RJB Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Ok, when I wake up, drowzy, make some coffee, then into the computer room. This is what I see. Lots more in the display cases behind me with no room left! Then I open the top drawer, more crab fossils, forgot about those. Lots more in the garage! then I realize, there are two more in the glove boxes of my 2 trucks. Now I wonder where else I have more? We all have problems. We all need help. but for me, Im not sure how I can find a cure? But for now, I will just smile and go on. This is a problem I can live with. All I need now is more to prep. Do I have a disease? RB 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Yes. But it's not bad as diseases go. Anyway, loving crabs is better than having crabs., so to speak. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 But, really, ... is there ever any such thing, as Too Many crabs? Awesome displays, Ron. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Ill just have to come and do an intervention. It really is for the best! 1 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Great collection Ron! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Not a bad problem to have Ron, love your display 1 Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Ron, that's too many to be healthy. I could uhhhh take them off your hands for you. For your sake of course. But really that is an amazing collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 I don't know man.... I see a lot of empty space in the display case. As such, I do not see any problem other than You need more crabs in there. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 When you start finding them in your pockets, in your shoes, in that coffee cup you spoke of and taking up refrigerator space...then my friend, then you have a problem! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Awww, you got space in the glass cabinet. Just put in a two-step riser on each shelf - one row of crabs on the shelf and two rows staggered above on the riser. I did think it was a hoot, that when you opened your drawer, more crabs were hiding inside. 1 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Sounds like that scene in the 'Trouble with Tribbles' episode of Star Trek, where they're finding them in every nook and cranny of the Enterprise... There aren't too many crab fossils in my house... quite the opposite in fact. (Just saying) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 There is never too many crabs! But if you do need some space I will gladly take a few off you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 "Too many crabs" Is that new lingo for "not enough crabs"? 1 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barby Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 WOW! WHERE do you find WHOLE crabs? I only find pieces, which I prep lovingly---resulting in .....pieces.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 20 hours ago, RJB said: This is a problem I can live with. All I need now is more to prep. Do I have a disease? Well, certainly. It is infectious, rampant, and TERMINAL!!!!... well maybe not for a little while yet....Now, where or where did I hide those un-prepped ones ? 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 some funny peeps here. and @Barby, you need to get a bunch of unprepped crab concretions to get an intire crab, and it still is not an easy thing to do. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barby Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 agreed. --but all i've ever found are body parts. Where can whole crabs be hunted? So many of the shell pits are closed to hunters due to insurance problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 42 minutes ago, Barby said: agreed. --but all i've ever found are body parts. Where can whole crabs be hunted? So many of the shell pits are closed to hunters due to insurance problems. Locations that frequently have whole crabs seem to be few world wide. From threads here on TFF it seems that the pacific coast of the US has several sites, there is one somewhere in Texas and one site in New Zealand that are the best places for finding good (whole) crab concretions. There may be a few other sites. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: There may be a few other sites. Denmark and Italy come to mind... and Mississsippi for Avitelmessus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 38 minutes ago, jpc said: Denmark and Italy come to mind... and Mississsippi for Avitelmessus Still pretty slim picking for whole crab concretions. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 On 03/12/2018 at 11:05 PM, RJB said: Im not sure how I can find a cure? Dr John can cure you. All you need is a large box and my address both of which you have. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barby Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I'm doomed to not getting crabs! --- meaning that New Zealand, texas, etc., are a bit out of my range: FL. I have found crab body parts, but those whole critters have eluded me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 54 minutes ago, Barby said: I'm doomed to not getting crabs! --- meaning that New Zealand, texas, etc., are a bit out of my range: FL. I have found crab body parts, but those whole critters have eluded me. Please understand, I did not buy any prepped out crabs. I got the concretions and then did the prepping myself. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Barby said: I'm doomed to not getting crabs! -- You can always use the "silver pick" method. There are many rock shows and the internet and even some members on this site where the crabs can be purchased. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barby Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Thanks. I know I can buy unprepped ones, but I want the whole experience-- hafta find and prep my own stuff.Mosty echinoids around here, in with the shells. Someday, my crab will come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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