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It's time once again to announce the Forum Member whose outstanding contributions to the Forum will win the right to wear this month's Member of the Month Crown!

 

 

Drum roll, please..... :D

 

By unanimous Fossil Forum Staff vote, this month's winner is:   ...        

 

 

                    :yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1:        FossilDudeCo        :yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1:

 

 

 

For 3 1/2  years, Blake ( aka. "Sully" )has gifted the Forum with wonderful pictures, and with informative and interesting topics, ... ranging from Fossil News,  to Is it Real, to Fossil Preparation, and everywhere in between.  :D

 

Besides his content, Blake is an avid supporter of the Forum, through his participation in Auctions to Benefit the Forum.  Whether the role he plays is as Auctioneer, or Bidder, ... Blake is continuously and consistently generous in his offerings.  Always polite, welcoming,  and helpful, Blake is a credit to the Forum membership, and a worthy member well deserving of this honor.  

 

:1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76:  Thank you Blake, ... for your staunch support of this Forum.   :fistbump:


Congratulations Sir.!  @FossilDudeCO :  Would you share with us an overview of your fossil journey to the Forum? 

 

 

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    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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Thank you for all your support, content, and understanding of TFF's mission.  :1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76:

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

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Kane Regular Member

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Congrats, Blake! You bring incredible value to TFF. Long overdue, and more than deserved! I know I've personally gained so much from your informative posts. Alas, heavy is the head who wears the MOTM crown, but you'll just continue being the fantastic member you have been since the beginning :)

 

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...How to Philosophize with a Hammer

 

 

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Congratulations! :yay-smiley-1:

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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WOW!
This is a complete surprise! Thank you to EVERYONE for the kind words and recognition!

 

I have always had an interest in what's in, on, and around the ground. When I was 12 I mortified my parents by bringing a squirrel skeleton I had found in the backyard inside and reassembling it on the kitchen table. from 12-15 I would pick up anything laying around and probably dug up half an acre of the yard! I graduated high school at 15 and graduated culinary school at 17, it was more to make my parents happy and pay the bills than anything but I continued to go on hikes and see what I could find.

 

At 24 (about 2 weeks before my 25th) I decided I was tired of being in kitchens and I loved being outdoors so I went back to school and completed an Anthropology degree. This was about the time that I discovered TFF. I was ecstatic to learn that there are other people out there like me that enjoy old dead things and decided to make it a career choice!

 

A lot of my fossil knowledge I now have came from TFF and the people here. Everyone has always been so kind and accepting, and even when I ask stupid questions like

 

While this award may have my name on it, it is the congregation of people here that make this site what it is and it is the reason I put so much effort in to (trying) helping and teaching. Without TFF I may not have even ended up in a fossil related field at all! TFF has pushed me to look for answers and continue to ask questions. So thank you to everyone here that has helped me grow along the way as well!

 

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Congratulations Blake! I can't think of anyone more deserving!

Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday!

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Hi,

 

@FossilDudeCO Thank you for your kindness and for the help which you bring us, both at the fossil level and for the rest ! ;) Well deserved, bravo !

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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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PFOOLEY Regular Member

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Way to go, dude  :fistbump:...congratulations on a well deserved award. Thank you for being a part of this place...this congregation would not be as strong without ya. :) 

"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

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Well deserved trophy! Congratulations, Blake! :)

" We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. "

Thomas Mann

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thank you all for the kind words :)

It really means a lot to me!

I just hope that what little I have to offer can help in some way to keep this wonderful place up and running for a long time!

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Congratulations, Blake!!!  Viola and I both agree that you deserve to be recognized as a Member of the Month :)

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Congratulations Blake. We are so glad that your interests in dead squirrels are now directed towards anthropology and paleontology and not in the kitchen and culinary world. 

 

You and the Fossil Forum help to satisfy one of the human's most basic needs: ...................our curiosity. Stay curious and continue spreading your enthusiasm.

 

John

My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned.   

See my Arizona Paleontology Guide    link  The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere.       

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Congratulations Blake. Welcome to The MOTM crowd. Well deserved.

Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt
behind the trailer, my desert
Them red clay piles are heaven on earth
I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt

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Congrats Blake, well deserved for sure:)thanks for your continuing contributions!

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

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Congratulations, Blake. Will you have a celebratory dinner? How would you like your Knightia, broiled or fried?

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

 

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