mike! Well deserved and long overdue. 

 

:yay-smiley-1:

 

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.  -Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy)

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Tidgy's Dad

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One of the friendliest, kindest and most generous people on the forum.

I am delighted that you've finally got this award, Mike. 

Love your posts and your friendship

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Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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JohnJ Regular Member

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All the best to you and yours, Mike! Thank you for adding another level of richness to the Forum.  Congratulations!

The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true.  -  JJ

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Pagurus Regular Member

Pagurus

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:trilosurprise:  I had assumed you were proclaimed member of the month long ago!  Well, better late than never. 

 

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Start the day with a smile and get it over with.

 

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Max-fossils

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At last! Well deserved Mike! Congrats on getting this fun award :D :fistbump:

Max Derème

 

"I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day."

   - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier

 

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